Morning Manna by Rufus Parker: Morning Manna by Rufus Parker

Thursday, December 8, 2022

Morning Manna by Rufus Parker - 8 December 2022

Serve The Lord With Gladness

“Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with singing.” (Psalms 100:2)

Today’s Morsel: The psalmist calls for us to serve the Lord with gladness. It should be a great delight and pleasure to serve God. When we think of what He has done for us, it should cause us to rejoice and be glad. I’ve found that the more I sing and praise God, the less likely I am to be depressed, stressed, or discouraged. There’s just something about serving with gladness. If you go to work with gladness and serve with gladness, you are going to see that job and the people around you aren’t as bad as it may seem. The enemy of your soul doesn’t want you to serve with gladness. He wants you to serve with drudgery, labor, and a grind. He wants you to see it as a requirement so that you won’t have any joy in it, you will hate it, and eventually quit. If anything, you are asked to do, if you do it with gladness you will fulfill the will of God and find peace and contentment within yourself.

Sing: I’m going to serve the Lord anyway that I can, I’m going to serve the Lord anyway that I can, I’m gonna serve Him in the morning, serve Him all day long, I’m going to serve the Lord anyway that I can.

Thought For Today: “And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men; Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.” (Colossians 3:23-24)

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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.