Daily Inspiration Monday March 23, 2009

MARCH 23RD

FROM THE HEART
A DAILY INSPIRATIONAL
CALENDAR
by HELEN STEINER RICE



GOD IS NO STRANGER
IN A FARAWAY PLACE,
HE'S AS CLOSE AS THE WIND
THAT BLOWS CROSS MY FACE.




HE IT IS WHO MAKES THE CLOUDS
RISE AT THE END OF THE EARTH,
WHO MAKES LIGHTNINGS FOR THE
RAIN AND BRINGS FORTH THE WIND
FROM HIS STOREHOUSES.




PSALM 135:7



TODAY BE AWARE OF THE
OMNIPRESENCE OF GOD.






HOPE IS THE GUIDING LANTERN
THAT LEADS US OUT OF THE DARKNESS
OF THE FOREST AND INTO THE SAFETY
OF THE CLEARING.




IF IT WERE NOT FOR HOPES,
THE HEART WOULD BREAK.

-THOMAS FULLER-



HOPE KEEPS THE HEART WHOLE.

-ANTONY BREWER-



INSTEAD OF SEARCHING FOR HOPE, SEEK GOD.

HOPE WILL BE YOUR CONSTANT COMPANION
WHEN YOU DO.




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



BUT IF WE HOPE FOR
WHAT WE DO NOT YET HAVE,
WE WAIT FOR IT PATIENTLY.




ROMANS 8:25



PATIENCE TAKES AWAY WORRY.

HE SAID HE WOULD COME, AND HIS
PROMISE IS EQUAL TO HIS PRESENCE.

HIS PURPOSE IN WAITING IS TO
BRING MORE GLORY OUT OF IT ALL.




PREPARING YOUR HEART
FOR PRAYER



THE WORST SIN IS PRAYERLESSNESS.

OVERT SIN OR CRIME OR THE GLARING
INCONSISTENCIES WHICH OFTEN SURPRISE
US IN CHRISTIAN PEOPLE ARE THE EFFECT
OF THIS OR ITS PUNISHMENT.
WE ARE LEFT
BY GOD FOR LACK OF SEEKING HIM.

-P. T.
FORSYTHE-



WE ARE LOOKING FOR THE BLESSED HOPE
AND THE GLORIOUS APPEARING OF OUR GREAT
GOD AND SAVIOR, CHRIST JESUS, WHO GAVE
HIMSELF FOR US TO REDEEM US FROM ALL
INIQUITY AND TO PURIFY FOR HIMSELF A PEOPLE
FOR HIS OWN POSSESSION, ZEALOUS
FOR GOOD WORKS.




TITUS 2:13-14



THE SPIRIT HELPS ME IN MY WEAKNESS,
FOR I DO NOT KNOW WHAT I OUGHT TO
PRAY FOR, BUT THE SPIRIT HIMSELF
INTERCEDES FOR ME WITH GROANS THAT
WORDS CANNOT EXPRESS.
AND HE WHO
SEARCHES THE HEARTS KNOWS THE MIND
OF THE SPIRIT, BECAUSE THE SPIRIT
INTERCEDES FOR THE SAINTS ACCORDING TO
THE WILL OF GOD.




ROMANS 8:26-27



AS ONE WHO HAS BEEN CHOSEN OF GOD,
HOLY AND BELOVED, I WILL PUT ON A HEART
OF COMPASSION, KINDNESS, HUMILITY,
GENTLENESS, AND PATIENCE, BEARING WITH
OTHERS AND FORGIVING OTHERS EVEN AS
THE LORD FORGAVE ME; AND ABOVE ALL THESE
THINGS, I WILL PUT ON LOVE, WHICH IS THE
BOND OF PERFECTION.




COLOSSIANS 3:12-14



LORD, I THANK YOU FOR THE UNBOUNDED
DOMINION OF JESUS CHRIST AND FOR THE
HOPE OF HIS GLORIOUS COMING.
I THANK
YOU FOR THE MINISTRY OF YOUR HOLY SPIRIT,
AS I STRIVE TO BE COMPASSIONATE AND
FORGIVING TOWARD OTHERS.


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