Morning Manna by Rufus Parker: Morning Manna by Rufus Parker

Friday, March 1, 2019

Morning Manna by Rufus Parker - 1 March 2019

Death of The Righteous

“Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints”

(Psalms 116:15).

Today’s Morsel: One of the things that every one of us should expect should the Lord tarry is death. None of us is exempt from that day. Yet none of us knows the date nor the time that it will happen for us. But the good thing is, we can get ready for it now since we know that it will happen. We can put in to place what we would desire for our funeral. We could draw up a final Will for what will be done with our assets. We could choose scriptures that we would like to have read at our memorial service. We could select a minister to officiate the service. We could select the place that we might want to be buried. But of course, the most important thing is to prepare ourselves spiritually for that day. Jesus told Nicodemus in John 3:3-5 that we must be born-again of the water and the Spirit to enter the kingdom (see also Acts 2:38-41, Hebrews 12:14). Why? Why do we need to be born-again? Paul states that if any man has not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of His (Romans 8:9). If we are His, then we can rest assured when we die heaven will rejoice. As, precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints. I want to be prepared for that final day, how about you. I've made my preparations now so I won't be surprised then.

Sing: I’m getting ready to leave this place, I’m getting ready for the gate of pearls. Keeping my record right, watching both day and night. I’m getting ready to leave this place.

Thought For Today: Don’t lose out on your mansion (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.