Daily Inspiration~

October 28


FROM THE HEART
A DAILY INSPIRATIONAL
CALENDAR
by HELEN STEINER RICE

SEEK FIRST THE KINGDOM,
AND YOU WILL POSSESS
THE WORLD'S GREATEST RICHES
WHICH IS TRUE HAPPINESS.

THE KINGDOM IS AN EVERLASTING KINGDOM,
AND THY DOMINION ENDURETH THROUGHOUT
ALL GENERATIONS.

PSALM 145:13

TODAY WHEN YOU WRITE YOUR "MUST DO" LIST
"PUT SEEK GOD'S KINGDOM" AT THE TOP.

HOPE SHOULDN'T MEAN HOLDING
ONLY ONE DREAM;
OPEN YOURSELF TO ANY POSSIBILITY
THAT THE FUTURE MAY OFFER.
WE MAY THINK WE KNOW WHAT
WE WANT FOR OUR LIVES,
BUT GOD ANSWERS PRAYERS
IN HIS OWN WAY.

EACH NEW STAGE DRAWS ME LIKE A BEE TO A FLOWER.
THERE, HOPE PROMPTS ME TO UNFOLD THE PETALS
AND DINE ON THE NECTAR OF MY FUTURE.



HOPE, LIKE THE GLIMMERING TAPER'S LIGHT,
ADORNS AND CHEERS OUR WAY;
AND STILL, AS DARKER GROWS THE NIGHT,
EMITS A BRIGHTER RAY.

-OLIVER GOLDSMITH-

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

BUT HE KNOWS THE WAY
THAT I TAKE; WHEN HE
HAS TESTED ME, I WILL
COME FORTH AS GOLD.

JOB 23:10

WHAT A GLORIOUS ASSURANCE!
THIS WAY OF THINE... "HE KNOWS IT." THERE IS AN
ALMIGHTY GUIDE KNOWING AND DIRECTING OUR FOOTSTEPS.
WE HAVE THE ASSURANCE THAT THE FIRES ARE
LIGHTED NOT TO CONSUME, BUT TO REFINE.

PREPARING YOUR HEART
FOR PRAYER

WHENEVER GOD DETERMINES TO
DO A GREAT THING, HE FIRST
SETS HIS PEOPLE TO PRAY.

-CHARLES H. SPURGEON-

IN YOUR UNFAILING LOVE YOU HAVE LED THE PEOPLE
YOU HAVE REDEEMED. IN YOUR STRENGTH, YOU HAVE
GUIDED THEM TO YOUR HOLY DWELLING. YOU BROUGHT
THEM IN AND PLANTED THEM IN THE MOUNTAIN OF YOUR
INHERITANCE- THE PLACE, O LORD, YOU MADE FOR YOUR
DWELLING; THE SANCTUARY, O LORD, YOUR HANDS HAVE
ESTABLISHED.

EXODUS 15:13,17

MANY, O LORD MY GOD, ARE THE WONDERS YOU HAVE DONE,
AND YOUR THOUGHTS TOWARD US NO ONE CAN RECOUNT TO
YOU; WERE I TO SPEAK AND TELL OF THEM, THEY WOULD BE
TOO MANY TO DECLARE.

PSALM 40:5

DIRECT MY FOOTSTEPS ACCORDING TO YOUR WORD, AND
LET NO INIQUITY HAVE DOMINION OVER ME.

PSALM 119:133

WHO MAY ASCEND THE HILL OF THE LORD? WHO MAY STAND
IN HIS HOLY PLACE? HE WHO HAS CLEAN HANDS AND A PURE
HEART, WHO HAS NOT LIFTED UP HIS SOUL TO AN IDOL OR
SWORN BY WHAT IS FALSE.

PSALM 24:3-4

LORD, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR BELOVED SON,
FOR YOUR UNFAILING LOVE, AND FOR YOUR
WONDERFUL THOUGHTS. HELP ME TO FOLLOW
YOUR WORD AND WALK IN PURITY OF HEART.

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

Daily Inspiration~

October 26th

FROM THE HEART
A DAILY INSPIRATIONAL
CALENDAR
HELEN STEINER RICE

DON'T EVER SEVER THE LIFELINE
THAT LINKS YOU TO
THE FATHER IN HEAVEN
WHO CARES FOR YOU.

THE FEAR OF THE LORD PROLONGS LIFE,
BUT THE YEARS OF THE WICKED WILL BE SHORT.

PROVERBS 10:27

TODAY SEEK WAYS TO ASSIST GOD AS
HE CONTINUES TO CARE FOR YOU.

LOVE IS WHAT CREATED US.
LOVE IS WHAT WE ARE CREATED FOR.

TRUE LOVE GOES BEYOND
FLOWERS AND ROMANCE;
IT IS MORE THAN CHAMPAGNE
AND CANDLELIGHT.
TRUE LOVE IS THE ARMS OF ONE
WHO WILL ALWAYS BE THERE
NO MATTER HOW COLD THE NIGHT.

