Daily Inspiration March 25, 2009

MARCH 25th

FROM THE HEART
A DAILY INSPIRATIONAL
CALENDAR
by HELEN STEINER RICE



EVERY GROWING, LIVING THING
THAT YOU CAN TOUCH OR SEE AT SPRING
IS BUT A MESSAGE FROM ABOVE
TO SAY THAT GOD IS LIFE AND LOVE.




THE EARTH IS FILLED WITH YOUR LOVE,
O LORD; TEACH ME YOUR DECREES.




PSALM 119:64



TODAY RESPOND TO GOD'S
COMMUNICATION AND
HIS DEEP DEVOTION THAT
REPEATS ITSELF OVER
AND OVER IN THE QUALITY
OF EXISTENCE OBSERVED
IN THE SEASON OF SPRING.






FAITH FLOWS AS I STOP DEPENDING ON WHAT
I THINK, ON WHAT I FEEL, ON WHAT I SEE AND
INSTEAD EMBRACE THESE FACTS: GOD LOVES ME.

HE WILL NEVER LEAVE ME.
HE WANTS ONLY THE
BEST FOR ME.




FAITH IS NEITHER PROVEN THROUGH LOGIC
NOR REASON; IT MUST BE FELT WITH THE HEART.




WE NEVER OUTGROW OUR NEED FOR FAITH.

NO ONE IS TOO STRONG, TOO MATURE, OR
TOO EXPERIENCED TO BENEFIT FROM ITS GRACE.




THE ANSWERS TO ALL OF LIFE'S QUESTIONS LIE
SOMEWHERE DEEP INSIDE US, AND FAITH IS THE KEY
TO OUR KNOWING THAT THE VOICE OF OUR SOUL
WILL GUIDE US.






BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO HAVE NOT SEEN
AND YET HAVE COME TO BELIEVE.




JOHN 20:29



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



"TEST ME IN THIS," SAYS THE
LORD ALLMIGHTY, AND
SEE IF I WILL NOT THROW OPEN
THE FLOODGATES OF HEAVEN..."



MALACHI 3:10



HEAVEN IS THE SAME RICH
STOREHOUSE AS OF OLD.

THE TREASURE ROOMS ARE STILL
BURSTING WITH GIFTS.

TEST ME IN THIS.
FULLFILL
THE CONDITIONS, ON YOUR
PART. BRING IN THE TITHES.

GIVE ME A CHANCE.




PREPARING YOUR HEART
FOR PRAYER



SINCE THE CHRISTIAN'S GREATEST
INFLUENCE IS EXERTED BY PRAYER,
HE MUST INEVITABLY BE AT
HIS WEAKEST WHEN PRAYERLESS,
AND BE STRONGEST WHEN PRAYERFUL.

-G. H. LANG-



ALL MEN ARE LIKE GRASS, AND ALL THEIR
GLORY IS LIKE THE FLOWER OF THE FIELD.

THE GRASS WITHERS AND THE FLOWER FADES,
BECAUSE THE BREATH OF THE LORD BLOWS ON IT.

SURELY THE PEOPLE ARE GRASS.
THE GRASS
WITHERS AND THE FLOWER FADES, BUT
THE WORD OF OUR GOD STANDS FOREVER.




ISAIAH 40:6-8



WHERE IS THE WISE MAN? WHERE IS THE SCHOLAR?
WHERE IS THE DISPUTER OF THIS AGE? HAS NOT
GOD MADE FOOLISH THE WISDOM OF THE WORLD?
BUT TO THOSE WHOM GOD HAS CALLED, BOTH
JEWS AND GREEKS, CHRIST IS THE POWER OF
GOD AND THE WISDOM OF GOD.




1 CORINTHIANS 1:20,24



I HAVE SET THE LORD ALWAYS BEFORE ME;
BECAUSE HE IS AT MY RIGHT HAND, I WILL
NOT BE SHAKEN.
THEREFORE MY HEART IS
GLAD, AND MY GLORY REJOICES; MY BODY
ALSO WILL REST IN HOPE.
YOU WILL MAKE
KNOWN TO ME THE PATH OF LIFE; IN YOUR
PRESENCE IS FULLNESS OF JOY; IN YOUR
RIGHT HAND ARE PLEASURES FOREVER.




PSALM 16:8-9,11



I WILL NOT TAKE REVENGE, BUT LEAVE
ROOM FOR THE WRATH OF GOD, FOR IT IS WRITTEN:
"VENGEANCE IS MINE; I WILL REPAY,"
SAYS THE LORD.
I WILL NOT BE OVERCOME BY EVIL,
BUT OVERCOME EVIL WITH GOOD.




ROMANS 12:19,21



LORD, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR ETERNAL WORD
AND FOR THE POWER AND WISDOM OF JESUS CHRIST.

I THANK YOU FOR THE JOY OF YOUR PRESENCE, AND
I ASK THAT I WOULD GRASP THE BREVITY OF LIFE AND
DESIRE TO OVERCOME EVIL WITH GOOD.


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