Morning Manna by Rufus Parker: Morning Manna by Rufus Parker

Saturday, October 21, 2017

Morning Manna by Rufus Parker - 2017 October 21

“And when he was at the place, he said unto them, Pray that ye enter not into temptation” (Luke 22:40).

Today’s Morsel: In today’s world, if we are not careful, we can easily be drawn into temptation. We are constantly bombarded with things on our electronic devices and computers to buy. We are tempted with billboards, newspaper ads, magazines, Scouting campaigns, and automakers to buy. We are tempted to get into debates over good versus evil. We are tempted to side with one political party over the other. We are tempted to lie, cheat, and steal. We are tempted to withhold doing good. We are tempted to skip church. We are tempted to change our gender. We are tempted to change the way that we look. We are tempted, tempted, tempted. And Satan, who is called the tempter (Matthew 4:3), sits and laughs at us every day because we fail to heed Jesus’ advice. Paul told the church at Thessalonica, “For verily, when we were with you, we told you before that we should suffer tribulation; even as it came to pass, and ye know. For this cause, when I could no longer forbear, I sent to know your faith, lest by some means the tempter have tempted you, and our labour be in vain” (1 Thessalonians 3:4-5). He was concerned that Satan had tempted them and they were no longer serving God. Jesus said that we should pray that we would not we enter into temptation. Let me encourage you. Keep your eyes on Jesus. Pray daily so you will have help to overcome when you are tempted. With every temptation, He will make a way of escape, but we have to be looking for the escape route to find it!

Sing: Temptation hidden snares, often take us unawares, and our hearts are made to bleed for each thoughtless word or deed; and we wonder why the test when we try to do our best, but we’ll understand it better by and by.

By and by when the morning comes, when all the saints of God are gathering home, we will tell the story how we've overcome, we will understand it better by and by.

Thought For Today: Watch out for temptation (Parker).

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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.