Morning Manna by Rufus Parker: Morning Manna by Rufus Parker

Wednesday, October 11, 2017

Morning Manna by Rufus Parker - 2017 October 11

“The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked. Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins”

(Proverbs 10:11-12).

Today’s Morsel: The spirit of Esau seems to be on the rise again throughout the world. Esau hated his birthright and he hated his brother Jacob after he gave it to him. There seems to be so much hate in our world today. Even in conversations we hear people saying “I hate.” “I hate to tell you this, but......”; “I hate to be the bearer of bad news ...”; “I hate her”; “I hate him”; “I hate that place”; “I hate even going there”; “I hate that smell.” Doesn’t scripture tell us that life and death are in the power of the tongue (Proverbs 18:21)? Paul said that we should put away this kind of language as it is not of Christ. It’s time that we kill hatred from our lives so that we are able to reflect His light to a lost and dying world. Remember that God hates the sin, not the sinner.

Sing: Change my heart O’ God, make it ever true, change my heart O’ God, may I be like You.

Thought For Today: “Love covereth all sins.”

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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.