Sermons & Devotionals by Charles E. Cowman
Charles E. Cowman
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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
Charles E. Cowman
Rock Flowers
"Thou hast shewed thy people hard things" (Ps. 60:3). I have always been glad that the Psalmist said to God that some things were hard. There is no mistake about it; there are hard things in life. Some beautiful pink flowers were given me this summer, and as I took them I said, "What are they?" And ... Read More
Charles E. Cowman
Providence of Loss
"It came to pass . . . that the brook dried up" (1 Kings 17:7). The education of our faith is incomplete if we have not learned that there is a providence of loss, a ministry of failing and of fading things, a gift of emptiness. The material insecurities of life make for its spiritual establishment.... Read More
Charles E. Cowman
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
Charles E. Cowman
Wrestling With God
"And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day" (Gen. 32:24). God is wrestling with Jacob more than Jacob is wrestling with God. It was the Son of man, the Angel of the Covenant. It was God in human form pressing down and pressing out the old Jacob life; a... Read More
Charles E. Cowman
Trained to Comfort
"Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God" (Isa. 40:1). Store up comfort. This was the prophet's mission. The world is full of comfortless hearts, and ere thou art sufficient for this lofty ministry, thou must be trained. And thy training is costly in the extreme; for, to render it perfect, ... Read More
Charles E. Cowman
Sin of Worry
"Fret not" (Ps. 37:1). This to me is a Divine command; the same as "Thou shalt not steal." Now let us get to the definition of fretting. One good definition is, "Made rough on the surface." "Rubbed, or worn away"; and a peevish, irrational, fault-finding person not only wears himself out, but is ver... Read More
Charles E. Cowman
Tempered and Tried
"Followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises" (Heb. 6:12). They (heroes of faith) are calling to us from the heights that they have won, and telling us that what man once did man can do again. Not only do they remind us of the necessity of faith, but also of that patience b... Read More
Charles E. Cowman
Pruned to Yield Fruit
"And every branch that beareth fruit he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit" (John 15:2). A child of God was dazed by the variety of afflictions which seemed to make her their target. Walking past a vineyard in the rich autumnal glow she noticed the untrimmed appearance and the luxuriant ... Read More
Charles E. Cowman
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
Treasures in the Darkness
"Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was" (Exod. 20:21). God has still His hidden secrets, hidden from the wise and prudent. Do not fear them; be content to accept things that you cannot understand; wait patiently. Presently He will reveal to you the treasures of darkness, the riches o... Read More
Charles E. Cowman
You Can Trust
"Surrender your very selves to God as living men who have risen from the dead" (Romans 6:13). (Weymouth) I went one night to hear an address on consecration. No special message came to me from it, but as the speaker kneeled to pray, he dropped this sentence: "O Lord, Thou knowest we can trust the Ma... Read More
Charles E. Cowman
Run With Patience
"Let us run with patience" (Heb. 12:1). O run with patience is a very difficult thing. Running is apt to suggest the absence of patience, the eagerness to reach the goal. We commonly associate patience with lying down. We think of it as the angel that guards the couch of the invalid. Yet, I do not t... Read More
Charles E. Cowman
Thankful for the Thorns
"Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong" (2 Cor. 12:10). The literal translation of this verse gives a startling emphasis to it, and makes it speak for itself with a force that we... Read More
Charles E. Cowman
Sing Praise to the Lord!
"When they began to sing and praise, the Lord set ambushments...and they were smitten" (2 Chron. 20:22). Oh, that we could reason less about our troubles, and sing and praise more! There are thousands of things that we wear as shackles which we might use as instruments with music in them, if we only... Read More
Charles E. Cowman
The Living God
"O Daniel, servant of the living God, is thy God whom thou servest continually, able to deliver thee" (Dan. 6:20). How many times we find this expression in the Scriptures, and yet it is just this very thing that we are so prone to lose sight of. We know it is written "the living God"; but in our da... Read More
Charles E. Cowman
Put Forth
"He putteth forth his own sheep" (John10:4). Oh, this is bitter work for Him and us--bitter for us to go, but equally bitter for Him to cause us pain; yet it must be done. It would not be conducive to our true welfare to stay always in one happy and comfortable lot. He therefore puts us forth. The f... 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
Charles E. Cowman
Your Crown of Glory
"They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb . . . and they loved not their lives unto the death" (Rev. 12:11). When James and John came to Christ with their mother, asking Him to give them the best place in the kingdom, He did not refuse their request, but told them it would be given to them if they... Read More
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The Answer is God
"For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect?" (Rom. 3:3). I think that I can trace every scrap of sorrow in my life to simple unbelief. How could I be anything but quite happy if I believed always that all the past is forgiven, and all the present fur... Read More
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