Morning Manna by Rufus Parker: November 2026

Monday, November 2, 2026

Morning Manna by Rufus Parker - 2026 November 2

Unspeakable Joy

“For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.” (Psalms 30:5)

Today’s Morsel: Having joy in one’s life is essential to good health and stability. Joy causes us to be jovial, clear-headed, obedient, and able to encourage others. But if we lose our joy, then we will allow other things to plague our minds and cause us defeat. Peter tells us: “Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ: Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory: Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.” (1 Peter 1:6-9) Notice: He said that if you are being weighed down because of temptations, hang in there; it is just a trial of your faith. And even though you do not see Jesus now, keep rejoicing with unspeakable joy. Do not stop worshipping and praising Him. Your joy is not predicated on what you are going through; it is predicated on who you know. Jesus! Remember, joy is one of the traits of character that came with the Holy Spirit.

Sing: I get joy, joy, joy, when I think about the Lord; when I’m standing in His presence, I say give me more and more. Well, it starts in my hands, and it moves down to my feet; and I have the joy, joy, joy, all over me.

Thought for Today: “My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.” (James 1:2-3)

Sunday, November 1, 2026

Morning Manna by Rufus Parker - 2026 November 1

Sharing That True Love

“Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.” (1 John 4:7-11)

Today’s Morsel: We learn in life that there are basically three types of love. Agape, which is unconditional love. Philia, which is a brotherly or friendly love. And eros, which is romantic love. Speaking to the church at Corinth, Paul states: “Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing. And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing. Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.” (1 Corinthians 13:1-8) We must not be hypocrites when it comes to God’s love. He told the church at Colossi: “And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.” (Colossians 3:14) If God is that true love according to John, how do we share Him with others? We must put it on. We must be clothed in Him. Jesus said: “Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.” (Matthew 10:8) We have freely received His love, so by taking actions to help and encourage others, we share His love with them, because He is true love.

Sing: I am so glad that Jesus loves me, Jesus loves me, Jesus loves me, I am glad that Jesus loves me, Jesus loves even me.

Thought for Today: “By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.” (John 13:35)

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.