FROM THE HEART A DAILY
INSPIRATIONAL CALENDAR by HELEN STEINER RICE
AT THIS HOLY SEASON GIVE US QUIETNESS OF
MIND, TEACH US TO BE PATIENT AND HELP US TO BE KIND.
LET THEM GIVE THANKS TO THE LORD FOR HIS
LOVINGKINDNESS, AND FOR HIS WONDERS TO THE SONS OF MEN!
PSALM 107:31
TODAY ELIMINATE CONDEMNATION AND DISPLAY
COMPASSION. KINDNESS IS APPRECIATED NOW AND ANYTIME OF THE
YEAR.
FALLING IN LOVE IS LIKE OPENING ALL THE
DOORS, PULLING BACK ALL THE CURTAINS, AND FLOODING THE DARK ROOM OF OUR
HEART WITH BRILLIANT WARMTH AND LIGHT. UNKNOWN
LOVE DOES NOT CONSIST IN GAZING AT EACH
OTHER BUT IN LOOKING TOGETHER IN THE SAME DIRECTION. -ANTOINE DE
SAINT-EXUPERY-
WHOM YOU CHOOSE TO LOVE AND HOW YOU DEMONSTRATE YOUR
COMMITMENT SAYS MORE ABOUT YOU THAN IT DOES ABOUT THE OBJECT OF YOUR
AFFECTION. UNKNOWN
LOVE MAKES UP FOR THE LACK OF LONG MEMORIES BY A
SORT OF MAGIC. ALL OTHER AFFECTIONS NEED A PAST: LOVE CREATES A PAST WHICH
ENVELOPS US, AS IF BY ENCHANTMENT. -BENJAMIN CONSTANT-
TO TRUELY
LOVE SOMEONE IS TO SEE THEM AS THEY REALLY ARE, WITH ALL THEIR FAULTS,
QUIRKS, AND DEFECTS, AND STILL SEE THEM AS PERFECT EXPRESSIONS OF THE
DIVINE. UNKNOWN
STREAMS IN THE DESERT DAILY THOUGHTS FROM THE
DEVOTIONAL CLASSIC by MRS. CHARLES E. COWMAN
JESUS ANSWERED, "YOU WOULD HAVE NO POWER OVER ME
IF IT WERE NOT GIVEN TO YOU FROM ABOVE."
JOHN 19:11
NOTHING THAT IS NOT GOD'S WILL CAN COME INTO THE
LIFE OF ONE WHO TRUSTS AND OBEYS GOD. ALL THE ATTACKS THAT SATAN...CAN HURL
AGAINST US ARE NOT ONLY POWERLESS TO HARM US, BUT ARE TURNED INTO
BLESSINGS ON THE WAY.
PREPARING YOUR HEART FOR PRAYER
TO BE A CHRISTIAN WITHOUT PRAYER IS NO
MORE POSSIBLE THAN TO BE ALIVE WITHOUT BREATHING. -MARTIN
LUTHER-
THE LORD IS OUR JUDGE, THE LORD IS OUR
LAWGIVER, THE LORD IS OUR KING; IT IS HE WHO WILL SAVE US.
ISAIAH 33:22
WHOEVER BELIEVES IN THE SON HAS ETERNAL
LIFE, BUT WHOEVER REJECTS THE SON WILL NOT SEE LIFE, FOR THE WRATH OF GOD
REMAINS ON HIM.
JOHN 3:36
I WILL BE STRONG AND COURAGEOUS; I WILL NOT
BE AFRAID OR DISCOURAGED, FOR THE LORD MY GOD WILL BE WITH ME WHEREVER I
GO.
JOSHUA 1:9
LORD, I THANK YOU THAT YOU ARE MY KING AND THAT
ETERNAL LIFE RESTS IN YOUR SON. I WILL BE STRONG AND COURAGEOUS,
BECAUSE YOU ARE WITH ME WHEREEVER I GO.
MAY THE LOVE OF CHRIST BE WITH US TODAY AND
ALWAYS! IN JESUS NAME WE PRAY, AMEN.
Hello my friend... Wishing you to have
a Happy New Year...
May God's richest Blessings be poured
upon you and all you love...
Sending you my love and prayers...God
Bless you....
Your forever
friend....David
FROM THE HEART A DAILY INSPIRATIONAL CALENDAR by HELEN STEINER
RICE
BY KEEPING CHRIST IN CHRISTMAS WE ARE HELPING TO FULFILL THE GLAD
TIDINGS OF THE ANGELS- "PEACE ON EARTH AND TO MEN, GOODWILL."
LET ME HEAR WHAT GOD THE LORD WILL SPEAK, FOR HE WILL SPEAK PEACE TO
HIS PEOPLE, TO HIS SAINTS, TO THOSE WHO TURN TO HIM IN THEIR
HEARTS.
PSALM 85:8
TODAY RESPOND TO SOMEONE ELSE'S ANGER WITH GENTLENESS ON YOUR PART.
ANGER BEGETS ANGER SO PUT A HALT TO THE CYCLE. GREATER STRENGTH IS SHOWN
BY THOSE WHO CHOOSE KINDNESS AS A REACTION.
REAL LOVE IS NOT ISOLATING. IT OPENS DOORS, OPENS HORIZONS, AND OPENS
YOUR HEART. SEARCH FOR PEOPLE WHO ADD TO YOUR LIFE, WHO GIVE YOU MORE THAN
YOU WOULD HAVE WITHOUT THEM. UNKNOWN
LOVE COMFORTS, NEVER ALARMS; ALWAYS HEALS, NEVER HARMS. ALWAYS GROWS,
NEVER DIMINISHES; LOVE BEGINS, NEVER FINISHES. UNKNOWN
YOU KNOW...NOTHING ABOUT THE SORT OF LOVE OF WHICH I AM
CAPABLE. EVERY ATOM OF YOUR FLESH IS AS DEAR TO ME AS MY OWN: IN PAIN
AND SICKNESS IT WOULD STILL BE DEAR.
-CHARLOTTE BRONTE-
ALL, EVERYTHING THAT I UNDERSTAND, I UNDERSTAND ONLY BECAUSE I
LOVE.
-LEO TOLSTOY-
LOVE WILL FIND A WAY TO BRIDGE THIS CHASM BETWEEN US. LET'S HOLD
ON TO MEMORIES OF LOVELY, LOVING DAYS WE HAVE ENJOYED, AND LET'S
LOOK FORWARD AND BELIEVE WE WILL HAVE MORE OF THEM. UNKNOWN
STREAMS IN THE DESERT DAILY THOUGHTS FROM THE DEVOTIONAL
CLASSIC by MRS. CHARLES E. COWMAN
ENJOY CHOICE FOOD AND SWEET DRINKS, AND SEND SOME TO THOSE WHO HAVE
NOTHING PREPARED...
NEHEMIAH 8:10
LET US REMEMBER THE ANNUNCIATION OF THE ANGEL...LET US BE GLAD AND
REJOICE TODAY, BECAUSE "HE HAS COME." [AND] MAY OUR HEARTS GO OUT TO THE
PEOPLE IN HEATHEN LANDS WHO HAVE NO BLESSED CHRISTMAS DAY.
PREPARING YOUR HEART FOR PRAYER
MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE, PRAYER IS A RELATIONSHIP. WHEN WE REDUCE IT TO
A REGIMEN, WE DEPRIVE OURSELVES OF WHAT ALL WHO KNOW GOD...EXPRESSED IN THEIR
PRAYERS... THAT WE CAN ENJOY A DEEP AND INTIMATE PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP
WITH HIM IN PRAYER.
-JOHN GUEST-
IT IS GOOD TO GIVE THANKS TO THE LORD AND TO SING PRAISES TO YOUR NAME,
O MOST HIGH, TO DECLARE YOUR LOVINGKINDNESS IN THE MORNING AND YOUR
FAITHFULNESS AT NIGHT.
PSALM 92:1-2
THROUGH JESUS THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS IS PROCLAIMED, THAT THROUGH HIM
EVERYONE WHO BELIEVES IS JUSTIFIED FROM ALL THINGS FROM WHICH THEY COULD NOT
BE JUSTIFIED BY THE LAW OF MOSES.
ACTS 13:38-39
THE SACRIFICES OF GOD ARE A BROKEN SPIRIT; A BROKEN AND CONTRITE HEART,
O GOD, YOU WILL NOT DESPISE.
PSALM 51:17
A FOOL SHOWS HIS ANNOYANCE AT ONCE, BUT A PRUDENT MAN OVERLOOKS AN
INSULT.
PROVERBS 12:16
I WILL NOT BE QUICKLY PROVOKED IN MY SPIRIT, FOR
ANGER RESTS IN THE BOSOM OF FOOLS.
