Morning Manna by Rufus Parker: Morning Manna by Rufus Parker

Monday, February 11, 2019

Morning Manna by Rufus Parker - 11 February 2019

The Best Things in Life Are Free

“O sing unto the LORD a new song: sing unto the LORD, all the earth. Sing unto the LORD, bless his name; shew forth his salvation from day to day. Declare his glory among the heathen, his wonders among all people. For the LORD is great, and greatly to be praised: he is to be feared above all gods” (Psalms 96:1-4).

Today’s Morsel: My grandson, like his mother, can impersonate people. One of his favorites songs that he likes to do is “Gone Fishing” by Louis Armstrong and Bing Crosby. The scriptures tell us to sing unto the Lord a new song. What I have found is that the right song can lift people up out of depression and motivate them to keep going. Singing costs you nothing. God has given every one of us this ability free of charge. As worship leader at church, I find myself reverting to the older hymns, just making up my own words, or singing a psalm. No matter what it is, I do my very best to sing it unto the Lord. He inhabits our praise, and I think I sound pretty good; at least I know I do to The Lord. What about you? Sing and make melody in your heart.

Sing: O’ the moon belongs to everyone, the best things in life are free.
The stars belong to everyone, they gleam there for you and me.

The flowers in spring, the robins that sing, the sunbeams that shine;
They're yours, they're mine. And love can come to everyone;
The best things in life are free.

Thought For Today: Make a joyful noise unto the Lord.

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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.