Newsletter Issue 4609

Issue 4609	Living Water Newsletter for April 27, 2009	PURITAN SAINTS
		Richard Sibbes When we are foiled, let us believe we shall overcome; when we have fallen, let us believe we shall rise again. Jacob, after he received a blow which made him lame, yet would not give over wrestling (Genesis 32:25) till he had obtained the blessing. So let us never give up, but, in our thoughts knit the beginning, progress, and end together, and then we shall see ourselves in heaven out of the reach of all enemies. Charles Spurgeon I wish, brothers and sisters, that we could all imitate "the pearl oyster"—A hurtful particle intrudes itself into its shell, and this vexes and grieves it. It cannot reject the evil, but what does it do but "cover" it with a precious substance extracted out of its own life, by which it turns the intruder into a pearl! Oh, that we could do so with the provocations we receive from our fellow Christians, so that pearls of patience, gentleness, and forgiveness might be bred within us by that which otherwise would have harmed us. How to Be Filled with Spiritual (Healing) Power Retail Price: ~~$10.99~~ Your price: $8.79 The Real Faith for Healing Retail Price: ~~$11.99~~ Your price: $9.59 William Secker Though Christians be not kept altogether from falling, yet they are kept from falling altogether. Richard Baxter In our first paradise in Eden there was a way to go out but no way to go in again. But as for the heavenly paradise, there is a way to go in, but no way to go out.

The Perfect Wife
Many years ago while in prayer, a man asked God to send him a wife, for the Bible says, "you have not because you ask not." He not only told the Lord that he wanted a wife, but even detailed the kind of wife he was looking for. He told the Lord he wanted someone who was kind, tender, gentle, loving, generous, sensitive, understanding, warm, humorous, and godly. As time passed he added more qualities to this list from his heart’s desire for a wife, such as considerate, helpful, and compassionate. Then one night in prayer, God spoke to his heart and said, "Son, I will not give you what you’ve asked for in a wife." "Why not, Lord?" asked the man. The Lord replied, "For I am a just God and a God of righteousness, and all I do is just and right." "I know that, Lord," the man said, "But I don’t understand why you will not give me the wife I asked for." "Then I will explain," said the Lord. "It would not be just and right for me to grant you your wish, for I cannot give you something that you are not yourself. It would not be fair for me to grant you someone who is loving when you are often hateful, someone who is kind when you are sometimes mean, someone who is generous when you are often stingy, someone who is helpful when you rarely help, or someone who is sensitive when you are so often insensitive." "Instead of wasting time praying that I will give you someone with all the qualities you desire, or trying to find such a person yourself, you should instead allow me to make you into a man who has all those qualities himself, for I will not give you a wife with so many good qualities that you do not have. "If you allow me to work upon your soul and spirit and mold your heart as I choose, then when you see the one that I have for you, you will be able to say like Adam, ‘She is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh,’ for you will see yourself in her." The man thought upon it and agreed. And God remade him and remade her, and they met, and they were joined husband and wife and became one flesh.
Two Great New Books From Bridge-Logos
Alabastron A Story of Mary Magdalene By Judith Goulding First century Rome and its provinces had the same moral climate we are experiencing today. Filled with drunkenness, debauchery, the breakdown of the family, abortion, adultery, homosexuality, and racial prejudice, the culture was declining at a rapid rate. The two main characters in this story—Mary Magdalene and Simon the Zealot—were faced with a decision: should they remain a part of their culture or should they follow the man Jesus? More . . .
God's Tsunami Understanding Israel and End-time Revival By Peter Tsukahira The Prophet Habakkuk wrote, "For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea" (Habakkuk 2:14, NIV). Peter Tsukahira shows how this mighty wave of revival—God's Tsunami—has already swept through Europe and the New World and is now pouring over Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. Soon it will cover Israel, as well. In these crucial end-times, the Church needs to stand with Israel and the Jewish people. More . . .

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