ECCLESIASTES 7:9
LORD, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR LOVINGKINDNESS AND FAITHFULNESS AND FOR THE
FORGIVENESS OF SINS THAT IS GRANTED THROUGH JESUS CHRIST. I WILL HUMBLE
MYSELF BEFORE YOU, AND KEEP MYSELF FROM ANGER.
MAY THE LOVE OF CHRIST BE WITH US TODAY AND ALWAYS! IN JESUS NAME WE
PRAY, AMEN.
Have a
nice day...May God's richest Blessings be poured
upon you
and all you love...Sending you my love and
prayers...
God
Bless you....Your forever friend....David
FROM THE HEART A DAILY
INSPIRATIONAL CALENDAR by HELEN STEINER RICE
CHRISTMAS IS MORE THAN A DAY AT THE END OF THE
YEAR, MORE THAN A SEASON OF JOY AND GOOD CHEER, CHRISTMAS IS REALLY GOD'S
PATTERN FOR LIVING TO BE FOLLOWED ALL YEAR BY UNSELFISH GIVING.
I GIVE THEE THANKS, O LORD, WITH MY WHOLE
HEART... FOR THOU HAST EXALTED ABOVE EVERYTHING THY NAME AND THY
WORD.
PSALM 138:1,2
TODAY ACCEPT THE TREASURED GIFT FROM GOD CALLED
PEACE! PEACE IS FOUND IN YOUR OWN YEAR-ROUND MANNER OF LIVING WHEN
PATTERNED AFTER JESUS' LIFE.
TO FIND LOVE, WE THINK WE MUST FIRST FIND THE
COURAGE TO TAKE A BIG CHANCE BY RISKING OUR HEART TO ANOTHER; YET IT'S
ONLY THEN THAT WE DISCOVER IT'S IN THE VERY ACT OF OFFERING OURSELVES THAT
LOVE IS FOUND. UNKNOWN
LOVE IS ALL WE HAVE, THE ONLY WAY THAT EACH CAN
HELP THE OTHER. -EURIPIDES-
THE PATH OF LOVE IS NEVER EASY. YET IT IS IN THE
UPS AND DOWNS, THE TIMES OF TROUBLE AND NEED, THAT TOGETHER YOU FORGE A
BOND STRONG ENOUGH TO WITHSTAND WHATEVER THE ROAD AHEAD MAY
BRING. UNKNOWN
LOVE IS JOINING YOUR SOUL WITH ANOTHER'S, NOT
FOR AN HOUR, A MONTH, OR A YEAR, BUT FOR A LIFETIME. UNKNOWN
STREAMS IN THE DESERT DAILY THOUGHTS FROM THE
DEVOTIONAL CLASSIC by MRS. CHARLES E. COWMAN
FOR IT HAS BEEN GRANTED TO YOU... ALSO TO SUFFER
FOR HIM.
PHILIPPIANS 1:29
DRESDEN CHINA IS ALWAYS BURNED THREE TIMES.
WHY? THREE TIMES ARE NECESSARY TO BURN THAT CHINA SO THAT THE GOLD AND THE
CRIMSON ARE... FASTENED THERE TO STAY. OUR TRIALS ARE BURNED INTO US... AND
BY GOD'S GRACE THESE BEAUTIFUL COLORS...ARE THERE TO STAY
FOREVER.
PREPARING YOUR HEART FOR PRAYER
PRAYER IS A RADICAL CONVERSION OF ALL OUR
MENTAL PROCESSES BECAUSE IN PRAYER WE MOVE AWAY FROM OURSELVES, OUR
WORRIES, PREOCCUPATION AND SELF- GRATIFICATION- AND DIRECT ALL THAT WE
RECOGNIZE AS OURS TO GOD IN THE SIMPLE TRUST THAT THROUGH HIS LOVE, ALL
WILL BE MADE NEW. -HENRI NOUWEN-
TO THE ONLY GOD OUR SAVIOR, THROUGH JESUS CHRIST
OUR LORD, BE GLORY, MAJESTY, DOMINION, AND AUTHORITY, BEFORE ALL AGES AND
NOW AND FOREVER. AMEN.
JUDE 25
I HAVE BEEN SET APART FOR THE GOSPEL OF GOD- I
AM AMONG THOSE WHO ARE CALLED TO BELONG TO JESUS CHRIST.
ROMANS 1:1,6
I WILL NOT LOVE THE WORLD OR THE THINGS IN THE
WORLD. IF ANYONE LOVES THE WORLD, THE LOVE OF THE FATHER IS NOT IN HIM.
FOR ALL THAT IS IN THE WORLD- THE LUST OF THE FLESH, THE LUST OF THE EYES,
AND THE PRIDE OF LIFE- IS NOT OF THE FATHER BUT OF THE WORLD. AND THE WORLD
AND ITS LUSTS ARE PASSING AWAY, BUT THE ONE WHO DOES THE WILL OF GOD
ABIDES FOREVER.
1 JOHN 2:15-17
I WILL LET THE PEACE OF CHRIST RULE IN MY HEART, TO
WHICH I WAS CALLED AS A MEMBER OF ONE BODY, AND I WILL BE
THANKFUL.
COLOSSIANS 3:15
LORD, I THANK YOU THAT ALL GLORY, MAGESTY,
DOMINION, AND AUTHORITY BELONG TO YOU. I WILL NOT LOVE THE THINGS OF THE
WORLD BUT WILL DO THE WILL OF GOD AND LET THE PEACE OF CHRIST RULE IN MY
HEART.
MAY THE LOVE OF CHRIST BE WITH US TODAY AND
ALWAYS! IN JESUS NAME WE PRAY, AMEN.
Merry Christmas my
friend...May God's richest Blessings
be poured upon you
and all you love...Sending you my
love and
prayers...God Bless you....Your forever friend....David
FROM THE HEART A DAILY
INSPIRATIONAL CALENDAR by HELEN STEINER RICE
GOD, MAKE US AWARE THAT IN THY NAME THE HOLY
CHRIST CHILD HUMBLY CAME TO LIVE ON EARTH AND LEAVE BEHIND NEW FAITH AND
HOPE FOR ALL MANKIND.
I WAIT FOR THE LORD, MY SOUL WAITS, AND IN HIS
WORD I PUT MY HOPE.
PSALM 130:5
TODAY RADIATE WITH THE GLOW OF CHRISTMASTIME.
JESUS CAME TO EARTH AS A BABY. LOOK FOR THE INNOCENCE, PURITY, GOODNESS,
AND LOVE IN THOSE AROUND YOU.
OUR UNION, LIKE AN HEIRLOOM PEWTER TEAPOT OR
VINTAGE WALNUT TABLE, GROWS MORE LOVELY AND VALUABLE IN THE HANDS OF DAILY
USE. UNKNOWN
LOVE COMFORTETH LIKE SUNSHINE AFTER
RAIN. -WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE-
TRUE LOVE IS SURRENDERING TO THE
DICTATES OF MY HEALED HEART AND GIVING MY ALL, NO MATTER WHAT THE
RISK, NO MATTER WHAT THE COST. UNKNOWN
LOVING SOMETIMES MEANS HOLDING ON, AND SOMETIMES
MEANS LETTING GO. TRUST YOUR HEART TO KNOW THE TIME FOR
EACH. UNKNOWN
STREAMS IN THE DESERT DAILY THOUGHTS FROM THE
DEVOTIONAL CLASSIC by MRS. CHARLES E. COWMAN
I WILL GIVE YOU EVERY PLACE WHERE YOU SET YOUR
FOOT, AS I PROMISED MOSES.
JOSHUA 1:3
HOW MANY OF US HAVE EVER TAKEN POSSESSION OF THE
PROMISES OF GOD IN THE NAME OF CHRIST? HERE IS A MAGNIFICENT TERRITORY FOR
FAITH TO LAY HOLD ON. FAITH HAS NEVER DONE IT YET. LET US ENTER INTO ALL
OUR INHERITANCE.
PREPARING YOUR HEART FOR PRAYER
IF YOU DO NOT KNOW THAT LIFE IS WAR... YOU WILL
NOT KNOW WHAT PRAYER IS FOR... -JOHN PIPER-
YOUR THRONE, O GOD, IS FOREVER AND EVER; A
SCEPTER OF RIGHTEOUSNESS IS THE SCEPTER OF YOUR KINGDOM.
PSALM 45:6
HEAVEN IS YOUR THRONE, AND THE EARTH IS YOUR
FOOTSTOOL. YOUR HAND MADE ALL THESE THINGS, AND SO THEY CAME INTO
BEING.
ISAIAH 66:1-2
I HAVE SET MY HOPE ON THE LIVING GOD, WHO IS THE
SAVIOR OF ALL MEN, ESPECIALLY OF THOSE WHO BELIEVE.
1 TIMOTHY 4:10
I DESIRE TO BE DILIGENT TO REALIZE THE FULL
ASSURANCE OF HOPE TO THE END. I DO NOT WANT TO BECOME SLUGGISH BUT TO
IMITATE THOSE WHO THROUGH FAITH AND PATIENCE INHERIT THE
PROMISES.