LOVE IS A FRUIT IN SEASON
AT ALL TIMES.

-MOTHER TERESA-

STAND IN A BELOVED'S SHADE,
NOT SHADOW,
AND DISCOVER NEW SIGHTS TO SHARE,
NEW DIRECTIONS TO GO,
ALL LEADING TO EVEN
MORE REASONS FOR STANDING TOGETHER.

IT IS ONLY THROUGH THE EYES OF SOMEONE
WE LOVE THAT WE SEE WHO WE REALLY ARE.

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

SPRING UP, O WELL!
SING ABOUT IT.

NUMBERS 21:17

OUR PRAISE WILL STILL OPEN
FOUNTAINS IN THE DESERT,
WHEN MURMURING WILL ONLY
BRING US JUDGEMENT. ARE
YOU PRAISING GOD ENOUGH?

PREPARING YOUR HEART
FOR PRAYER

IF GOD HAD GRANTED ALL THE SILLY PRAYERS
I'VE MADE IN MY LIFE, WHERE WOULD I BE NOW?

-C. S. LEWIS-

LORD, YOU HAVE BEEN OUR DWELLING PLACE
THROUGHOUT ALL GENERATIONS. BEFORE THE
MOUNTAINS WERE BORN OR YOU BROUGHT
FORTH THE EARTH AND THE WORLD, FROM
EVERLASTING TO EVERLASTING, YOU ARE GOD.
YOU TURN MEN BACK INTO DUST, AND SAY,
"RETURN, O CHILDREN OF MEN." FOR A
THOUSAND YEARS IN YOUR SIGHT ARE LIKE
YESTERDAY WHEN IT PASSES BY OR LIKE A
WATCH IN THE NIGHT.

PSALM 90:1-4

MULTITUDES WHO SLEEP IN THE DUST OF THE
EARTH WILL AWAKE, SOME TO EVERLASTING LIFE,
OTHERS TO SHAME AND EVERLASTING CONTEMPT.
THOSE WHO ARE WISE WILL SHINE LIKE THE
BRIGHTNESS OF THE HEAVENS, AND THOSE
WHO LEAD MANY TO RIGHTEOUSNESS LIKE THE
STARS FOR EVER AND EVER.

DANIEL 12:2-3

AS A SERVANT OF CHRIST AND A STEWARD OF HIS
POSSESSIONS, IT IS REQUIRED THAT I BE FOUND FAITHFUL.

1 CORINTHIANS 4:1-2

THERE IS A TIME FOR EVERYTHING, AND A
SEASON FOR EVERY ACTIVITY UNDER HEAVEN.

ECCLESIASTES 3:1

WHOEVER IS WISE WILL CONSIDER THE
LOVINGKINDNESS OF THE LORD.

PSALM 107:43

LORD, I THANK YOU THAT YOU ARE EVERLASTING
AND THAT YOU PROMISE TO RAISE ME FROM THE
DEAD SO THAT I CAN LIVE WITH YOU FOREVER.
I PRAY THAT I WILL BE A FAITHFUL STEWARD OF
YOUR POSSESSIONS AND WALK IN WISDOM BY
DOING THE RIGHT THING AT THE RIGHT
TIME IN THE RIGHT WAY.

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

Why Am I Complaining?

WHY AM I COMPLAINING?

by HELEN STEINER RICE

MY CROSS IS NOT TOO HEAVY,

MY ROAD IS NOT TOO ROUGH,

BECAUSE GOD WALKS BESIDE ME

AND TO KNOW THIS IS ENOUGH.

AND THOUGH I GET SO LONELY,

I KNOW I'M NOT ALONE,

FOR THE LORD GOD IS MY FATHER

AND HE LOVES ME AS HIS OWN.

SO THOUGH I'M TIRED AND WEARY

AND I WISH MY RACE WERE RUN,

GOD WILL ONLY TERMINATE IT

WHEN MY WORK ON EARTH IS DONE.

SO LET ME STOP COMPLAINING

ABOUT MY LOAD OF CARE,

FOR GOD WILL ALWAYS LIGHTEN IT WHEN

IT GETS TOO MUCH TO BEAR.

AND IF HE DOES NOT EASE MY LOAD HE WILL

GIVE ME STRENGTH TO BEAR IT,

FOR GOD IN LOVE AND MERCY

IS ALWAYS NEAR TO SHARE IT.

IT TAKES A LOT OF LIVING TO FULLY REALIZE THAT

ALL GOD'S GREATEST BLESSINGS COME TO

US IN DISGUISE.

H.S.R.

PSALMS

I SAID TO THE LORD, "YOU ARE MY LORD.

EVERY GOOD THING I HAVE COMES FROM YOU."

