Morning Manna by Rufus Parker: Morning Manna by Rufus Parker

Thursday, December 3, 2020

Morning Manna by Rufus Parker - 3 December 2020

Spiritual Surgery

“And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution? then is the offence of the cross ceased. I would they were even cut off which trouble you.” (Galatians 5:11-12)

Today’s Morsel: Wouldn’t it be neat if you could just go to the doctor and have all the evil thoughts and the people that trouble you removed from your mind? Wouldn’t it be neat to have an inside job done to remove those things? I was pondering the other day, and I thought to myself, why is it so hard to remove the evil thoughts and thoughts of the past from our minds? But then I realized that God may be allowing me to retain them so that I will stay humble and realize just how much I truly need Him to stay focused. We do not have to ponder on the thoughts just because they keep coming up. We just need to refocus our thoughts on Christ and allow Him to carry us on to the next level.

Sing: Turn your eyes upon Jesus, Look full in His wonderful face; and the things of this earth will go strangely dim, in the light of His glory and grace.

Thought For Today: Stay focused on Jesus and the world will fade away.

2 comments:

Stan 1000December 3, 2020 at 4:54 AM
Good word. I was just driving and had a thought from about 30 years ago. Thank God for the blood!
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Morning MannaDecember 3, 2020 at 7:31 AM
I was just struggling with my thoughts this morning! And then I read your blog and said "Thank you Jesus! "
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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.