Morning Manna by Rufus Parker: Morning Manna by Rufus Parker

Wednesday, February 5, 2025

Morning Manna by Rufus Parker - 2025 February 5

Abounding In Love

“Now God himself and our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way unto you. And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you: To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.” (1 Thessalonians 3:11-13)

Today’s Morsel: I’ve been watching this commercial by sports players and coaches calling for a time out. And their reason is, they say, is that hate is winning. They are calling for everyone to take a time out on hate. We can’t allow hate to win. And Jesus doesn’t expect us to let it win either. We must change out game plans and strategy to end hate. The apostle Paul gives us the answer as to h0w to combat hate. And that is to let our love abound. Our love must excel, increase, and become so much better than hate or everything else. Our love ought to be overflowing in each of our lives so that it will crush hate, and cause others to see Christ in us the hope of glory. Do you need to call a time out on hate?

Sing: I want to live above the world, though Satan’s darts at me are hurled; For faith has caught the joyful sound, The sound of saints on higher ground. Lord, lift me up, and let me stand, by faith on heaven’s table land, A higher plane than I have found. Lord, plant my feet on higher ground.

Thought For Today: “And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you:” (1 Thessalonians 3:12)

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About Morning Manna

And it came to pass, as Aaron spake unto the whole congregation of the children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and, behold, the glory of the LORD appeared in the cloud. And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: speak unto them, saying, At even ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread; and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God. And it came to pass, that at even the quails came up, and covered the camp: and in the morning the dew lay round about the host. And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost on the ground. And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, It is manna: for they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto them, This is the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat (Exodus 16:10-15).

“Morning Manna” is a short daily devotion which began in 2002, with just a short note of encouragement to a friend who was facing difficulties at the time. Through their response, I was encouraged to begin a daily devotion via email and send it to people who asked to be put on the distribution list. It is now reaching around the globe. Its birth came about during Morning Prayer. The Lord revealed to me that I should forward my friend a word of encouragement, since it is through patience and comfort of the scripture that we find hope. Thus, I forwarded him the words the Lord had given to me for him, and he forwarded it on to someone else who was having difficulties in their life as well, and thus the original list began.

The goal of “Morning Manna” is to provide people with a quick, thought provoking Word from the Lord, as well as provide encouragement from His Word that can help them through the day and during unexpected trails and circumstances in their daily lives.

Several years ago, Jesus moved on my heart to start writing daily devotions; thus began “Morning Manna”. Today, many people are receiving these daily devotions and many of these people are forwarding it on to their family and friends. It is my hope to encourage even more through posting the devotions to this blog-page.

I pray that you, too, will enjoy reading the manna from this site.