PSALM 16:2

NCV

OH HOW GREAT IS THY GOODNESS,

WHICH THOU HAST LAID UP FOR THEM THAT FEAR THEE;

WHICH THOU HAST WROUGHT FOR THEM

THAT TRUST IN THEE BEFORE THE SONS OF MEN!

PSALM 31:19

KJV

I WILL CRY TO THE GOD OF HEAVEN

WHO DOES SUCH WONDERS FOR ME.

PSALM 57:2

TLB

YES, THE LORD WILL GIVE WHAT IS GOOD;

AND OUR LAND WILL YIELD ITS INCREASE.

RIGHTEOUSNESS WILL GO BEFORE HIM,

AND SHALL MAKE HIS FOOTSTEPS OUR PATHWAY.

PSALM 85:12-13

NKJV

DO NOT FRET BECAUSE OF THE WICKED;

DO NOT BE ENVIOUS OF WRONGDOERS,

FOR THEY WILL SOON FADE LIKE THE GRASS,

AND WITHER LIKE THE GREEN HERB.

PSALM 37:1-2

NRSV

ARISE, LORD! LIFT UP YOUR HAND, O GOD

DO NOT FORGET THE HELPLESS.

WHY DOES THE WICKED MAN REVILE GOD?

WHY DOES HE SAY TO HIMSELF,

"HE WON'T CALL ME TO ACCOUNT"?

BUT YOU, O GOD, DO SEE TROUBLE AND GRIEF.

PSALM 10:12-14

NIV

A Teenager's Prayer

A TEENAGER'S PRAYER

by HELEN STEINER RICE

GOD, HERE I AM IN A "CHAOTIC STATE"

SEEKING SOME WAY TO DO "SOMETHING GREAT"...

I WANT TO BE SOMEONE WHO CONTRIBUTES TO

MAKE A LESS VIOLENT WORLD FOR EVERYONE'S SAKE...

BUT WHO CAN I GO TO AND WHO CAN I TRUST,

WHO'LL SHOW ME THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LOVE AND LUST?

I'M WILLING TO LISTEN, I'M WILLING TO DO,

WHATEVER IT TAKES TO MAKE THIS WORLD "NEW"...

BUT IN THE CONFUSION AND THE NOISE ALL AROUND

WHERE CAN THE ANSWER TO MY QUESTION BE FOUND?

DEAR GOD IN HEAVEN, HEAR A TEENAGERS PLEA-

SHOW ME SOMEWHERE WHAT YOU WANT ME TO BE!

PSALMS

I WILL GIVE THANKS TO THE LORD

ACCORDING TO HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS,

AND WILL SING PRAISE TO THE

NAME OF THE LORD MOST HIGH.

PSALM 7:17

NAS

MY HEART IS STEADFAST, O GOD,

MY HEART IS STEADFAST;

I WILL SING AND MAKE MUSIC.

PSALM 57:7

NIV

SING A NEW SONG TO THE LORD!

SING IT EVERYWHERE AROUND THE WORLD!

PSALM 96:1

TLB

BUT I WILL SING OF YOUR MIGHT;

I WILL SING ALOUD OF YOUR

STEADFAST LOVE IN THE MORNING.

FOR YOU HAVE BEEN A FORTRESS FOR ME

AND A REFUGE IN THE DAY OF MY DISTRESS.

PSALM 59:16

NRSV

PRAY AS IF

EVERYTHING DEPENDED

ON GOD, AND WORK

AS IF EVERYTHING

DEPENDED UPON MAN.

FAITH WITHOUT WORKS IS DEAD.

JAMES 2:26

KJV

THE TROUBLE

WITH STRETCHING

THE TRUTH IS THAT IT'S

APT TO SNAP BACK.

A FALSE WITNESS SHALL NOT BE UNPUNISHED,

AND HE THAT SPEAKETH LIES

SHALL NOT ESCAPE.

PROVERBS 19:5

KJV

A BLIND MAN

WHO SEES IS BETTER

THAN A SEEING MAN

WHO IS BLIND.

"BLESSED ARE YOUR EYES, FOR THEY SEE:

AND YOUR EARS, FOR THEY HEAR."

MATTHEW 13:16

WE HAVE THIS HOPE AS AN ANCHOR

FOR THE SOULS FIRM AND SECURE.

HEBREWS 6:13-20
NIV

The 7 Ups

The 7ups

1. Wake Up...Decide to have a good day.
   

2. Dress Up... The best way to dress up is to put on a smile. A smile is an inexpensive way to improve your looks.
   

3. Shut Up... Say nice things and learn to listen.
   

4. Stand Up... For what you believe in.
   

5. Look Up... To the Mercy of God
   

6. Reach Up... For something higher.
   

7. Lift Up... Your Prayers.

God Will Supply All Your Needs

And my God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus.~

Philippians 4:19