HEBREWS 6:11-12
BLESSED IS THE MAN WHO PERSEVERES UNDER TRIAL,
BECAUSE WHEN HE HAS BEEN APPROVED, HE WILL RECEIVE THE CROWN OF LIFE
THAT GOD HAS PROMISED TO THOSE WHO LOVE HIM.
JAMES 1:12
LORD, I THANK YOU THAT YOU REIGN IN
RIGHTEOUSNESS AND THAT ALL THINGS CAME INTO BEING THROUGH YOU. I HAVE
FIXED MY HOPE IN YOUR CHARACTER AND PROMISES, AND I WILL PERSEVERE UNDER
TRIAL AND REALIZE THE FULL ASSURANCE OF HOPE TO THE END.
MAY THE LOVE OF CHRIST BE WITH US TODAY AND
ALWAYS! IN JESUS NAME WE PRAY, AMEN.
Have a nice day my
friend...May God's richest Blessings
be poured upon you
and all you love...Sending you my
love and
prayers...God Bless you....Your forever
friend....David
FROM THE HEART A DAILY
INSPIRATIONAL CALENDAR by HELEN STEINER RICE
IT MATTERS NOT WHO OR WHAT YOU ARE, ALL MEN CAN
BEHOLD THE CHRISTMAS STAR. FOR THE STAR THAT SHONE IS SHINING STILL IN
THE HEARTS OF MEN OF PEACE AND GOODWILL.
CAST ME NOT AWAY FROM THY PRESENCE, AND TAKE
NOT THY HOLY SPIRIT FROM ME. RESTORE TO ME THY JOY OF THY SALVATION, AND
UPHOLD ME WITH A WILLING SPIRIT.
PSALM 51:12
TODAY TRIM YOUR LIFE WITH AN INNER BEAUTY. THE
STAR SHINES FOR ONE AND ALL.
THERE IS NO FEAR IN LOVE, BUT PERFECT LOVE CASTS
OUT FEAR.
1 JOHN 4:18
TWO PEOPLE IN LOVE IS A WORK OF ART- A
MASTERPIECE SUBLIME. TWO EQUAL HALVES THAT MAKE A WHOLE- AN IMAGE SO
DIVINE. UNKNOWN
LOVE IS NEVER NOISY, OBVIOUS, OR DEMANDING. IT
IS THE GENTLE WHISPER OF THE HEART, THE SOFT LULLABY OF THE
SOUL. UNKNOWN
CULTIVATE THE GARDEN OF YOUR HEART AND WATCH
LOVE BLOOM! UNKNOWN
THANK YOU, MY LOVE, FOR TRUSTING ME ENOUGH TO
TEAR DOWN WALLS OF FEAR AND DOUBT. THANK YOU FOR OPENING WIDE THE
DOOR OF YOUR WOUNDED HEART TO LET ME LOVE YOU. UNKNOWN
STREAMS IN THE DESERT DAILY THOUGHTS FROM THE
DEVOTIONAL CLASSIC by MRS. CHARLES E. COWMAN
WHY MUST I GO ABOUT MOURNING?...
PSALM 42:9
CANST THOU ANSWER THIS? WHY YIELD TO GLOOMY
ANTICIPATIONS? KNOWEST THOU NOT THAT DAY FOLLOWS NIGHT,... THAT SPRING AND
SUMMER SUCCEED WINTER? HOPE THOU THEN! HOPE THOU EVER! FOR GOD FAILS THEE
NOT.
PREPARING YOUR HEART FOR PRAYER
LEARNING TO PRAY EFFECTIVELY IS MUCH MORE
THAN AN ACADEMIC EXERCISE. IT REQUIRES A RADICAL CHANGE FOR MOST OF US. IT
TRANSLATES US FROM FOCUSING ON OURSELVES AND OUR OWN ABILITIES TO FOCUSING
ON GOD AND HIS UNLIMITED RESOURCES. -PAUL CEDAR-
HE WHO IS THE GLORY OF ISRAEL DOES NOT LIE OR
CHANGE HIS MIND, FOR HE IS NOT A MAN, THAT HE SHOULD CHANGE HIS
MIND.
1 SAMUEL 15:29
JESUS TOLD HIS DISCIPLES, "I CAME FROM THE FATHER
AND ENTERED THE WORLD; NOW I AM LEAVING THE WORLD AND GOING BACK TO THE
FATHER."
JOHN 16:28
I AM THE SALT OF THE EARTH, BUT IF THE SALT LOSES
ITS FLAVOR, HOW CAN IT BE MADE SALTY AGAIN? IT IS NO LONGER GOOD
FOR ANYTHING, EXCEPT TO BE THROWN OUT AND TRAMPLED UNDERFOOT BY MEN. I AM
THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD. A CITY SET ON A HILL CANNOT BE HIDDEN. NEITHER DO
PEOPLE LIGHT A LAMP AND PUT IT UNDER A BASKET, BUT ON A LAMPSTAND, AND IT
GIVES LIGHT TO ALL WHO ARE IN THE HOUSE. IN THE SAME WAY, I MUST LET MY
LIGHT SHINE BEFORE MEN, THAT THEY MAY SEE MY GOOD DEEDS AND PRAISE MY FATHER
IN HEAVEN.
MATTHEW 5:13-16
PRIDE BREEDS NOTHING BUT STRIFE, BUT WISDOM
IS FOUND IN THOSE WHO TAKE ADVICE.
PROVERBS 13:10
I WILL LISTEN TO COUNSEL AND ACCEPT
INSTRUCTION, THAT I MAY BE WISE IN MY LATTER DAYS.
PROVERBS 19:20
LORD, I THANK YOU THAT YOU NEVER LIE OR
CHANGE YOUR MIND AND THAT JESUS PERFECTLY FULFILLED YOUR TIMELESS PLAN.
HELP ME TO BECOME SALT AND LIGHT TO THOSE WHO KNOW ME, AND TO BE WISE ENOUGH
TO TAKE ADVICE AND ACCEPT INSTRUCTION.
MAY THE LOVE OF CHRIST BE WITH US TODAY AND
ALWAYS! IN JESUS NAME WE PRAY, AMEN.
Thinking of you and wishing you to have a
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year...
God Bless you...David
Our hearts are broken today from
the shooting that took place yesterday
which took the lives of 20 children 5 to 10 years old
and 7 adults...In the back of our mines we ask how
Our Lord would let this happen...We our unable understand
why God lets things happen but they do according to His will...
God is love and we know our lives are eternal and this world
is not our home...Our home is in heaven where their will be
only love for Our Lord and the love that we have for one another.
We will keep all those that been effected by this tragedy for
peace, comfort and assurance...God Bless you my friend....David
THE TINY ROSEBUD GOD PICKED TO BLOOM IN
HEAVEN by HELEN STEINER RICE
THE MASTER GARDENER FROM HEAVEN ABOVE PLANTED A
SEED IN THE GARDEN OF LOVE, AND FROM IT THERE GREW A ROSEBUD SMALL THAT
NEVER HAD TIME TO OPEN AT ALL. FOR GOD IN HIS PERFECT AND ALL-WISE
WAY CHOSE THIS ROSE FOR HIS HEAVENLY BOUQUET,AND GREAT WAS THE JOY OF
THIS TINY ROSE TO BE THE ONE OUR FATHER CHOSE TO LEAVE EARTH'S
GARDEN FOR ONE ON HIGH WHERE ROSES BLOOM ALWAYS AND NEVER DIE. SO,
WHILE YOU CAN'T SEE YOUR PRECIOUS ROSE BLOOM, YOU KNOW THE GREAT
GARDENER FROM THE UPPER ROOM IS WATCHING AND TENDING THIS WEE ROSE WITH
CARE, TENDERLY TOUCHING EACH PETAL SO FAIR. SO THINK OF YOUR
DARLING WITH THE ANGELS ABOVE, SECURE AND CONTENTED AND SURROUNDED BY
LOVE, AND REMEMBER GOD BLESSED AND ENRICHED YOUR LIVES, TOO, FOR IN
DYING YOUR DARLING BROUGHT HEAVEN CLOSER TO YOU!
FROM THE HEART A DAILY INSPIRATIONAL CALENDAR by HELEN STEINER
RICE
MAKE US AWARE THAT THE CHRISTMAS STORY IS EVERYONE'S PROMISE OF
ETERNAL GLORY.
NOT TO US, O LORD, NOT TO US, BUT TO THY NAME GIVE GLORY, FOR THE SAKE
OF THY STEADFAST LOVE AND THY FAITHFULNESS!
PSALM 115:1
TODAY SEND SOME OF YOUR OWN LOVE INTO THE WORLD. YOU DON'T HAVE TO BUY
IT, TIE IT-JUST GIVE LOVE AWAY.
