Thoughts for Life: Outpouring of Spiritual Life

Charles H. Spurgeon- [1834-1892] "Then comes a promise, fuller in words and as rich in grace; 'I will pour water on him who is thirsty' (Isa. 44:3). You shall have the grace you need. Water refreshes the thirsty: you shall be refreshed, your desires shall be gratified.

Water quickens sleeping vegetable life; your life shall be quickened by fresh grace. https://unsplash.com/photos/YpZ2cj4s0oo

Water swells the buds and makes the fruits ripe: you shall have fructifying grace, you shall be made fruitful in the ways of God. Whatever good quality there is in divine grace, you shall enjoy it to the full.

You shall receive in plenty all the riches of divine grace; you shall be as it were drenched with it; and as sometimes the meadows become flooded by the bursting rivers and the field turned into pools, so shall you be; the thirsty land shall be springs of water.

Oh my brethren, when the Holy Spirit visits a man, what a difference it makes in him! I know a preacher, once as dull and dead a man as ever misused a pulpit; under his slumbering ministry there were few conversions, and the congregation grew thinner and thinner, good men sighed in secret, and the enemy said, "Aha! so would we have it."

The revival came; the Holy Spirit worked gloriously, the preacher felt the divine fire and suddenly woke up to energy and zeal. The man appeared to be transformed; his tongue seemed touched with fire; elaborate and written discourses were laid aside; and he began to speak from his own glowing heart to the hearts of others.

He preached as he had never done before; the place filled; the dry bones were stirred, and quickening began.

The Spirit of God is a great wonder worker. You will notice certain church members; they have never been good for much; we have had their names on the roll, and that is all. Suddenly the Spirit of God has come upon them, and they have been honored among us for their zeal and usefulness.

We have seen them here and there and everywhere diligent in the service of God, and foremost in all kinds of Christian labor, though before you could hardly get them to stir an inch.

I wish that the quickening Spirit would come down upon me, and upon you, upon every one of us in abundance to create in us — men [and women] valiant for truth and mighty for the Lord. Do not lose the blessing through being remiss, but ask and you shall receive."

{Repeat, and make the above prayer your prayer, too!}

Isa. 44:3 "For I will pour water upon him who is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour My Spirit upon your seed, and My blessing upon your offspring."

[Taken from the Sept/Oct. 2021 Herald of His Coming mag]-

586-590- one-line Scriptures for those of you who want to learn some more verses this week- or to review them from when they were first posted-

586- Job 10:12 "Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit."

587- Ps. 119:57 "Thou art my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep thy words."

588- Ps. 119:97 "O how I love thy law! it is my meditation all the day."

589- Ps. 118:25 "Save now, I beseech thee, O LORD: O LORD, I beseech thee, send now prosperity."

590- Prov. 18:16 "A man's gift makes room for him, and bringeth him before great men."

Our quotes today

~ Dr. David Jeramiah: "I'm here to tell you that Jesus is who He claims to be. He is the way, the truth, and the life. He is the only way to God. He is Son of God and Son of Man, our Savior, the Word made flesh, the Firstborn from the Dead. He is our Maker, Defender, Redeemer, and Friend. He is Christ the Lord, the Rock of Ages, the Sure Foundation, the Cornerstone."

~ T. C. Ryle- "What the bridegroom is to the bride, the Lord Jesus is to the souls of all who believe in Him. He loves them with a deep and everlasting love. He takes them into union with Himself. They are 'one with Christ and Christ in them.' He pays all their debts to God. He supplies all their daily need. He sympathizes with them in all their troubles. He bears with all their infirmities, and does not reject them for a few weaknesses. He regards them as part of Himself.

Those that persecute and injure them are persecuting Him. The glory that He has received from His Father they will one day share with Him, and where He is, there shall they be. Such are the privileges of all true Christians. They are the Lamb's wife (Rev. 19:7). Such is the portion to which faith admits us. By it God joins our poor sinful souls to the precious Husband; and those whom God thus joins together, shall never be put asunder. Blessed indeed are those who believe!"

Our Ambassador to Israel, Michael David Evens' comments:

"Every effort that we put forth is fleeting unless God blesses it. Through prayer we seek His help to make our work for him powerful, effective and lasting."

Psalm 90:14-17 "O satisfy us early with Your mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days. Make us glad according to the days wherein You have afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil. Let your work appear unto Your servants , and Your glory unto their children. And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us; and establish the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish it."