Morning Manna by Rufus Parker: Morning Manna by Rufus Parker

Friday, December 31, 2021

Morning Manna by Rufus Parker - 31 December 2021

Are You Sold Out For Christ?

“Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” (Romans 8:35-39)

Today’s Morsel: Are you sold out for Christ? As we bring this year to an end, many are going to make New Year's resolutions on the things they will plan to do in 2022. And so my question to you is are you 100% committed to serving Jesus at all cost? You see, other things don't really matter. Our eternal life is at stake every day that we live. Someday this life will end. Then what? Where will you spend eternity? I am afraid that some have begun to think that they have a lot of time to make up their minds about serving Christ. But Solomon lets us know that “It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools” (Ecclesiastes 7:5); and then he ends with these words, “Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.” (Ecclesiastes 12:13-14). Paul said that nothing would be able to separate him from Christ. Do you have that same attitude? What will 2022 bring for you? I pray it finds you committed and serving Jesus Christ at all cost.

Sing: Wherever I am, I’ll praise Him, whenever I can, I’ll praise Him; for His love surrounds me like a sea. I’ll praise the name of Jesus, lift up the name of Jesus, for the name of Jesus has lifted me.

Thought For Today: Commitment only has one “I”. Therefore it requires you for it to happen.

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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.