Daily Inspirational Sunday May 31, 2009

MAY 31ST

FROM THE HEART
A DAILY INSPIRATIONAL
CALENDAR
by HELEN STEINER RICE



AS YOU CLIMB LIFE'S LADDER,
TAKE FAITH ALONG WITH YOU,
AND GREAT WILL BE YOUR HAPPINESS
AS YOUR DEAREST DREAMS COME TRUE.



LOVE THE LORD, ALL YOU SAINTS!
THE LORD PRESERVES THE FAITHFUL,
BUT ABUNDANTLY
REQUITES HIM WHO ACTS HAUGHTILY.



PSALM 31:23



TODAY LET YOUR SUCCESS BE SEASONED WITH
KNOWLEDGE, PERSEVERANCE, GOOD JUDGEMENT,
CONTENTMENT, OPTIMISM, AND RELIANCE ON AND
LOVE OF GOD. WHEN YOU TASTE SUCH SUCCESS,
YOU'RE SURE TO ENJOY THE FLAVOR.





SCATTERED BY A LOVING HAND,
SIGNS OF HOPE ARE AS CLOSE AS
CROCUSES UNFURLING IN THE SNOW.



THERE BE NO POTION SO POWERFUL,
NO PILL SO AMAZING,
NO PROMISED REWARD SO ALLURING
AS THE CERTAIN BELIEF
THAT SOMETHING GOOD CAN HAPPEN TOMORROW.



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



WHEN THE DOVE RETURNED
TO HIM IN THE EVENING,
THERE IN ITS BEAK WAS A
FRESHLY PLUCKED OLIVE LEAF!



GENESIS 8:11



GOD KNOWS JUST WHEN TO
WITHHOLD FROM US ANY VISIBLE
SIGN OF ENCOURAGEMENT, AND WHEN
TO GRANT US SUCH A SIGN. WE MAY
TRUST HIM ANYWAY! HE WHO ORDERS
THE BOUNDS OF OUR HABITATION ORDERS
ALSO THE TIME OF OUR DELIVERANCE.



PREPARING YOUR HEART
FOR PRAYER



PRAYER IS ASKING, SEEKING AND KNOCKING
AT A DOOR FOR SOMETHING WE HAVE NOT,
WHICH WE DESIRE, AND WHICH GOD HAS
PROMISED TO US.

-UNKNOWN-



I WILL GIVE THANKS TO THE LORD,
FOR HE IS GOOD; HIS LOVING KINDNESS
ENDURES FOREVER.



PSALM 118:1



EVERY GOOD AND PERFECT GIFT IS FROM ABOVE,
COMING DOWN FROM THE FATHER OF LIGHTS,
WITH WHOM THERE IS NO VARIATION,
OR SHIFTING SHADOW. OF HIS OWN WILL
HE BROUGHT US FORTH BY THE WORD OF
TRUTH, THAT WE MIGHT BE A KIND OF FIRSTFRUITS
OF HIS CREATURES.



JAMES 1:17-18



I AM CONTINUALLY WITH YOU; YOU HOLD ME BY
MY RIGHT HAND. YOU GUIDE ME WITH YOUR COUNSEL, AND AFTERWARD YOU WILL TAKE ME TO GLORY.



PSALM 73:23-24



CURSED IS THE ONE WHO TRUSTS IN MAN, WHO
DEPENDS ON FLESH FOR HIS STRENGTH AND
WHOSE HEART TURNS AWAY FROM THE LORD.
BUT BLESSED IS THE MAN WHO TRUSTS IN THE
LORD, WHOSE CONFIDENCE IS IN HIM.



JEREMIAH 17:5,7



LORD, I THANK YOU THAT YOUR LOVINGKINDNESS
ENDURES FOREVER AND THAT YOUR PERFECT
GIFTS FLOW OUT OF YOUR UNCHANGING CHARACTER.
I THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUAL PRESENCE. HELP
ME TO KEEP MY TRUST IN YOU RATHER THAN IN THE
PROMISES OF PEOPLE.

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