I WILL NOT LET THE PESSIMISTS OF THE WORLD SQUELCH MY BELIEF THAT WHAT I
DO CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. I AM DETERMINED TO MAINTAIN MY INSPIRATION TO
CHANGE THE WORLD IN WHATEVER SMALL WAYS I CAN. UNKNOWN
WHEN WE AWAKEN THE SLEEPING LION OF POTENTIAL WITHIN, WE ALLOW IT TO
SPRING FORTH IN OUR LIVES WITH A MIGHTY, JOYFUL ROAR. UNKNOWN
INSPIRATION IS CONTAGIOUS CREATIVITY AND EPIDEMIC
ENTHUSIASM. UNKNOWN
THERE'S A PLACE OF RENEWAL AND HAPPINESS WITHIN YOU. ALL YOU NEED TO DO
TO REACH IT IS WITHDRAW YOUR ATTENTION FROM THE OUTSIDE WORLD AND FOCUS ON
THE STRENGTH AND THE ENERGY INSIDE YOURSELF. UNKNOWN
STREAMS IN THE DESERT DAILY THOUGHTS FROM THE DEVOTIONAL
CLASSIC by MRS. CHARLES E. COWMAN
BLESSED ARE ALL WHO WAIT FOR HIM!
ISAIAH 30:18
WHEN WE WAIT ON GOD, HE IS WAITING TILL WE ARE READY; WHEN WE WAIT FOR
GOD, WE ARE WAITING TILL HE IS READY.
PREPARING YOUR HEART FOR PRAYER
A SHORT PRAYER WILL REACH THE THRONE OF GOD IF YOU DONT LIVE TOO FAR
AWAY. -UNKNOWN-
WHATEVER THE LORD PLEASES HE DOES, IN THE HEAVENS AND ON THE EARTH, IN
THE SEAS AND ALL THEIR DEPTHS.
PSALM 135:6
THE WOLF AND THE LAMB WILL FEED TOGETHER, AND THE LION WILL EAT STRAW
LIKE THE OX, AND DUST WILL BE THE SERPENT'S FOOD. THEY WILL NEITHER HARM NOR
DESTROY IN ALL YOUR HOLY MOUNTAIN.
ISAIAH 65:25
BLESSED ARE THOSE WHOSE WAYS ARE BLAMELESS, WHO WALK IN THE LAW OF THE
LORD. BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO KEEP HIS TESTIMONIES AND SEEK HIM WITH ALL THEIR
HEART.
PSALM 119:1-2
YOU HAVE CALLED THE HUMBLE OF THE EARTH WHO HAVE UPHELD YOUR JUSTICE TO
SEEK THE LORD, TO SEEK RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND TO SEEK HUMILITY.
ZEPHANIAH 2:3
LORD, I THANK YOU THAT NOTHING CAN THWART YOUR YOUR PURPOSSES AND THAT
YOU WILL FULFILL YOUR PROMISE TO RESTORE ALL THINGS. I WILL SEEK YOU WITH
ALL MY HEART. HELP ME TO PRACTICE HUMILITY INSTEAD OF
SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS.
MAY THE LOVE OF CHRIST BE WITH US TODAY AND ALWAYS! IN JESUS NAME WE
PRAY, AMEN.
I Said a Christmas Prayer
for You because the season’s near.
I didn’t ask for riches but
for gifts so much more dear.
I asked for joyful
gatherings with your family all around,
And for carols to inspire
you with their old familiar sound.
I asked for quiet moments
in your heart on Christmas morn,
For a special time to
celebrate the Savior who was born…
I asked for friends to send
their best that you might know they care.
I asked for peace and love
and hope, and I know God heard my prayer.
Philippians
1:3-4.
~I thank God upon every
remembrance of you,
Always in every prayer of
mine~
May You and Yours
Have a Beautiful Christmas
And a
Blessed New Year!
God's Blessings and My Love and
Prayers,
David
FROM THE HEART A DAILY
INSPIRATIONAL CALENDAR by HELEN STEINER RICE
MAY THE HOLY REMEMBRANCE OF THE FIRST CHRISTMAS
DAY BE OUR REASSURANCE CHRIST IS NOT FAR AWAY.
UPON THEE WAS I CAST FROM MY BIRTH, AND SINCE MY
MOTHER BORE ME THOU HAST BEEN MY GOD.
PSALM 22: 10
TODAY LIVE YOUR LIFE IN SUCH A MANNER THAT
OTHERS CAN LOOK FOR AND RECOGNIZE JESUS WITHIN YOU.
NO ONE AFTER LIGHTING A LAMP OUTS IT UNDER A
BUSHEL BASKET, BUT ON THE LAMPSTAND, AND GIVES LIGHT TO ALL IN THE
HOUSE. IN THE SAME WAY, LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE BEFORE OTHERS, SO THAT THEY
MAY SEE YOUR GOOD WORKS AND GIVE GLORY TO YOUR FATHER IN
HEAVEN.
MATTHEW 5:15-16
GO WHERE THE ENERGY MAKES YOUR HEART PALPITATE
AND YOUR SPIRIT SING, FOR THERE YOU WILL FIND
FULFILLMENT. UNKNOWN
SEEK COMFORT IN THE GARDEN, SEEK ADVENTURE IN
THE WILDERNESS, BUT SEEK THE TRUTH WITHIN YOURSELF. UNKNOWN
A GLORIOUS SUNSET, A BABY'S SMILE, A BEAUTIFUL
WORK OF FINE ART. DIVINE ESSENCE IS EVERYWHERE IN THE EYES OF THE
HEART. UNKNOWN
IN THE HUMAN HEART NEW PASSIONS ARE FOR EVER
BEING BORN; THE OVER THROW OF ONE ALMOST ALWAYS MEANS THE RISE OF
ANOTHER. -FRANCOIS LA ROCHEFOUCAULD-
STREAMS IN THE DESERT DAILY THOUGHTS FROM THE
DEVOTIONAL CLASSIC by MRS. CHARLES E. COWMAN
FOR THE EYES OF THE LORD RANGE THROUGHOUT THE
EARTH TO STRENGTHEN THOSE WHOSE HEARTS ARE FULLY COMMITED TO
HIM.
2 CHRONICLES 16:9
GOD IS LOOKING FOR A MAN, OR WOMAN, WHOSE
HEART WILL BE ALWAYS SET ON HIM, AND WHO WILL TRUST HIM FOR ALL HE DESIRES
TO DO. I PRAY TO GOD THIS DAY TO MAKE ME AN EXTRAORDINARY
CHRISTIAN.
PREPARING YOUR HEART FOR PRAYER
THE
BIBLE DOES NOT SAY WE SHOULD PREACH ALL THE TIME BUT IT DOES SAY WE SHOULD
PRAY ALL THE TIME. -JOHN R. RICE-
THE WORD THAT GOES FORTH FROM
YOUR MOUTH WILL NOT RETURN TO YOU EMPTY BUT WILL ACCOMPLISH WHAT
YOU DESIRE AND ACHIEVE THE PURPOSE FOR WHICH YOU SENT IT.
ISAIAH 55:11
FAITH COMES FROM HEARING, AND HEARING BY THE
WORD OF CHRIST.
ROMANS 10:17
I WILL BE STRONG IN THE LORD AND HIS MIGHTY
POWER. I WILL PUT ON THE FULL ARMOR OF GOD, SO THAT I WILL BE ABLE TO
STAND AGAINST THE SCHEMES OF THE DEVIL.
EPHESIANS 6:10-11
THIS IS THE ONE YOU ESTEEM: HE WHO IS HUMBLE
AND CONTRITE OF SPIRIT, AND WHO TREMBLES AT YOUR WORD.
ISAIAH 66:2
LORD, I THANK YOU THAT YOUR WORD
ALWAYS ACCOMPLISHES YOUR PURPOSES AND THAT FAITH COMES FROM HEARING YOUR
WORD. HELP ME TO RESPOND TO YOUR WORD IN HUMILITY WITH A CONTRITE
SPIRIT.
MAY THE LOVE OF CHRIST BE WITH US TODAY AND
ALWAYS! IN JESUS NAME WE PRAY, AMEN.
Thinking of you and wishing you to have a nice
day.
God Bless you and all you love...David
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. UNKNOWN
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. UNKNOWN
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. UNKNOWN
WHEN WE RECOGNIZE AND UTILIZE OUR SPECIAL GIFTS
AND TALENTS, GRACE AND INSPIRATION IS OURS TO
BEHOLD. UNKNOWN
STREAMS IN 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 EXERCICISE 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
SCRIPURES; HE WAS BURIED, AND HE 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.
Have a good one my friend...God Bless you and all
you love...David
DECEMBER 29TH
FROM THE HEART
A DAILY INSPIRATIONAL
CALENDAR
by HELEN STEINER RICE
AT THIS HOLY SEASON
GIVE US QUIETNESS OF MIND,
TEACH US TO BE PATIENT
AND HELP US TO BE KIND.
