Daily Inspirational Friday May 22, 2009

MAY 22ND

FROM THE HEART
A DAILY INSPIRATIONAL
CALENDAR
by HELEN STEINER RICE



HELP US ALL TO REALIZE
THERE IS UNTOLD STRENGTH AND POWER
WHEN WE SEEK THE LORD AND FIND HIM
IN OUR MEDITATION HOUR.



MAY ALL WHO SEEK YOU REJOICE
AND BE GLAD IN YOU.



PSALM 70:4



TODAY ASK GOD TO MAKE KNOWN HIS PLAN FOR
YOU...LISTEN ATTENTIVELY. HE MAY
JUST WHISPER IT TO YOU.





HOPE, LIKE THE GLIMMERING TAPER'S LIGHT,
ADORNS AND CHEERS OUR WAY;
AND STILL, AS DARKER GROWS THE NIGHT,
EMITS A BRIGHTER RAY.

-OLIVER GOLDSMITH-



HOPE WHISPERS TO THE WEARY HEART,
"HOLD ON."



HOPE COMES AS A RAY OF SUN
AMIDST THE COLD, DARK RAIN,
MOVING US INTO THE LIGHT
WHERE LOVE CAN HEAL OUR PAIN.



HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL
LIKE A WELL FROM DEEP INSIDE US,
MOVING US INTO THE LIGHT
WHERE LOVE CAN GUIDE US.



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



YOU HAVE STRUGGLED
WITH GOD AND WITH MEN
AND HAVE OVERCOME.



GENESIS 32:28



THERE COMES A CRISIS HOUR TO
EACH OF US, IF GOD HAS CALLED US
TO THE HIGHEST AND BEST, WHEN ALL
RESOURCES FAIL. GOD KNOWS HOW
TO LEAD US UP TO THIS CRISIS, AND HE
KNOWS HOW TO LEAD US THROUGH.



PREPARING YOUR HEART
FOR PRAYER



ALMIGHTY GOD IS CONCERNED IN OUR PRAYING.
HE WILLS IT, HE COMMANDS IT, HE INSPIRES IT.
JESUS CHRIST IN HEAVEN IS EVEN PRAYING.
PRAYER IS HIS LAW AND HIS LIFE.

-LEONARD RAVENHILL-



JESUS REJOICED IN THE HOLY SPIRIT, AND SAID,
"I PRAISE YOU FATHER, LORD OF HEAVEN AND EARTH,
BECAUSE YOU HAVE HIDDEN THESE THINGS FROM THE
WISE AND LEARNED, AND REVEALED THEM TO LITTLE
CHILDREN. YES, FATHER, FOR THIS WAS WELL PLEASING
IN YOUR SIGHT. ALL THINGS HAVE BEEN DELIVERED TO
ME BY MY FATHER. NO ONE KNOWS THE SON EXCEPT THE
FATHER, AND NO ONE KNOWS THE FATHER EXCEPT THE
SON AND THOSE TO WHOM THE SON CHOOSES TO REVEAL HIM."



MATTHEW 11:25-27
LUKE 10:21-22



AS MANY AS RECEIVED CHRIST, TO THEM HE GAVE
THE RIGHT TO BECOME CHILDREN OF GOD, TO
THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN HIS NAME, WHO WERE BORN
NOT OF BLOOD, NOR OF THE WILL OF THE FLESH,
NOR OF THE WILL OF MAN, BUT OF GOD.



JOHN 1:12-13



A FOOL SHOWS HIS ANNOYANCE AT ONCE,
BUT A PRUDENT MAN OVERLOOKS AN INSULT.



PROVERBS 12:16



I WILL NOT BE QUICKLY PROVOKED IN MY SPIRIT,
FOR ANGER RESTS IN THE BOSOM OF FOOLS.



ECCLESIASTES 7:9



LORD, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR POWER AND GREATNESS
AND FOR REVEALING YOURSELF THROUGH YOUR SON.
I THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE RIGHT TO BECOME
YOUR CHILD. TEACH ME TO PRACTICE SELF-CONTROL
SO THAT I WILL NOT BE QUICKLY PROVOKED.

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