Manna for Your Morning

Hear, O LORD, and answer me, for I am poor and needy. Guard my life, for I am devoted to you. You are my God; save your servant who trusts in you. Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I call to you all day long. Bring joy to your servant, for to you, O Lord, I lift up my soul. Psalm 86:1-4 (NIV) Without God's help we are indeed poor and needy. Call to Him day and night because He is the One who preserves your life. Trust in Him and you will be saved. The Lord will hear your cry and be merciful unto you. Lift up your soul to Him and He will fill you with joy. Praise the Lord! Love, Jackie

I will listen to what God the LORD will say; he promises peace to his people, his saints— but let them not return to folly. Psalm 85:8 (NIV) The LORD promises peace to His people, but it comes when we listen to God. If we don't listen when He says, He loves us and is working all things together for the good of those who love Him, peace will escape us. If we are not listening when He says, He is Jehovah Jireh, our Provider, we get caught up in fear and anxiety and have no peace. Let us not return to our foolish ways, which to me is living a life of unbelief where we rely on ourselves and not God. Instead, listen to the LORD and experience the deep and abiding peace that only He can give. Peace & Love to you, Jackie

A single day in your courts is better than a thousand anywhere else! I would rather be a gatekeeper in the house of my God than live the good life in the homes of the wicked. For the Lord God is our sun and our shield. He gives us grace and glory. The Lord will withhold no good thing from those who do what is right. O Lord of Heaven’s Armies, what joy for those who trust in you. Psalm 84:10-12 (NLT) God so generously gives us grace and glory. No good thing does He withhold from those who do what is right. May we reflect the Lord's glory and let His light shine through us as we extend grace to others. Amen. Love, Jackie

Endure hardship with us like a good soldier of Christ Jesus. No one serving as a soldier gets involved in civilian affairs—he wants to please his commanding officer. 2 Timothy 2:3-4 (NIV) Don't let the the affairs of everyday life distract you. Stay focused on pleasing our Commanding Officer, God himself. Like a good soldier of Christ Jesus, endure hardship. For the battle is not yours, but God's and in Him, we already have the victory. Praise the LORD! Love, Jackie

But Caleb tried to quiet the people as they stood before Moses. “Let’s go at once to take the land,” he said. “We can certainly conquer it!” Numbers 13:30 (NLT) After 12 of the Israelite leaders spent 40 days exploring the land the Lord had promised to give them, 10 of them came back with a bad report. Only Caleb & Joshua put their confidence in God and was ready to take the land. Forty years later they were the only two of the twelve that overcame and enjoyed their promised land. May we have the attitude of a conqueror and say, "we can certainly conquer the difficulties we face." We shall overcome and enjoy all that God has for us. Love, Jackie

So here's what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him. Romans 12:1 (The Message) Place all that you do and all that you are on the altar before God each and every day. Sunday is not the only day we are to worship Him. Embrace what God has done for you and give Him your very best. Appreciate Him for all that He gives you the strength to do. Amen. Love, Jackie

Don't become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. Instead, fix your attention on God. You'll be changed from the inside out. Readily recognize what he wants from you, and quickly respond to it. Unlike the culture around you, always dragging you down to its level of immaturity, God brings the best out of you, develops well-formed maturity in you. Romans 12:2 (The Message) Instead of conforming to the ways of this world, we are to renew our minds by the Word and God will transform us from the little worm into the beautiful butterfly. As we enclose ourselves in the cocoon of His wonderful Word, we are changed from the inside out. Fix your attention on God and let Him bring out the best in you. Love, Jackie