Daily Inspiration March 26, 2009

MARCH 26TH

FROM THE HEART
A DAILY INSPIRATIONAL
CALENDAR
by HELEN STEINER RICE



ALL NATURE HEEDS THE CALL OF SPRING
AS GOD AWAKENS EVERYTHING,
AND ALL THAT SEEMED SO DEAD AND STILL
EXPERIENCES A SUDDEN THRILL.




HE TURNS A DESERT INTO POOLS OF
WATER, A PARCHED LAND INTO
SPRINGS OF WATER.




PSALM 107:35



TODAY ANSWER GOD'S CALL AS YOU THRILL
TO THE AWAKENING OF THE SLUMBERING EARTH.






FAITH EMPOWERS ME
TO LEAP ACROSS
THE CHASMS IN MY LIFE
AND TO HAVE THE CONFIDENCE
THAT I'LL MAKE IT TO THE OTHER SIDE
-AND TO BELIEVE THAT
THE OTHER SIDE EXISTS.




THE EYES OF FAITH
SEE THINGS
NOT AS THEY ARE,
BUT AS THEY COULD BE.




YES, I HAVE DOUBTED.
I HAVE WANDERED
OFF THE PATH. I HAVE BEEN LOST.
BUT I
ALWAYS RETURNED. IT IS BEYOND THE LOGIC I SEEK.

IT IS INTUITIVE-AN INTRINSIC, BUILT-IN SENSE
OF DIRECTION.
I SEEM ALWAYS TO FIND MY
WAY HOME.
MY FAITH HAS WAVERED BUT HAS
SAVED ME.

-HELEN HAYES-



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



BY FAITH HE LEFT EGYPT,
NOT FEARING THE KING'S ANGER;
HE PERSEVERED BECAUSE HE
SAW HIM WHO IS INVISIBLE.




HEBREWS 11:27



THE WORLD SAYS "SEEING IS BELIEVING,"
BUT GOD WANTS US TO BELIEVE IN ORDER
TO SEE.
DO YOU BELIEVE GOD ONLY
WHEN CIRCUMSTANCES ARE FAVORABLE,
OR DO YOU BELIEVE NO MATTER WHAT
THE CIRCUMSTANCES MAY BE?



PREPARING YOUR HEART
FOR PRAYER



PRAYER IS... TALKING WITH GOD AND
TELLING HIM YOU LOVE HIM...
CONVERSING WITH GOD ABOUT ALL
THE THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT IN LIFE,
BOTH LARGE AND SMALL, AND BEING
ASSURED THAT HE IS LISTENING.

-C. NEIL STRAIT-



WHEN WE WERE HELPLESS, AT THE RIGHT TIME,
CHRIST DIED FOR THE UNGODLY.
FOR RARELY
WILL ANYONE DIE FOR A RIGHTEOUS MAN,
THOUGH PERHAPS FOR A GOOD MAN SOMEONE
WOULD EVEN DARE TO DIE.
BUT GOD
DEMONSTRATES HIS OWN LOVE FOR US IN
THAT WHILE WE WERE STILL SINNERS,
CHRIST DIED FOR US.




ROMANS 5:6-8



MY FLESH AND MY HEART MAY FAIL, BUT GOD
IS THE STRENGTH OF MY HEART AND MY
PORTION FOREVER.
THOSE WHO ARE FAR FROM
YOU WILL PERISH; YOU HAVE CUT OFF ALL WHO
ARE UNFAITHFUL TO YOU.
BUT AS FOR ME, THE
NEARNESS OF GOD IS MY GOOD.
I HAVE MADE
THE LORD GOD MY REFUGE, THAT I MAY
TELL OF ALL YOUR WORKS.




PSALM 73:26-28



THE LORD GIVES WISDOM; FROM HIS MOUTH
COME KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING.

HE STORES UP SOUND WISDOM FOR THE
UPRIGHT; HE IS A SHIELD TO THOSE WHO
WALK IN INTEGRITY, GUARDING THE PATHS
OF JUSTICE AND PROTECTING THE WAY OF
HIS SAINTS.
THEN I WILL UNDERSTAND RIGHTEOUSNESS
AND JUSTICE AND HONESTY-EVERY GOOD PATH.
FOR
WISDOM WILL ENTER MY HEART, AND KNOWLEDGE
WILL BE PLEASANT TO MY SOUL.
DIRECTION WILL
PROTECT ME, AND UNDERSTANDING WILL GUARD ME.




PROVERBS 2:6-11



LORD, I THANK YOU THAT YOU ARE MAGESTIC
AND YET YOU REACHED DOWN IN LOVE TO SAVE US.

I THANK YOU THAT YOUR NEARNESS IS MY GOOD,
AND I ASK THAT I MIGHT RECEIVE YOUR WISDOM AND
REVERANCE YOU, MY KING, ABOVE ALL ELSE.


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