Morning Manna by Rufus Parker: Morning Manna by Rufus Parker

Friday, February 21, 2020

Morning Manna by Rufus Parker - 21 February 2020

Heart Difficulties

“Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice, Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness: When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years. Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway err in their heart; and they have not known my ways. So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.) Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God. But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.” (Hebrews 3:7-13)

Today’s Morsel: When I go in to renew my driver’s licenses, they always ask me if I want to be an organ donor? I always ask myself, if someone got my heart would it cause them to be more like Jesus? If they got my eyes would they be able to see the things that I see in scripture? In today’s medical realm, they can do all kinds of transplants. And one of the major ones is that of the heart. But it is a very difficult procedure because it is the center of life. A person must die in order to get a new heart. But when Scripture speaks of the heart it is referring to the mind, the center of intellect and reasoning. Why are there so many people who are having heart difficulties? Why are so many troubled in their mind? The answer is that we allow to much junk to go into it. With all the cell phone usage, television watching, FaceBook and Google searching our minds are inundated with stuff. Some good but mostly bad. And most people do not have the Spirit to filter what they allow in. The writer of Hebrews tells us to be alert that we do not get an evil heart. If we allow our hearts to become evil, then we can be sure that we will have heart difficulties and sooner or later we will need a transplant. The only heart doctor you will find that can do this transplant will be Jesus.

Sing: Create in me a clean heart, O’ God, and renew a right spirit within me. Create in me a clean heart, O’ God, and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from Thy presence O’ Lord; take not Thou Holy Spirit from me. Restore unto me, the joy of Thou salvation, and renew a right spirit within me.

Thought For Today: Keep an eye on your heart.

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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.