Daily Inspirational May 7, 2009

MAY 7TH

FROM THE HEART
A DAILY INSPIRATIONAL
CALENDAR
by HELEN STEINER RICE



THERE IS NO ONE, NO MATTER HOW LOWLY,
WHO HASN'T A PART TO PLAY,
SOME LITTLE THING TO CONTRIBUTE,
SOMETHING TO DO OR TO SAY.



BETTER IS A MAN OF HUMBLE STANDING WHO
WORKS FOR HIMSELF THAN ONE WHO PLAYS
THE THE GREAT MAN BUT LACKS BREAD.



PROVERBS 12:9



TODAY PLEAD FOR THE LORD'S GUIDANCE
TO SHOW YOU WHAT HE HAS IN MIND FOR YOU
TO ACCOMPLISH.





FALLING IN LOVE IS LIKE OPENING ALL THE DOORS,
PULLING BACK ALL THE CURTAINS,
AND FLOODING THE DARK ROOM OF OUR HEART
WITH BRILLIANT WARMTH AND LIGHT.



LOVE DOES NOT CONSIST IN GAZING AT EACH OTHER
BUT IN LOOKING TOGETHER IN THE SAME DIRECTION.

-ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPERY-



WHOM YOU CHOOSE TO LOVE
AND HOW YOU DEMONSTRATE YOUR COMMITMENT
SAYS MORE ABOUT YOU
THAN IT DOES ABOUT THE OBJECT OF YOUR AFFECTION.



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



IN EVERYTHING, BY PRAYER
AND PETITION, WITH
THANKSGIVING, PRESENT
YOUR REQUESTS TO GOD.



PHILIPPIANS 4:6



A PETITION PRESENTED BEFORE GOD IS
LIKE A SEED DROPPED IN THE GROUND.
FORCES ABOVE AND BEYOND OUR
CONTROL MUST WORK UPON IT, TILL THE
TRUE FRUITION OF THE ANSWER IS GIVEN.



PREPARING YOUR HEART
FOR PRAYER



PRAYER FILLS MAN'S EMPTINESS WITH GOD'S
FULLNESS. PRAYER FILLS MAN'S POVERTY WITH
GOD'S RICHES. PRAYER PUTS AWAY MAN'S WEAKNESS
WITH THE COMING OF GOD'S STRENGTH.

-UNKNOWN-



ALL AUTHORITY IN HEAVEN AND ON EARTH
HAS BEEN GIVEN TO THE SON OF GOD.



MATTHEW 28;18



WHILE JESUS WAS EATING HIS LAST PASSOVER
MEAL WITH HIS DISCIPLES, HE TOOK BREAD,
BLESSED IT, AND BROKE IT, AND GAVE IT TO
HIS DISCIPLES, SAYING, "TAKE IT; THIS IS
MY BODY." THEN HE TOOK THE CUP, AND
WHEN HE HAD GIVEN THANKS HE GAVE IT
TO THEM, AND THEY ALL DRANK FROM IT.
AND HE SAID TO THEM, "THIS IS MY BLOOD
OF THE COVENANT, WHICH IS POURED
OUT FOR MANY."



MARK 14:22-24



MY CITIZENSHIP IS IN HEAVEN, FROM WHICH
I ALSO EAGERLY AWAIT A SAVIOR, THE LORD JESUS CHRIST,
WHO WILL TRANSFORM MY LOWLY BODY AND CONFORM
IT TO HIS GLORIOUS BODY, ACCORDING
TO THE EXERTION OF HIS ABILITY TO SUBJECT
ALL THINGS TO HIMSELF.



PHILIPPIANS 3:20-21



A HOT-TEMPERED MAN STIRS UP DISSENSION,
BUT HE WHO IS SLOW TO ANGER CALMS A QUARREL.



PROVERBS 15:18



I WILL NOT MISTREAT MY NEIGHBOR,
BUT I WILL FEAR MY GOD; FOR YOU
ARE THE LORD MY GOD.



LEVITICUS 25:17



LORD I THANK YOU THAT CHRIST HAS BEEN
GIVEN ALL AUTHORITY AND THAT HIS BODY
AND BLOOD PURCHASED MY SALVATION.
I THANK YOU FOR MY HEAVENLY CITIZENSHIP.
I STAND IN AWE OF YOU AND WILL ALWAYS
TREAT YOU WITH RESPECT. HELP ME TO
BE SLOW TO ANGER.

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