APRIL 30TH
FROM THE HEART
A DAILY INSPIRATIONAL
CALENDAR
by HELEN STEINER RICE
APPLE BLOSSOMS BURSTING WIDE
NOW BEAUTIFUL THE TREE
AND MAKE A SPRINGTIME PICTURE
THAT IS BEAUTIFUL TO SEE.
MY GOD, YOU ARE GREAT INDEED... THE EARTH IS
REPLETE WITH THE FRUIT OF YOUR WORKS.
PSALM 104:1,13
TODAY ENUMERATE THE VARIOUS HUES AND COLOR
GRADATIONS IN THE SPRINGTIME SCENES THAT YOU
OBSERVE AND MARVEL AT THE ORIGINALITY AND
CREATIVITY IN GOD'S WORKS.
THE HEART THAT LOVES IS ALWAYS YOUNG.
-GREEK PROVERB-
THE PASSION OF TWO PEOPLE IN LOVE
IS THE ECHOING CALL OF TWO YEARNING SOULS,
EACH BEING ANSWERED IN UNION WITH THE OTHER.
LOVE IS MORE THAN JUST THE UNION OF
TWO BODIES, TWO MINDS, AND TWO HEARTS.
IT IS A RE-UNION OF TWO PARTS COMING
BACK TO THE WHOLE.
STREAMS IN THE DESERT
DAILY THOUGHTS FROM
THE DEVOTIONAL CLASSIC
by MRS. CHARLES E. COWMAN
SORROW IS BETTER THAN LAUGHTER,
BECAUSE A SAD FACE IS GOOD FOR THE HEART.
ECCLESIASTES 7:3
SORROW REVEALS UNKNOWN DEPTHS IN
THE SOUL, AND UNKNOWN CAPABILITIES
OF EXPERIENCE AND SERVICE. SORROW IS
GOD'S PLOWSHARE THAT TURNS UP AND
SUBSOILS THE DEPTHS OF THE SOUL, THAT
IT MAY YIELD RICHER HARVESTS. IT TAKES
SORROW TO WIDEN THE SOUL.
PREPARING YOUR HEART
FOR PRAYER
PRAYER CURES SICKNESS AND OBTAINS PARDON; IT
ARRESTS THE SUN IN ITS COURSE AND STAYS THE WHEELS
OF THE CHARIOT OF THE MOON; IT RULES OVER ALL GODS
AND SHUTS THE STOREHOUSES OF RAIN; IT UNLOCKS THE
CABINET OF THE WOMB, AND QUENCHES THE VIOLENCE
OF FIRE; IT STOPS THE MOUTHS OF LIONS...
IT PLEASES GOD AND SUPPLIES ALL OUR NEEDS.
-JEREMY TAYLOR-
JESUS TOOK BREAD, GAVE THANKS, AND BROKE IT,
AND GAVE IT TO HIS DISCIPLES, SAYING,
"TAKE AND EAT, THIS IS MY BODY."
THEN HE TOOK THE CUP, GAVE THANKS,
AND OFFERED IT TO THEM, SAYING,
"DRINK FROM IT, ALL OF YOU. THIS IS
MY BLOOD OF THE NEW COVENANT, WHICH
IS POURED OUT FOR MANY FOR THE
FORGIVENESS OF SINS."
MATTHEW 26:26-28
I WANT TO BE A DOER OF THE WORD AND NOT
MERELY A HEARER WHO DECEIVES HIMSELF.
FOR IF ANYONE IS A HEARER OF THE WORD AND
NOT A DOER, HE IS LIKE A MAN WHO LOOKS AT
HIS NATURAL FACE IN A MIRROR, AND AFTER
LOOKING AT HIMSELF, GOES AWAY, AND
IMMEDIATELY FORGETS WHAT KIND OF PERSON
HE WAS. BUT THE ONE WHO LOOKS INTENTLY
INTO THE PERFECT LAW OF FREEDOM AND
CONTINUES IN IT AND IS NOT A FORGETFUL
HEARER BUT A DOER OF THE WORD, THIS
ONE WILL BE BLESSED IN WHAT HE DOES.
JAMES 1:22-25
I WILL NOT WEAR MYSELF OUT TO GET RICH;
I WILL HAVE THE UNDERSTANDING TO CEASE.
I WILL NOT SET MY DESIRES ON WHAT FLIES AWAY,
FOR WEALTH SURELY SPROUTS WINGS AND FLIES
INTO THE HEAVENS LIKE AN EAGLE.
PROVERBS 23:4-5
HE WHO OPPRESSES THE POOR REPROACHES HIS MAKER,
BUT WHOEVER IS KIND TO THE NEEDY HONORS HIM.
PROVERBS 14:31
LORD, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR GLORY AND
FAITHFULNESS AND FOR CHRIST'S BODY AND
BLOOD. I THANK YOU THAT YOU WANT ME TO
APPLY YOUR WORD IN MY LIFE, AND I ASK THAT
YOU KEEP ME FROM GREED AND
GIVE ME A GENEROUS HEART.
MAY THE LOVE OF CHRIST BE
WITH US TODAY AND ALWAYS!
IN JESUS NAME WE PRAY,
AMEN.
