• “The world looks for happiness through self-assertion. The Christian knows that joy is found in self-abandonment.” – Elisabeth Elliot

Drive a Stake Down – Streams in the Desert 07/14

“Bind the sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns of the altar” (Ps. 118:27).
Is not this altar inviting thee?… Continue reading

Unawares by Emma A. Lent

They say the Master’s coming to honor the town today,
and no one can tell at whose house or home… Continue reading

Trust in His Promises – Streams in the Desert 07/13

“God…calleth those things which be not as though they were” (Rom. 4:17).
What does that mean? Why Abraham did this… Continue reading

Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus by Helen Lemmel

O soul, are you weary and troubled?
No light in the darkness you see?
There’s a light for a look… Continue reading

Faith Grows Amid Storms – Streams in the Desert 07/12

“He hath acquainted himself with my beaten path. When he hath searched me out, I shall come out shining” (Job… Continue reading

Elijah Watched and Waited – Streams in the Desert 07/11

“It came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the… Continue reading

Truehearted, wholehearted by Francis R. Havergal

  1. Truehearted, wholehearted, faithful and loyal,
    King of our lives, by Thy grace we will be;
    Under the standard exalted and… Continue reading

Christ Sometimes Delays His Help – Streams in the Desert 07/10

“I called upon him, but he gave me no answer” (S. of Sol. 5:6).
The Lord, when He hath given… Continue reading

Treasures by Martha Snell Nicholson


One by one He took them from me,
All the things I valued most,
Until I was empty-handed;
Every glittering… Continue reading

Too Tired to Trust by Ella Conrad Cowherd

I’m too tired to trust and too tired to pray,
Said one, as the over-taxed strength gave way.
The one… Continue reading

  • “Of one thing I am perfectly sure: God’s story never ends with ‘ashes.” – Elisabeth Elliot

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Verse of the Day

And if it seems evil to you to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.” — Joshua 24:15 (NKJV)

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  • “The fact that I am a woman does not make me a different kind of Christian, but the fact that I am a Christian does make me a different kind of woman.” – Elisabeth Elliot

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