Daily Inspirational May 1, 2009

MAY 1ST

FROM THE HEART
A DAILY INSPIRATIONAL
CALENDAR
by HELEN STEINER RICE



YOU'LL FIND WHEN YOU SMILE
YOUR DAY WILL BE BRIGHTER,
AND ALL OF YOUR BURDENS
WILL SEEM SO MUCH LIGHTER.



I SOUGHT THE LORD, AND HE ANSWERED ME,
AND DELIVERED ME FROM ALL MY FEARS.
LOOK TO HIM, AND BE RADIANT.



PSALM 34:4,5



TODAY WILL PROVE THAT A RADIANT SMILE
ADDS RADIANCE TO THE DAY.





LOVE IS ABOUT KNOWING WHEN IT'S TIME TO LEAD AND A TIME TO FOLLOW.
BUT MOSTLY, IT'S ABOUT TWO PEOPLE
WALKING THROUGH LIFE SIDE BY SIDE.



ONE WORD FREES US OF ALL THE WEIGHT
AND PAIN OF LIFE, THAT WORD IS LOVE.
-SOPHOCLES-



ONE OF LIFE'S GREATEST SORROWS
IS LOVE THAT IS NOT RETURNED.
ONE OF LIFE'S GREATEST JOYS IS
KNOWING THAT SOMEONE LOVES ME
AND IS WILLING TO COMPLETE
THE CIRCLE OF LOVE.



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



NOW WE WHO HAVE
BELIEVED ENTER THAT REST.



HEBREWS 4:3



UNREST IMPLIES UNBELIEF IN
REFERENCE TO THE ANSWER TO PRAYER.
THIS... FREQUENTLY ARISES FROM
CENTERING OUR THOUGHTS ON THE
DIFFICULTY RATHER THAN ON GOD'S
PROMISE. MAY WE WATCH AND PRAY
THAT WE ENTER NOT INTO TEMPTATION
OF PRAYING OURSELVES OUT OF FAITH.



PREPARING YOUR HEART
FOR PRAYER



PRAYER IS THE PASSAGE FROM
SPIRITUAL THIRST TO SPIRITUAL REFRESHING.

-UNKNOWN-



REJOICE GREATLY, O DAUGHTER OF ZION! SHOUT,
O DAUGHTER OF JERUSALEM! BEHOLD, YOUR KING
IS COMING TO YOU; HE IS JUST AND HAVING SALVATION,
HUMBLE AND RIDING ON A DONKEY, ON A COLT, THE
FOAL OF A DONKEY. HE WILL PROCLAIM PEACE TO THE
NATIONS; HIS DOMINION WILL EXTEND FROM SEA TO
SEA AND FROM THE RIVER TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH.



ZECHARIAH 9:9-10



I KNOW THAT MY REDEEMER LIVES AND THAT IN
THE END HE WILL STAND UPON THE EARTH.



JOB 19:25



I WILL NOT LAY UP FOR MYSELF TREASURES ON EARTH,
WHERE MOTH AND RUST DESTROY
AND WHERE THIEVES BREAK IN AND STEAL.
BUT I WILL LAY UP FOR MYSELF TREASURES IN
HEAVEN, WHERE MOTH AND RUST DO NOT
DESTROY AND WHERE THIEVES DO NOT BREAK
IN AND STEAL. FOR WHERE MY TREASURE IS,
THERE MY HEART WILL BE ALSO.



MATHHEW 6:19-21; LUKE 12:34



LORD, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR RIGHTEOUS
RULE OVER US, AND FOR JESUS WHO CAME
IN HUMILITY AS A SERVANT. HELP ME LAY UP
SPIRITUAL TREASURES; FOR WHERE MY.
TREASURE IS, THERE MY HEART WILL BE.

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