LET THEM GIVE THANKS TO THE LORD FOR HIS LOVINGKINDNESS,
AND FOR HIS WONDERS TO THE SONS OF MEN!
PSALM 107:31
TODAY ELIMINATE CONDEMNATION AND DISPLAY COMPASSION.
KINDNESS IS APPRECIATED NOW AND ANYTIME OF THE YEAR.
FALLING IN LOVE IS LIKE OPENING ALL THE DOORS,
PULLING BACK ALL THE CURTAINS,
AND FLOODING THE DARK ROOM OF OUR HEART
WITH BRILLIANT WARMTH AND LIGHT.
UNKNOWN
LOVE DOES NOT CONSIST IN GAZING AT EACH OTHER
BUT IN LOOKING TOGETHER IN THE SAME DIRECTION.
-ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPERY-
WHOM YOU CHOOSE TO LOVE
AND HOW YOU DEMONSTRATE YOUR COMMITMENT
SAYS MORE ABOUT YOU
THAN IT DOES ABOUT THE OBJECT OF YOUR AFFECTION.
UNKNOWN
LOVE MAKES UP FOR THE LACK OF LONG MEMORIES
BY A SORT OF MAGIC.
ALL OTHER AFFECTIONS NEED A PAST:
LOVE CREATES A PAST WHICH ENVELOPS US,
AS IF BY ENCHANTMENT.
-BENJAMIN CONSTANT-
TO TRUELY LOVE SOMEONE IS TO SEE
THEM AS THEY REALLY ARE,
WITH ALL THEIR FAULTS, QUIRKS, AND DEFECTS,
AND STILL SEE THEM AS PERFECT
EXPRESSIONS OF THE DIVINE.
UNKNOWN
STREAMS IN THE DESERT
DAILY THOUGHTS FROM
THE DEVOTIONAL CLASSIC
by MRS. CHARLES E. COWMAN
JESUS ANSWERED, "YOU WOULD HAVE NO POWER
OVER ME IF IT WERE NOT GIVEN TO YOU FROM ABOVE."
JOHN 19:11
NOTHING THAT IS NOT GOD'S WILL CAN COME INTO
THE LIFE OF ONE WHO TRUSTS AND OBEYS GOD. ALL
THE ATTACKS THAT SATAN...CAN HURL AGAINST US ARE
NOT ONLY POWERLESS TO HARM US, BUT ARE TURNED
INTO BLESSINGS ON THE WAY.
PREPARING YOUR HEART
FOR PRAYER
TO BE A CHRISTIAN WITHOUT PRAYER IS NO MORE
POSSIBLE THAN TO BE ALIVE WITHOUT BREATHING.
-MARTIN LUTHER-
THE LORD IS OUR JUDGE, THE LORD IS OUR LAWGIVER,
THE LORD IS OUR KING; IT IS HE WHO WILL SAVE US.
ISAIAH 33:22
WHOEVER BELIEVES IN THE SON HAS ETERNAL LIFE,
BUT WHOEVER REJECTS THE SON WILL NOT SEE LIFE,
FOR THE WRATH OF GOD REMAINS ON HIM.
JOHN 3:36
I WILL BE STRONG AND COURAGEOUS; I WILL NOT BE
AFRAID OR DISCOURAGED, FOR THE LORD MY GOD WILL
BE WITH ME WHEREVER I GO.
JOSHUA 1:9
LORD, I THANK YOU THAT YOU ARE MY KING
AND THAT ETERNAL LIFE RESTS IN YOUR SON.
I WILL BE STRONG AND COURAGEOUS, BECAUSE
YOU ARE WITH ME WHEREEVER I GO.
MAY THE LOVE OF CHRIST BE
WITH US TODAY AND ALWAYS!
IN JESUS NAME WE PRAY,
AMEN.
Hello my friend... Wishing you to have a Happy New Year...
May God's richest Blessings be poured upon you and all you love...
Sending you my love and prayers...God Bless you....
Your forever friend....David
DECEMBER 26TH
FROM THE HEART
A DAILY INSPIRATIONAL
CALENDAR
by HELEN STEINER RICE
BY KEEPING CHRIST IN CHRISTMAS
WE ARE HELPING TO FULFILL
THE GLAD TIDINGS OF THE ANGELS-
"PEACE ON EARTH AND TO MEN, GOODWILL."
LET ME HEAR WHAT GOD THE LORD WILL SPEAK,
FOR HE WILL SPEAK PEACE TO HIS PEOPLE,
TO HIS SAINTS, TO THOSE WHO TURN TO HIM
IN THEIR HEARTS.
PSALM 85:8
TODAY RESPOND TO SOMEONE ELSE'S ANGER WITH
GENTLENESS ON YOUR PART. ANGER BEGETS ANGER SO
PUT A HALT TO THE CYCLE. GREATER STRENGTH IS SHOWN
BY THOSE WHO CHOOSE KINDNESS AS A REACTION.
REAL LOVE IS NOT ISOLATING.
IT OPENS DOORS, OPENS HORIZONS,
AND OPENS YOUR HEART.
SEARCH FOR PEOPLE WHO ADD TO YOUR LIFE,
WHO GIVE YOU MORE THAN YOU
WOULD HAVE WITHOUT THEM.
UNKNOWN
LOVE COMFORTS, NEVER ALARMS;
ALWAYS HEALS, NEVER HARMS.
ALWAYS GROWS, NEVER DIMINISHES;
LOVE BEGINS, NEVER FINISHES.
UNKNOWN
YOU KNOW...NOTHING ABOUT THE SORT
OF LOVE OF WHICH I AM CAPABLE.
EVERY ATOM OF YOUR FLESH IS AS DEAR
TO ME AS MY OWN:
IN PAIN AND SICKNESS IT
WOULD STILL BE DEAR.
-CHARLOTTE BRONTE-
ALL, EVERYTHING THAT I UNDERSTAND,
I UNDERSTAND ONLY BECAUSE I LOVE.
-LEO TOLSTOY-
LOVE WILL FIND A WAY
TO BRIDGE THIS CHASM
BETWEEN US.
LET'S HOLD ON
TO MEMORIES
OF LOVELY, LOVING DAYS
WE HAVE ENJOYED,
AND LET'S LOOK FORWARD
AND BELIEVE
WE WILL HAVE MORE OF THEM.
UNKNOWN
STREAMS IN THE DESERT
DAILY THOUGHTS FROM
THE DEVOTIONAL CLASSIC
by MRS. CHARLES E. COWMAN
ENJOY CHOICE FOOD AND SWEET DRINKS,
AND SEND SOME TO THOSE WHO HAVE
NOTHING PREPARED...
NEHEMIAH 8:10
LET US REMEMBER THE ANNUNCIATION OF THE ANGEL...LET
US BE GLAD AND REJOICE TODAY, BECAUSE "HE HAS COME." [AND]
MAY OUR HEARTS GO OUT TO THE PEOPLE IN
HEATHEN LANDS WHO HAVE NO BLESSED CHRISTMAS DAY.
PREPARING YOUR HEART
FOR PRAYER
MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE, PRAYER IS A RELATIONSHIP.
WHEN WE REDUCE IT TO A REGIMEN, WE DEPRIVE OURSELVES
OF WHAT ALL WHO KNOW GOD...EXPRESSED IN THEIR PRAYERS...
THAT WE CAN ENJOY A DEEP AND INTIMATE PERSONAL
RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM IN PRAYER.
-JOHN GUEST-
IT IS GOOD TO GIVE THANKS TO THE LORD AND TO SING
PRAISES TO YOUR NAME, O MOST HIGH, TO DECLARE YOUR
LOVINGKINDNESS IN THE MORNING AND YOUR FAITHFULNESS AT NIGHT.
PSALM 92:1-2
THROUGH JESUS THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS IS PROCLAIMED,
THAT THROUGH HIM EVERYONE WHO BELIEVES IS JUSTIFIED
FROM ALL THINGS FROM WHICH THEY COULD NOT BE JUSTIFIED
BY THE LAW OF MOSES.
ACTS 13:38-39
THE SACRIFICES OF GOD ARE A BROKEN SPIRIT;
A BROKEN AND CONTRITE HEART, O GOD, YOU
WILL NOT DESPISE.
PSALM 51:17
A FOOL SHOWS HIS ANNOYANCE AT ONCE,
BUT A PRUDENT MAN OVERLOOKS AN INSULT.
PROVERBS 12:16
I WILL NOT BE QUICKLY PROVOKED IN MY SPIRIT,
FOR ANGER RESTS IN THE BOSOM OF FOOLS.
ECCLESIASTES 7:9
LORD, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR LOVINGKINDNESS AND FAITHFULNESS
AND FOR THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS THAT IS GRANTED THROUGH
JESUS CHRIST. I WILL HUMBLE MYSELF BEFORE YOU, AND KEEP
MYSELF FROM ANGER.
