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FROM THE HEART
A DAILY INSPIRATIONAL CALENDAR
BY HELEN STEINER RICE
IT'S A WONDERFUL WORLD AND IT ALWAYS WILL BE
IF WE KEEP OUR EYES OPEN AND FOCUSED TO SEE
THE WONDERFUL THINGS MAN IS CAPABLE OF
WHEN HE OPENS HIS HEART TO GOD AND HIS LOVE
GOD LOOKS DOWN FROM HEAVEN UPON THE SONS OF MEN TO
SEE IF THERE ARE ANY THAT ARE WISE, THAT SEEK AFTER GOD.
PSALM 53:2
TODAY UNLOCK THE CHAMBERS OF YOUR HEART AND ASK
GOD TO ENTER IN. HIS PRESENCE WILL TRANSFUSE YOUR LIFE.
WITHOUT SEEMING RHYME OR REASON,
HOPE ALLAYS THE SOUL'S WORRIES
WITH THE CERTAINTY OF HUMMINGBIRDS,
WHO KNOW PRECISELY THE DAY TO FLY SOUTH.
WHEN ALL OF OUR EARTH'S HOPES
SEEM LIKE CASTLES IN THE SAND,
WE CAN HOLD TO THIS -
HEAVEN IS OUR HOME,
AND WE ARE BUT SOJOURNERS HERE.
HOPE IS A WALKING DREAM.
-ARISTOTLE-
TODAY I LONG TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE-
TO PASS ALONG PEACE AND JOY AND
SOMEHOW RESURRECT HOPE IN WEARY HEARTS.
HOPE, LIKE DAWN, TOUCHES THE DARKNESS WITH LIGHT,
OPENING US TO THE NEW DAY COMING.
HOPE IS THE SOUL'S FAITHFUL FRIEND,
HOLDING ITS HAND THROUGH THE NIGHT
AND SAYING, "THERE WILL BE A GLORIOUS DAWN."
STREAMS IN THE DESERT
DAILY INSPIRATIONS FROM
THE DEVOTIONAL CLASSIC
BY MRS. CHARLES E. COWMAN
ALTHOUGH I HAVE AFFLICTED YOU,
I WILL AFFLICT YOU NO MORE.
NAHUM 1:12
LET US QUIETLY WAIT AND PATIENTLY
ENDUE THE WILL OF THE LORD TILL HE
COMETH. OUR FATHER TAKES AWAY
THE ROD WHEN HIS DESIGN IN USING
IT IS FULLY SERVED. LET US SING
HALLELUJAH BY ANTICIPATION.
PREPARING YOUR HEART FOR PRAYER
IT IS GOOD TO KEEP A RECORD OF OUR PRAYERS
SO THAT WE DON'T UNSAY THEM IN OUR PRACTICE.
-UNKNOWN-
I ACKNOWLEDGE THIS DAY AND TAKE IT TO MY HEART
THAT THE LORD IS GOD IN HEAVEN ABOVE AND ON THE EARTH
BELOW; THERE IS NO OTHER.
DEUTERONOMY 4:39
THE LORD HAS BARED HIS HOLY ARM IN THE SIGHT OF ALL
THE NATIONS, AND ALL THE ENDS OF THE EARTH WILL SEE THE
SALVATION OF OUR GOD.
ISAIAH 52:10
I TRUSTED IN CHRIST WHEN I HEARD THE WORD OF TRUTH,
THE GOSPEL OF MY SALVATION. HAVING BELIEVED, I WAS SEALED
IN HIM WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT OF PROMISE, WHO IS A DEPOSIT
GUARANTEEING MY INHERITANCE UNTIL THE REDEMPTION OF
THOSE WHO ARE GOD'S POSSESSION, TO PRAISE OF HIS GLORY.
EPHESIANS 1:13-14
THOUGH LOVE AND TRUTH, INIQUITY IS ATONED FOR;
AND BY THE FEAR OF THE LORD, ONE TURNS ASIDE FROM EVIL.
WHEN A MAN'S WAYS ARE PLEASING TO THE LORD,
HE MAKES EVEN HIS ENEMIES LIVE AT PEACE WITH HIM.
PROVERBS 16:7
WE SHOULD ALL BE OF ONE MIND AND BE
SYMPATHETIC, LOVING AS BROTHERS,
COMPASIONATE, AND HUMBLE.
1 PETER 3:8
LORD, I THANK YOU THAT YOU ARE GOD IN HEAVEN
ABOVE AND ON EARTH BELOW AND THAT YOUR SALVATION
WILL EXTEND TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH. I THANK YOU
THAT I WAS SEALED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT WHEN I TRUSTED
IN CHRIST.
HELP ME TO KEEP MY WAYS PLEASING TO YOU THAT
I MAY LIVE IN PEACE WITH OTHERS.
MAY THE LOVE OF CHRIST BE WITH US TODAY AND
ALWAYS!
