Morning Manna by Rufus Parker: Morning Manna by Rufus Parker

Monday, August 12, 2024

Morning Manna by Rufus Parker - 2024 August 12

Godly and Worldly Sorrow

“For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.” (2 Corinthians 7:10)

Today’s Morsel: When you are studying your Bible, do you stop and look up the meaning of words and phrases that you do not know? Part of studying God’s Word is to rightly divide it. To know it’s purpose and meaning. If we do not know what something means, in its original meaning, we can lean to our own understanding or the understanding of others. And if we are not careful, we could start to believe in false doctrine and then start to teach it. Paul informed the church at Corinth, “For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.” Notice, godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation. Godly sorrow inspires change and hope through the atoning blood of Jesus Christ. Godly sorrow leads to conversion and a change of one’s heart. While on the other hand, worldly sorrow pulls you down, crushes your hope, and causes you to keep giving in to more ungodly temptation. One of the reasons why worldly sorrow is so dangerous is that most of the time when those in the world start to feel sorrow for their wrong, sin, and conduct, they do not seek for God, they often seek for the bar to drown their sorrows and wrongs with alcohol, wine, and beer, and even illegal drugs. They often give in to more ungodly temptations. While those with godly sorrow, hear and see what God says in His word, and they repent, and turn their hearts to God. The world does not have the answers to your problems. They are going to tell you things like just trust your own heart. Well, scripture says that he that trusts his own heart is a fool. No matter what you may be going through, godly sorrow will help you, not crush you, or pull you down. God’s Word will edify you and build you up if you let it. Godly sorrow is designed to bring about change within you.

Sing: Change my heart O’ God, make it ever true. Change my heart O’ God may I be like You.

Thought For Today: “For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.” (1 John 2:16)

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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.