MAY THE LOVE OF CHRIST BE
WITH US TODAY AND ALWAYS!
IN JESUS NAME WE PRAY,
AMEN.
Have a nice day...May God's richest Blessings be poured
upon you and all you love...Sending you my love and prayers...
God Bless you....Your forever friend....David
DECEMBER 23RD
FROM THE HEART
A DAILY INSPIRATIONAL
CALENDAR
by HELEN STEINER RICE
CHRISTMAS IS MORE THAN A DAY AT THE END OF THE YEAR,
MORE THAN A SEASON OF JOY AND GOOD CHEER,
CHRISTMAS IS REALLY GOD'S PATTERN FOR LIVING
TO BE FOLLOWED ALL YEAR BY UNSELFISH GIVING.
I GIVE THEE THANKS, O LORD, WITH MY WHOLE HEART...
FOR THOU HAST EXALTED ABOVE EVERYTHING
THY NAME AND THY WORD.
PSALM 138:1,2
TODAY ACCEPT THE TREASURED GIFT FROM GOD CALLED PEACE!
PEACE IS FOUND IN YOUR OWN YEAR-ROUND MANNER OF LIVING
WHEN PATTERNED AFTER JESUS' LIFE.
TO FIND LOVE,
WE THINK WE MUST FIRST FIND THE COURAGE
TO TAKE A BIG CHANCE
BY RISKING OUR HEART TO ANOTHER;
YET IT'S ONLY THEN THAT WE DISCOVER
IT'S IN THE VERY ACT OF OFFERING OURSELVES
THAT LOVE IS FOUND.
UNKNOWN
LOVE IS ALL WE HAVE,
THE ONLY WAY THAT EACH CAN HELP THE OTHER.
-EURIPIDES-
THE PATH OF LOVE IS NEVER EASY.
YET IT IS IN THE UPS AND DOWNS,
THE TIMES OF TROUBLE AND NEED,
THAT TOGETHER YOU FORGE A BOND
STRONG ENOUGH TO WITHSTAND
WHATEVER THE ROAD AHEAD MAY BRING.
UNKNOWN
LOVE IS JOINING YOUR SOUL WITH ANOTHER'S,
NOT FOR AN HOUR, A MONTH, OR A YEAR,
BUT FOR A LIFETIME.
UNKNOWN
STREAMS IN THE DESERT
DAILY THOUGHTS FROM
THE DEVOTIONAL CLASSIC
by MRS. CHARLES E. COWMAN
FOR IT HAS BEEN GRANTED TO YOU...
ALSO TO SUFFER FOR HIM.
PHILIPPIANS 1:29
DRESDEN CHINA IS ALWAYS BURNED THREE TIMES. WHY?
THREE TIMES ARE NECESSARY TO BURN THAT CHINA SO
THAT THE GOLD AND THE CRIMSON ARE... FASTENED THERE
TO STAY. OUR TRIALS ARE BURNED INTO US... AND BY GOD'S
GRACE THESE BEAUTIFUL COLORS...ARE THERE TO STAY FOREVER.
PREPARING YOUR HEART
FOR PRAYER
PRAYER IS A RADICAL CONVERSION OF ALL OUR MENTAL
PROCESSES BECAUSE IN PRAYER WE MOVE AWAY FROM
OURSELVES, OUR WORRIES, PREOCCUPATION AND SELF-
GRATIFICATION- AND DIRECT ALL THAT WE RECOGNIZE
AS OURS TO GOD IN THE SIMPLE TRUST THAT THROUGH
HIS LOVE, ALL WILL BE MADE NEW.
-HENRI NOUWEN-
TO THE ONLY GOD OUR SAVIOR, THROUGH JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD,
BE GLORY, MAJESTY, DOMINION, AND AUTHORITY, BEFORE ALL AGES
AND NOW AND FOREVER.
AMEN.
JUDE 25
I HAVE BEEN SET APART FOR THE GOSPEL OF GOD-
I AM AMONG THOSE WHO ARE CALLED TO BELONG
TO JESUS CHRIST.
ROMANS 1:1,6
I WILL NOT LOVE THE WORLD OR THE THINGS IN THE WORLD.
IF ANYONE LOVES THE WORLD, THE LOVE OF THE FATHER IS
NOT IN HIM. FOR ALL THAT IS IN THE WORLD- THE LUST OF
THE FLESH, THE LUST OF THE EYES, AND THE PRIDE OF LIFE-
IS NOT OF THE FATHER BUT OF THE WORLD. AND THE WORLD
AND ITS LUSTS ARE PASSING AWAY, BUT THE ONE WHO DOES
THE WILL OF GOD ABIDES FOREVER.
1 JOHN 2:15-17
I WILL LET THE PEACE OF CHRIST RULE IN MY HEART, TO WHICH
I WAS CALLED AS A MEMBER OF ONE BODY, AND I WILL BE THANKFUL.
COLOSSIANS 3:15
LORD, I THANK YOU THAT ALL GLORY, MAGESTY, DOMINION,
AND AUTHORITY BELONG TO YOU. I WILL NOT LOVE THE THINGS
OF THE WORLD BUT WILL DO THE WILL OF GOD AND
LET THE PEACE OF CHRIST RULE IN MY HEART.
MAY THE LOVE OF CHRIST BE
WITH US TODAY AND ALWAYS!
IN JESUS NAME WE PRAY,
AMEN.
Merry Christmas my friend...May God's richest Blessings
be poured upon you and all you love...Sending you my
love and prayers...God Bless you....Your forever friend....David
DECEMBER 20TH
FROM THE HEART
A DAILY INSPIRATIONAL
CALENDAR
by HELEN STEINER RICE
GOD, MAKE US AWARE THAT IN THY NAME
THE HOLY CHRIST CHILD HUMBLY CAME
TO LIVE ON EARTH AND LEAVE BEHIND
NEW FAITH AND HOPE FOR ALL MANKIND.
I WAIT FOR THE LORD, MY SOUL WAITS,
AND IN HIS WORD I PUT MY HOPE.
PSALM 130:5
TODAY RADIATE WITH THE GLOW OF CHRISTMASTIME.
JESUS CAME TO EARTH AS A BABY. LOOK FOR THE INNOCENCE,
PURITY, GOODNESS, AND LOVE IN THOSE AROUND YOU.
OUR UNION, LIKE AN HEIRLOOM PEWTER TEAPOT
OR VINTAGE WALNUT TABLE,
GROWS MORE LOVELY AND VALUABLE
IN THE HANDS OF DAILY USE.
UNKNOWN
LOVE COMFORTETH LIKE SUNSHINE AFTER RAIN.
-WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE-
TRUE LOVE IS
SURRENDERING
TO THE DICTATES
OF MY HEALED HEART
AND GIVING MY ALL,
NO MATTER WHAT THE RISK,
NO MATTER WHAT THE COST.
UNKNOWN
LOVING SOMETIMES MEANS HOLDING ON,
AND SOMETIMES MEANS LETTING GO.
TRUST YOUR HEART TO KNOW THE TIME FOR EACH.
UNKNOWN
STREAMS IN THE DESERT
DAILY THOUGHTS FROM
THE DEVOTIONAL CLASSIC
by MRS. CHARLES E. COWMAN
I WILL GIVE YOU EVERY PLACE WHERE
YOU SET YOUR FOOT, AS I PROMISED MOSES.
JOSHUA 1:3
HOW MANY OF US HAVE EVER TAKEN
POSSESSION OF THE PROMISES OF GOD
IN THE NAME OF CHRIST? HERE IS A
MAGNIFICENT TERRITORY FOR FAITH TO LAY
HOLD ON. FAITH HAS NEVER DONE IT YET.
LET US ENTER INTO ALL OUR INHERITANCE.
PREPARING YOUR HEART
FOR PRAYER
IF YOU DO NOT KNOW THAT LIFE IS WAR...
YOU WILL NOT KNOW WHAT PRAYER IS FOR...
-JOHN PIPER-
YOUR THRONE, O GOD, IS FOREVER AND EVER;
A SCEPTER OF RIGHTEOUSNESS IS THE SCEPTER
OF YOUR KINGDOM.
PSALM 45:6
HEAVEN IS YOUR THRONE, AND THE EARTH IS YOUR FOOTSTOOL.
YOUR HAND MADE ALL THESE THINGS, AND SO THEY CAME INTO BEING.
ISAIAH 66:1-2
I HAVE SET MY HOPE ON THE LIVING GOD,
WHO IS THE SAVIOR OF ALL MEN,
ESPECIALLY OF THOSE WHO BELIEVE.
1 TIMOTHY 4:10
I DESIRE TO BE DILIGENT TO REALIZE THE FULL ASSURANCE
OF HOPE TO THE END. I DO NOT WANT TO BECOME SLUGGISH
BUT TO IMITATE THOSE WHO THROUGH FAITH AND PATIENCE
INHERIT THE PROMISES.
