Morning Manna by Rufus Parker: Morning Manna by Rufus Parker

Thursday, May 22, 2025

Morning Manna by Rufus Parker - 2025 May 22

The Bible Is For Your Protection

“Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.” (Proverbs 30:5)

Today’s Morsel: Some folks that read the Bible think that God is out to hurt them. But really, that’s not the purpose of the Bible. The Bible is God’s book for showing us how to live and have a successful and productive life. The stories in the Bible are to show us what happens when people do wrong, and do not follow the laws and ways of God. God is a God of character, righteousness, and truth. The application of life, which is found in the Bible, must be applied to our lives or we will follow the track of wrong as the stories in the Bible show us. The Bible teaches us how to love, care for, help, and treat others as we would like to be loved, cared for, helped, and treated. It’s called the ‘Golden Rule’. God’s word is a protector for us. It’s designed to help keep us safe and from falling into dangerous and evil ways. The way that God protects us is by His word, which His word is He Himself. This is why James tells us, I believe, not to be just a hearer of the word but we must also be a doer of it. If we want to have His protection, then we must obey His word. When Samuel told Saul that obedience was better than sacrifice, I believe that he was telling him that doing right according to God’s word, will always protect him from evil practices and evil ways. If you want to have God’s protection, then you must obey His word. “This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.” (Joshua 1:8)

Sing: O, victory in Jesus, My Savior, forever, He sought me, and He brought me with His redeeming blood. He loved me ere, I knew Him and all my love His due Him, He plunged me to victory, beneath the cleansing flood.

Thought For Today: “Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth forever.” (Psalms 119:160)

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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.