Sermons & Devotionals by Charles E. Cowman
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Charles E. Cowman
Wait on God's Time
"Sarah bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him" (Gen. 21:2). The counsel of the Lord standeth forever, the thoughts of His heart to all generations" (Psalm 33:11). But we must be prepared to wait God's time. God has His set times. It is not for us to know th... Read More
Charles E. Cowman
Wait Quietly
"And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise" (Heb. 6:15). Abraham was long tried, but he was richly rewarded. The Lord tried him by delaying to fulfill His promise. Satan tried him by temptation; men tried him by jealousy, distrust, and opposition; Sarah tried him by her peevish... Read More
Charles E. Cowman
Wait With Patience
"Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him" (Ps. 37:7). Have you prayed and prayed and waited and waited, and still there is no manifestation? Are you tired of seeing nothing move? Are you just at the point of giving it all up? Perhaps you have not waited in the right way? This would take you out... Read More
Charles E. Cowman
Waiting and Over-Waiting
"I have begun to give;…begin to possess" (Deut. 2:31). A great deal is said in the Bible about waiting for God. The lesson cannot be too strongly enforced. We easily grow impatient of God's delays. Much of our trouble in life comes out of our restless, sometimes reckless, haste. We cannot wait for t... Read More
Charles E. Cowman
Waiting and Working
"And the hand of the Lord was there upon me; and he said unto me, Arise, go forth unto the plain, and I will there talk with thee" (Ezek. 3:22). Did you ever hear of any one being much used for Christ who did not have some special waiting time, some complete upset of all his or her plans first; from... Read More
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Waiting For Hope
"For we through the Spirit by faith wait for the hope of righteousness" (Gal. 5:5, RV). There are times when things look very dark to me--so dark that I have to wait even for hope. It is bad enough to wait in hope. A long-deferred fulfillment carries its own pain, but to wait for hope, to see no gli... Read More
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Waiting For Resurrection
"And there was Mary Magdalene and the other Mary, sitting over against the sepulchre" (Matt. 27:61). How strangely stupid is grief. It neither learns nor knows nor wishes to learn or know. When the sor rowing sisters sat over against the door of God's sepulchre, did they see the two thousand years t... Read More
Charles E. Cowman
Waiting is Hard
"When the cloud tarried . . . then the children of Israel . . . journeyed not" (Num. 9:19). This was the supreme test of obedience. It was comparatively easy to strike tents, when the fleecy folds of the cloud were slowly gathering from off the Tabernacle, and it floated majestically before the host... Read More
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Walk Without Strain
"And he saw them toiling in rowing" (Mark 6:48). Straining, driving effort does not accomplish the work God gives man to do. Only God Himself, who always works without strain, and who never overworks, can do the work that He assigns to His children. When they restfully trust Him to do it, it will be... Read More
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Watch For God
"I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me" (Hab. 2: 1). There is no waiting on God for help, and there is no help from God, without watchful expectation on our part. If we ever fail to receive strength and defense from Him, it is because w... Read More
Charles E. Cowman
Watch Well Thy Faith
"I have prayed that your own faith may not fail" (Luke 22:32). Christian, take good care of thy faith, for recollect that faith is the only means whereby thou canst obtain blessings. Prayer cannot draw down answers from God's throne except it be the earnest prayer of the man who believes. Faith is t... Read More
Charles E. Cowman
We Need Minor Keys Too
"Giving thanks always for all things unto God" (Eph. 5:20). No matter what the source of the evil, if you are in God and surrounded by Him as by an atmosphere, all evil has to pass through Him before it comes to you. Therefore you can thank God for everything that comes, not for the sin of it, but f... Read More
Charles E. Cowman
We Wrestle Not Against Flesh and Blood
"Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that thou didst set thine heart to understand, and to chasten thyself before thy God, thy words were heard, and I am come for thy words. But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days" (Dan. 10:12, 13). We have wonderful teaching he... Read More
Charles E. Cowman
Weeping May Last For a Night
"Though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more" (Nah. 1:12). There is a limit to affliction. God sends it, and removes it. Do you sigh and say, "When will the end be?" Let us quietly wait and patiently endure the will of the Lord till He cometh. Our Father takes away the rod when His des... Read More
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Weights Become Wings
"They shall mount up with wings as eagles" (Isa.40:31). There is a fable about the way the birds got their wings at the beginning. They were first made without wings. Then God made the wings and put them down before the wingless birds and said to them, "Come, take up these burdens and bear them." Th... Read More
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What Cannot Be Uttered
"Likewise also the Spirit helpeth our infirmities; for we know not what to pray for as we ought; but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the sa... Read More
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Whatever the Cost
"'Because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son...I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven;…because thou hast obeyed my voice" (Gen. 22:16-18). And from that day to this, men have been learning that when, at God's voice, they surrender up to Him the one ... Read More
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When Do We Praise
"And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me" (John 11:41). This is a very strange and unusual order. Lazarus is still in the grave, and the thanksgiving precedes the miracle of resurrection. I thought that the thanksgiving would have risen when the great dee... Read More
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When God Says No
"There hath not failed one word of all his good promise" (1 Kings 8:56). Some day we shall understand that God has a reason in every NO which He speaks through the slow movement of life. "Somehow God makes up to us." How often, when His people are worrying and perplexing themselves about their praye... Read More
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When We Are Ready
"Blessed are all they that wait for him" (Isa 30:18). We hear a great deal about waiting on God. There is, however, another side. When we wait on God, He is waiting till we are ready; when we wait for God, we are waiting till He is ready. There are some people who say, and many more who believe, tha... Read More
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