HEBREWS 6:11-12
BLESSED IS THE MAN WHO PERSEVERES UNDER TRIAL,
BECAUSE WHEN HE HAS BEEN APPROVED, HE WILL RECEIVE THE
CROWN OF LIFE THAT GOD HAS PROMISED TO THOSE WHO LOVE HIM.
JAMES 1:12
LORD, I THANK YOU THAT YOU REIGN IN RIGHTEOUSNESS
AND THAT ALL THINGS CAME INTO BEING THROUGH YOU.
I HAVE FIXED MY HOPE IN YOUR CHARACTER AND PROMISES,
AND I WILL PERSEVERE UNDER TRIAL AND
REALIZE THE FULL ASSURANCE OF HOPE TO THE END.
MAY THE LOVE OF CHRIST BE
WITH US TODAY AND ALWAYS!
IN JESUS NAME WE PRAY,
AMEN.
Have a nice day my friend...May God's richest Blessings
be poured upon you and all you love...Sending you my
love and prayers...God Bless you....Your forever friend....David
DECEMBER 17TH
FROM THE HEART
A DAILY INSPIRATIONAL
CALENDAR
by HELEN STEINER RICE
IT MATTERS NOT WHO OR WHAT YOU ARE,
ALL MEN CAN BEHOLD THE CHRISTMAS STAR.
FOR THE STAR THAT SHONE IS SHINING STILL
IN THE HEARTS OF MEN OF PEACE AND GOODWILL.
CAST ME NOT AWAY FROM THY PRESENCE,
AND TAKE NOT THY HOLY SPIRIT FROM ME.
RESTORE TO ME THY JOY OF THY SALVATION,
AND UPHOLD ME WITH A WILLING SPIRIT.
PSALM 51:12
TODAY TRIM YOUR LIFE WITH AN INNER BEAUTY.
THE STAR SHINES FOR ONE AND ALL.
THERE IS NO FEAR IN LOVE,
BUT PERFECT LOVE CASTS OUT FEAR.
1 JOHN 4:18
TWO PEOPLE IN LOVE
IS A WORK OF ART-
A MASTERPIECE SUBLIME.
TWO EQUAL HALVES
THAT MAKE A WHOLE-
AN IMAGE SO DIVINE.
UNKNOWN
LOVE IS NEVER NOISY, OBVIOUS, OR DEMANDING.
IT IS THE GENTLE WHISPER OF THE HEART,
THE SOFT LULLABY OF THE SOUL.
UNKNOWN
CULTIVATE THE GARDEN OF YOUR HEART
AND WATCH LOVE BLOOM!
UNKNOWN
THANK YOU, MY LOVE,
FOR TRUSTING ME ENOUGH
TO TEAR DOWN WALLS
OF FEAR AND DOUBT.
THANK YOU
FOR OPENING WIDE
THE DOOR OF
YOUR WOUNDED HEART
TO LET ME LOVE YOU.
UNKNOWN
STREAMS IN THE DESERT
DAILY THOUGHTS FROM
THE DEVOTIONAL CLASSIC
by MRS. CHARLES E. COWMAN
WHY MUST I GO ABOUT MOURNING?...
PSALM 42:9
CANST THOU ANSWER THIS? WHY YIELD
TO GLOOMY ANTICIPATIONS? KNOWEST
THOU NOT THAT DAY FOLLOWS NIGHT,...
THAT SPRING AND SUMMER SUCCEED
WINTER? HOPE THOU THEN! HOPE
THOU EVER! FOR GOD FAILS THEE NOT.
PREPARING YOUR HEART
FOR PRAYER
LEARNING TO PRAY EFFECTIVELY IS MUCH MORE THAN
AN ACADEMIC EXERCISE. IT REQUIRES A RADICAL
CHANGE FOR MOST OF US. IT TRANSLATES US FROM
FOCUSING ON OURSELVES AND OUR OWN ABILITIES TO
FOCUSING ON GOD AND HIS UNLIMITED RESOURCES.
-PAUL CEDAR-
HE WHO IS THE GLORY OF ISRAEL DOES NOT LIE OR CHANGE HIS MIND,
FOR HE IS NOT A MAN, THAT HE SHOULD CHANGE HIS MIND.
1 SAMUEL 15:29
JESUS TOLD HIS DISCIPLES, "I CAME FROM THE FATHER AND ENTERED THE WORLD;
NOW I AM LEAVING THE WORLD AND GOING BACK TO THE FATHER."
JOHN 16:28
I AM THE SALT OF THE EARTH, BUT IF THE SALT LOSES ITS FLAVOR,
HOW CAN IT BE MADE SALTY AGAIN? IT IS NO LONGER GOOD FOR
ANYTHING, EXCEPT TO BE THROWN OUT AND TRAMPLED UNDERFOOT
BY MEN. I AM THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD. A CITY SET ON A HILL
CANNOT BE HIDDEN. NEITHER DO PEOPLE LIGHT A LAMP AND
PUT IT UNDER A BASKET, BUT ON A LAMPSTAND, AND IT GIVES
LIGHT TO ALL WHO ARE IN THE HOUSE. IN THE SAME WAY,
I MUST LET MY LIGHT SHINE BEFORE MEN, THAT THEY
MAY SEE MY GOOD DEEDS AND PRAISE MY FATHER IN HEAVEN.
MATTHEW 5:13-16
PRIDE BREEDS NOTHING BUT STRIFE, BUT WISDOM IS
FOUND IN THOSE WHO TAKE ADVICE.
PROVERBS 13:10
I WILL LISTEN TO COUNSEL AND ACCEPT INSTRUCTION,
THAT I MAY BE WISE IN MY LATTER DAYS.
PROVERBS 19:20
LORD, I THANK YOU THAT YOU NEVER LIE OR CHANGE
YOUR MIND AND THAT JESUS PERFECTLY FULFILLED YOUR
TIMELESS PLAN. HELP ME TO BECOME SALT AND LIGHT
TO THOSE WHO KNOW ME, AND TO BE WISE ENOUGH TO
TAKE ADVICE AND ACCEPT INSTRUCTION.
MAY THE LOVE OF CHRIST BE
WITH US TODAY AND ALWAYS!
IN JESUS NAME WE PRAY,
AMEN.
Thinking of you and wishing you to have a
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year...
God Bless you...David
Our hearts are broken today from
the shooting that took place yesterday
which took the lives of 20 children 5 to 10 years old
and 7 adults...In the back of our mines we ask how
Our Lord would let this happen...We our unable understand
why God lets things happen but they do according to His will...
God is love and we know our lives are eternal and this world
is not our home...Our home is in heaven where their will be
only love for Our Lord and the love that we have for one another.
We will keep all those that been effected by this tragedy for
peace, comfort and assurance...God Bless you my friend....David
THE TINY ROSEBUD GOD PICKED
TO BLOOM IN HEAVEN
by HELEN STEINER RICE
THE MASTER GARDENER FROM HEAVEN ABOVE
PLANTED A SEED IN THE GARDEN OF LOVE,
AND FROM IT THERE GREW A ROSEBUD SMALL
THAT NEVER HAD TIME TO OPEN AT ALL.
FOR GOD IN HIS PERFECT AND ALL-WISE WAY
CHOSE THIS ROSE FOR HIS HEAVENLY
BOUQUET,AND GREAT WAS THE JOY
OF THIS TINY ROSE
TO BE THE ONE OUR FATHER CHOSE
TO LEAVE EARTH'S GARDEN
FOR ONE ON HIGH WHERE ROSES BLOOM
ALWAYS AND NEVER DIE.
SO, WHILE YOU CAN'T SEE YOUR
PRECIOUS ROSE BLOOM,
YOU KNOW THE GREAT GARDENER
FROM THE UPPER ROOM
IS WATCHING AND TENDING
THIS WEE ROSE WITH CARE,
TENDERLY TOUCHING EACH PETAL SO FAIR.
SO THINK OF YOUR DARLING
WITH THE ANGELS ABOVE,
SECURE AND CONTENTED
AND SURROUNDED BY LOVE,
AND REMEMBER GOD BLESSED
AND ENRICHED YOUR LIVES, TOO,
FOR IN DYING YOUR DARLING
BROUGHT HEAVEN CLOSER TO YOU!
DECEMBER 13TH
FROM THE HEART
A DAILY INSPIRATIONAL
CALENDAR
by HELEN STEINER RICE
MAKE US AWARE
THAT THE CHRISTMAS STORY
IS EVERYONE'S PROMISE
OF ETERNAL GLORY.
NOT TO US, O LORD, NOT TO US, BUT TO THY NAME GIVE GLORY,
FOR THE SAKE OF THY STEADFAST LOVE AND THY FAITHFULNESS!
PSALM 115:1
TODAY SEND SOME OF YOUR OWN LOVE INTO THE WORLD.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BUY IT, TIE IT-JUST GIVE LOVE AWAY.
