Daily Inspiration April 3, 2009

APRIL 3RD

FROM THE HEART
A DAILY INSPIRATIONAL
CALENDAR
by HELEN STEINER RICE



WHEN YOU DO WHAT YOU DO
WITH A WILL AND A SMILE,
EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO
WILL SEEM TWICE AS WORTHWHILE.




O CONTINUE THY LOVINGKINDNESS UNTO
THEM THAT KNOW THEE; AND THY
RIGHTEOUSNESS TO THE UPRIGHT IN HEART.




PSALM 36:10



TODAY CONCENTRATE ON YOUR ATTITUDE AND
YOUR EXPRESSION.
IF YOU WEAR A SMILE YOU'VE
BOUND TO APPEAR HAPPIER AND YOU MIGHT
JUST FIND YOU ARE HAPPIER.







THE SONG OF THE UNIVERSE
IS SUNG THROUGH EACH ONE OF US.

ITS NOTES, OUR DREAMS AND VISIONS;
ITS MELODY, HOW FAR WE'VE COME.




EVEN WHEN LIFE SEEMS PERFECT, OUR SOUL STILL
NEEDS TO BE RENEWED. CHANGE KEEPS US FRESH.




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



THE WIND WAS AGAINST IT.




MATTHEW 14:24



STORMS OF TEMPTATION APPEAR
CRUEL, BUT DO THEY NOT GIVE INTENSE
EARNESTNESS TO PRAYER? DO THEY NOT
LEAVE ME WITH A CHARACTER REFINED?
"JESUS CHRIST IS NO SECURITY AGAINST STORMS,
BUT HE IS PERFECT SECURITY IN STORMS.
HE HAS NEVER PROMISED YOU
AN EASY PASSAGE, ONLY A SAFE LANDING."




PREPARING YOUR HEART
FOR PRAYER



WE TEND TO USE PRAYER AS A LAST RESORT,
BUT JESUS WANTS IT TO BE OUR FIRST LINE
OF DEFENCE.
WE PRAY WHEN THERE IS
NOTHING ELSE WE CAN DO, BUT JESUS
WANTS US TO PRAY BEFORE WE
DO ANYTHING AT ALL.

-OSWALD CHAMBERS-



O LORD, YOU HAVE SEARCHED ME AND YOU KNOW ME.

YOU KNOW WHEN I SIT DOWN AND WHEN I RISE UP;
YOU UNDERSTAND MY THOUGHTS FROM AFAR.

YOU SCRUTINIZE MY PATH AND MY LYING DOWN
AND ARE ACQUAINTED WITH ALL MY WAYS.
BEFORE
A WORD IS ON MY TONGUE, O LORD,
YOU KNOW IT COMPLETELY.




PSALM 139:1-4



LORD YOU HAVE SAID, "COME TO ME, ALL YOU WHO
LABOR AND ARE HEAVY LADEN, AND I WILL GIVE
YOU REST.
TAKE MY YOKE UPON YOU AND LEARN
FROM ME, FOR I AM GENTLE AND HUMBLE IN HEART,
AND YOU WILL FIND REST FOR YOUR SOULS.
FOR
MY YOKE IS EASY, AND MY BURDEN IS LIGHT.




MATTHEW 11:28-30



YOU HAVE ASKED THE FATHER, AND HE HAS GIVEN
ME ANOTHER COMFORTER TO BE WITH ME FOREVER,
EVEN THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH, WHOM THE WORLD
CANNOT RECEIVE, BECAUSE IT NEITHER SEES HIM
NOR KNOWS HIM. BUT I KNOW HIM, FOR HE LIVES IN ME.




JOHN 14:16-17



I WILL LEARN TO FEAR YOU ALL THE DAYS I LIVE ON
EARTH AND TEACH YOUR WORDS TO MY CHILDREN.




DEUTERONOMY 4:10



LORD, I THANK YOU FOR SEARCHING AND KNOWING
ME AND FOR GIVING ME REST IN CHRIST.
I THANK YOU
FOR THE INDWELLING COMFORTER; WHO HELPS ME
OBSERVE YOUR WORD AND TEACH IT TO OTHERS.

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