Morning Manna by Rufus Parker: Morning Manna by Rufus Parker

Wednesday, November 2, 2022

Morning Manna by Rufus Parker - 2 November 2022

Sacrificing the Sacrifice of Thanksgiving

“Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing.”
(Psalms 107:21-22)

Today’s Morsel: The word “sacrifice” here is used in a large sense to denote worship or adoration. Let them worship God with thanks or praises. Anytime God does anything for you, you should offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving. If He heals your body, brings back your backslidden child to church, allows you to be hired for a job, allows you to be used in any type of ministry, gives you an opportunity to share a Bible study with someone, you ought to offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving. You don’t do this stuff on your own, it is God whose compassion is renewed every morning. Therefore, you ought to be thankful. Think about this for a moment, what if on the job you get hired for, the Lord allows you to tell everyone that works there about Him, and they all get saved? Would you be thankful? Well, usually God gives us the desires of our hearts when we are thankful. The more you are thankful, the more you will maintain the right relationship with Christ.

Sing: I’m thankful, thank You, Lord, you’ve been so good to me, thank You Lord for giving me eyes to see, thank You Lord for giving me the victory; and O’ Lord I am thankful.

Thought For Today: “The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.” (Psalms 51:17)

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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.