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  EVIDENCE OF HIS LOVE
  by Charles E. Cowman
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Summary: We can trust God without visible evidence, and in doing so, we
will receive more visible evidences of His love.

Topics: "Faith And Trust", "Gods Timing"
Scripture References: Genesis 8:9, Psalm 27:14, Psalm 37:7, Isaiah 40:31, Habakkuk 2:3

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Charles E. Cowman preaches about trusting God's timing and faithfulness,
emphasizing that God knows when to provide visible signs of
encouragement and when to withhold them. He encourages believers to
trust in God's Word and promises, even when all visible evidence seems
absent, as those who trust God without needing physical proof receive
the greatest manifestations of His love. Cowman reminds the congregation
that delays in answered prayers are not denials, but rather God's way of
working out His purpose and timing for their lives.

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"But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned
unto him...And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her
mouth was an olive leaf" (Gen. 8:9-11).

God knows just when to withhold from us any visible sign of
encouragement, and when to grant us such a sign. How good it is that we
may trust Him anyway! When all visible evidences that He is remembering
us are withheld, that is best; He wants us to realize that His Word, His
promise of remembrance, is more substantial and dependable than any
evidence of our senses. When He sends the visible evidence, that is well
also; we appreciate it all the more after we have trusted Him without
it. Those who are readiest to trust God without other evidence than His
Word always receive the greatest number of visible evidences of His
love. --C. G. Trumbull

"Believing Him; if storm-clouds gather darkly 'round,

And even if the heaven seem brass, without a sound?

He hears each prayer and even notes the sparrow's fall.

"And praising Him; when sorrow, grief, and pain are near,

And even when we lose the thing that seems most dear?

Our loss is gain. Praise Him; in Him we have our All.

"Our hand in His; e'en though the path seems long and drear

We scarcely see a step ahead, and almost fear?

He guides aright. He has it thus to keep us near.

"And satisfied; when every path is blocked and bare,

And worldly things are gone and dead which were so fair?

Believe and rest and trust in Him, He comes to stay."

Delays are not refusals; many a prayer is registered, and underneath it
the words: "My time is not yet come." God has a set time as well as a
set purpose, and He who orders the bounds of our habitation orders also
the time of our deliverance. --Selected

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/charles-e-cowman/evidence-of-his-love/
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