Daily Inspiration March 20, 2009

MARCH 20TH

FROM THE HEART
A DAILY INSPIRATIONAL
CALENDAR
by HELEN STEINER RICE



HAPPINESS IS SOMETHING
WE CREATE IN OUR MIND,
IT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU
SEARCH FOR AND SO SELDOM FIND.




YOU SHALL EAT THE FRUIT OF
THE LABOR OF YOUR HANDS;
YOU SHALL BE HAPPY, AND IT
SHALL BE WELL WITH YOU.




PSALM 128:2



TODAY BE A MESSENGER OF HAPPINESS.






HEART OF MINE,
SING BOLDLY
THE SONGS OF HOPE
TO CHASE AWAY
THE GLOOM.




THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN A PERSON WHO QUITS
AND ONE WHO KEEPS ON
THROUGH STORM AND STRUGGLE
IS A HOPEFUL HEART.




EVEN NOW I AM FULL OF HOPE,
BUT THE END LIES IN GOD.

-PINDAR-



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



THE REST WERE TO GET
THERE ON PLANKS OR ON
PIECES OF THE SHIP.




ACTS 27:44



IT IS THE COMMON IDEA THAT THE
PATHWAY OF FAITH IS STREWN WITH
FLOWERS... THAT HE LIFTS US QUITE
OUT OF THE PLANE OF DIFFICULTIES.

THE ACTUAL FACT, HOWEVER,...
IS ONE OF ALTERNATE TRIAL AND
TRIUMPH IN THE CASE OF EVERYONE
OF THE CLOUD OF WITNESSES.




PREPARING YOUR HEART
FOR PRAYER



PRAYER IS... A SINCERE DESIRE - OFTEN
INAUDIBLE, A HIDDEN FIRE, A SIGH, A TEAR,
AN UPWARD GLANCE TO GOD, THE
SIMPLE LISP OF A CHILD, THE CRY OF
THE PRODIGAL, THE BREATH OF THE
SOUL, THE INVIGORATING MOUNTAIN AIR,
THE WATCHWORD AT DEATH, THE KEY TO HEAVEN,
THE PATHWAY TO CHRIST.

-JAMES MONTGOMERY-



I WILL SING OF THE MERCIES OF THE LORD FOREVER;
WITH MY MOUTH I WILL MAKE YOUR FAITHFULNESS
KNOWN THROUGH ALL GENERATIONS.




PSALM 89:1



FROM THE RISING TO THE SETTING OF THE SUN,
YOUR NAME WILL BE GREAT AMONG THE NATIONS.

IN EVERY PLACE INCENSE AND PURE OFFERINGS
WILL BE BROUGHT TO YOUR NAME, FOR YOUR NAME
WILL BE GREAT AMONG THE NATIONS.




MALACHI 1:11



WHEN THE KINDNESS AND LOVE OF GOD
MY SAVIOR APPEARED, HE SAVED ME,
NOT BY WORKS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS
WHICH I HAVE DONE, BUT ACCORDING TO
HIS MERCY.
HE SAVED ME THROUGH THE
WASHING OF REGENERATION AND RENEWAL
BY THE HOLY SPIRIT WHOM HE POURED OUT
ON ME ABUNDANTLY THROUGH JESUS CHRIST
MY SAVIOR, SO THAT HAVING BEEN JUSTIFIED
BY HIS GRACE, I MIGHT BECOME AN HEIR
ACCORDING TO THE HOPE OF ETERNAL LIFE.




TITUS 3:4-7



I WILL GIVE GENEROUSLY TO OTHERS
WITHOUT A GRUDGING HEART.




DEUTERONOMY 15:10



HE WHO SOWS SPARINGLY WILL ALSO
REAP SPARINGLY, AND HE WHO SOWS
BOUNTIFULLY WILL ALSO REAP BOUNTIFULLY.




2 CORINTHIANS 9:6



LORD, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR MERCIES AND
FAITHFULNESS AND FOR THE GREATNESS OF
YOUR NAME.
I THANK YOU FOR THE WASHING
OF REGENERATION AND RENEWAL BY THE
HOLY SPIRIT.
TEACH ME TO SOW BOUNTIFULLY
BY BEING GENEROUS TO OTHERS.


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