I WILL NOT LET THE PESSIMISTS OF THE WORLD
SQUELCH MY BELIEF THAT WHAT I DO CAN MAKE
A DIFFERENCE. I AM DETERMINED TO MAINTAIN
MY INSPIRATION TO CHANGE THE WORLD IN
WHATEVER SMALL WAYS I CAN.
UNKNOWN
WHEN WE AWAKEN THE SLEEPING LION OF
POTENTIAL WITHIN, WE ALLOW IT TO SPRING FORTH
IN OUR LIVES WITH A MIGHTY, JOYFUL ROAR.
UNKNOWN
INSPIRATION IS CONTAGIOUS CREATIVITY AND
EPIDEMIC ENTHUSIASM.
UNKNOWN
THERE'S A PLACE OF RENEWAL AND HAPPINESS
WITHIN YOU. ALL YOU NEED TO DO TO REACH IT
IS WITHDRAW YOUR ATTENTION FROM THE OUTSIDE
WORLD AND FOCUS ON THE STRENGTH AND THE
ENERGY INSIDE YOURSELF.
UNKNOWN
STREAMS IN THE DESERT
DAILY THOUGHTS FROM
THE DEVOTIONAL CLASSIC
by MRS. CHARLES E. COWMAN
BLESSED ARE ALL WHO WAIT FOR HIM!
ISAIAH 30:18
WHEN WE WAIT ON GOD, HE IS WAITING TILL WE ARE READY;
WHEN WE WAIT FOR GOD, WE ARE WAITING TILL HE IS READY.
PREPARING YOUR HEART
FOR PRAYER
A SHORT PRAYER WILL REACH THE THRONE OF GOD IF
YOU DONT LIVE TOO FAR AWAY.
-UNKNOWN-
WHATEVER THE LORD PLEASES HE DOES, IN THE HEAVENS
AND ON THE EARTH, IN THE SEAS AND ALL THEIR DEPTHS.
PSALM 135:6
THE WOLF AND THE LAMB WILL FEED TOGETHER, AND THE
LION WILL EAT STRAW LIKE THE OX, AND DUST WILL BE THE
SERPENT'S FOOD. THEY WILL NEITHER HARM NOR DESTROY
IN ALL YOUR HOLY MOUNTAIN.
ISAIAH 65:25
BLESSED ARE THOSE WHOSE WAYS ARE BLAMELESS, WHO
WALK IN THE LAW OF THE LORD. BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO KEEP HIS
TESTIMONIES AND SEEK HIM WITH ALL THEIR HEART.
PSALM 119:1-2
YOU HAVE CALLED THE HUMBLE OF THE EARTH WHO HAVE
UPHELD YOUR JUSTICE TO SEEK THE LORD, TO SEEK RIGHTEOUSNESS,
AND TO SEEK HUMILITY.
ZEPHANIAH 2:3
LORD, I THANK YOU THAT NOTHING CAN THWART YOUR
YOUR PURPOSSES AND THAT YOU WILL FULFILL YOUR
PROMISE TO RESTORE ALL THINGS. I WILL SEEK YOU
WITH ALL MY HEART. HELP ME TO PRACTICE HUMILITY
INSTEAD OF SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS.
MAY THE LOVE OF CHRIST BE
WITH US TODAY AND ALWAYS!
IN JESUS NAME WE PRAY,
AMEN.
I Said a Christmas Prayer for You because the season’s near. I didn’t ask for riches but for gifts so much more dear. I asked for joyful gatherings with your family all around, And for carols to inspire you with their old familiar sound. I asked for quiet moments in your heart on Christmas morn, For a special time to celebrate the Savior who was born… I asked for friends to send their best that you might know they care. I asked for peace and love and hope, and I know God heard my prayer.
Philippians 1:3-4.
~I thank God upon every remembrance of you,
Always in every prayer of mine~
May You and Yours
Have a Beautiful Christmas
And a
Blessed New Year!
God's Blessings and My Love and Prayers,
David
DECEMBER 11TH
FROM THE HEART
A DAILY INSPIRATIONAL
CALENDAR
by HELEN STEINER RICE
MAY THE HOLY REMEMBRANCE
OF THE FIRST CHRISTMAS DAY
BE OUR REASSURANCE
CHRIST IS NOT FAR AWAY.
UPON THEE WAS I CAST FROM MY BIRTH, AND SINCE
MY MOTHER BORE ME THOU HAST BEEN MY GOD.
PSALM 22: 10
TODAY LIVE YOUR LIFE IN SUCH A MANNER THAT
OTHERS CAN LOOK FOR AND RECOGNIZE JESUS
WITHIN YOU.
NO ONE AFTER LIGHTING A LAMP OUTS IT UNDER
A BUSHEL BASKET, BUT ON THE LAMPSTAND,
AND GIVES LIGHT TO ALL IN THE HOUSE.
IN THE SAME WAY, LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE
BEFORE OTHERS, SO THAT THEY MAY SEE
YOUR GOOD WORKS AND GIVE GLORY
TO YOUR FATHER IN HEAVEN.
MATTHEW 5:15-16
GO WHERE THE ENERGY MAKES YOUR HEART
PALPITATE AND YOUR SPIRIT SING, FOR THERE
YOU WILL FIND FULFILLMENT.
UNKNOWN
SEEK COMFORT IN THE GARDEN,
SEEK ADVENTURE IN THE WILDERNESS,
BUT SEEK THE TRUTH WITHIN YOURSELF.
UNKNOWN
A GLORIOUS SUNSET, A BABY'S SMILE,
A BEAUTIFUL WORK OF FINE ART. DIVINE ESSENCE
IS EVERYWHERE IN THE EYES OF THE HEART.
UNKNOWN
IN THE HUMAN HEART NEW PASSIONS ARE FOR
EVER BEING BORN; THE OVER THROW OF ONE
ALMOST ALWAYS MEANS THE RISE OF ANOTHER.
-FRANCOIS LA ROCHEFOUCAULD-
STREAMS IN THE DESERT
DAILY THOUGHTS FROM
THE DEVOTIONAL CLASSIC
by MRS. CHARLES E. COWMAN
FOR THE EYES OF THE LORD RANGE THROUGHOUT
THE EARTH TO STRENGTHEN THOSE WHOSE HEARTS
ARE FULLY COMMITED TO HIM.
2 CHRONICLES 16:9
GOD IS LOOKING FOR A MAN, OR WOMAN, WHOSE HEART
WILL BE ALWAYS SET ON HIM, AND WHO WILL TRUST HIM
FOR ALL HE DESIRES TO DO. I PRAY TO GOD THIS DAY TO
MAKE ME AN EXTRAORDINARY CHRISTIAN.
PREPARING YOUR HEART
FOR PRAYER
THE BIBLE DOES NOT SAY WE SHOULD PREACH ALL THE
TIME BUT IT DOES SAY WE SHOULD PRAY
ALL THE TIME.
-JOHN R. RICE-
THE WORD THAT GOES FORTH FROM YOUR MOUTH WILL
NOT RETURN TO YOU EMPTY BUT WILL ACCOMPLISH WHAT YOU
DESIRE AND ACHIEVE THE PURPOSE FOR WHICH YOU SENT IT.
ISAIAH 55:11
FAITH COMES FROM HEARING, AND
HEARING BY THE WORD OF CHRIST.
ROMANS 10:17
I WILL BE STRONG IN THE LORD AND HIS MIGHTY POWER.
I WILL PUT ON THE FULL ARMOR OF GOD, SO THAT I WILL
BE ABLE TO STAND AGAINST THE SCHEMES OF THE DEVIL.
EPHESIANS 6:10-11
THIS IS THE ONE YOU ESTEEM: HE WHO IS HUMBLE AND
CONTRITE OF SPIRIT, AND WHO TREMBLES AT YOUR WORD.
ISAIAH 66:2
LORD, I THANK YOU THAT YOUR WORD ALWAYS
ACCOMPLISHES YOUR PURPOSES AND THAT FAITH
COMES FROM HEARING YOUR WORD. HELP ME TO
RESPOND TO YOUR WORD IN HUMILITY WITH
A CONTRITE SPIRIT.
MAY THE LOVE OF CHRIST BE
WITH US TODAY AND ALWAYS!
IN JESUS NAME WE PRAY,
AMEN.
Thinking of you and wishing you to have a nice day.
God Bless you and all you love...David
DECEMBER 9TH
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.
UNKNOWN
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.
UNKNOWN
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.
UNKNOWN
WHEN WE RECOGNIZE AND UTILIZE OUR SPECIAL
GIFTS AND TALENTS,
GRACE AND INSPIRATION IS OURS TO BEHOLD.
UNKNOWN
STREAMS IN 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 EXERCICISE 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 SCRIPURES;
HE WAS BURIED, AND HE 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.
Have a good one my friend...God Bless you and all you love...David
Thanks for the friend request...~