Morning Manna by Rufus Parker: 2015 September 16

Wednesday, September 16, 2015

2015 September 16 - Morning Manna

The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether. (Psalms 19:9)

Today's Morsel: I often wonder why when parents ask their children if they took a bath or shower and the kids says yes, the parent often times will check the back of the child's ears. What is it about behind the ears that makes parent thinks that the child is clean? What if the child just washes their face and ears because they know that that is going to be the place the parent will check so they will be classified as clean? David said that the fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever. When we reverence and respect God, it should keep us clean and unspotted from this world. It should be a daily practice for us to remain clean at all cost. If we are not careful, playing, working, and living in this world we can become so accustomed to it, that we will soon not fear God and we will take on the world's ways. And those ways will make us unclean. "Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world", James said (James 1:27). How's your religion? Are you staying unspotted?

Sing: I want to be washed in the Blood of the Lamb, I need a cleansing from the fountain. My soul is hungry, I need a cleansing within, I want to be washed by the Blood of the Lamb.

Thought for Today: A soul unspotted by the world is a trophy of God.

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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.