IN JESUS NAME WE PRAY,
AMEN.
FROM THE HEART
A DAILY INSPIRATIONAL CALENDAR
BY HELEN STEINER RICE
THE MORE WE ENDURE
WITH PATIENCE AND GRACE,
THE STRONGER WE GROW
AND THE MORE WE CAN FACE.
THE LORD IS THE STRENGTH OF HIS PEOPLE, THE SAVING REFUGE
OF HIS ANNOINTED.
PSALM 28:8
TODAY GROW STRONGER AS YOU ADOPT THE POLICY OF
PATIENTLY ADDRESSING THE PROBLEMS THAT CONFRONT YOU.
HOPE IS THE ASPIRATION OF THE SOUL,
THE PERSISTENCE OF THE MIND,
AND THE AFFIRMATION OF THE HEART.
HOPE BLOOMS
LIKE A BEAUTIFUL ROSE
AMIDST THE THORMS OF LIFE.
HOPE IS THE LONE FLOWER
BLOOMING IN TIMES OF LIFE'S DESERT.
HOPE STEADIES THE FALTERING SOUL.
HOPE IS THE GLUE
THAT BINDS THE PIECES OF A SHATTERED DREAM,
MAKING IT SHINY AND NEW AND WHOLE AGAINN.
HOPE IS LIKE THE SUN,
WHICH, AS WE JOURNEY TOWARDS IT,
CASTS THE SHADOW OF OUR BURDEN BEHIND US.
-SAMUEL SMILES-
WE HAVE THE 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
GRAIN MUST BE GROUND TO MAKE BREAD.
ISIAH 28:28
THAT WAS A LONG WAIT IN PREPARATION
FOR A GREAT MISSION. WHEN GOD DELAYS,
HE IS NOT INACTIVE. EVEN JESUS OF NAZARETH WAS
THIRTY YEARS IN PRIVACY,
GROWING IN WISDOM BEFORE
HE BEGAN HIS WORK.
PREPARING YOUR HEART FOR PRAYER
I HAVE SO FIXED THE HABIT OF PRAYER IN MY MIND THAT I NEVER
RAISE A GLASS OF WATER TO MY LIPS WITHOUT ASKING GOD 'S
BLESSING, NEVER SEAL A LETTER FROM THE POST WITHOUT A
BRIEF SENDING OF MY THOUGHT HEAVENWARD.
-STONEWALL JACKSON-
JESUS IS YOUR BELOVED SON IN WHOM YOU ARE WELL PLEASED.
MATTHEW 3:17
MARK 1:11
LUKE 3:22
THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH, BUT THE GIFT OF GOD IS ETERNAL
LIFE IN CHRIST JESUS OUR LORD.
ROMANS 6:23
CHRIST IS NOT WEAK IN DEALING WITH US, BUT IS POWERFUL
AMONG US. FOR THOUGH HE WAS CRUCIFIED IN WEAKNESS, YET
HE LIVES BY THE POWER OF GOD. FOR WE ARE WEAK IN HIM, YET
BY THE POWER OF GOD WE WILL LIVE WITH HIM TO SERVE OTHERS.
2 CORINTHIANS 13:3-4
WE SHOULD ALWAYS THANK GOD FOR OTHER BELIEVERS,
MENTIONING THEM IN OUR PRAYERS.
1 THESSALONIANS 1:2
WE SHOULD ALWAYS PRAY FOR OTHER BELIEVERS, THAT OUR
GOD MAY COUNT US WORTHY OF HIS CALLING AND FULFILL
EVERY DESIRE FOR GOODNESS AND EVERY WORK OF FAITH
WITH POWER.
2 THESSALONIANS 1:11
LORD, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR BELOVED SON AND FOR HIS
PROVISION OF THE GIFT OF ETERNAL LIFE. I THANK YOU
THAT I CAN LIVE BY YOUR POWER. HELP ME TO BE
WORTHY OF MY CALLING AS I PRAY FOR OTHER BELIEVERS.
MAY THE LOVE OF CHRIST BE
WITH US TODAY AND ALWAYS!
IN JESUS NAME WE PRAY,
AMEN.
FROM THE HEART
A DAILY INSPIRATIONAL CALENDAR
BY HELEN STEINER RICE
IF WE LIVED CHRISTMAS EACH DAY AS WE SHOULD,
AND MADE IT OUR AIM TO ALWAYS DO GOOD,
WE'D FIND THE LOST KEY TO MEANINGFUL LIVING
THAT COMES NOT FROM GETTING, BUT FROM UNSELFISH GIVING.
HE IS EVER GIVING LIBERALLY AND LENDING, AND HIS CHILDREN
BECOME A BLESSING.
PSALM 37:26
TODAY LIVE BY THE PRINCIPLE, "IT'S FAR MORE BLESSED TO GIVE
THAN TO RECEIVE."
