Morning Manna by Rufus Parker: Morning Manna by Rufus Parker

Tuesday, January 17, 2017

Morning Manna by Rufus Parker - 2017 January 17

Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings. (Malachi 3:8)

Today’s Morsel: At the end of last year, while reading through my Bible for the year, this passage caught my attention. Not that it hadn’t caught it before as I have preached many times from it about tithes and offerings. But this time, what caught my attention was the onset question, “Will a man rob God?” Ask yourself, are you robbing God? I’m not talking just about tithes and offerings, I’m talking about His character in your life. Are you robbing Him of His ability to accomplish in you what He desires because you are not studying and applying His word to your life? I’m talking about you robbing Him from calling you His sons and daughters because you love the world more than you love Him. I’m talking about using the time that you promised you would spend with Him in communion to focus on sports, games, personal agendas, and worldly careers. Friend, God loves you so much that He was willing to die for you. Are you going to rob Him of His ability to rejoice over you? Don’t rob God, not with your tithe and not with your love.

Sing: Thank you, Lord for saving my soul; thank you, Lord, for making me whole. Thank you, Lord, for giving to me, Thy great salvation so rich and free.

Thought For Today: Don’t rob 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.