Daily Inspirational May 11, 2009

MAY 11TH

FROM THE HEART
A DAILY INSPIRATIONAL
CALENDAR
by HELEN STEINER RICE



OUR FATHER KNOWS WHAT'S
BEST FOR US,
SO WHY SHOULD WE COMPLAIN-
WE ALWAYS WANT THE SUNSHINE
BUT HE KNOWS THERE MUST BE RAIN.



GREEDY MAN STIRS UP
STRIFE, BUT HE WHO
TRUSTS IN THE LORD
WILL BE ENRICHED.



PROVERBS 28:25



TODAY TRUST IN GOD'S WISDOM AND IN HIS DESIGNS.
RECOGNIZE THAT SOME PATTERNS, AS DO SOME DAYS,
REQUIRE MORE DISCIPLINE THAN OTHERS.





THE LOVE OF A FRIEND
HAS OFTEN SEEMED
LIKE MY LIFE PRESERVER,
KEEPING ME AFLOAT
IN TURBULENT WATERS.



LOVE IS NOT JUST THE TOUCHING
OF TWO HEARTS;
IT IS THE BLENDING OF TWO LIVES.



AND NOW FAITH, HOPE, AND LOVE ABIDE,
THESE THREE; AND THE GREATEST OF
THESE IS LOVE.



1 CORINTHIANS 13:13



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



HIDE IN THE
KERITH RAVINE,
EAST OF THE JORDON.



1 KINGS 17:3



GOD'S SERVANTS MUST BE TAUGHT
THE VALUE OF THE HIDDEN LIFE.
EVERY SAINTLY SOUL THAT WOULD
WIELD GREAT POWER WITH PEOPLE
MUST WIN IT IN SOME HIDDEN KERITH.



PREPARING YOUR HEART
FOR PRAYER



TO GOD, PRAYER IS WHAT THE INCENSE
WAS TO THE JEWISH TEMPLE.
IT IMPREGNATES EVERYTHING, PERFUMES
EVERYTHING AND SWEETENS EVERYTHING.

-UNKNOWN-



WITH THE KIND YOU SHOW YOURSELF KIND;
WITH THE BLAMELESS YOU SHOW YOURSELF
BLAMELESS; WITH THE PURE YOU SHOW
YOURSELF PURE; BUT TO THE CROOKED YOU
SHOW YOURSELF SHREWD. YOU SAVE THE HUMBLE,
BUT YOUR EYES ARE ON THE HAUGHTY TO BRING THEM LOW.



2 SAMUEL 22:26-28



HOW GREAT IS YOUR GOODNESS, WHICH YOU HAVE
STORED UP FOR THOSE WHO FEAR YOU, WHICH YOU
HAVE PREPARED FOR THOSE WHO TAKE REFUGE IN YOU
BEFORE THE SONS OF MEN!



PSALM 31:19



I WILL NOT REPAY EVIL FOR EVIL TO ANYONE,
BUT I WILL PURSUE WHAT IS GOOD FOR OTHERS.



1 THESSALONIANS 5:15



I WILL TREAT SUBORDINATES WITH RESPECT,
NOT THREATENING THEM, KNOWING THAT BOTH
THEIR MASTER AND MINE IS IN HEAVEN, AND
THERE IS NO PARTIALITY WITH HIM.



EPHESIANS 6:9



LORD, I THANK YOU THAT YOU ARE THE RULER
OF ALL THINGS AND THAT YOU SAVE THE HUMBLE.
I THANK YOU FOR YOUR GOODNESS. HELP ME TO PURSUE
WHAT IS IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF OTHERS.

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