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Inspirational Gems for Each Day --
                          VOLUME 2, Part 2.

             Written by Marilee Miller
 
Copyright (c) 1995 & 2009 by Marilee Miller.

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Scripture texts are from the King James Version.


15.  SALVATION

     "Salvation is of the Lord."

     Salvation is whatever I need.  
Salvation from whatever brings me low, or
difficulties I need saving from.  (Even
from my own pettiness, my fears, the
doubts, the brambles that I walk through.)  
He will give me his joy -- he will even
"joy over me with singing."  For I belong
to the Lord.

     Salvation is of God.  In him, I have
all that I will ever need.  May salvation
come to me, and to my house, today.  He
will save, yes, he will save.

            "Therefore with joy shall ye    
       draw water from the wells of
       salvation."   (Isa. 12:3)
 (c) 1995 & 2009 by Marilee Miller   


16.  HEALING FOR A BROKEN PEOPLE

     The land that makes up our individual
lives often gets broken or diseased.  The
things we cherish seem to be denied us or
fall away.  We are left with less than
life, just when we want more of life, and
want it desperately.

     But God is there.  I think his heart
must surely say:

     "My people are a broken people.  
There are many tears that reach my throne.  
But I am here.  I am the Lord, ever the
same.  And I protect my own.  Come, oh
come."

            "If my people, which are called
       by my name, shall humble themselves
       and pray, and seek my face, and turn
       from their wicked ways; then will I
       hear from heaven, and will forgive
       their sin, and will heal their land."
              (II Chron. 7:14)
 (c) 1995 & 2009 by Marilee Miller   


17.  I, GOD, WILL HEAL

I stretch forth my hands to heal today,
As by the shores of Galilee;
I still bring new hope and new life
To all who put their trust in me.
Come to me, and draw very close,
There is no other Way,
I came to save the hurting world:
I hear my people when they pray.

            "For I will restore health to   
       thee, and I will heal thee of thy
       wounds, saith the Lord."
         (Jer. 30:17a)
 (c) 1995 & 2009 by Marilee Miller   


18.  GO, LITTLE PRAYER

Go forth, little prayer that I pray tonight,
Go with love and insight to a broken
world;
Go forth, little prayer, to bring joy and
hope
into hearts where life seems hard.
Go forth, little prayer that I pray from
my heart
      sincerely, doing the best I can,
Offering to God, trusting in his work
   to bring all people unto him.

           " ...The testimony of Christ     
       was confirmed in you." (I Cor. 1:6)
 (c) 1995 & 2009 by Marilee Miller   


19.  THANK YOU

Lord thank you for your wonderfulness
                   your trustworthiness
                        wholeness
                        mightiness
                        everlastingness
  Thank you for all you are to me.

Thank you for your steadfastness
              your dearness,
                   nearness,
                   kindness,
                   goodness.
  Thank you for all you are helping me
  to "be".

              " ...The riches of his        
       goodness..."   (Rom. 2:4a)
 (c) 1995 & 2009 by Marilee Miller   


20.  GRANT, LORD

May the Scriptures hold true in our lives
today;
May we look for his upward way,
And not be bound by doubts or fear,
But always know that he is near.
The same Lord yesterday, today,
Lifts our hearts when we do pray;
Lord grant us to speak your word today
With boldness, and that signs and wonders
may
Be following in your holy name,
Proclaiming wholeness out of pain
And bitter defeat turned to our gain.
Come and be mighty in our hour,
And show us your wonder-working power,
For there are perilous times to face:
We would meet you as of face to face.
Help us to trust you for this grace:
Oh Father, send your saving grace.

            "And now, Lord, ...grant unto   
      thy servants, that with all boldness
      they may speak thy word." (Acts4:29)
 (c) 1995 & 2009 by Marilee Miller   


21.  EMOTIONS

Joy is a garland;
Love is a flowing stream;
Beauty is a relationship with a friend;
Satisfaction is experiencing a dream.