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 THERESA-
STAND IN A BELOVED 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.
WHEN WE LOVE SOMEONE, WE SEE THE BEST OF WHO WE ARE
IN THEM,
AND WE ARE INSPIRED TO BE EVEN BETTER.
STREAMS IN THE DESERT
DAILY THOUGHTS FROM
THE DEVOTIONAL CLASSIC
BY MRS. CHARLES E. COWMAN
IF ANYONE WOULD COME AFTER ME, HE MUST DENY HIMSELF AND
TAKE UP HIS CROSS AND FOLLOW ME.
MARK 8:34
USE YOUR CROSS AS A CRUTCH TO HELP YOU ON, AND NOT AS A
STUMBLING BLOCK TO CAST YOU DOWN. YOU MAY OTHERS FROM
SADNESS TO GLADNESS BEGUILE, IF YOU CARRY YOUR CROSS WITH
A SMILE.
PREPARING YOUR HEART FOR PRAYER
WHOEVER ONLY SPEAKS OF GOD, BUT SELDOM TO GOD, EASILY
LEASES BODY AND SOUL TO IDOLS. THE CHRISTIAN THUS PLACES
HIS WHOLE FUTURE IN JEOPARDY BY A STUNTED PRAYER LIFE.
-CARL F. HENRY-
THE LORD IS IN HIS HOLY TEMPLE; THE LORD IS ON HIS HEAVENLY
THRONE. HE OBSERVES THE SONS OF MEN; HIS EYES EXAMINE THEM.
PSALM 11:4
THE FATHER GRANTED THE SON ANUTHORITY OVER ALL PEOPLE
THAT HE MIGHT GIVE ETERNAL LIFE TO AS MANY AS HE HAS GIVEN
THEM.
JOHN 17:2
THE LORD TAKES PLEASURE IN THOSE WHO FEAR HIM, WHO PUT
THEIR HOPE IN HIS UNFAILING LOVE.
PSALM 147:11
INSTRUCT A WISE MAN, AND HE WILL BE WISER STILL; TEACH A
RIGHTEOUS MAN, AND HE WILL INCREASE IN LEARNING.
PROVERBS 9:9
I SHOULD NOT SAY, "TODAY OR TOMORROW I WILL GO TO THIS
OR THAT CITY, SPEND A YEAR THERE, CARRY ON BUSINESS AND
MAKE A PROFIT." FOR I DO NOT EVEN KNOW WHAT MY LIFE WILL BE
TOMORROW. I AM A VAPOR THAT APPEARS FOR A LITTLE WHILE AND
THEN VANISHES AWAY. INSTEAD, I OUGHT TO SAY, "IF THE LORD WILLS,
I WILL LIVE AND DO THIS OR THAT."
OTHERWISE, I BOAST IN MY ARROGANCE, AND ALL SUCH BOASTING
IS EVIL.
JAMES 4:13-16
LORD, I THANK YOU THAT YOU RULE IN SOVEREIGN MAJESTY AND
THAT YOUR SON HAS GIVEN US ETERNAL LIFE. TEACH ME TO WALK
BLAMELESS AS I PUT MY HOPE IN YOUR UNFAILING LOVE. HELP ME
TO GROW IN WISDOM AND INCREASE IN LEARNING.
MAY THE LOVE OF CHRIST BE
WITH US TODAY AND ALWAYS!
IN JESUS NAME WE PRAY,
AMEN.
FROM THE HEART
A DAILY INSPIRATIONAL CALENDAR
BY HELEN STEINER RICE
MAY EVERY HEART AND EVERY HOME
CONTINUE THROUGH THE NEW YEAR
TO FEEL THE WARM AND WONDER
OF THIS SEASON OF GOOD CHEER.
LORD, WHEN DOUBTS FILL MY MIND,
WHEN MY HEART IS IN TURMOIL,
QUIET ME AND GIVE ME
RENEWED HOPE AND CHEER.
PSALM 94:19
TODAY PLEDGE TO MAINTAIN ALL YEAR THE WARMTH OF LOVE
AND CORDIALLY GENERATED BY THIS CHRISTMAS SEASON.
WHEN YOUR SPIRIT NEEDS TO BE LIFTED, BRING YOUR MIND
BACK TO WHEN EVERYTHING WAS NEW AND FRESH, MISTAKES
WERE EXPECTED, AND CURIOSITY WAS LIMITLESS.
YOU HAVE THE POWER TO MAKE HAPPINESS A WAY OF LIFE
INSTEAD OF AN OCCASIONAL EXPERIENCE.
IN MOMENTS OF AWE AND WONDER, WE BECOME RE-ENCHANTED
WITH MAGIC OF OUR EVERYDAY LIVES-MAGIC THAT IS EVER-PRESENT,
BUT OFTEN OVERLOOKED.
