Morning Manna by Rufus Parker: Morning Manna by Rufus Parker

Saturday, November 20, 2021

Morning Manna by Rufus Parker - 20 November 2021

Overcoming Discouragement

“Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.”

(Psalms 42:5)

Today’s Morsel: To overcome discouragement and hardships; we must learn how to motivate ourselves. There are too many Christians that do not know how to motivate themselves. Paul tells us, “And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit; Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord” (Ephesians 5:18-19) What is your favorite spiritual song? Whatever it is, sing it to yourself when you are picking low cotton. Most of the so-called “Negro Spiritual” songs that were once sung in the church were birthed out of discouragement during slavery. People needed a self-motivator, and they knew that singing to God would give them joy and relief. David talked to himself. “O God, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise, even with my glory. Awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.” (Psalms 108:1-2) He even asked his soul why it was cast down. You have the power within you to get up and be joyful. Remember, the Holy Ghost came with joy. You can either sit and be sad and brokenhearted, or you can do what Paul told Timothy, “Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands. For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.” (2 Timothy 1:6-7) You are only crazy if you sit there and do nothing about your own discouragement. Don’t let Covid and others depress and discourage you. Get up and go to church and spend time with Jesus. He is still the answer for the world today.

Sing: Jesus is the answer for the world today, without Him there’s no other, Jesus is the way. Jesus is the answer for the world today, without him there’s no other, Jesus is the way.

Thought For Today: Self-motivation… Motivating yourself.

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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.