Daily Inspirational Tuesday May 19, 2009

MAY 19TH

FROM THE HEART
A DAILY INSPIRATIONAL
CALENDAR
by HELEN STEINER RICE



KNEEL IN PRAYER IN HIS PRESENCE,
AND YOU'LL FIND NO NEED TO SPEAK,
FOR SOFTLY IN SILENT COMMUNION,
GOD GRANTS YOU THE PEACE THAT YOU SEEK.



FOR GOD ALONE MY SOUL WAITS IN SILENCE;
FROM HIM COMES MY SALVATION.



PSALM 62:1



TODAY GO OUT OF YOUR WAY TO
RESTORE HARMONY.







I WAIT FOR THE LORD, MY SOUL WAITS,
AND IN HIS WORD I HOPE.



-PSALM 130:5-



OPTIMISTS AREN'T AFRAID TO FACE REALITY.
INSTEAD, THEY ARE WILLING TO EXAMINE
THE WAY THINGS ARE AND THEN CONCEIVE
OF SOMETHING MORE.



IT IS EASY TO BE HOPEFUL IN THE DAY
WHEN YOU CAN SEE THE THINGS YOU WISH ON.

-ZORA NEALE HURSTON-



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



IT WAS GOOD FOR ME TO
BE AFFLICTED SO THAT I
MIGHT LEARN YOUR DECREES.



PSALM 119:71



IS IT NOT SO WITH THE CHRISTIAN
WHO IS AFFLICTED? TRIALS CLEAR
AWAY THE OBSCURITY, PERFECT THE
OUTLINES OF HIS DISPOSITION, AND GIVE
BRIGHTNESS AND BLESSING TO HIS LIFE.



PREPARING YOUR HEART
FOR PRAYER



I NEVER PRAYED SINCERELY AND EARNESTLY FOR
ANYTHING BUT IT CAME AT SOME TIME- NO MATTER
HOW DISTANT A DAY, SOMEHOW IN SOME SHAPE, PROBABLY
THE LAST I WOULD HAVE DEVISED, IT CAME.

-ADONIRAM JUDSON-



NO ONE HAS EVER SEEN GOD, BUT THE ONLY
BEGOTTEN SON, WHO IS IN THE BOSOM OF
THE FATHER, AND HAS MADE HIM KNOWN.



JOHN 1:18



O LORD, HOW MANIFOLD ARE YOUR WORKS!
IN WISDOM YOU MADE THEM ALL; THE EARTH
IS FULL OF YOUR POSSESSIONS.



PSALM 104:24



MY MOUTH WILL TELL OF YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS
AND OF YOUR SALVATION ALL DAY LONG, THOUGH
I KNOW NOT ITS MEASURE. I WILL COME IN THE
STRENGTH OF THE LORD GOD; I WILL PROCLAIM
YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS, YOURS ALONE. SINCE MY YOUTH,
OH GOD, YOU HAVE TAUGHT ME, AND TO THIS DAY
I DECLARE YOUR WONDROUS DEEDS.



PSALM 71:15-17



THE FATHER OF THE RIGHTEOUS WILL GREATLY
REJOICE, AND HE WHO BEGETS A WISE SON
WILL BE GLAD IN HIM. MAY MY FATHER AND
MOTHER BE GLAD; MAY SHE WHO GAVE
ME BIRTH REJOICE.



PROVERBS 23:24-25



LORD, THANK YOU FOR YOUR MANIFOLD
WISDOM AND WORKS AND FOR THE WAY
YOUR SON HAS MADE YOU KNOWN.
I THANK YOU FOR YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS
AND WONDERFUL DEEDS. TEACH ME
TO LIVE A LIFE THAT WOULD HONOR MY PARENTS.

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