Daily Inspirational Friday May 15, 2009

MAY 15TH

FROM THE HEART
A DAILY INSPIRATIONAL
CALENDAR
by HELEN STEINER RICE



MEMORIES GROW MORE MEANINGFUL
WITH EVERY PASSING YEAR,
MORE PRECIOUS AND MORE BEAUTIFUL,
MORE TREASURED AND MORE DEAR.



I COMMUNE WITH MY HEART IN THE NIGHT;
I MEDITATE AND SEARCH MY SPIRIT.



PSALM 77:6



TODAY RECALL HAPPY HAPPENINGS
OF BYGONE YEARS AND DON'T EVEN
THINK OF THE TEARFUL TIMES.





IF YOU DO NOT HOPE,
YOU WILL NOT FIND WHAT IS
BEYOND YOUR HOPES.

-ST CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIE-



HOPEFUL EYES PERCEIVE THE LIGHT
WHERE OTHER EYES SEE ONLY NIGHT.



HOPE IS ABOUT BELIEVING
WITH A HUMBLE HEART
THAT TOMORROW CAN BE DIFFERENT.
IT'S ABOUT KNOWING
THAT LIGHT WILL COME
TO CHASE AWAY THIS DARKNESS.



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



DO NOT BE ANXIOUS
ABOUT ANYTHING.



PHILIPPIANS 4:6



NO ANXIETY OUGHT TO BE
FOUND IN A BELIEVER. VARIED MAY
BE OUR TRIALS, OUR AFFLICTIONS,
OUR DIFFICULTIES, AND YET THERE
SHOULD BE NO ANXIETY UNDER ANY
CIRCUMSTANCES. WHATEVER TRIES
US IN ANY WAY, ... THE DIFFICULTIES
IN CONNECTION WITH THE FAMILY,
OUR TRADE, OUR PROFESSION...
SPEAK TO THE LORD ABOUT IT.



PREPARING YOUR HEART
FOR PRAYER



THE POSSIBILITIES OF PRAYER ARE THE POSSIBILITIES
OF FAITH. PRAYER AND FAITH ARE SIAMESE TWINS. ONE
HEART ANIMATES THEM BOTH. FAITH IS ALWAYS PRAYING.
PRAYER IS ALWAYS BELIEVING.

-UNKNOWN-



THE LORD MOST HIGH IS AWESOME,
THE GREAT KING OVER ALL THE EARTH!
GOD IS THE KING OF ALL THE EARTH,
AND I WILL SING HIS PRAISE.
GOD REIGNS OVER ALL THE NATIONS;
GOD IS SEATED ON HIS HOLY THRONE.



PSALM 47:2,7-8



AS LIVING STONES, WE ARE BEING BUILT INTO
A SPIRITUAL HOUSE TO BE A HOLY PRIESTHOOD,
OFFERING SPIRITUAL SACRIFICES ACCEPTABLE
TO GOD THROUGH JESUS CHRIST. WE ARE
CHOSEN PEOPLE, A ROYAL PRIESTHOOD,
A HOLY NATION, A PEOPLE FOR GOD'S OWN POSSESSION,
THAT WE MAY DECLARE THE PRAISES OF HIM
WHO CALLED US OUT OF DARKNESS INTO HIS
MARVELOUS LIGHT.



1 PETER 2:5,9



THANKS BE TO GOD, WHO ALWAYS LEADS
US IN TRIUMPH IN CHRIST AND
THROUGH US SPREADS EVERYWHERE
THE FRAGRANCE OF THE KNOWLEDGE
OF HIM.



2 CORINTHIANS 2:14



I WANT THE LORD TO ESTABLISH MY
HEART AS BLAMELESS AND HOLY BEFORE
OUR GOD AND FATHER AT THE COMING OF
OUR LORD JESUS WITH ALL HIS SAINTS.



1 THESSALONIANS 3:13



LORD, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR AWESOME DOMINION
AND FOR CREATING A PEOPLE FOR YOUR OWN
POSSESSION. I THANK YOU FOR LEADING ME
IN CHRIST'S TRIUMPH. ESTABLISH MY HEART
AS BLAMELESS AND HOLY BEFORE YOU.

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