Daily Inspiration March 29, 2009

MARCH 29TH

FROM THE HEART
A DAILY INSPIRATIONAL
CALENDAR
by HELEN STEINER RICE



GREAT IS YOUR GLADNESS
AND RICH IS YOUR REWARD
WHEN YOU MAKE LIFES PURPOSE
THE CHOICE OF THE LORD.




THE REWARD FOR HUMILITY AND
FEAR OF THE LORD IS RICHES
AND HONOR AND LIFE.




PROVERBS 22:4



TODAY ACT WITH HUMILITY.






EACH PRAYER IS A MESSAGE OF FAITH IN GOD.

WE ARE SAYING, "I TRUST YOU; LEAD ME.
I BELIEVEIN YOU; GUIDE ME. I NEED YOU; SHOW ME."
WHEN WE OFFER OURSELVES OPENLY, HE WILL ALWAYS ANSWER.




WHERE THERE IS LACK,
FAITH SHOUTS "ABUNDANCE!"
WHERE THERE IS DESPAIR,
FAITH SINGS OUT "JOY!"
WHERE THERE IS FEAR,
FAITH WHISPERS "COURAGE."
FAITH AFFIRMS ONLY LOVE.




FAITH IS LIKE A TINY SEED OF BELIEF INSIDE
US THAT GROWS INTO A MIGHTY TREE, EACH
LEAF A NEW DIRECTION, EACH BRANCH A
NEW OPPORTUNITY.




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



HIS KINGDOM RULES OVER ALL.




PSALM 103:19



OVER ALL, MY LORD? THEN IT IS NOT
SAFE FOR ME TO MURMUR AT ANYTHING.

[MY] ONLY SAFETY IS, IN EVERYTHING,
TO LOVE AND TRUST AND PRAISE.




PREPARING YOUR HEART
FOR PRAYER



COLD PRAYERS ARE AS ARROWS WITHOUT
HEADS, AS SWORDS WITHOUT EDGES,
AS BIRDS WITHOUT WINGS: THEY
PIERCE NOT, THEY CUT NOT, THEY
FLY NOT UP TO HEAVEN...
COLD PRAYERS ALWAYS FREEZE
BEFORE THEY REACH HEAVEN.

-THOMAS BROOKS-



YOU ARE THE RIGHTEOUS GOD, WHO SEARCHES
THE HEARTS AND SECRET THOUGHTS.




PSALM 7:9



YOU SET BEFORE YOUR PEOPLE LIFE AND
PROSPERITY, DEATH AND DESTRUCTION;
AND YOU COMMANDED THEM TO LOVE YOU,
THE LORD THEIR GOD, TO WALK IN YOUR WAYS,
AND TO KEEP YOUR COMMANDMENTS,
STATUTES, AND JUDGMENTS, SO THAT
THEY WOULD LIVE AND MULTIPLY AND THAT YOU
WOULD BLESS THEM IN THE LAND THEY WERE
ENTERING TO POSSESS.




DEUTERONOMY 30:15-16



NOW I AM A CHILD OF GOD, AND WHAT I SHALL
BE HAS NOT YET BEEN REVEALED.
I KNOW
THAT WHEN HE IS REVEALED, I SHALL BE
LIKE HIM, FOR I SHALL SEE HIM
AS HE IS.
AND EVERYONE WHO HAS
THIS HOPE IN HIM PURIFIES HIMSELF,
JUST AS HE IS PURE.




1 JOHN 3:2-3



I WILL BE DILIGENT TO PRESENT MYSELF
APPROVED TO GOD, A WORKMAN WHO
DOES NOT NEED TO BE ASHAMED AND
WHO CORRECTLY HANDLES THE WORD
OF TRUTH.




2 TIMOTHY 2:15



LORD, I THANK YOU FOR KNOWING ME
PERFECTLY AND FOR DESIRING MY HIGHEST
GOOD.
I THANK YOU THAT I AM YOUR CHILD,
AND I SEEK YOUR APPROVAL IN ALL THINGS
THAT I WOULD HANDLE THE WORD OF
TRUTH CORRECTLY.


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

God's Hand Is Always There

GOD'S HAND IS ALWAYS THERE
by HELEN STEINER RICE



I AM PERPLEXED AND OFTEN VEXED AND
SOMETIMES I CRY AND SADLY SIGH,
BUT DO NOT THINK, DEAR FATHER ABOVE,
I QUESTION YOU OR YOUR UNCHANGING LOVE-
IT'S JUST SOMETIMES WHEN I REACH OUT
YOU SEEM TO BE NO WHERE ABOUT...
AND WHILE I'M SURE THAT
YOU LOVE ME STILL
AND I KNOW IN MY HEART
THAT YOU ALWAYS WILL,
SOMEHOW I FEEL THAT I CANNOT REACH YOU
AND THOUGH I GET DOWN ON
MY KNEES AND BESEECH YOU,
I CANNOT BRING YOU CLOSER TO ME
AND I FEEL ADRIFT ON LIFE'S RAGING SEA...
BUT THOUGH I CANNOT FIND YOUR HAND
TO LEAD ME ON TO THE PROMISED LAND,
I STILL BELIEVE WITH ALL MY BEING
YOUR HAND IS THERE BEYOND MY SEEING!









HE WHO FORMS THE HEARTS OF ALL,
WHO CONSIDERS EVERYTHING THEY DO.




PSALM 33:15
NIV



SURELY GOODNESS AND LOVINGKINDNESS
WILL FOLLOW ME ALL THE DAYS OF MY LIFE,
AND I WILL DWELL IN THE
HOUSE OF THE LORD FOREVER.




PSALM 23:6
NAS



"THE LORD IS THY KEEPER:
THE LORD IS THY SHADE UPON
THE RIGHT HAND.
"



PSALM 121:5



THE LORD ALSO WILL BE A
REFUGE FOR THE OPPRESSED.

A REFUGE IN TIMES OF TROUBLE.
"



PSALM 9:9



IN MY DISTRESS I CALLED TO THE LORD;
I CRIED TO MY GOD FOR HELP.

FROM HIS TEMPLE HE HEARD MY VOICE;
MY CRY CAME BEFORE HIM, INTO HIS EARS.




PSALM 18:6
NIV



SEARCH FOR THE LORD AND HIS STRENGTH.

ALWAYS SEEK HIS PRESENCE.




PSALM 105:4
GOD'S WORD



BE GLAD THAT YOU ARE HIS;
LET THOSE WHO SEEK THE LORD
BE HAPPY.




PSALM 105:3
NCV



MY SOUL WILL BOAST IN THE LORD;
LET THE AFFLICTED HEAR AND REJOICE.




PSALM 34;2
NIV



YOU KNOW WHAT I LONG FOR, LORD;
YOU HEAR MY EVERY SIGH.




PSLAM 38:9
NLT



AND I WILL WALK AT LIBERTY,
FOR I SEEK YOUR PRECEPTS.




PSALM 119;45
NKJV



LORD, YOU DO EVERYTHING FOR ME.

LORD, YOUR LOVE CONTINUES FOREVER:
DO NOT LEAVE US, WHOM YOU MADE.




PSALM 138:8
NCV