Morning Manna by Rufus Parker: Morning Manna by Rufus Parker

Tuesday, April 11, 2023

Morning Manna by Rufus Parker - 2023 April 11

Sing Along with Mitch

“And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit; Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord; Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ; Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.” (Ephesians 5:18-21)

Today’s Morsel: Mitch Miller was an American choral conductor, record producer, record-industry executive, and professional oboist. According to Wikipedia, he was involved in almost all aspects of the industry, particularly as a conductor and artist, and repertoire man. Miller was one of the most influential people in American popular music during the 1950s and early 1960s, both as the head of A&R at Columbia Records and as a best-selling recording artist with an NBC television series, Sing Along with Mitch. A graduate of the Eastman School of Music of the University of Rochester in the early 1930s, Miller began his musical career as a player of the oboe and English horn, making numerous highly regarded classical and popular recordings. I can remember as a kid watching and singing along with Mitch. But what about the church? Do you sing along with those who are singing and making melody in their hearts to the Lord? I don’t know about you, but there is just something about singing those hymns that were recorded long ago. “What A Friend We Have In Jesus”, “All That Thrills My Soul”, “What A Day That Will Be”, and “Come and Dine.” I also find myself singing the psalms for refreshing and to help me memorize the scriptures. Can you imagine being with Jesus and His disciples as they sang psalms and hymns together. What do you think made Paul and Silas sing psalms and hymns in prison after they were beaten and jailed? Scripture says that a merry heart doth good like a medicine. And singing seems to aid us with bring it about. So, sing. It will lift your spirit and take you through your day.

Sing: Sing the wondrous love of Jesus, sing His mercy and His grace; In the mansions bright and blessed, He’ll prepare for us a place.

When we all get to heaven, What a day of rejoicing that will be! When we all see Jesus, We’ll sing and shout the victory.

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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.