HELP YOURSELF, AND HEAVEN WILL HELP YOU.
-JEAN DE LA FONTAINE-
LIVING IN HARMONY WITH NATURE'S SEASONS AWAKENS US TO
SPRING'S RENEWAL, FALL'S COZY SLOWNESS, WINTER'S SAVORY
REST, AND SUMMER'S EXUBERANCE. THUS WE ARE REMINDED TO
HONOR EACH SEASON'S ENERGIES FOR THE WISDOM THEY HOLD.
STREAMS IN THE DESERT
DAILY THOUGHTS FROM
THE DEVOTIONAL CLASSIC
BY MRS. CHARLES E. COWMAN
APPROACH THE THRONE OF GRACE WITH CONFIDENCE ...
AND FIND GRACE TO HELP US IN OUR TIME OF NEED.
HEBREWS 4:16
ARE YOU FAINTING IN PRAYER? LOOK UP. THE MESSENGER, WHICH
IS TO BRING YOU YOUR BLESSING, IS NOW ON HIS WAY, AND THE
SPIRIT IS ONLY WAITING YOUR TRUST TO WHISPER IN YOUR HEART
THE ECHO OF THE ANSWER.
PREPARING YOUR HEART FOR PRAYER
PERHAPS AMONG THE PUREST PRAYERS WE CAN PRAY IS SIMPLY TO
ASK, "FATHER, MAY I SEE EARTH THROUGH HEAVEN'S EYES."
-THOMAS KELLY-
MANY ARE THE PLANS IN A MAN'S HEART, BUT IT IS THE COUNSEL OF
THE LORD THAT WILL STAND.
PROVERBS 19:21
GOD'S JUDGEMENT AGAINST THOSE WHO JUDGE OTHERS AND PRACTICE
THE SAME THINGS THEMSELVES IS BASED ON TRUTH.
ROMANS 2:1-2
IN MY DISTRESS I WILL SEEK THE FAVOR OF THE LORD MY GOD, AND
HUMBLE MYSELF GREATLY BEFORE THE GOD OF MY FATHERS, FOR I
KNOW THAT THE LORD IS GOD.
2 CHRONICLES 33:12-13
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 THAT YOUR COUNSEL ALWAYS STANDS AND THAT
YOUR JUDGEMENTS ARE BASED ON TRUTH. I WILL SEEK YOUR FAVOR.
HELP ME TO HANDLE YOUR WORD OF TRUTH WISELY.
MAY THE LOVE OF CHRIST BE
WITH US TODAY AND ALWAYS!
IN JESUS NAME WE PRAY,
AMEN.
FROM THE HEART
A DAILY INSPIRATIONAL CALENDAR
BY HELEN STEINER RICE
ONLY BY THE GRACE OF GOD
CAN WE GAIN SELF-CONTROL,
AND ONLY MEDITATIVE THOUGHTS
CAN RESTORE OUR PEACE OF SOUL.
IN PEACE I WILL BOTH LIE DOWN AND SLEEP; FOR THOU ALONE, O
LORD, MAKEST ME DWELL IN SAFETY.
PSALM 4:8
TODAY IF YOU HAVE DIFFERENCE OF OPINION WITH SOMEONE,
DISAGREE BUT DON'T BE DISAGREEABLE.
FILL THE CUP OF HAPPINESS FOR OTHERS, AND THERE WILL BE
ENOUGH OVERFLOWING TO FILL YOURS TO THE BRIM.
-ROSE PASTOR STOKES-
TODAY BELONGS TO YOU. IT'S A CLEAN PAGE YOU CAN COVER WITH
WONDERFUL, CREATIVE IMAGES AND WORDS THAT WILL FILL EVERY
MOMENT WITH SATISFACTION.
COLOR OUTSIDE THE LINES OF ORDINARY LIFE, FOLLOWING THE
VISION OF LIFE THAT GOD HAS IN MIND; YOU'LL BE AMAZED AT THE
PORTRAIT THAT EMERGES.
WHATEVER IS WORTH DOING AT ALL,
IS WORTH DOING WELL.
-EARL OF CHESTERFIELD-
I DO NOT WANT MY LIFE TO BE PERCEIVED AS NOTHING MORE THAN
NOISE, BUT AS BEAUTIFUL MUSIC THAT INSPIRES, SOOTHES, AND
UPLIFTS.
WHEN WE RECOGNIZE AND UTILIZE OUR SPECIAL GIFTS AND TALENTS,
GRACE AND INSPIRATION IS OURS TO BEHOLD.
STREAMS OF THE DESERT
DAILY THOUGHTS FROM
THE DEVOTIONAL CLASSIC
BY HELEN STEINER RICE
I LOOKED FOR HIM BUT DID NOT FIND HIM.
I CALLED HIM BUT HE DID NOT ANSWER.
