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Streams in the Desert - February 20
Nothing shall be impossible unto you (Matt. ).
It is possible, for those who really are willing to reckon on the power of the Lord for keeping and victory, to lead a life in which His promises are taken as they stand and are found to be true.
It is possible to cast all our care upon Him daily and to enjoy deep peace in doing it.
It is possible to have the thoughts and imaginations of our hearts purified, in the deepest meaning of the word.
It is possible to see the will of God in everything, and to receive it, not with sighing, but with singing.
It is possible by taking complete refuge in Divine power to become strong through and through; and, where previously our greatest weakness lay, to find that things which formerly upset all our resolves to be patient, or pure, or humble, furnish today an opportunity -- through Him who loved us, and works in us an agreement with His will and a blessed sense of His presence and His power -- to make sin powerless over us.
These things are DIVINE POSSIBILITIES, and because they are His work, the true experience of them will always cause us to bow lower at His feet and to learn to thirst and long for more.
We cannot possibly be satisfied with anything less -- each day, each hour, each moment, i
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Streams in the Desert: Daily Devotional Readings, An Updated Edition in Today's Language
" I looked at this man of God and thought to myself, ' What lunatic asylum did he escape from ? ' I had never encountered someone like this. ' Mr. Mueller, ' I said, ' do you realize how dense the fog is ? ' ' No ', he replied. ' My eye is not on the dense fog but on the Living God, who controls every circumstance of my life. ' " He then knelt down and prayed one of the most simple prayers I've ever heard. When we had finished, I started to pray, but he put