Daily Inspiration March 5, 2009

MARCH 5TH

FROM THE HEART
A DAILY INSPIRATIONAL
CALENDAR
by HELEN STEINER RICE



TO UNDERSTAND GOD'S GREATNESS
AND TO USE HIS GIFTS EACH DAY
THE SOUL MUST LEARN TO MEET HIM
IN A MEDITATIVE WAY.




TO GET WISDOM IS BETTER THAN GOLD; TO GET
UNDERSTANDING IS TO BE CHOSEN RATHER THAN SILVER.




PROVERBS 16:16



TODAY MAKE TIME TO MEDITATE ON GOD'S WORD.






THERE IS NO PRICELESS JEWEL
OR PRECIOUS GEM
THAT CAN OUTSHINE HOPE.




AH, HOPE!
WHAT WOULD LIFE BE,
STRIPPED OF THY ENCOURAGING SMILES,
THAT TEACH US TO LOOK
BEHIND THE DARK CLOUDS OF TO-DAY,
FOR THE GOLDEN BEAMS THAT
ARE TO GILD THE MORROW.


-SUSANNA MOODIE-



WITHOUT SEEMING RHYME OR REASON,
HOPE ALLAYS THE SOUL'S WORRIES
WITH THE CERTAINTY OF HUMMINGBIRDS,
WHO KNOW PRECISELY THE DAY TO FLY SOUTH.




WHEN ALL OF OUR EARTHLY HOPES
SEEM LIKE CASTLES IN THE SAND,
WE CAN HOLD TO THIS-
HEAVEN IS OUR HOME,
AND WE ARE BUT SOJOURNERS HERE.




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



I WILL STAND AT MY WATCH...
I WILL LOOK TO SEE WHAT HE WILL SAY.




HABAKKUK 2:1



THERE IS NO HELP FROM GOD, WITHOUT
WATCHFUL EXPECTATION ON OUR PART.
IF
WE EVER FAIL TO RECEIVE STRENGTH AND
DEFENCE FROM HIM, IT IS BECAUSE WE
ARE NOT ON THE OUTLOOK FOR IT.
WATCH
FOR GOD IN THE EVENTS OF YOUR LIFE.




PREPARING YOUR HEART
FOR PRAYER



FOR YOUR DESIRE IS YOUR PRAYER,
AND WHEN YOUR DESIRE IS WITHOUT
CEASING; YOUR PRAYER WILL ALSO
BE WITHOUT CEASING.


-ST.
AUGUSTINE-



I WILL TRUST IN THE LORD FOREVER,
FOR IN YAHWEH, THE LORD,
I HAVE AN EVERLASTING ROCK.




ISAIAH 26:4



TO US A CHILD IS BORN, TO US A SON IS GIVEN,
AND THE GOVERNMENT WILL BE ON HIS
SHOULDERS.
AND HE WILL BE CALLED WONDERFUL,
COUNSELOR, MIGHTY GOD, EVERLASTING
FATHER, PRINCE OF PEACE.
OF THE INCREASE
OF HIS GOVERNMENT AND PEACE THERE WILL
BE NO END.
HE WILL REIGN ON THE THRONE
OF DAVID AND OVER HIS KINGDOM, ESTABLISHING
AND UPHOLDING IT WITH JUSTICE AND RIGHTEOUSNESS
FROM THAT TIME ON AND FOREVER.
THE ZEAL OF
THE LORD OF HOSTS WILL ACCOMPLISH THIS.




ISAIAH 9:6-7



NONE OF US LIVES TO HIMSELF ALONE
AND NONE OF US DIES TO HIMSELF ALONE.

IF WE LIVE, WE LIVE TO THE LORD;
AND IF WE DIE, WE DIE TO THE LORD.
SO, WHETHER WE
LIVE OR DIE, WE BELONG TO THE LORD.




ROMANS 14:7-8



THE MOUTH OF THE RIGHTEOUS SPEAKS WISDOM, AND HIS
TONGUE SPEAKS WHAT IS JUST.
THE LAW OF HIS GOD IS IN
HIS HEART; HIS STEPS DO NOT SLIDE.




PSALM 37:30-31



LORD, I THANK YOU I CAN ALWAYS TRUST IN YOU AND
FOR SENDING YOUR MIGHTY SON INTO THE WORLD IN
FULFILLMENT OF YOUR PROMISES.
I THANK YOU I BELONG
TO YOU. TEACH ME TO SPEAK WHAT IS WISE AND JUST.


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