Daily Inspiration March 13, 2009

MARCH 13TH

FROM THE HEART
A DAILY INSPIRATIONAL
CALENDAR
by HELEN STEINER RICE



MOST OF THE BATTLES
OF LIFE ARE WON
BY LOOKING BEYOND THE CLOUDS
TO THE SUN.




ON THE DAY I CALLED,
THOU DIDST ANSWER ME,
MY STRENGTH OF SOUL
THOU DIDST INCREASE.




PSALM 138:3



TODAY LOOK BEYOND THE CLOUDS
AND YOU'LL FIND SOME RAYS OF SUNSHINE.






WHAT CAN BE HOPED FOR
WHICH IS NOT BELIEVED?

-ST. AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO-



OFFERING HOPE TO OTHERS
THROUGH A LOVING WORD,
A THOUGHTFUL ACT,
OR A SIMPLE SMILE
IS THE SUREST WAY
TO LIFT YOUR SPIRIT.




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



THAT YOU MAY
OVERFLOW WITH HOPE...



ROMANS 15:13



THERE IS NO EFFORT IN OVERFLOW.
IT IS
QUIETLY IRRESISTIBLE.
IT IS NORMAL
LIFE OF OMNIPOTENT AND CEASELESS
ACCOMPLISHMENT INTO WHICH CHRIST
INVITES US TODAY AND ALWAYS.




PREPARING YOUR HEART
FOR PRAYER



HOLY CHARACTERS ARE FORMED BY
THE POWER OF REAL PRAYING.
THE MORE
OF TRUE SAINTS, THE MORE OF PRAYING;
THE MORE OF PRAYING, THE MORE
OF TRUE SAINTS.


-E. M.
BOUNDS-



WHEN I CONSIDER YOUR HEAVENS, THE WORK
OF YOUR FINGERS, THE MOON AND THE STARS,
WHICH YOU HAVE SET IN PLACE, WHAT
IS MAN THAT YOU ARE MINDFUL OF HIM, AND
THE SON OF MAN THAT YOU CARE FOR HIM?
YOU MADE HIM LOWER THAN THE HEAVENLY
BEINGS AND CROWNED HIM WITH GLORY AND
HONOR.
YOU MADE HIM RULER OVER THE WORKS
OF YOUR HANDS, AND YOU PUT EVERYTHING
UNDER HIS FEET.




PSALM 8:3-6



THE GOD OF ALL GRACE, WHO CALLED ME TO
HIS ETERNAL GLORY IN CHRIST, AFTER I HAVE
SUFFERED A LITTLE WHILE, WILL HIMSELF
PERFECT, CONFIRM, STRENGTHEN,
AND ESTABLISH ME.




1 PETER 5:10



YOU HAVE SHOWN ME WHAT IS GOOD; AND WHAT
DOES THE LORD REQUIRE OF ME BUT TO ACT JUSTLY
AND TO LOVE MERCY AND TO WALK HUMBLY WITH MY GOD?



MICAH 6:8



YOU HAVE GIVEN US A NEW COMMANDMENT TO
LOVE ONE ANOTHER EVEN AS YOU HAVE LOVED US;
SO WE MUST LOVE ONE ANOTHER.

BY THIS ALL MEN WILL KNOW THAT WE ARE YOUR DISCIPLES,
IF WE HAVE LOVE FOR ONE ANOTHER.




JOHN 13:34-35



LORD, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR AWESOME MAJESTY AND
CREATIVE POWER.
I THANK YOU THAT YOU WILL PERFECT
ME IN CHRIST JESUS, SO I MAY DEMONSTRATE
YOUR MERCY AND LOVE TO OTHERS.


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