Morning Manna by Rufus Parker: Morning Manna by Rufus Parker

Wednesday, December 14, 2022

Morning Manna by Rufus Parker - 14 December 2022

Patience

“In your patience possess ye your souls.” (Luke 21:19)

Today’s Morsel: Walking through a mind field takes a lot of patience. One wrong move or a step out of place could destroy you or maim you for life. Jesus said in your patience possess ye your soul. The word “patience” here means consistency or perseverance in sustaining afflictions. You must remain constant in your walk and ways with God. If the enemy of your soul sees that you are not consistent and that you lack faith, he will set a trap for you. You must not allow anything to disturb or distress you. You must possess that peace and joy that passes all understanding in your soul, which the world cannot take away. As Paul told the church at Rome: “Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; And patience, experience; and experience, hope: And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.” (Romans 5:1-5) It is through perseverance in the ways of God, and the truth of Christ unto the end, that you shall be saved.

Sing: I lean on You Lord, I lean on You Lord, for the things that I need I lean on You; When I don’t know, just what to do, I’ve got the faith You’re going to see me through, to supply my every need and I lean on You.

Thought For Today: “But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.” (Romans 8:25)

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Stan 1000December 17, 2022 at 7:54 AM
Wonderful writing!
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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.