Daily Inspiration March 3, 2009

MARCH 3RD

FROM THE HEART
A DAILY INSPIRATIONAL
CALENDAR
by HELEN STEINER RICE



WE AWAKEN IN THE MORNING,
WONDERING HOW WE'LL MEET THE DAY,
NOT KNOWING GOD STANDS READY
TO HELP US IF WE PRAY.




THE INTEGRITY OF THE UPRIGHT GUIDES THEM,
BUT THE CROOKEDNESS OF THE TREACHEROUS
DESTROYS THEM.




PROVERBS 11:3



TODAY CALL UPON GOD FOR HIS HEAVENLY GUIDANCE.






HOPE GIVES WINGS TO THE WISHES OF THE SOUL.




WHEN THE DARKNESS CASTS SHADOWS UPON US
AND THE ANSWERS ARE NOWHERE IN SIGHT,
HOPE LIFTS US UP ON A WING AND A PRAYER
AND CARRIES US BACK TO THE LIGHT.




HOPE IS THE GENTLE URGING OF THE SOUL
WHEN THE MIND, HEART, AND BODY ARE TOO
TIRED TO GO ON.




O HOPE! DAZZLING, RADIANT HOPE!
-WHAT A CHANGE THOU BRINGEST TO THE HOPELESS:
BRIGHTENING THE DARKENED PATHS,
AND CHEERING THE LONELY WAY.


-AIMEE SEMPLE McPHERSON-



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



THIS IS WHAT THE LORD SAYS TO ME:
"I WILL REMAIN QUIET AND WILL LOOK
ON FROM MY DWELLING PLACE.
"



ISAIAH 18:4



IS NOT THIS A MARVELOUS CONCEPTION
OF GOD-BEING STILL AND WATCHING?
HIS STILLNESS IS NOT ACQUIESCENCE.

HIS SILENCE IS NOT CONSENT.
HE IS
ONLY BIDING HIS TIME, AND WILL ARISE,
IN THE MOST OPPORTUNE MOMENT.




PREPARING YOUR HEART
FOR PRAYER



SOME PEOPLE'S PRAYERS NEED TO BE CUT
SHORT AT BOTH ENDS AND SET ON FIRE IN THE
MIDDLE.


-UNKNOWN-



ONE GENERATION SHALL PRAISE YOUR
WORKS TO ANOTHER, AND SHALL
DECLARE YOUR MIGHTY ACTS.

I WILL MEDITATE ON THE GLORIOUS
SPLENDOR OF YOUR MAJESTY AND ON
YOUR WONDERFUL WORKS.
PEOPLE
SHALL SPEAK OF THE MIGHT OF YOUR
AWESOME WORKS, AND WILL PROCLAIM
YOUR GREAT DEEDS.




PSALM 145:4-6



I HAVE BECOME DEAD TO THE LAW THROUGH
THE BODY OF CHRIST, THAT I MIGHT BELONG
TO ANOTHER, TO HIM WHO WAS RAISED FROM
THE DEAD, IN ORDER THAT I MIGHT BEAR FRUIT
TO GOD.
BUT NOW, BY DYING TO WHAT ONCE
BOUND ME, I HAVE BEEN RELEASED FROM THE
LAW SO THAT I SERVE IN NEWNESS OF THE
SPIRIT AND NOT IN OLDNESS OF THE LETTER.




ROMANS 7:4,6



I WILL LET MY EYES LOOK STRAIGHT AHEAD,
AND FIX MY GAZE STRAIGHT BEFORE ME.
I WILL
PONDER THE PATH OF MY FEET SO THAT ALL
MY WAYS WILL BE ESTABLISHED.
I WILL NOT
TURN TO THE RIGHT OR TO THE LEFT BUT KEEP
MY FOOT FROM EVIL.




PROVERBS 4:25-27



LORD, I THANK YOU FOR THE GLORIOUS SPLENDOR
OF YOUR MAJESTY AND FOR YOUR WONDERFUL WORKS.

I THANK YOU THAT I NOW BELONG TO CHRIST WHO
FREED ME FROM BONDAGE TO THAT WHICH
CONDEMNED ME, AND I ASK THAT I WOULD KEEP
MY FOOT FROM EVIL.


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