Morning Manna by Rufus Parker: Morning Manna by Rufus Parker

Tuesday, September 24, 2019

Morning Manna by Rufus Parker - 24 September 2019

Thoughts

“But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the LORD his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper.”
(2 Kings 5:11)

Today’s Morsel: We are addicted to our thoughts. We cannot change anything if we cannot change our thinking. Solomon states that as a man thinketh so is he (Proverbs 23:7). If we can control our thoughts, we can control our actions. I believe this is one of the reasons that God gives us the gift of temperance with the Holy Ghost, to help control us. Mental instability is caused by the way people think. If you fear dying, your thoughts will always be about dying. If you fear loss, your thoughts will always be about loss and losing. If you fear evil, your thoughts will always be about evil. If you think that someone doesn’t like you or they hate you, your thoughts will always lean that way every time you see them, or you think about them. You must control your thoughts because they will control you. And in some cases, they don’t reward you very well.

Sing: Get your mind on Jesus, let’s have church. Get your mind on Jesus, let’s have church.

Put your hands together, both feet on the floor, let the Holy Ghost move you from the pulpit to the door. Somebody help me sing, somebody help me shout, somebody help sing, somebody help me shout. Get your mind on Jesus, let’s have church.

Thought For Today: The mind is a terrible thing to waste.

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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.