Daily Inspirational Saturday May 16, 2009

MAY 16TH

FROM THE HEART
A DAILY INSPIRATIONAL
CALENDAR
by HELEN STEINER RICE



LITTLE DO WE REALIZE
THAT THE GLORY AND THE POWER
OF HE WHO MADE THE UNIVERSE
LIES HIDDEN IN A FLOWER.



THE HEAVENS ARE TELLING THE GLORY OF GOD;
THEY ARE A MARVELOUS DISPLAY OF HIS CRAFTMANSHIP.



PSALM 19:1



TODAY, WHEN YOU LOOK AT A FLOWER, SEE GOD'S LOVE
AND A MESSAGE FROM HIM.





THERE IS NO PRICELESS JEWEL
OR PRECIOUS GEM
THAT CAN OUTSHINE HOPE.



AH, HOPE!
WHAT WOULD LIFE BE,
STRIPPED OF THY ENCOURAGING SMILES,
THAT TEACH US TO LOOK
BEHIND THE DARK CLOUDS OF TO-DAY,
FOR THE GOLDEN BEAMS THAT
ARE TO GILD THE MORROW.

-SUSANNA MOODIE-



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



A CHEERFUL HEART IS GOOD
MEDICINE, BUT A CRUSHED
SPIRIT DRIES UP THE BONES.



PROVERBS 17:22



SADNESS DISCOLORS EVERYTHING; IT
LEAVES ALL OBJECTS CHARMLESS, IT
INVOLVES FUTURE PROSPECTS IN
DARKNESS; IT DEPRIVES THE SOUL OF
ALL ITS ASPIRATIONS, ENCHAINS ALL ITS
POWERS, AND PRODUCES A MENTAL PARALYSIS!
CHEERFULNESS... MAKES ALL ITS SERVICE COME
OFF WITH DELIGHT. SHUN THE SPIRIT OF SADNESS.



PREPARING YOUR HEART
FOR PRAYER



PRAYER IS ... ALWAYS AFFECTED BY THE CHARACTER
AND CONDUCT OF HIM WHO PRAYS. WATER CANNOT
RISE ABOVE ITS OWN LEVEL, AND THE SPOTLESS
PRAYER CANNOT FLOW FROM THE SPOTTED HEART. STRAIGHT PRAYING IS NEVER BORN OF CROOKED CONDUCT.

-LEONARD RAVENHILL-



CHRIST HAS BEEN RAISED FROM THE DEAD,
THE FIRSTFRUITS OF THOSE WHO HAVE FALLEN ASLEEP.
FOR SINCE DEATH CAME THROUGH A MAN,
THE RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD COMES ALSO
THROUGH A MAN. FOR AS IN ADAM ALL DIE, SO IN CHRIST
ALL WILL BE MADE ALIVE. BUT EACH IN HIS OWN ORDER:
CHRIST, THE FIRSTFRUITS; AFTERWARD, THOSE WHO
ARE CHRIST'S AT HIS COMING. THEN THE END WILL COME,
WHEN HE DELIVERS THE KINGDOM TO GOD THE FATHER,
WHEN HE HAS ABOLISHED ALL RULE AND ALL AUTHORITY AND POWER. FOR HE MUST REIGN UNTIL HE HAS PUT ALL
HIS ENEMIES UNDER HIS FEET. THE LAST ENEMY
THAT WILL BE DESTROYED IS DEATH.



1 CORINTHIANS 15:20-26



IN CHRIST I HAVE OBTAINED AN INHERITANCE, HAVING BEEN PREDESTINED ACCORDING TO THE PLAN OF HIM WHO WORKS ALL THINGS ACCORDING TO THE COUNSEL OF HIS WILL, THAT WE WHO HAVE TRUSTED IN CHRIST SHOULD BE TO THE PRAISE OF HIS GLORY.



EPHESIANS 1:11-12



I WILL FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT OF FAITH AND LAY HOLD OF THE ETERNAL LIFE TO WHICH I WAS CALLED WHEN I MADE THE GOOD CONFESSION IN THE PRESENCE OF MANY WITNESSES.



1 TIMOTHY 6:12



LORD, I THANK YOU THAT YOU ALONE ARE GOD AND
THAT THE RESURRECTED CHRIST IS THE
FIRSTFRUITS OF THOSE WHO WILL BE RAISED
FROM THE DEAD. I THANK YOU FOR THE
INHERITANCE YOU HAVE GIVEN TO ME. HELP
ME TO REMAIN FAITHFUL IN THE GOOD
FIGHT OF FAITH.

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