Daily Inspirational Sunday May 17, 2009

MAY 17TH

FROM THE HEART
A DAILY INSPIRATIONAL
CALENDAR
by HELEN STEINER RICE



LIFE IS LIKE A GARDEN
AND FRIENDSHIP LIKE A FLOWER
THAT BLOOMS AND GROWS IN BEAUTY
WITH THE SUNSHINE AND THE SHOWER.



HONOR AND MAJESTY ARE BEFORE HIM;
STRENGTH AND BEAUTY ARE IN HIS SANCTUARY.



PSALM 96:6



TODAY PLANT THE SEED OF FRIENDSHIP WITHIN
YOUR HEART. WITH WARMTH OF LOVE AND
SHOWERS OF KINDNESS, WATCH FRIENDSHIP FLOURISH.





WITHOUT SEEMING RHYME OR REASON, HOPE
ALLAY'S THE SOUL'S WORRIES WITH THE CERTAINTY OF HUMMINGBIRDS, WHO KNOW PRECISELY THE
DAY TO FLY SOUTH.



WHEN ALL OF OUR EARTHLY HOPES SEEM
LIKE CASTLES IN THE SAND, WE CAN HOLD TO THIS-
HEAVEN IS OUR HOME, AND WE ARE BUT SOJOURNERS HERE.



HOPE IS A WAKING DREAM.

-ARISTOTLE-



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



AS HE NEARED
DAMASCUS ON HIS
JOURNEY, SUDDENLY A
LIGHT FROM HEAVEN
FLASHED AROUND HIM.



ACTS 9:3



THE VISION CAME IN THE MIDST OF COMMON TOIL,
AND THAT IS WHERE THE LORD DELIGHTS TO GIVE
HIS REVELATIONS. MY FATHER GOD, HELP ME TO
EXPECT THEE ON THE ORDINARY ROAD. LET THE
HUMBLE LIFE BE TRANSFIGURED BY THY PRESENCE.



PREPARING YOUR HEART
FOR PRAYER



PRAYER IS THE GENIUS AND MAINSPRING OF LIFE.
WE PRAY AS WE LIVE; WE LIVE AS WE PRAY. LIFE WILL
NEVER BE FINER THAN THE QUALITY OF THE CLOSET.

-UNKNOWN-



THE HOLY CITY, NEW JERUSALEM,
WILL COME DOWN OUT OF HEAVEN FROM GOD,
PREPARED AS A BRIDE ADORNED FOR HER HUSBAND.
A LOUD VOICE FROM THE THRONE WILL SAY "BEHOLD,
THE TABERNACLE OF GOD IS WITH MEN, AND HE WILL
DWELL WITH THEM, AND THEY WILL BE HIS PEOPLE,
AND GOD HIMSELF WILL BE WITH THEM AND BE
THEIR GOD, AND HE WILL WIPE EVERY TEAR FROM
THEIR EYES. THERE WILL BE NO MORE DEATH OR
MOURNING OR CRYING OR PAIN,
FOR THE FIRST THINGS HAVE PASSED AWAY."
HE WHO IS SEATED ON THE THRONE WILL SAY,
"BEHOLD, I MAKE ALL THINGS NEW."



REVELATION 21:2-5



THE GRACE OF MY LORD WAS POURED OUT
ON ME ABUNDANTLY, ALONG WITH THE FAITH
AND LOVE THAT ARE IN CHRIST JESUS.



1 TIMOTHY 1:14



HE WHO LOVES HIS WIFE LOVES HIMSELF;
FOR NO ONE EVER HATED HIS OWN FLESH,
BUT NOURISHES AND CHERISHES IT,
JUST AS CHRIST ALSO DOES THE CHURCH,
FOR WE ARE MEMBERS OF HIS BODY.



EPHESIANS 5:28-30



AS THE CHURCH IS SUBJECT TO CHRIST,
SO ALSO WIVES SHOULD BE TO THEIR
HUSBANDS IN EVERYTHING.



EPHESIANS 5:24



LORD, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR GREATNESS AND
FOR THE INDESCRIBABLE JOY OF YOUR NEW
CREATION. I THANK YOU FOR THE ABUNDANCE
OF GRACE I HAVE RECEIVED IN CHRIST JESUS,
AS I PURPOSE TO BE FAITHFUL AND LOVING IN MY FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS AND IN SERVICE TO OTHERS.

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