Daily Inspirational Friday May 29, 2009

MAY 28TH

FROM THE HEART
A DAILY INSPIRATIONAL
CALENDAR
by HELEN STEINER RICE



FAITH IS THE KEY TO HEAVEN,
AND ONLY GOD'S CHILDREN HOLD
THE KEY THAT OPENS THE GATEWAY
TO THAT BEAUTIFUL CITY OF GOLD.



THIS IS THE GATE OF THE LORD;
THE RIGHTEOUS
SHALL ENTER THROUGH IT.



PSALM 118:20



TODAY, INSTEAD OF GIVING A SERMON FOR
SOMEONE TO HEAR, BE A LIVING ONE FOR
SOMEONE TO SEE.





TO LIVE IN HOPE MEANS TO EXPECT THAT OUR LONGINGS
WILL BE FULFILLED. WHEN WE HOLD THAT IMAGE OF
FULFILLMENT CONSTANTLY, WE CANNOT HELP BUT
NOTICE ALL THE WAYS IN WHICH OUR LIVES ARE BLESSED.



WHO BIDS ME HOPE, AND IN THAT CHARMING WORD
HAS PEACE AND TRANSPORT TO MY SOUL RESTOR'D.

-GEORGE LYTTLETON



WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO LIVE A LIFE OF HOPE?
NOTHING MORE THAN A WILLING HEART.



HOPEFUL PEOPLE HAVE A PEACE ABOUT THEM, A WAY
OF LOOKING AT EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS AS AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR GROWTH AND HAPPINESS. THEIR
LIVES ARE NOT ANY EASIER THAN ANYONE ELSE'S;
IT'S THEIR ATTITUDE THAT SETS THEM APART.



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



WE LIVE BY FAITH,
NOT BY SIGHT.



2 CORINTHIANS 5:7



FAITH IS TO BELIEVE WHAT WE DO
NOT SEE, AND THE REWARD OF THIS
FAITH IS TO SEE WHAT WE BELIEVE.



PREPARING YOUR HEART
FOR PRAYER



NEVER UNDERTAKE MORE CHRISTIAN WORK THAN
CAN BE COVERED IN BELIEVING PRAYER...TO FAIL
HERE IS TO ACT NOT IN FAITH BUT IN PRESUMPTION.

-ALAN REDPATH-



THE LORD MY GOD IS GOD OF GODS AND LORD
OF LORDS, THE GREAT GOD, MIGHTY AND AWESOME,
WHO SHOWS NO PARTIALITY AND EXCEPTS NO BRIBES,
HE EXECUTES JUSTICE FOR THE FATHERLESS AND
THE WIDOW AND LOVES THE ALIEN, GIVING HIM
FOOD AND CLOTHING.



DEUTERONOMY 10:17-18



IF I CLAIM TO BE WITHOUT SIN, I DECEIVE MYSELF,
AND THE TRUTH IS NOT IN ME. IF I CONFESS MY SINS,
HE IS FAITHFUL AND JUST AND WILL FORGIVE ME MY
SINS AND PURIFY ME FROM ALL UNRIGHTEOUSNESS.
IF I CLAIM I HAVE NOT SINNED, I MAKE HIM A LIAR AND
HIS WORD IS NOT IN ME.



1 JOHN 1:8-10



I WILL COMMIT MY WORKS TO THE LORD,
AND MY PLANS WILL BE ESTABLISHED.



PROVERBS 16:3



LORD, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR JUSTICE AND LOVE,
I THANK YOU FOR FORGIVING MY SINS, AND I COMMIT
MY PLANS AND MY WORKS TO YOU.

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