Daily Inspirational May 3, 2009

MAY 3RD

FROM THE HEART
A DAILY INSPIRATIONAL
CALENDAR
by HELEN STEINER RICE



WHEN WE THINK OF OUR MOTHERS,
WE DRAW NEARER TO GOD ABOVE,
FOR ONLY GOD IN HIS GREATNESS
COULD FASHION A MOTHER'S LOVE.



KEEP YOUR FATHER'S COMMANDMENT,
AND FORSAKE NOT YOUR MOTHER'S TEACHING.



PROVERBS 6:20



TODAY PAY TRIBUTE TO YOUR MOTHER.
HER LOVE TOUCHED YOUR LIFE AND WILL
CONTINUE TO INFLUENCE YOU FOREVER.





REAL LOVE IS NOT ISOLATING.
IT OPENS DOORS, OPENS HORIZONS,
AND OPENS YOUR HEART.
SEARCH FOR PEOPLE WHO ADD TO YOUR LIFE,
WHO GIVE YOU MORE THAN YOU
WOULD HAVE WITHOUT THEM.



LOVE COMFORTS, NEVER ALARMS;
ALWAYS HEALS, NEVER HARMS.
ALWAYS GROWS, NEVER DIMINISHES;
LOVE BEGINS, NEVER FINISHES.



YOU KNOW... NOTHING ABOUT THE SORT
OF LOVE OF WHICH I AM CAPABLE.
EVERY ATOM OF YOUR FLESH IS AS DEAR
TO ME AS MY OWN:
IN PAIN AND SICKNESS IT WOULD
STILL BE DEAR.

-CHARLOTTE BRONTE-



ALL, EVERYTHING THAT I UNDERSTAND,
I UNDERSTAND ONLY BECAUSE I LOVE.

-LEO TOLSTOY-



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



THOUGH I WALK IN THE MIDST
OF TROUBLE, YOU PRESERVE MY LIFE.



PSALM 138:7



THOUGH HIS ANSWER HAS SO LONG
DELAYED... "THE CENTER OF TROUBLE"
IS THE PLACE WHERE HE REVIVES, NOT
THE PLACE WHERE HE FAILS US. HE
WILL STRETCH FORTH HIS HAND. HE WILL
MAKE THE ATTACK TO CEASE. WHAT
OCCASION IS THERE THEN FOR FAINTING?



PREPARING YOUR HEART
FOR PRAYER



PRAYER IS MUCH LIKE A CHECK TO BE COUNTERSIGNED
BY TWO PARTIES. I SIGN THE CHECK AND SEND IT UP
TO HEAVEN. IF JESUS CHRIST ALSO SIGNS IT, IT DOES
NOT MATTER HOW LARGE IT IS- IT WILL BE HONORED.

-UNKNOWN-



THE LORD LONGS TO BE GRACIOUS AND RISES TO SHOW
COMPASSION. FOR THE LORD IS A GOD OF JUSTICE;
BLESSED ARE ALL THOSE WHO WAIT FOR HIM!



ISAIAH 30:18



THERE IS NO ONE WHO HAS LEFT HOUSE, OR BROTHERS,
OR SISTERS, OR MOTHER, OR FATHER, OR CHILDREN,
OR FIELDS FOR YOUR SAKE AND THE GOSPEL'S, WHO
WILL NOT RECEIVE A HUNDRED TIMES AS MUCH IN THIS
PRESENT AGE- HOUSES, BROTHERS, SISTERS, MOTHERS,
CHILDREN, AND FIELDS, ALONG WITH PERSECUTIONS-
AND IN THE AGE TO COME, ETERNAL LIFE.



MARK 10:29-30



I WILL NOT WITHHOLD GOOD FROM THOSE TO WHOM
IT IS DUE, WHEN IT IS IN MY POWER TO ACT.



PROVERBS 3:27



HE WHO IS KIND TO THE POOR LENDS TO THE LORD,
AND HE WILL REWARD HIM FOR WHAT HE HAS DONE.



PROVERBS 19:17



LORD, I THANK YOU THAT YOU RISE
TO SHOW COMPASSION AND REWARD
ME FOR MY COMMITMENT TO CHRIST.
HELP ME TO BE JUST AND KIND TO OTHERS.
MAY THE LOVE OF CHRIST BE
WITH US TODAY AND ALWAYS!
IN JESUS NAME WE PRAY,
AMEN.