SONG OF SONGS 5:6
THE LORD, WHEN HE HATH GIVEN GREAT FAITH, HATH BEEN KNOWN
TO TRY IT BY LONG DELAYINGS. IF IT PLEASES HIM TO BID OUR
PATIENCE EXERCISE ITSELF, SHALL HE NOT DO AS HE WILL WITH
HIS OWN!
PREPARING YOUR HEART FOR PRAYER
THE CHRISTIAN ON HIS KNEES SEES MORE THAN THE PHILOSOPHER
ON HIS TIPTOE.
-AUGUSTUS TOPLADY-
GOD IS THE ROCK; HIS WORK IS PERFECT, FOR ALL HIS WAYS ARE
JUST. A GOD OF FAITHFULNESS AND WITHOUT INJUSTICE, UPRIGHT
AND JUST IS HE.
DEUTERONOMY 32:4
CHRIST DIED FOR OUR SINS ACCORDING TO THE SCRIPTURES; HE
WAS BURIED, AND WAS RAISED ON THE THIRD DAY ACCORDING TO
THE SCRIPTURES.
1 CORINTHIANS 15:3-4
IF ANYONE WANTS TO BE FIRST, HE MUST BE THE LAST OF ALL AND
THE SERVANT OF ALL.
MARK 9:35
IT IS BETTER TO BE OF A HUMBLE SPIRIT WITH THE LOWLY THAN TO
DIVIDE THE SPOIL WITH THE PROUD.
PROVERBS 16:19
LORD, I THANK YOU THAT YOUR WORK IS PERFECT AND JUST AND
THAT CHRIST DIED FOR MY SINS AND WAS RAISED FROM THE DEAD.
TEACH ME TO BE A SERVANT OF OTHERS, WALKING WITH A HUMBLE
SPIRIT.
MAY THE LOVE OF CHRIST BE
WITH US TODAY AND ALWAYS!
IN JESUS NAME WE PRAY,
AMEN.
FROM THE HEART
A DAILY INSPIRATIONAL CALENDAR
BY HELEN STEINER RICE
TEACH ME HOW TO QUIET MY RACING, RISING HEART,
SO I MAY HEAR THE ANSWER YOU ARE TRYING TO IMPART.
MY SON, GIVE ME YOUR HEART AND LET YOUR EYES KEEP
TO MY WAYS.
PROVERBS 23:26
TODAY CALM SOMEONE ELSE'S FEARS AND MAINTAIN A
SERENITY OF YOUR OWN.
WHEN MY MIND'S HIGHEST MEDITATIONS MEET AND JOIN IN
JUBILANT DANCE, INSPIRATION GREETS ME WITH A LIGHTED
PATH.
INSPIRATION CAN BE FOUND IN SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS
WILDFLOWERS GROWING ALONG A FOREST PATH OR A STREAM
TRICKLING OUT FROM A MOUNTAIN SPRING.
THE BEAUTY OF CREATION INSPIRES ME TO LIVE A LIFE WHERE
I, TOO, CAN CREATE SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL.
-WILLA CATHER-
TAKE TIME TO REFLECT ON THE PEOPLE AND THINGS AROUND YOU.
IT IS IN THESE QUIET MOMENTS THAT INSPIRATION GROWS AND WE
RECOGNIZE THE MIRACLE OF LIFE.
THE SONG OF THE UNIVERSE IS SUNG THROUGH EACH ONE OF US.
ITS NOTES, OUR DREAMS AND VISIONS; ITS MELODY, HOW FAR
WE'VE COME.
EVEN WHEN LIFE SEEMS PERFECT, OUR SOUL STILL NEEDS TO BE
RENEWED. CHANGE KEEPS US FRESH.
STREAMS IN THE DESERT
DAILY THOUGHTS FROM
THE DEVOTIONAL CLASSIC
BY MRS. CHARLES E. COWMAN
YOUR STRENGTH WILL EQUAL YOUR DAYS.
DEUTERONOMY 33:25
HE GIVES US POWER TO TREAD THE DEAD LEVEL, ...
STRENGTH OF WILL, STRENGTH OF AFFECTION, STRENGTH OF
JUDGMENT, STRENGTH OF IDEALS AND ACHIEVEMENT.
PREPARING YOUR HEART FOR PRAYER
WHEN WE WALKED UPON THIS EARTH, JESUS VOLUNTARILY
AGREED TO LIVE IN DEPENDENCE UPON THE FATHER AS AN
EXAMPLE OF HOW WE ARE TO LIVE.
SO IF JESUS CHRIST, WITH ALL HIS POWER AND PERFECTION, MADE
PRAYER A PRIORITY IN HIS LIFE, THEN WHERE OUGHT PRAYER TO
FIT IN YOUR LIFE AND MINE?
-DAVID JEREMIAH-
ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE WITH GOD.
