Daily Inspiration March 9, 2009

MARCH 9TH

FROM THE HEART
A DAILY INSPIRATIONAL
CALENDAR
by HELEN STEINER RICE



SEEK FIRST THE KINGDOM,
AND YOU WILL POSSESS
THE WORLD'S GREATEST RICHES
WHICH IS TRUE HAPPINESS.




THE KINGDOM IS AN EVERLASTING KINGDOM,
AND THY DOMINION ENDURETH THROUGHOUT
ALL GENERATIONS.




PSALM 145:13



TODAY WHEN YOU WRITE YOUR "MUST DO" LIST
"PUT SEEK GOD'S KINGDOM" AT THE TOP.






HOPE SHOULDN'T MEAN HOLDING
ONLY ONE DREAM;
OPEN YOURSELF TO ANY POSSIBILITY
THAT THE FUTURE MAY OFFER.

WE MAY THINK WE KNOW WHAT
WE WANT FOR OUR LIVES,
BUT GOD ANSWERS PRAYERS
IN HIS OWN WAY.




EACH NEW STAGE DRAWS ME LIKE BEE TO FLOWER.

THERE, HOPE PROMPTS ME TO UNFOLD THE PETALS
AND DINE ON THE NECTAR OF MY FUTURE.




HOPE, LIKE THE GLIMMERING TAPER'S LIGHT,
ADORNS AND CHEERS OUR WAY;
AND STILL, AS DARKER GROWS THE NIGHT,
EMITS A BRIGHTER RAY.


-OLIVER GOLDSMITH-



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



BUT HE KNOWS THE WAY
THAT I TAKE; WHEN HE
HAS TESTED ME, I WILL
COME FORTH AS GOLD.




JOB 23:10



WHAT A GLORIOUS ASSURANCE!
THIS WAY OF THINE... "HE KNOWS IT.
" THERE IS AN
ALMIGHTY GUIDE KNOWING AND DIRECTING OUR FOOTSTEPS.

WE HAVE THE ASSURANCE THAT THE FIRES ARE
LIGHTED NOT TO CONSUME, BUT TO REFINE.




PREPARING YOUR HEART
FOR PRAYER



WHENEVER GOD DETERMINES TO
DO A GREAT THING, HE FIRST
SETS HIS PEOPLE TO PRAY.


-CHARLES H.
SPURGEON-



IN YOUR UNFAILING LOVE YOU HAVE LED THE PEOPLE
YOU HAVE REDEEMED.
IN YOUR STRENGTH, YOU HAVE
GUIDED THEM TO YOUR HOLY DWELLING.
YOU BROUGHT
THEM IN AND PLANTED THEM IN THE MOUNTAIN OF YOUR
INHERITANCE- THE PLACE, O LORD, YOU MADE FOR YOUR
DWELLING; THE SANCTUARY, O LORD, YOUR HANDS HAVE
ESTABLISHED.




EXODUS 15:13,17



MANY, O LORD MY GOD, ARE THE WONDERS YOU HAVE DONE,
AND YOUR THOUGHTS TOWARD US NO ONE CAN RECOUNT TO
YOU; WERE I TO SPEAK AND TELL OF THEM, THEY WOULD BE
TOO MANY TO DECLARE.




PSALM 40:5



DIRECT MY FOOTSTEPS ACCORDING TO YOUR WORD, AND
LET NO INIQUITY HAVE DOMINION OVER ME.




PSALM 119:133



WHO MAY ASCEND THE HILL OF THE LORD? WHO MAY STAND
IN HIS HOLY PLACE? HE WHO HAS CLEAN HANDS AND A PURE
HEART, WHO HAS NOT LIFTED UP HIS SOUL TO AN IDOL OR
SWORN BY WHAT IS FALSE.




PSALM 24:3-4



LORD, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR BELOVED SON,
FOR YOUR UNFAILING LOVE, AND FOR YOUR
WONDERFUL THOUGHTS.
HELP ME TO FOLLOW
YOUR WORD AND WALK IN PURITY OF HEART.


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