Morning Manna by Rufus Parker: Morning Manna by Rufus Parker

Monday, August 16, 2021

Morning Manna by Rufus Parker - 16 August 2021

Pride

“Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.”
(Proverbs 16:18)

Today’s Morsel: When is the last time you’ve done an inventory to see how much pride has entered your life? You see, one of the things about maintaining a solid Christian life is that you must take inventory of it or Satan can get in and wreak havoc inside of you. It is the little foxes that spoil the vine. You may not think that you have pride, but pride is tricky and sneaky. Peter was so sure of himself when he told Jesus he would never deny him, but we see that was just pride fronting itself, but he did not recognize it. When he denied Christ three times before the cock crowed, it ripped his heart. You must inventory yourself for pride as well as any other workings of the flesh. If you ever use the words to tell someone that you are humble, you have pride in your life.

Sing: Search me, O God, and know my heart today; Try me, O Savior, and know my thoughts, I pray. See if there be some wicked way in me; Cleanse me from every sin and set me free.

Thought For Today: “An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin.” (Proverbs 21:4)

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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.