May God grant the fulfillment of your
Godly emotions.
I speak "Peace" to you today.

            " ...For the Lord had made      
      them joyful..."  (Ezr. 6:22a)
 (c) 1995 & 2009 by Marilee Miller   


22.  I SEEK THE UPWARD WAY

I seek the upward way,
Though my feet be too weary to climb;
You will lift me up, oh Lord,
Because I trust in you.
I seek the holy way,
Not walking in the mundane of the day,
But turning to you in everything:
That my hope may be built up.

I seek the higher things.
Let me not be content to simply drift
Or find less than full meaning
              in your love and care.
Keep my mind on the upward way;
Lord, let me trust you
To take my feet there!

            "And the remnant that are       
       escaped of the house of Judah shall
       again take root downward, and bear
       fruit upward."   (Isa. 37:31)
 (c) 1995 & 2009 by Marilee Miller   


23.  I WILL SEND YOU

I will send you forth to a world
That has lost all hope because of strife.
I will be the One to fill earth with life,
Acting in the capacity as if some holy
midwife.
Learn, my people, that I, the Lord,
Am deep and strong and very great.
My power has no shortened gate,
And life is not left to "up to fate."

            "But grow in grace, and in the
       knowledge of our Lord and Saviour
       Jesus Christ."   (II Pet. 3:18a)
 (c) 1995 & 2009 by Marilee Miller   


24.  THANK YOU, GOD

God, thank you for your continued
interaction
     within me, in all my varied moods.
Let me look, always, for the way you are
"happening" to, and in, my life.

Let me live to trust you.
(And thank you that when,
          because of trouble
      or circumstances, I feel as if I'd
       lost the ability to trust you,
You are still entirely trustworthy;
And you go on trusting me anyway.)

May I believe that you, who have
"happened" to me
   in my past, will guide and guard
         each of my "todays."

            "But thanks be to God, which    
       put...earnest care into the
       heart... "   (II Cor. 8:9)
 (c) 1995 & 2009 by Marilee Miller   


25.  LOOKING UP

     Let me not settle for the lesser
life, the status quo.  But let my eyes
ever be lifted above.  There is so much
bad news, so much hardship of life, to
take my emotions down.  I choose, oh Lord,
to look up again.  To trust that you have
"great good" for me.

     Let me look up at all times, and not
bog down in whatever mess I'm slogging
through.  Teach me that you are the
victory.  Oh, help me, Lord, to always
look to you.

            "For I will surely deliver      
       thee...because thou hast put thy
       trust in me."   (Jer. 39:18)
 (c) 1995 & 2009 by Marilee Miller   


26.  LORD, I ADORE YOU

Lord,
I...
  love you
  worship you
  adore you
  stand before you,
  waiting for your presence
    (there is no other help beside).
Here I am, Lord, coming before you.
I...
   wait to implore you,
   but mostly adore you,
       the Living and worthy Lord.
I worship your name.
I come.
Oh, I'm glad I came.

            "Unto thee, O Lord, do I lift   
       up my soul."   (Ps. 25:1)
 (c) 1995 & 2009 by Marilee Miller   


27.  GO, MY PEOPLE

     Go, my people, you who have been
scattered.  I breathe unity of spirit upon
the body of Christ, that it may fulfill
the highest purposes of God, and go forth
to comfort a hurting world.

Go, my people, and tell that I have come
to save.
Oh, speak my word from hearts grown holy
and brave!

            " ...And they glorified the     
      God of Israel."   (Matt. 15:31c)
 (c) 1995 & 2009 by Marilee Miller   


28.  from PROVERBS

     "The words of a man's mouth are as
deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom
as a flowing heart."
     "The name of the Lord is a strong
tower: the righteous runneth into it, and
is safe."
      "A man that hath friends must shew
himself friendly: and there is a friend
that sticketh closer than a brother."
   (Prov. 18:4, 10, 24)

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