MATTHEW 19:26
MARK 10:27
CHRIST REDEEMED US FROM THE CURSE OF THE LAW BY BECOMING
A CURSE FOR US, FOR IT IS WRITTEN: "CURSED IS EVERYONE WHO HANGS ON A TREE."
GALATIANS 3:13
BY YOUR GRACE I WILL NOT FORSAKE YOU, THE FOUNTAIN OF LIVING
WATERS, TO DIG MY OWN CISTERNS, BROKEN CISTERNS THAT CAN
HOLD NO WATER.
JEREMIAH 2:13
GODLINESS WITH CONTENTMENT IS GREAT GAIN.
FOR I BROUGHT NOTHING INTO THE WORLD, AND I CAN TAKE
NOTHING OUT OF IT. BUT IF I HAVE FOOD AND CLOTHING, WITH THESE
I WILL BE CONTENT.
1 TIMOTHY 6:6-8
A GENEROUS MAN WILL PROSPER, AND HE WHO WATERS WILL
HIMSELF BE REFRESHED.
PROBERBS 11:25
LORD, THANK YOU THAT ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE WITH YOU AND
THAT CHRIST REDEEMED ME FROM THE CURSE OF THE LAW.
I PRAY THAT I WOULD NEVER FORSAKE YOU TO SEEK SIGNIFICANCE
AND SECURITY IN WORLDLY THINGS.
TEACH ME THE SECRET OF CONTENTMENT AND TO BE CHARITABLE
AND GENEROUS WITH OTHERS.
MAY THE LOVE OF CHRIST BE
WITH US TODAY AND ALWAYS!
IN JESUS NAME WE PRAY,
AMEN.
FROM THE HEART
A DAILY INSPIRATIONAL CALENDAR
BY HELEN STEINER RICE
WHAT MUST I DO TO INSURE PEACE OF MIND?
IS THE ANSWER I'M SEEKING, TOO HARD TO FIND?
HOW CAN I KNOW WHAT GOD WANTS ME TO BE?
HOW CAN I TELL WHAT'S EXPECTED OF ME?
MANY ARE THE PLANS IN THE MIND OF A MAN, BUT IT IS THE PURPOSE
OF THE LORD THAT WILL BE ESTABLISHED.
PROBERBS 19:21
TODAY STUDY YOURSELF-YOUR WEAKNESSES AND YOUR STRENGTHS.
PRESERVE IN ACCOMPLISHING THAT WHICH GOD HAS IN MIND FOR
YOU TO DO.
JUST A TINY SEED OF FAITH, WATERED WITH LOVE, WISDOM, AND
HARD WORK, GROWS INTO A MAJESTIC TREE OF BLESSINGS.
THE WORDS WHICH EXPRESS OUR FAITH AND PIETY ARE NOT DEFINITE;
YET THEY ARE SIGNIFICANT AND FRAGRANT LIKE FRANKINCENCE TO
SUPERIOR NATURES.
-HENRY DAVID THOREAU-
FAITH DOES NOT FEAR CHANGE, BUT KNOWS THAT ALL CHANGE IS
SIMPLY THE SPIRIT'S WAY OF MOVING OUR LIFE IN THE DIRECTION OF
OUR DESTINY.
FAITH MAKES THE DISCORDS OF THE PRESENT THE HARMONIES OF THE
FUTURE.
-ROBERT COLLYER-
FAITH IS A SILENT DECLARATION OF INNER WHOLENESS AMIDST THE
OUTER APPEARANCE OF CHAOS AND DISORDER.
FAITH IS THE HIGHEST PASSION IN A HUMAN BEING MANY IN EVERY
GENERATION MAY NOT COME THAT FAR, BUT NONE COMES FURTHER.
-SOREN KIERKEGAARD-
STREAMS IN THE DESERT
DAILY THOUGHTS FROM
THE DEVOTIONAL CLASSIC
BY MRS. CHARLES E. COWMAN
THEN THE LORD OPENED BALAAM'S EYES, AND HE SAW THE ANGEL
OF THE LORD STANDING IN THE ROAD.
NUMBERS 22:31
IN TIMES OF UNCERTAINTY, WAIT. ALWAYS, IF YOU HAVE ANY DOUBT,
WAIT. DO NOT FORCE YOURSELF TO ANY ACTION. IF YOU HAVE A
RESTRAINT IN YOUR SPIRIT, WAIT UNTIL ALL IS CLEAR, AND DO NOT
GO AGAINST IT.
PREPARING YOUR HEART FOR PRAYER
IF WE ARE TO BE EFFECTIVE IN OUR PRAYING, WE MUST KNOW WHAT
OUR LORD HAS PROMISED US AND THEN HUMBLY PRAY THAT HIS
PROMISES BE FULFILLED IN OUR LIVES.
-PAUL CEDAR-
I KNOW THAT YOU ARE A GRACIOUS AND COMPASSIONATE GOD, SLOW
TO ANGER AND ABOUNDING IN LOVING KINDNESS, A GOD WHO RELENTS
FROM SENDING CALAMITY.
