Manna for Your Morning

Then He arose and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Peace, be still!” And the wind ceased and there was a great calm. — Mark 4:39 (NKJV) Jesus is the Prince of Peace (See Isaiah 9:6) and His peace is to rule in our hearts and minds. In John 14:27 (NLT), Jesus said: “I am leaving you with a gift—peace of mind and heart. And the peace I give is a gift the world cannot give. So don’t be troubled or afraid.” When Jesus spoke to the storm in Mark 4:39, all at once the wind stopped howling and the water became perfectly calm. Jesus said His disciples would do even greater things than He. We are to speak to the storms of our lives, and bring about a great calm. Don’t let the enemy steal your peace. “ These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world. ” — John 16:33 (NKJV)

The world would love you as one of its own if you belonged to it, but you are no longer part of the world. I chose you to come out of the world, so it hates you. — John 15:19 (NLT) Jesus chose us and called us to come out of the world. Do not love this world nor the things it offers you, for when you love the world, you do not have the love of the Father in you. For the world offers only a craving for physical pleasure, a craving for everything we see, and pride in our achievements and possessions. These are not from the Father, but are from this world. (1 John 2:15-16 NLT) In John 17:15, Jesus did not ask the Father to take His disciples out of the world, but to keep them safe from the evil one. As believers, we live in this world, but the world is not to live inside of us. We are to be filled with the Holy Spirit (See Ephesians 5:18) We are not to be under the sway and influence of this world, but to influence the world for the Kingdom of God. Amen.

“ Let all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; Let those who love Your salvation say continually, “The LORD be magnified! ” — Psalms 40:16 (NASB 1995) What our minds continually dwell on, tends to grow bigger and bigger, in our sight. Therefore, let us fix our thoughts on the LORD and He will be magnified in our hearts, in our lives, and on the earth. Isaiah 26:3-4 (NLT) says: “You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you, all whose thoughts are fixed on you! Trust in the LORD always, for the LORD God is the eternal Rock.” When our thoughts focus on YAHWEH and the fact that His Presence is always with us, we experience perfect and constant peace. And we realize that no matter how big the mountain before us may seem, our awesome God is bigger and all-powerful. For the LORD is great and greatly to be praised; He is also to be feared above all gods. (1 Chronicles 16:25 NKJV)  “ Let them shout for joy and rejoice, who favor my vindication; and let them say continually, “The ...

Seventy years are given to us! Some even live to eighty. But even the best years are filled with pain and trouble; soon they disappear, and we fly away. Teach us to realize the brevity of life, so that we may grow in wisdom. — Psalm 90:10, 12 (NLT) Every day of your life was recorded in His book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed. (See Psalm 139:16 NLT)  James 4:14 (NLT) says: Your life is like the morning fog—it’s here a little while, then it’s gone. Since all of our days on earth are numbered, let us make the most of our time. Be very careful how you live, not being like those with no understanding, but live honorably with true wisdom, for we are living in evil times. Take full advantage of every day as you spend your life for his purposes. (See Ephesians 5:15-16 TPT) When all has been heard, the end of the matter is: fear God [worship Him with awe-filled reverence, knowing that He is almighty God] and keep His commandments, for this applies to every ...

“His purpose was for the nations to seek after God and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him—though he is not far from any one of us. For in him we live and move and exist. As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are his offspring.’ ” — Acts 17:27-28 (NLT) Some people spend their whole lives searching for temporary things that can never satisfy. Seek the everlasting, Almighty God and Jesus, His Son. In John 6:27 (NLT), Jesus said “…don’t be so concerned about perishable things like food. Spend your energy seeking the eternal life that the Son of Man can give you. For God the Father has given me the seal of his approval.” Seek the Lord, for in Him we live and move and have our being.

For the Lord is the Spirit, and wherever the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. So all of us who have had that veil removed can see and reflect the glory of the Lord. And the Lord—who is the Spirit—makes us more and more like him as we are changed into his glorious image. — 2 Corinthians 3:17-18 (NLT) Now, the “Lord” I’m referring to is the Holy Spirit, and wherever he is Lord , there is freedom. (2 Corinthians 3:17 TPT) First, the Spirit has to be Lord of your life, in your heart, over your thoughts, etc. Then we can be progressively transformed into His image from one degree of glory to an even brighter level of glory, because we are submitted to the authority and power of His Spirit. We are not only to see His glory, but to reflect it as well. Don’t be like the person who observes themselves in a mirror. Then, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of person they are supposed to look like. We are to reflect the glorious light, unconditional love and amazing grace of our...

Therefore we do not lose heart, but though our outer person is decaying, yet our inner person is being renewed day by day. For our momentary, light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison, while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal. — 2 Corinthians 4:16-18 (NASB) My dear friends, don’t let the present troubles and trials get you down. I pray that you remain strong and do not lose heart. All this is proceeding along lines planned all along by God and then executed in Christ Jesus. When we trust in him, we’re free to say whatever needs to be said, bold to go wherever we need to go. (Ephesians 3:11-12 MSG) ...thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. (1 Corinthians 15:57 NASB)