Daily Inspirational May 4, 2009

MAY 4TH


FROM THE HEART
A DAILY INSPIRATIONAL
CALENDAR
by HELEN STEINER RICE



WE WOULDN'T ENJOY THE SUNSHINE
IF WE NEVER HAD THE RAIN.
WE WOULDN'T APPRECIATE GOOD HEALTH
IF WE NEVER HAD A PAIN.



I KNOW,O LORD, THAT YOUR LAWS ARE RIGHTEOUS,
AND IN FAITHFUNESS YOU HAVE AFFLICTED ME.



PSALM 119:75



TODAY STUDY THE CONTRASTS IN LIFE; LIGHT
AND DARKNESS, SUNSHINE AND RAIN, JOY AND
SORROW, GOOD HEALTH AND PAIN. THE
APPRECIATION DEEPENS WHEN OPPOSITE
ENDS OF THE SPECTRUM ARE EXPERIENCED.





LOVE WILL FIND A WAY
TO BRIDGE THIS CHASM
BETWEEN US.
LET'S HOLD ON
TO MEMORIES
OF LOVELY, LOVING DAYS
WE HAVE ENJOYED,
AND LET'S LOOK FORWARD
AND BELIEVE
WE WILL HAVE MORE OF THEM.



CARING FOR ANOTHER, BY ITS VERY NATURE
INVOLVES RISK.
BUT WHAT BETTER RISK TO TAKE THAN TO LOVE,
FOR THE RETURNS ARE UNEQUALED.



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



ELISHA PRAYED,
"O LORD, OPEN
HIS EYES SO HE MAY SEE."



2 KINGS 6:17



THIS IS THE PRAYER WE NEED TO
PRAY FOR OURSELVES. WHEN OUR
EYES ARE THUS OPENED, WE SHALL
SEE IN ALL EVENTS OF LIFE, WHETHER
GREAT OR SMALL, A "CHARIOT" FOR OUR
SOULS. IF WE MAKE THEM CARRY US
TRIUMPHANTLY ONWARD AND UPWARD,
THEY BECOME THE CHARIOTS OF GOD.



PREPARING YOUR HEART
FOR PRAYER



WE HONOR GOD WHEN WE ASK FOR GREAT THINGS. IT
IS A HUMILIATING THING TO THINK THAT WE ARE
SATISFIED WITH VERY SMALL RESULTS.

-DWIGHT L. MOODY-



MY SOUL MAGNIFIES THE LORD AND MY SPIRIT REJOICES
IN GOD MY SAVIOR, FOR THE MIGHTY ONE HAS DONE GREAT
THINGS FOR ME, AND HOLY IS HIS NAME. HIS MERCY IS ON
THOSE WHO FEAR HIM, FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION.



LUKE 1:46-47,49-50



IN THE PAST GOD SPOKE TO THE FATHERS THROUGH THE
PROPHETS AT MANY TIMES AND IN VARIOUS WAYS, BUT
IN THESE LAST DAYS HE HAS SPOKEN TO US BY HIS SON,
WHOM HE APPOINTED HEIR OF ALL THINGS, AND THROUGH
WHOM HE MADE THE UNIVERSE.



HEBREWS 1:1-2



HAVING THE FIRSTFRUITS OF THE SPIRIT, I GROAN INWARDLY
AS I WAIT EAGERLY FOR MY ADOPTION, THE REDEMPTION OF
MY BODY. FOR IN HOPE I HAVE BEEN SAVED, BUT HOPE THAT
IS SEEN IS NOT HOPE; FOR WHO HOPES FOR WHAT HE SEE'S?
BUT IF I HOPE FOR WHAT I DO NOT YET SEE, I EAGERLY WAIT
FOR IT WITH PERSEVERANCE.



ROMANS 8:23-25



GODLINESS WITH CONTENTMENT IS GREAT GAIN. FOR I
BROUGHT NOTHING INTO THE WORLD, AND I CAN TAKE
NOTHING OUT OF IT. BUT IF I HAVE FOOD AND CLOTHING,
WITH THESE I WILL BE CONTENT.



1 TIMOTHY 6:6-8



LORD, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR GOODNESS TO ME
AND FOR THE REVELATION OF YOUR SON. I THANK
YOU FOR THE HOPE OF MY RESURRECTION. I WILL BE
CONTENT WITH WHAT YOU HAVE GIVEN ME.
MAY THE LOVE OF CHRIST BE
WITH US TODAY AND ALWAYS!
IN JESUS NAME WE PRAY,
AMEN.