JONAH 4:2
THE SON OF MAN DID NOT COME TO BE SERVED, BUT TO SERVE, AND
TO GIVE HIS LIFE AS A RANSOME FOR MANY.
MARK 10:45
THIS IS A TRUSTWORTHY SAYING: IF WE DIED WITH HIM, WE WILL ALSO
LIVE WITH HIM; IF WE ENDURE, WE WILL ALSO REIGN WITH HIM. IF WE
DENY HIM, HE WILL ALSO DENY US; IF WE ARE FAITHLESS, HE WILL
REMAIN FAITHFUL, FOR HE CANNOT DENY HIMSELF.
2 TIMOTHY 2:11-13
IN A MULTITUDE OF WORDS, TRANSGRESSION DOES NOT CEASE, BUT
HE WHO RESTRAINS HIS LIPS IS WISE.
PROBERBS 10:19
LORD, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR GRACE AND COMPASSION AND FOR
THE DISPLAY OF YOUR GRACE AND COMPASSION IN THE MINISTRY
OF JESUS. I THANK YOU FOR THE FAITHFULNESS OF YOUR PROMISES.
HELP ME TO BE TRUSTWORTHY AND CONTROL MY SPEACH WISELY.
MAY THE LOVE OF CHRIST BE
WITH US TODAY AND ALWAYS!
IN JESUS NAME WE PRAY,
AMEN.
FROM THE HEART
A DAILY INSPIRATIONAL CALENDAR
BY HELEN STEINER RICE
ALL I NEED DO
IS TO SILENTLY PRAY-
"GOD, HELP ME AND GUIDE ME
AND GO WITH ME TODAY."
GOOD AND UPRIGHT IS THE LORD; THEREFORE HE INSTRUCTS SINNERS
IN HIS WAYS. HE GUIDES THE HUMBLE IN WHAT IS RIGHT AND TEACHES
THEM HIS WAY.
PSALM 25:8-9
TODAY KEEP GOD AS YOUR CONSTANT COMPANION.
GREAT FAITH IS NOT FOUND; IT IS MADE OF TINY DEMONSTRATIONS
OF COMMITMENT ON A DAILY BASIS.
... WHENEVER YOU FACE TRIALS OF ANY KIND, CONSIDER IT NOTHING
BUT JOY, BECAUSE YOU KNOW THAT THE TESTING OF YOUR FAITH
PRODUCES ENDURANCE; AND LET ENDURANCE HAVE ITS FULL EFFECT,
SO THAT YOU MAY BE MATURE AND COMPLETE, LACKING IN NOTHING.
JAMES 1:2-4
FAITH IS THE FORCE OF LIFE.
-LEO TOLSTOY-
LIFE WITH FAITH HAS MEANING AND PURPOSE. IT TRANSFORMS THE
SMALLEST ACTIONS INTO ELEMENTS OF SIGNIFICANCE, CONTRIBUTING
TO A BETTER WORLD.
ONE MIRACLE IS JUST AS EASY TO BELIEVE AS ANOTHER.
-WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN-
FAITH IN GOD'S LOVE
FREES ME TO BE THE REAL ME,
FOR I REMEMBER THAT GOD SEES ME AS I AM
AND LOVES ME WITH ALL HIS HEART.
STREAMS IN THE DESERT
DAILY THOUGHTS FROM
THE DEVOTIONAL CLASSIC
BY MRS. CHARLES E. COWMAN
THEN JESUS TOLD HIS DISCIPLES... THAT THEY SHOULD ALWAYS PRAY
AND NOT GIVE UP.
LUKE 18:1
THE MAN WHO FORMS THE HABIT OF BEGINNING WITHOUT FINISHING
HAS SIMPLY FORMED THE HABIT OF FAILURE. PRAY UNTIL THE THING
YOU PRAY FOR HAS ACTUALLY BEEN GRANTED, OR UNTIL YOU HAVE
THE ASSURANCE IN HEART THAT IT WILL BE.
PREPARING YOUR HEART FOR PRAYER
IF YOU WOULD HAVE GOD HEAR YOU WHEN YOU PRAY, YOU MUST
HEAR HIM WHEN HE SPEAKS.
-THOMAS BROOKS-
I WILL GIVE THANKS TO THE LORD, FOR HE IS GOOD; HIS LOVING
KINDNESS ENDURES FOREVER.
PSALM 118:1
KNOWING THAT A MAN IS NOT JUSTIFIED BY THE WORKS OF THE
LAW, BUT THROUGH FAITH IN CHRIST JESUS, I HAVE BELIEVED IN
CHRIST JESUS, THAT I MAY BE JUSTIFIED THROUGH FAITH IN CHRIST
AND NOT BY THE WORKS OF THE LAW; FOR BY THE WORKS OF THE
LAW, NO FLESH WILL BE JUSTIFIED.
