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MAY 31ST FROM THE HEARTA DAILY INSPIRATIONAL CALENDARby HELEN STEINER RICE 
AS YOU CLIMB LIFE'S LADDER,TAKE FAITH ALONG WITH YOU,AND GREAT WILL BE YOUR HAPPINESS AS YOUR DEAREST DREAMS COME TRUE. 
LOVE THE LORD, ALL YOU SAINTS! THE LORD PRESERVES THE FAITHFUL, BUT ABUNDANTLYREQUITES HIM WHO ACTS HAUGHTILY.
PSALM 31:23 TODAY LET YOUR SUCCESS BE SEASONED WITH KNOWLEDGE, PERSEVERANCE, GOOD JUDGEMENT, CONTENTMENT, OPTIMISM, AND RELIANCE ON AND LOVE OF GOD. WHEN YOU TASTE SUCH SUCCESS, YOU'RE SURE TO ENJOY THE FLAVOR.
SCATTERED BY A LOVING HAND,SIGNS OF HOPE ARE AS CLOSE ASCROCUSES UNFURLING IN THE SNOW. THERE BE NO POTION SO POWERFUL,NO PILL SO AMAZING,NO PROMISED REWARD SO ALLURINGAS THE CERTAIN BELIEFTHAT SOMETHING GOOD CAN HAPPEN TOMORROW. STREAMS IN THE DESERTDAILY THOUGHTS FROMTHE DEVOTIONAL CLASSICby MRS. CHARLES E. COWMAN WHEN THE DOVE RETURNEDTO HIM IN THE EVENING,THERE IN ITS BEAK WAS AFRESHLY PLUCKED OLIVE LEAF!GENESIS 8:11 GOD KNOWS JUST WHEN TOWITHHOLD FROM US ANY VISIBLESIGN OF ENCOURAGEMENT, AND WHENTO GRANT US SUCH A SIGN. WE MAYTRUST HIM ANYWAY! HE WHO ORDERSTHE BOUNDS OF OUR HABITATION ORDERSALSO THE TIME OF OUR DELIVERANCE. PREPARING YOUR HEART FOR PRAYER
PRAYER IS ASKING, SEEKING AND KNOCKING AT A DOOR FOR SOMETHING WE HAVE NOT, WHICH WE DESIRE, AND WHICH GOD HAS PROMISED TO US. -UNKNOWN- I WILL GIVE THANKS TO THE LORD, FOR HE IS GOOD; HIS LOVING KINDNESS ENDURES FOREVER.PSALM 118:1 EVERY GOOD AND PERFECT GIFT IS FROM ABOVE, COMING DOWN FROM THE FATHER OF LIGHTS, WITH WHOM THERE IS NO VARIATION,OR SHIFTING SHADOW. OF HIS OWN WILL HE BROUGHT US FORTH BY THE WORD OF TRUTH, THAT WE MIGHT BE A KIND OF FIRSTFRUITSOF HIS CREATURES.JAMES 1:17-18 I AM CONTINUALLY WITH YOU; YOU HOLD ME BY MY RIGHT HAND. YOU GUIDE ME WITH YOUR COUNSEL, AND AFTERWARD YOU WILL TAKE ME TO GLORY.PSALM 73:23-24 CURSED IS THE ONE WHO TRUSTS IN MAN, WHO DEPENDS ON FLESH FOR HIS STRENGTH AND WHOSE HEART TURNS AWAY FROM THE LORD. BUT BLESSED IS THE MAN WHO TRUSTS IN THE LORD, WHOSE CONFIDENCE IS IN HIM.JEREMIAH 17:5,7 LORD, I THANK YOU THAT YOUR LOVINGKINDNESS ENDURES FOREVER AND THAT YOUR PERFECT GIFTS FLOW OUT OF YOUR UNCHANGING CHARACTER. I THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUAL PRESENCE. HELP ME TO KEEP MY TRUST IN YOU RATHER THAN IN THE PROMISES OF PEOPLE.MAY THE LOVE OF CHRIST BEWITH US TODAY AND ALWAYS!IN JESUS NAME WE PRAY,AMEN.
EACH DAY BRINGS ACHANCE TO DO BETTER by HELEN STEINER RICE 
HOW OFTEN WE WISH FOR ANOTHER CHANCE TO MAKE A FRESH BEGINNING,A CHANCE TO BLOT OUT OUR MISTAKESAND CHANGE FAILURE INTO WINNING-AND IT DOES NOT TAKE A SPECIAL TIMETO MAKE A BRAND-NEW START,IT ONLY TAKES THE DEEP DESIRETO TRY WITH ALL OUR HEARTTO LIVE A LITTLE BETTERAND TO ALWAYS BE FORGIVINGAND TO ADD A LITTLE"SUNSHINE"TO THE WORLD IN WHICH WE'RE LIVING-SO NEVER GIVE UP IN DESPAIRAND THINK THAT YOU ARE THROUGH,FOR THERE'S ALWAYS A TOMORROWAND A CHANCE TO START ANEW. 
HE WHO FORMS THE HEARTS OF ALL,WHO CONSIDERS EVERYTHING THEY DO. 
