Daily Inspirational Monday May 18, 2009

MAY 18TH

FROM THE HEART
A DAILY INSPIRATIONAL
CALENDAR
by HELEN STEINER RICE



LET YOUR PRAYER CONTINUE
THROUGH A JOYOUS, WAKING SPRING
IN THANKING GOD FOR EVERYTHING
A NEWBORN SPRING CAN BRING.



IN THE LIGHT OF A KING'S COUNTENANCE IS LIFE,
AND HIS FAVOR IS LIKE A RAIN CLOUD IN SPRING.



PROVERBS 16:15



TODAY TAKE A LESSON FROM THE SEASON. SPRING INTO ACTION. REPLENISH YOUR FAITH AND REFRESH YOUR SOUL.





TODAY,
I LONG
TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE---
TO PASS ALONG
PEACE AND JOY
AND SOMEHOW
RESURRECT HOPE
IN WEARY HEARTS.



HOPE, LIKE DAWN, TOUCHES THE
DARKNESS WITH LIGHT,
OPENING US TO THE NEW DAY COMING.
HOPE IS THE SOUL'S FAITHFUL FRIEND,
HOLDING ITS HAND THROUGH THE NIGHT
AND SAYING, "THERE WILL BE GLORIOUS DAWN."



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



DO NOT BE ANXIOUS
ABOUT ANYTHING.



PHILIPPIANS 4:6



WHAT IS THE USE OF WORRYING? IT
NEVER MADE ANYBODY STRONG;
NEVER HELPED ANYBODY TO DO
GOD'S WILL; NEVER MADE A WAY OF ESCAPE
FOR ANYONE OUT OF PERPLEXITY.
CAN WE GAIN ANYTHING BY IT?
WE ARE SINKING BY OUR STRUGGLES
WHEN WE MIGHT FLOAT BY FAITH.



PREPARING YOUR HEART
FOR PRAYER



BEAR UP THE HANDS THAT HANG DOWN,
BY FAITH AND PRAYER; SUPPORT THE
TOTTERING KNEES. HAVE YOU ANY DAYS
OF FASTING AND PRAYER? STORM THE
THRONE OF GRACE AND PERSEVERE THEREIN,
AND MERCY WILL COME DOWN.

-JOHN WESLEY-



MY REDEEMER, THE LORD OF HOST IS YOUR NAME;
YOU ARE THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL.



ISAIAH 47:4



THE LORD GOD FORMED MAN FROM THE DUST
OF THE GROUND AND BREATHED INTO HIS
NOSTRILS THE BREATH OF LIFE; AND MAN
BECAME A LIVING THING. AND OUT OF THE
GROUND THE LORD GOD MADE EVERY TREE
GROW THAT IS PLEASING TO THE EYE AND
GOOD FOR FOOD. IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
GARDEN WERE THE TREE OF LIFE AND THE
TREE OF KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL.
THEN THE LORD GOD TOOK THE MAN AND
PUT HIM IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN TO CULTIVATE
IT AND TAKE CARE OF IT.



GENESIS 2:7,9,15



BECAUSE I AM A SON, GOD HAS SENT
THE SPIRIT OF HIS SON INTO MY HEART, CRYING,
"ABBA, FATHER."SO I AM NO LONGER A SLAVE,
BUT A SON; AND IF A SON, THEN AN HEIR
THROUGH CHRIST.



GALATIANS 4:6-7



BLESSED IS THE MAN WHO PERSEVERES
UNDER TRIAL, BECAUSE WHEN HE HAS BEEN
APPROVED, HE WILL RECEIVE THE CROWN
OF LIFE THAT GOD HAS PROMISED TO THOSE
WHO LOVE HIM.



JAMES 1:12



LORD, I THANK YOU THAT YOU ARE MY REDEEMER
AND THAT YOU GAVE ME THE GIFT OF LIFE. I THANK
YOU FOR MAKING ME YOUR CHILD AND HEIR. BY
YOUR GRACE I WILL PERSEVERE UNDER TRIALS
AND RECEIVE THE CROWN OF LIFE.

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