Daily Inspirational Monday May 25, 2009

MAY 25TH

FROM THE HEART
A DAILY INSPIRATIONAL
CALENDAR
by HELEN STEINER RICE



GOD'S LOVE ENDURETH FOREVER-
WHAT A WONDERFUL THING TO KNOW
WHEN THE TIDES OF LIFE RUN AGAINST
YOU AND YOUR SPIRIT IS DOWNCAST AND LOW.



FOR GREAT IS HIS STEADFAST LOVE TOWARD US;
AND THE FAITHFULNESS OF THE LORD ENDURES
FOR EVER. PRAISE THE LORD!



PSALM 117:2



TODAY LET GOD'S STEADFAST LOVE ASSIST
YOU IN IMPROVING YOUR OUTLOOK ON LIFE.





WHAT CAN BE HOPED FOR
WHICH IS NOT BELIEVED?

-ST. AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO-



OFFERING HOPE TO OTHERS
THROUGH A LOVING WORD,
A THOUGHTFUL ACT,
OR A SIMPLE SMILE
IS THE SUREST WAY
TO LIFT YOUR OWN SPIRIT.



HOPE COST NOTHING.

-COLETTE-



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



BUT THANKS BE TO GOD, WHO
ALWAYS LEADS US IN TRIUMPHAL
PROCESSION IN CHRIST.



2 CORINTHIANS 2:14



GOD GETS HIS GREATEST VICTORIES OUT
OF APPARENT DEFEATS. LET US LEARN
THAT IN ALL THE HARD PLACES GOD BRINGS
US INTO, HE IS MAKING OPPORTUNITIES
FOR US TO EXERCISE SUCH FAITH IN HIM
AS WILL BRING ABOUT BLESSED RESULTS
AND GREATLY GLORIFY
HIS NAME.



PREPARING YOUR HEART
FOR PRAYER



PRAYER HAS LESS TO DO WITH GETTING THINGS
FROM GOD AND WITH LISTS OF PRAYER REQUESTS...
COMING INTO INTIMACY WITH THE HOLY ONE IS
THE PRINCIPLE PURPOSE AND CONTEXT OF PRAYING.

-HOWARD MACY-



YOU HAVE SWORN BY YOURSELF; THE WORD
HAS GONE OUT OF YOUR MOUTH IN RIGHTEOUSNESS
AND WILL NOT RETURN. EVERY KNEE WILL BOW
BEFORE YOU, AND EVERY TONGUE
WILL ACKNOWLEDGE YOU.



ISAIAH 45:23



JESUS SAID TO MARTHA, "I AM THE
RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE. HE WHO
BELIEVES IN ME WILL LIVE, EVEN THOUGH
HE DIES, AND WHOEVER LIVES AND
BELIEVES IN ME WILL NEVER DIE."



JOHN 11:25-26



GOD MADE HIM WHO KNEW NO SIN TO BE SIN
FOR ME, SO THAT IN HIM I MIGHT BECOME
THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD.



2 CORINTHIANS 5:21



THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THE BLAMELESS
MAKES A STRAIGHT WAY FOR THEM, BUT
THE WICKED WILL FALL BY THEIR OWN
WICKEDNESS.



PROVERBS 11:5



THE PATH OF THE RIGHTEOUS IS LIKE THE
FIRST GLEAM OF DAWN, SHINING EVER
BRIGHTER UNTIL THE FULL LIGHT OF DAY.
BUT THE WAY OF THE WICKED IS LIKE DARKNESS;
THEY DO NOT KNOW WHAT MAKES THEM STUMBLE.



PROVERBS 4:18-19



LORD, I THANK YOU THAT JESUS IS THE RESURRECTION
AND THE LIFE AND THAT EVERY KNEE WILL BOW
BEFORE HIM. I THANK YOU FOR THE GIFT OF HIS
RIGHTEOUSNESS. SHOW ME HOW TO WALK IN HIS
POWER AND LIGHT.

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