Streams in the Desert, with Mrs. Charles Cowman

God often tests His most devoted followers with severe afflictions, but these trials can ultimately bring about greater glory and intimacy with Him. By embracing suffering as a means of loving Christ, believers can find comfort in knowing that their struggles are part of God's sovereign plan to glorify His name.

Here is God's loving challenge to you and to me today.

How few think even that it is possible for them to "sit still" in "heavenly places" in the everyday life of a world so full of turmoil as this.

Jesus felt the need of it. How much more does the child of God need it?

An anecdote about a father and a soldier during the Civil War paints a beautiful picture of our reception into God's kingdom through Christ's invitation.