PSALM 33:15NIV SURELY GOODNESS AND LOVINGKINDNESS WILL FOLLOW ME ALL THE DAYS OF MY LIFE, AND I WILL DWELL IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD FOREVER. PSALM 23:6NAS LORD, YOU DO EVERYTHING FOR ME.LORD, YOUR LOVE CONTINUES FOREVER.DO NOT LEAVE US, WHOM YOU MADE. PSALM 138:8NCVBUT LET ALL WHO TAKE REFUGE IN YOU REJOICE; LET THEM SING JOYFUL PRAISES FOREVER. PROTECT THEM, SO ALL WHO LOVE YOUR NAME MAY BE FILLED WITH JOY.PSALM 5:11NLTPROTECT MY LIFE, AND RESCUE ME!DO NOT LET ME BE PUT TO SHAME.I HAVE TAKEN REFUGE IN YOU.PSALM 25:20GOD'S WORDIN GOD IS MY SALVATION AND MY GLORY;THE ROCK OF MY STRENGTH,AND MY REFUGE, IS IN GOD.PSALM 62:7NKJV 
MAY 29TH FROM THE HEARTA DAILY INSPIRATIONALCALENDARby HELEN STEINER RICE
EACH TIME YOU PICK A DAFFODILOR GATHER VIOLETS ON SOME HILLOR TOUCH A LEAF OR SEE A TREE,IT'S ALL GOD WHISPERING, "THIS IS ME." 
SEEK THE LORD AND HIS STRENGTH, SEEK HIS PRESENCE CONTINUALLY! REMEMBER THE WONDERFUL WORKS THAT HE HAS DONE, HIS MIRACLES, AND THE JUDGEMENTS HE UTTERED. 
PSALM 105:4,5 TODAY ENJOY GOD'S HANDIWORK, HIS FINGERPRINTS, AND LOVING TOUCHES WHICH ABOUND IN NATURE.
REJOICE IN HOPE,BE PATIENT IN SUFFERING,PERSEVERE IN PRAYER. ROMANS 12:12 WHEN YOUR DREAMS SEEM UNREACHABLE,TRUST THAT THE FUTURE WILLLIGHTEN YOUR BURDENS,SMOOTH YOUR PATH,AND URGE YOU ON TO A BRIGHTER TOMORROW. HOPE IS THE MOST PLEASINGPASSION OF THE SOUL. -ELIZA HAYWOOD- STREAMS IN THE DESERTDAILY THOUGHTS FROMTHE DEVOTIONAL CLASSICby MRS. CHARLES E. COWMAN THE LORD CONFIDESIN THOSE WHO FEARHIM; HE MAKES HISCONVENANT KNOWN TO THEM. PSALM 25:14 THERE ARE SECRETS OF PROVIDENCEWHICH GOD'S DEAR CHILDREN MAYLEARN. IF WE TAKE WHAT HE SENDS,AND TRUST HIM FOR THE GOODNESSIN IT, EVEN IN THE DARK, WE SHALLLEARN THE MEANING OF THE SECRETSOF PROVIDENCE. PREPARING YOUR HEARTFOR PRAYER
DIVINE ACTION, IN SOME MYSTERIOUS MANNER, IS CONDITIONED UPON BELIEVING PRAYER. THUS PRAYERIS SET FORTH AS THE CHIEF TASK OF THEBELIEVER. IT IS HIS RESPONSIBILITY TO ASK. IT IS GOD'S RESPONSIBILITY TO ACCOMPLISH. -CURTIS MITCHELL- TO GOD BELONG WISDOM AND POWER; COUNSEL AND UNDERSTANDING ARE HIS. JOB 12:13 GOD WAS PLEASED TO HAVE ALL HIS FULLNESS DWELL IN CHRIST AND THROUGH HIM TO RECONCILE ALL THINGS TO HIMSELF, WHETHER THINGS ON EARTH OR THINGS IN HEAVEN, HAVING MADE PEACE THROUGH THE BLOOD OF HIS CROSS. COLOSSIANS 1:19-20 THE LORD IS MY ROCK AND MY FORTRESSAND MY DELIVERER; MY GOD IS MY ROCK;I WILL TAKE REFUGE IN HIM, MY SHIELD AND THE HORN OF MY SALVATION, MY STRONGHOLD AND MY REFUGE - MY SAVIOR, YOU SAVE ME FROM VIOLENCE. I CALL ON THE LORD, WHO IS WORTHY OF PRAISE, AND I AM SAVED FROM MY ENEMIES. 2 SAMUEL 22:2-4 THERE ARE DIFFERENT KINDS OF GIFTS, BUT THE SAME SPIRIT. AND THERE ARE DIFFERENT KINDS OF SERVICE, BUT THE SAME LORD. AND THERE ARE DIFFERENT KINDS OF WORKING, BUT THE SAME GOD WORKS ALL OF THEM IN ALL PEOPLE.BUT TO EACH ONE THE MANIFESTATION OF THE SPIRIT IS GIVEN FOR THE COMMON GOOD. 1 CORINTHIANS 12:4-7 LORD, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR WISDOM AND POWER AND FOR ALL THE FULLNESS THAT DWELLS IN CHRIST. I THANK YOU FOR BEING MY STRONGHOLD AND MY REFUGE. HELP ME TO EXERCISE MY GOD-GIVEN GIFTS IN THE SERVICE OF OTHERS.MAY THE LOVE OF CHRIST BEWITH US TODAY AND ALWAYS!IN JESUS NAME WE PRAY,AMEN.
