Daily Inspiration March 22, 2009

MARCH 22ND

FROM THE HEART
A DAILY INSPIRATIONAL
CALENDAR
by HELEN STEINER RICE



THE GOD WHO SENDS THE WINTER
AND WRAPS THE EARTH IN DEATH
WILL ALWAYS SEND THE SPRINGTIME
WITH AN AWAKENING BREATH.




FOR THOU HAST DELIVERED MY
SOUL FROM DEATH, YEA, MY FEET
FROM FALLING, THAT I MAY WALK
BEFORE GOD IN THE LIGHT OF LIFE.




PSALM 56:13



TODAY THANK GOD FOR THE GIFT
OF CHANGING SEASONS OF NATURE
AND THE GIFT OF NEW LIFE.








FOR SURELY I KNOW THE PLANS
I HAVE FOR YOU, SAYS THE LORD,
PLANS FOR YOUR WELFARE AND
NOT FOR HARM, TO GIVE YOU A
FUTURE WITH HOPE.




JEREMIAH 29:11



HOPE IS NOT IMMUNE TO REALITY
BUT TRANSCENDENT OF IT.

HOPE LIFTS US UP TO HIGHER GROUND,
WHERE WE CAN SEE THE BIGGER PICTURE,
THE WIDER VISTA, THE FAR HORIZON.




HOPE KNOWS THAT IN THE MIDST
OF FEELING ALL ALONE, GOD IS
STILL WITH ME.




TO HAVE HOPE IS TO STAND
AMIDST LIFE'S COLDEST, DARKEST STORM
AND SEE THE GLORIOUS RAINBOW
FORMING ON THE HORIZON.




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



"I AM THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE.

HE WHO BELIEVES IN ME WILL LIVE,
EVEN THOUGH HE DIES.
"



JOHN 11:25



NEVER TURN GOD'S FACTS INTO HOPES,
OR PRAYERS, BUT SIMPLY USE THEM AS
REALITIES, AND YOU WILL FIND THEM
POWERFUL AS YOU BELIEVE THEM.




PREPARING YOUR HEART
FOR PRAYER



PRAYER IS AN OFFERING UP OF OUR DESIRES
UNTO GOD FOR THINGS AGREEABLE TO HIS WILL
IN THE NAME OF CHRIST, WITH CONFESSION OF
OUR SINS AND THANKFUL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
OF OUR MERCIES.

-WESTMINISTER SHORTER CATECHISM-



I WILL EXPRESS THE MEMORY OF YOUR ABUNDANT
GOODNESS AND JOYFULLY SING OF YOUR
RIGHTEOUSNESS.
THE LORD IS GRACIOUS
AND COMPASSIONATE, SLOW TO ANGER, AND
GREAT IN LOVINGKINDNESS.
THE LORD IS GOOD
TO ALL, AND HIS TENDER MERCIES ARE
OVER ALL HIS WORKS.




PSALM 145:7-9



I LIFT UP MY EYES TO THE HILLS-WHERE DOES
MY HELP COME FROM? MY HELP COMES FROM
THE LORD, WHO MADE HEAVEN AND EARTH.

HE WILL NOT ALLOW MY FOOT TO SLIP; HE WHO
WATCHES OVER ME WILL NOT SLUMBER.

THE LORD IS MY KEEPER; THE LORD IS MY
SHADE AT MY RIGHT HAND.
THE SUN WILL
NOT HARM ME BY DAY, NOR THE MOON BY NIGHT.

THE LORD WILL KEEP ME FROM ALL EVIL; HE WILL
PRESERVE MY SOUL.
THE LORD WILL WATCH
OVER MY COMING AND GOING FROM THIS TIME
FORTH AND FOEVER.




PSALM 121:1-3,5-8



LOVE IS PATIENT, LOVE IS KIND, IT DOES NOT ENVY;
LOVE DOES NOT BOAST, IT IS NOT ARROGANT,
IT DOES NOT BEHAVE RUDELY; IT DOES NOT SEEK
ITS OWN, IT IS NOT PROVOKED, IT KEEPS NO
RECORD OF WRONGS; IT DOES NOT REJOICE
IN UNRIGHTEOUSNESS BUT REJOICES WITH
THE TRUTH; IT BEARS ALL THINGS, BELIEVES
ALL THINGS, HOPES ALL THINGS, ENDURES ALL
THINGS. LOVE NEVER FAILS.




1 CORINTHIANS 13:4-8



LORD, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR ABUNDANT GOODNESS,
AND FOR YOUR PROTECTION.
SHOW ME HOW TO WALK
IN LOVE EACH AND EVERY DAY.


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