Morning Manna by Rufus Parker: Morning Manna by Rufus Parker

Friday, May 19, 2017

Morning Manna by Rufus Parker - 2017 May 19

“Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die. But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips” (Job 2:9-10).

Today’s Morsel: One of the things about integrity is that we often associate it with that of being honest. But really, integrity is more than that. Integrity also deals with being truthful, having honor, being reliable, being accurate in what we tell others, following through on what we’ve been placed in charge of or have been asked to do. According to the Word of God, a poor man that walks in his integrity is better than one that has much yet is stubborn and is a fool. Job told his friends, “God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me” (Job 27:5). Job said until he died he would still be truthful, reliable, accurate, and make sure everything that he said he would do he did it. No man knows the value of integrity until he loses it.

Sing: Thank God for the blood; thank God for the blood, thank God for the blood, that washes white as snow.

Thought for today: “Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful” Samuel Johnson

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Randy ChilenskyMay 19, 2017 at 8:29 AM
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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.