GALATIANS 2:16
I WILL NOT LAY UP FOR MYSELF TREASURES ON EARTH, WHERE MOTH
AND RUST DESTROY AND WHERE THIEVES BREAK IN AND STEAL. BUT
I WILL LAY UP FOR MYSELF TREASURES IN HEAVEN, WHERE MOTH
AND RUST DO NOT DESTROY AND WHERE THIEVES DO NOT BREAK IN
AND STEAL. FOR WHERE MY TREASURE IS, THERE MY HEART WILL BE
ALSO.
MATTHEW 6:19-21
LUKE 12:34
HE WHO IS GENEROUS WILL BE BLESSED, FOR HE SHARES HIS FOOD
WITH THE POOR.
PROVERBS 22:9
LORD, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR GOODNESS
AND LOVING KINDNESS AND THAT I HAVE BEEN
MADE ACCEPTABLE IN YOUR SIGHT THROUGH FAITH IN CHRIST.
I WILL LAY UP LASTING TREASURE IN HEAVEN BY BEING GENEROUS
TO OTHER.
MAY THE LOVE OF CHRIST BE
WITH US TODAY AND ALWAYS!
IN JESUS NAME WE PRAY,
AMEN.
FROM THE HEART
A DAILY INSPIRATIONAL CALENDAR
BY HELEN STEINER RICE
WE ARE ALL GOD'S CHILDREN,
AND HE LOVES US - EVERYONE,
AND COMPLETELY FORGIVES
ALL THAT WE HAVE DONE.
TRAIN UP A CHILD IN THE WAY HE SHOULD GO,
EVEN WHEN HE IS SO OLD HE WILL
NOT DEPART FROM IT.
PROVERBS 22:6
TODAY REPEAT,
"GOD LOVES ME AND GOD FORGIVES ME."
TODAY,
I LONG
TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE -
TO PASS ALONG
PEACE AND JOY
AND SOMEHOW
RESURRECT HOPE
IN WEARY HEARTS.
HOPE, LIKE DAWN, TOUCHES THE DARKNESS WITH
LIGHT, OPENING US TO THE NEW DAY COMING.
HOPE IS THE SOUL'S FAITHFUL FRIEND,
HOLDING ITS HAND THROUGH THE NIGHT
AND SAYING, "THERE WILL BE A GLORIOUS DAWN."
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
THE LORD ALONE LED HIM.
DEUTERONOMY 32:12
COVET TO GET ALONE WITH GOD. IF WE NEGLECT IT,
WE NOT ONLY ROB OURSELVES, BUT OTHERS TOO,
OF BLESSING, SINCE WHEN WE ARE BLESSED WE ARE
ABLE TO PASS ON BLESSINGS TO OTHERS.
PREPARING YOUR HEART FOR PRAYER
EVERYONE WHO ASKS RECEIVES...LET US BEWARE OF
WEAKING THE WORD WITH OUR HUMAN WISDOM.
-ANDREW MURRAY-
THE LORD IS UPRIGHT; HE IS MY ROCK,
AND THERE IS NO UNRIGHTEOUSNESS IN HIM.
PSALM 92:15
YOU ARE THE LORD OUR GOD, WHO BROUGHT YOUR
PEOPLE OUT OF EGYPT SO THAT THEY WOULD NO
LONGER BE THEIR SLAVES; YOU BROKE THE BARS OF
THEIR YOKE AND ENABLED THEM TO WALK WITH
HEADS HELD HIGH.
LEVITICUS 26:13
I WILL NOT BE AFRAID OF THOSE WHO KILL THE BODY
AND AFTER THAT CAN DO NO MORE. BUT I WILL FEAR
THE ONE WHO, AFTER KILLING, HAS AUTHORITY TO
CAST INTO HELL.
LUKE 12:4-5
JUST AS WE HAVE MANY MEMBERS IN ONE BODY, BUT
ALL THE MEMBERS DO NOT HAVE THE SAME FUNCTION,
SO
WE WHO ARE MANY ARE ONE BODY IN CHRIST
AND
INDIVIDUALLY MEMBERS OF ONE ANOTHER. AND
WE HAVE
DIFFERENT GIFTS, ACCORDING TO THE GRACE GIVEN TO US.
ROMANS 12:4-6
LORD, I THANK YOU THAT YOU HAVE DELIVERED YOUR PEOPLE
FROM THEIR SLAVERY TO SIN AND DEATH. I WILL REVERE YOU
MORE THAN PEOPLE AND USE THE GIFTS YOU HAVE GIVEN TO ME
TO UPLIFT OTHER MEMBERS OF YOUR BODY.
MAY THE LOVE OF CHRIST BE
WITH US TODAY AND ALWAYS!
IN JESUS NAME WE PRAY,
AMEN.
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