Sermons & Devotionals by Charles E. Cowman
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Charles E. Cowman
How To Wait
"Blessed is he that waiteth" (Dan. 12:12). It may seem an easy thing to wait, but it is one of the postures which a Christian soldier learns not without years of teaching. Marching and quick-marching are much easier to God's warriors than standing still. There are hours of perplexity when the most w... Read More
Charles E. Cowman
God in Everything
"It is the Lord: let him do what seemeth him good". (1 Sam. 3:18) See God in everything, and God will calm and color all that thou dost see!" It may be that the circumstances of our sorrows will not be removed, their condition will remain unchanged; but if Christ, as Lord and Master of our life, is ... Read More
Charles E. Cowman
Devil's Burden
"There remaineth, therefore, a rest to the people of God" (Heb. 4:9). The rest includes victory, "And the Lord gave them rest round about; . . . the Lord delivered all their enemies into their hand" (Joshua 21:44). "He will beautify the meek with victory" (Ps. 149:4). (Rotherham, margin) An eminent ... Read More
Charles E. Cowman
He Has Overcome the World
"None of these things move me" (Acts20:24). We read in the book of Samuel that the moment that David was crowned at Hebron, "All the Philistines came up to seek David." And the moment we get anything from the Lord worth contending for, then the devil comes to seek us. When the enemy meets us at the ... Read More
Charles E. Cowman
Faith is a Target
"And the Lord said . . . Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat; but I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not" (Luke 22:31, 32). Our faith is the center of the target at which God doth shoot when He tries us; and if any other grace shall escape untried, certainly faith ... Read More
Charles E. Cowman
Joy in Prison
"And Joseph's master took him, and put him into a prison . . . But Jehovah was with Joseph . . . and that which he did, Jehovah made it to prosper" (Gen. 39:20-23). When God lets us go to prison because we have been serving Him, and goes there with us, prison is about the most blessed place in the w... Read More
Charles E. Cowman
Meant to be Used
"Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises" (2 Pet. 1:4). When a shipwright builds a vessel, does he build it to keep it upon the stocks? Nay, he builds it for the sea and the storm. When he was making it, he thought of tempests and hurricanes; if he did not, he was a poor ship... Read More
Charles E. Cowman
I Heard a Still Voice
"There was silence, and I heard a still voice" (Job 4:16, margin). A score of years ago, a friend placed in my hand a book called True Peace. It was an old mediaeval message, and it had but one thought--that God was waiting in the depths of my being to talk to me if I would only get still enough to ... Read More
Charles E. Cowman
Nothing Satisfies
"It is not in me" (Job 28:14). I remember a summer in which I said, "It is the ocean I need," and I went to the ocean; but it seemed to say, "It is not in me!" The ocean did not do for me what I thought it would. Then I said, "The mountains will rest me," and I went to the mountains, and when I awok... Read More
Charles E. Cowman
God is Looking
"The eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him" (2 Chron. 16:9). God is looking for a man, or woman, whose heart will be always set on Him, and who will trust Him for all He desires to do. God is eager t... Read More
Charles E. Cowman
Bread Corn is Bruised
"Bread corn is bruised" (Isa. 28:28). Many of us cannot be used to become food for the world's hunger until we are broken in Christ's hands. "Bread corn is bruised." Christ's blessing ofttimes means sorrow, but even sorrow is not too great a price to pay for the privilege of touching other lives wit... Read More
Charles E. Cowman
Diamond in the Rough
"The hand of the Lord hath wrought this" (Job 12:9). Several years ago there was found in an African mine the most magnificent diamond in the world's history. It was presented to the King of England to blaze in his crown of state. The King sent it to Amsterdam to be cut. It was put into the hands of... Read More
Charles E. Cowman
Cling to God in Faith
"I will not let thee go, except thou bless me ... and he blessed him there." (Gen. 32:26, 29.) Jacob got the victory and the blessing not by wrestling, but by clinging. His limb was out of joint and he could struggle no longer, but he would not let go. Unable to wrestle, he wound his arms around the... Read More
Charles E. Cowman
Faith Triumphs
"Under hopeless circumstances he hopefully believed" (Rom. 4:18). (Weymouth) Abraham's faith seemed to be in a thorough correspondence with the power and constant faithfulness of Jehovah. In the outward circumstances in which he was placed, he had not the greatest cause to expect the fulfillment of ... Read More
Charles E. Cowman
Meet Him in the Morning
"Be ready in the morning, and come u ...present thyself there to me in the top of the mount. And no man shall come up with thee" (Exod. 34:2-3). The morning watch is essential. You must not face the day until you have faced God, nor look into the face of others until you have looked into His. You ca... Read More
Charles E. Cowman
Impossible Flowers
"For with God nothing shall be impossible" (Luke 1:37). Far up in the Alpine hollows, year by year God works one of His marvels. The snow-patches lie there, frozen with ice at their edge from the strife of sunny days and frosty nights; and through that ice-crust come, unscathed, flowers that bloom. ... Read More
Charles E. Cowman
He Knows Us
"I know him, that he will command his children" (Gen. 18:19). God wants people that He can depend upon. He could say of Abraham, "I know him, that he will command his children . . . that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken." God can be depended upon; He wants us to be just as d... Read More
Charles E. Cowman
Obstinate Faith
"And it shall come to pass, as soon as the soles of the feet of the priests that bear the ark of the Lord, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of Jordan, that the waters of Jordan shall be cut off from the waters that come down from above; and they shall stand upon a heap." (Joshua 3... Read More
Charles E. Cowman
God is Not Unobservant
"I will be still, and I will behold in my dwelling place" (Isa. 18:4, RV). Assyria was marching against Ethiopia, the people of which are described as tall and smooth. And as the armies advance, God makes no effort to arrest them; it seems as though they will be allowed to work their will. He is sti... Read More
Charles E. Cowman
God is Waiting Upon Us
"And therefore will the Lord wait, that he may be gracious unto you...blessed are all they that wait f or him" (Isa. 30:18). We must not only think of our waiting upon God, but also of what is more wonderful still, of God's waiting upon us. The vision of Him waiting on us, will give new impulse and ... Read More
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