Morning Manna by Rufus Parker: Morning Manna by Rufus Parker

Thursday, March 24, 2022

Morning Manna by Rufus Parker - 24 March 2022

Tell Somebody About Jesus

“I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.” (Psalms 22:22)

Today’s Morsel: Can someone tell me what happened to testimony service in the church? When I first came into the church over 35 years ago, every service had a time for testimonies. But today, few if any churches have testimonies. When I was pastoring, I would tell the people I'm going to sing this song, “Standup and tell me if you love my Jesus?” And when I finish, if you have a testimony stand and tell it. People would jump up and give their testimony. It was such a great time for ushering in the presence of the Lord. They would declare the name of the Lord to their brethren, the congregation, and give God praise. When the man whom Jesus had casted out over 2,000 demons wanted to depart with Jesus from the place of the Gadarenes, Jesus told him, “Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee.” (Mark 5:19) When is the last time you have told someone about the great things the Lord has done for you in your life?

Sing: Standup and tell me if you love my Jesus? Standup and tell it if you love my Lord. I want to know, yes, I want to know, if you love my Lord.

Thought For Today: “O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together.” (Psalms 34:3)

1 comment:

Stan 1000March 24, 2022 at 6:01 AM
I called it fleshtamony. 95% of time it was like open mic to "preach" and the same old stuff being said usually out of obligation. I don't miss it myself.
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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.