Daily Inspirational Wednesday May 13, 2009

MAY 13TH

FROM THE HEART
A DAILY INSPIRATIONAL
CALENDAR
by HELEN STEINER RICE



GOD KNEW, IN HIS GREAT WISDOM
THAT HE COULDN'T BE EVERYWHERE,
SO HE PUT HIS LITTLE CHILDREN
IN A LOVING MOTHER'S CARE.



LET YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER BE GLAD,
LET HER WHO BORE YOU REJOICE.



PROVERBS 23:25



TODAY SPEAK SOFTLY AND LOVINGLY.
RECALL THE TENDER AND KIND ACTIONS
OF A LOVING MOTHER.





HOPE IS LIKE THE SUN,
WHICH, AS WE JOURNEY TOWARDS IT,
CASTS THE SHADOW OF OUR BURDEN BEHIND US.

-SAMUEL SMILES-



HOPE IS THE GLUE
THAT BINDS THE PIECES OF A SHATTERED DREAM,
MAKING IT SHINY AND NEW AND WHOLE AGAIN.





WE HAVE THIS HOPE,
A SURE AND STEADFAST ANCHOR OF THE SOUL,
A HOPE THAT ENTERS THE INNER SHRINE
BEHIND THE CURTAIN.



-HEBREWS 6:19



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



WHAT IS MORE, I CONSIDER
EVERYTHING A LOSS COMPARED TO
THE SURPASSING GREATNESS OF
KNOWING CHRIST JESUS MY LORD.



PHILIPPIANS 3:8



FINDING, FOLLOWING, KEEPING, STRUGGLING,
IS HE SURE TO BLESS?
SAINTS, APOSTLES, PROPHETS, MARTYRS,
ANSWER, "YES."



PREPARING YOUR HEART
FOR PRAYER



THE ONE CONCERN OF THE DEVIL IS TO KEEP THE
SAINTS FROM PRAYER. HE FEARS NOTHING FROM
PRAYERLESS STUDIES, PRAYERLESS WORK, PRAYERLESS
RELIGION. HE LAUGHS AT OUR TOIL, MOCKS AT OUR
WISDOM, BUT TREMBLES WHEN WE PRAY.

-SAMUEL CHADWICK-



JESUS IS YOUR BELOVED SON IN WHOM
YOU ARE WELL PLEASED.



MATTHEW 3:17
MARK 1:11
LUKE 3:22



APART FROM THE LAW THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD
HAS BEEN MADE KNOWN, BEING WITNESSED BY THE
LAW AND THE PROPHETS, EVEN THE RIGHTEOUSNESS
OF GOD THROUGH FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST TO ALL WHO
BELIEVE. FOR THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE, FOR ALL HAVE
SINNED AND FALL SHORT OF THE GLORY OF GOD,
BEING JUSTIFIED FREELY BY HIS GRACE THROUGH
THE REDEMPTION THAT IS IN CHRIST JESUS.



ROMANS 3:21-24



YOU HAVE LOVED ME WITH AN EVERLASTING LOVE;
YOU HAVE DRAWN ME WITH LOVINGKINDNESS.



JEREMIAH 31:3



WHAT IS MY HOPE OR JOY OR CROWN OF REJOICING IN THE
PRESENCE OF THE LORD JESUS AT HIS COMING? MY GLORY
AND JOY ARE THE PEOPLE IN WHOSE LIVES I HAVE
BEEN PRIVILEGED TO HAVE A MINISTRY.



1 THESSALONIANS 2:19-20



LORD, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR BELOVED SON
AND FOR THE RIGHTEOUSNESS WHICH COMES
THROUGH FAITH IN HIM. I THANK YOU FOR LOVING
ME WITH AN EVERLASTING LOVE. I WILL ACT WITH
COURAGE AND HOPE BECAUSE YOU ARE WITH ME.

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