Morning Manna by Rufus Parker: Morning Manna by Rufus Parker

Wednesday, May 29, 2019

Morning Manna by Rufus Parker - 29 May 2019

The Effects of Holiness

“The oath which he sware to our father Abraham, That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear, In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life.” (Luke 1:73-75)

Today’s Morsel: When we read the scriptures, we see that God is a holy God (1 Peter 1:16). And it should be our desire to become like Him if we say that we say that we are Christians. The psalmist says, “Holiness becometh thine house, O LORD, forever.” Therefore, if we say that we are His, then we too must always be holy. Holiness is not a Sunday lifestyle, it’s a daily lifestyle. It is an inward and outward lifestyle. It is a no matter where I am lifestyle. Paul instructed Titus to teach the aged women that they be in behavior as becometh holiness and to teach such so that the word of God be not blasphemed (see Titus 2:3-5). You can’t play holiness. Either the temple possesses Christ, or it doesn’t. Jesus isn’t in you some of the time. Either His Spirit is in you or it isn’t. Therefore, Jesus said, “Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit.” (Matthew 12:33) You can’t have it both ways. Be holy because He is holy.

Sing: To be like Jesus, to be like Jesus, on earth I long to be like Him. All through life’s journey, from earth to glory, I only ask to be like Him.

Thought For Today: Holiness becomes thine house forever.

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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.