Morning Manna by Rufus Parker: Morning Manna by Rufus Parker

Thursday, June 30, 2016

Morning Manna by Rufus Parker - 2016 June 30

I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad. O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together.
(Psalms 34:1-3)

Today’s Morsel: Throughout the Psalms, we find that it calls for us to praise and to magnify the Lord. I believe that David found that if he kept praising God in his adversity, then he would be able to stay focused and keep himself headed in the right direction. Adversity and depression can hinder our praise if we let it. But if we exalt others to praise Him with us, we can lift ourselves out of the pit and despair that we may be in. And so, like the psalmist, we should cry, “O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together.” When our praises go up, the blessings will come down. If we make God bigger in our life through our praise, He will be seen bigger in the eyes of others.

Sing: Magnify the Lord with me, Blessed Lamb of Calvary, for His grace so rich and free, magnify the Lord with me. Magnify the Lord with me, Blessed Lamb of Calvary, Jesus gives us liberty, oh, magnify the Lord with me.

Thought For Today: If we make God big in our life through our praise, He will be seen bigger in the eyes of others.

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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.