Daily Inspiration

FROM THE HEART
A DAILY INSPIRATIONAL
CALENDAR
by HELEN STEINER RICE

IF WHEN YOU ASK FOR SOMETHING
GOD SEEMS TO HESITATE,
NEVER BE DISCOURAGED-
HE IS ASKING YOU TO WAIT.

MY INTEGRITY AND UPRIGHTNESS
PRESERVE ME, FOR I WAIT FOR THEE.

PSALM 25:21

TODAY WAIT IF HE ASKS YOU.

LOVE CANNOT BE MEASURED IN POUNDS,
OUNCES, HOURS, OR YARDS,
YET IT GROWS LARGER ALL THE SAME.
THE ONLY WAY TO GAUGE ITS PROGRESS
IS BY SENSING HOW MUCH
YOUR HEART IS EXPANDING.

LOVE TAKES MANY SHAPES AND FORMS,
EACH WITH ITS OWN PERSONALITY.
VALUE AND APPRECIATE EVERY ONE
FOR THE SPECIAL JOY IT BRINGS TO YOUR LIFE.

LOVE IS AN ACT OF ENDLESS FORGIVENESS,
A TENDER LOOK WHICH BECOMES A HABIT.

-PETER-USTINOV-

LOVE IS WHERE YOU SEEK IT-
IN THE LAUGHING EYES OF A CHILD,
IN A GARDEN LUSH WITH COLOR,
IN THE SOFT WARMTH OF A LOVED-ONE'S
EMBRACE.
THERE IS NO SHORTAGE OF LOVE
ANYWHERE... ONLY SEEKERS.

STREAMS IN THE DESERT
DAILY THOUGHTS FROM
THE DEVOTIONAL CLASSIC
by MRS. CHARLES E. COWMAN

SORROWFUL, YET ALWAYS REJOICING.

2 CORINTHIANS 6:10

WHEN THE HEART IS ON THE POINT
OF BREAKING BENEATH THE MEETING
SURGES OF TRIAL, THE SUFFERER MAY SEEK
RELIEF BY CRYING OUT WITH A LOUD
VOICE. BUT THERE IS SOMETHING EVEN
BETTER. AMID MANIFOLD TRIALS, SOULS
WHICH LOVE GOD WILL FIND REASONS
FOR BOUNDING, LEAPING JOY...JOY
UNSPEAKABLE AND FULL OF GLORY.

PREPARING YOUR HEART
FOR PRAYER

WE TRY, IN OUR PIETY, TO PRACTICE INSTANANEOUS
PHOTOGRAPHY. ONE MINUTE FOR PRAYER WILL GIVE
US A VISION OF THE IMAGE OF GOD, AND WE THINK
THAT IS ENOUGH. OUR PICTURES ARE POOR BECAUSE
OUR NEGATIVE IS WEAK. WE DO NOT GIVE GOD LONG
ENOUGH AT A SITTING TO GET A GOOD LIKENESS.

-ANONYMOUS-

"THE LORD LIVES! BLESSED BE MY ROCK!
EXALTED BE GOD, THE ROCK OF MY SALVATION!

2 SAMUEL 22:47

IF THE BLOOD OF GOATS AND BULLS AND THE
ASHES OF A HEIFER SPRINKLED ON THOSE WHO
ARE CEREMONIALLY UNCLEAN SANCTIFY THEM
SO THAT THEY ARE OUTWARDLY CLEAN, HOW
MUCH MORE WILL THE BLOOD OF CHRIST, WHO
THROUGH THE ETERNAL SPIRIT OFFERED HIMSELF
UNBLEMISHED TO GOD, CLEANSE OUR
CONSCIENCES FROM ACTS THAT LEAD TO DEATH,
SO THAT WE MAY SERVE THE LIVING GOD?

HEBREWS 9:13-14

BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO HAVE LEARNED
TO ACCLAIM YOU, WHO WALK IN THE LIGHT
OF YOUR PRESENCE, O LORD. THEY REJOICE
IN YOUR NAME ALL DAY LONG,
AND THEY ARE EXALTED IN YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.

PSALM 89:15-16

THE WAY OF A FOOL IS RIGHT IN HIS OWN
EYE, BUT A WISE MAN LISTENS TO COUNSEL.

PROVERBS 12:15

LORD, I THANK YOU THAT YOU ARE THE EXALTED
ROCK OF MY SALVATION AND THAT THE BLOOD
OF CHRIST CLEANSES ME FROM ALL IMPURITY.
I THANK YOU FOR THE LIGHT OF YOUR PRESENCE.
HELP ME TO BE WISE AND LISTEN TO COUNSEL.

MAY THE LOVE OF CHRIST BE
WITH US TODAY AND ALWAYS!
IN JESUS NAME WE PRAY,
AMEN.