Sermons & Devotionals by Charles E. Cowman
Charles E. Cowman
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Charles E. Cowman
God Works in the Dark
"The Lord caused the sea to go back...all that night" (Exod. 14:21). In this verse there is a comforting message showing how God works in the dark. The real work of God for the children of Israel, was not when they awakened and found that they could get over the Red Sea; but it was "all that night."... Read More
Charles E. Cowman
Our Dependency on Christ
"We are troubled on every side" (2 Cor. 7:5). Why should God have to lead us thus, and allow the pressure to be so hard and constant? Well, in the first place, it shows His all-sufficient strength and grace much better than if we were exempt from pressure and trial. "The treasure is in earthen vesse... Read More
Charles E. Cowman
Call Back
"It shall turn to you for a testimony'' (Luke 21:13). Life is a steep climb, and it does the heart good to have somebody "call back" and cheerily beckon us on up the high hill. We are all climbers together, and we must help one another. This mountain climbing is serious business, but glorious. It ta... Read More
Charles E. Cowman
Don't Fret
"Do not begin to be anxious" (Phil. 4:6, PBV). Not a few Christians live in a state of unbroken anxiety, and others fret and fume terribly. To be perfectly at peace amid the hurly-burly of daily life is a secret worth knowing. What is the use of worrying? It never made anybody strong; never helped a... Read More
Charles E. Cowman
In Me
"In me . . . peace" (John 16:33). There is a vast difference between happiness and blessedness. Paul had imprisonments and pains, sacrifice and suffering up to the very limit; but in the midst of it all, he was blessed. All the beatitudes came into his heart and life in the midst of those very condi... Read More
Charles E. Cowman
Flowing From Us
"Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south, blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out!" (Song of Solomon 4:16). Look at the meaning of this prayer a moment. Its root is found in the fact that, as delicious odors may lie latent in a spice tree, so graces may lie unexercised and undeve... Read More
Charles E. Cowman
Heart's Sacrifice
"But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ" (Phil. 3:7). When they buried the blind preacher, George Matheson, they lined his grave with red roses in memory of his love-life of sacrifice. And it was this man, so beautifully and significantly honored, who wrote, "O Love that wi... Read More
Charles E. Cowman
Leanin' Sides
"Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved?" (S. of Sol. 8:5). Some one gained a good lesson from a Southern prayer meeting. A brother asked the Lord for various blessings--as you and I do, and thanked the Lord for many already received--as you and I do; but he closed ... Read More
Charles E. Cowman
Continue in Prayer
"And there was Anna, a prophetess . . . which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day" (Luke 2:36, 37). No doubt by praying we learn to pray, and the more we pray the oftener we can pray, and the better we can pray. He who prays in fits and starts is neve... Read More
Charles E. Cowman
Music of the Storm
"Nevertheless afterward" (Heb. 12:11). There is a legend that tells of a German baron who, at his castle on the Rhine, stretched wires from tower to tower, that the winds might convert them into an Aeolian harp. And the soft breezes played about the castle, but no music was born. But one night there... Read More
Charles E. Cowman
Our Great Opportunities
"Hast thou seen the treasures of the hail, which I have reserved against the day of trouble?" (Job 38:22-23). Our trials are great opportunities. Too often we look on them as great obstacles. It would be a haven of rest and an inspiration of unspeakable power if each of us would henceforth recognize... Read More
Charles E. Cowman
God's Best
"Take the arrows. . . . Smite upon the ground. And he smote twice and stayed. And the man of God was wroth with him, and said, Thou shouldest have smitten five or six times" (2 Kings 13:18, 19). How striking and eloquent the message of these words! Jehoash thought he had done very well when he dupli... Read More
Charles E. Cowman
Hedged In
"Reckon it nothing but joy...whenever you find yourself hedged in by the various trials, be assured that the testing of your faith leads to power of endurance" (James 1:2-3) Weymouth God hedges in His own that He may preserve them, but oftentimes they only see the wrong side of the hedge, and so mis... Read More
Charles E. Cowman
Don't Look at the Waves
"When Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus. But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me" (Matt. 14:29-30). Peter had a little faith in the midst of his doubts, says Bunyan; and so with crying and co... Read More
Charles E. Cowman
Call Upon the Lord
"And it shall come to pass that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be delivered" (Joel 2:32). Why do not I call on His name? Why do I run to this neighbor and that when God is so near and will hear my faintest call? Why do I sit down and devise schemes and invent plans? Why not at on... Read More
Charles E. Cowman
Fluttering Spirit
"And there was a voice from the firmament that was over their heads, when they stood, and had let down their wings" (Ezek. 1:25). That is the letting down of the wings? People so often say, "How do you get the voice of the Lord?" Here is the secret. They heard the voice when they stood and let down ... Read More
Charles E. Cowman
In The Clouds
"If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth" (Eccles. 11:3). Why, then, do we dread the clouds which now darken our sky? True, for a while they hide the sun, but the sun is not quenched; he will be out again before long. Meanwhile those black clouds are filled with rain; and... Read More
Charles E. Cowman
Costly Glory
"I even reckon all things as pure loss because of the priceless privilege of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord" (Phil. 3:8; Weymouth). Shining is always costly. Light comes only at the cost of that which produces it. An unlit candle does no shining. Burning must come before shining. We cannot be of great... Read More
Charles E. Cowman
Learning From Suffering
"If I am in distress, it is in the interests of your comfort, which is effective as it nerves you to endure the same sufferings as I suffered myself. Hence my hope for you is well-founded, since I know that as you share the sufferings you share the comfort also" (2 Cor. 1:6, 7). Are there not some i... Read More
Charles E. Cowman
God's Mysterious Dealings
"Thou shalt shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons" (2 Kings 4:4). They were to be alone with God, for they were not dealing with the laws of nature, nor human government, nor the church, nor the priesthood, nor even with the great prophet of God, but they must needs be isolated from all creature... Read More
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