Morning Manna by Rufus Parker: Morning Manna by Rufus Parker

Wednesday, February 20, 2019

Morning Manna by Rufus Parker - 20 February 2019

Offering

“Give unto the LORD, O ye kindreds of the people, give unto the LORD glory and strength. Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come into his courts” (Psalms 96:7-8).

Today’s Morsel: I love watching little children during offering time at church when they have an offering to give. It’s as though they can’t wait to put their offering in the plate or offering bag. When I first became pastor here, we had a little girl come to church for the first time with her grandma and Daddy. When offering time came, and I explained briefly that it was time to give our tithes and offerings to Jesus, she turned to her Daddy and said, "Dad, I need some offering, Jesus needs some money.” Unfortunately, she meant me - she mistakenly thought I was Jesus. (humor) Jesus said except we are converted and become as a child we cannot enter the kingdom of heaven. Shouldn’t there be joy within us when it comes to giving to God and His kingdom. Shouldn't we be excited about another opportunity to give back to Him a portion of that which He has supplied to us? “And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring me an offering: of every man that giveth it willingly with his heart ye shall take my offering” (Exodus 25:1-2). By this scripture passage, we learn that whatever we do for the worship and service of God, we should do it freely, cheerfully, and cordially; for God loves a cheerful giver. If we don’t give our offering willingly, then Jesus doesn’t want it.

Sing: Give and it shall be given, good measure pressed down shaken together and running over. Give and it shall be given, when you give you give to the Lord.

Thought For Today: Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

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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.