Manna for Your Morning

For we are those he cares for, and he is the God we worship. So drop everything else and listen to his voice! For this is what he’s saying: “Today, when I speak, don’t even think about turning a deaf ear to me like they did when they tested me at Meribah and Massah, the place where they argued with me, their Creator. Your ancestors challenged me over and over with their complaining, even though I had convinced them of my power and love. They still doubted my care for them. — Psalms 95:7-9 (TPT) Never doubt Yahweh’s care for you. He is a faithful Father who always takes care of His children. His thoughts about you outnumber the grains of sand. (See Psalm 139:17-18) Turn a deaf ear to the voices of this world and tune into His still small voice as He leads you and guides you through this day. Do all things without complaining and disputing, that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without fault in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as...

For in Him we live and move and exist [that is, in Him we actually have our being], as even some of your own poets have said, ‘For we also are His children.’ — Acts 17:28 (AMP) See what an incredible quality of love the Father has shown to us, that we would [be permitted to] be named and called and counted the children of God! And so we are! (See 1 John 3:1a AMP) Imitate God, therefore, in everything you do, because you are his dear children. (Ephesians 5:1 NLT) Because His ways are higher than our ways and His thoughts higher than our thoughts, let us follow His example. Love others with an unconditional love that never fails. Freely we have received from God, let us also freely give. (See Matthew 10:8) Help those in need, just as Yahweh helps the needy. Psalm 72:12 (NKJV) says: He will deliver the needy when he cries, the poor also, and him who has no helper. Live as children of the light, because God is light and in Him there is no darkness at all. (See 1 John 1:5) …for you were for...

How great is the goodness you have stored up for those who fear you. You lavish it on those who come to you for protection, blessing them before the watching world. — Psalm 31:19 (NLT) ...I trust in your unfailing love. I will rejoice because you have rescued me. I will sing to the LORD because he is good to me. (Psalm 13:5-6 NLT) O taste and see that the LORD [our God] is good; How blessed [fortunate, prosperous, and favored by God] is the man who takes refuge in Him. (Psalm 34:8 NLT) Release all your worries into Yahweh’s hands. He is more than able to take care of everything that concerns you. Nothing is too difficult for our great and mighty God. Yahweh! The LORD! The God of compassion and mercy! He is slow to anger and filled with unfailing love and faithfulness. He abounds in goodness and truth. (See Exodus 34:6 NLT/NKJV) Open your heart to Yahweh, and renew your mind with His Word. Take refuge in Him and be filled with His perfect peace and unfailing love.

But You, O LORD, are a shield about me, my glory, and the One who lifts my head. — Psalm 3:3 (NASB1995) YAHWEH is a shield to all those who take refuge and trust in Him. (2 Samuel 22:31 AMP) He wraps around us like an impenetrable shield. (See Psalm 3:3 VOICE) He is a shield of protection against the flaming arrows of the evil one. The Eternal is the source of my strength and the shield that guards me. When I learn to rest and truly trust Him, He sends His help. This is why my heart is singing! I open my mouth to praise Him, and thankfulness rises as song. (Psalm 28:7 VOICE) For the LORD God is a sun and shield; The LORD gives grace and glory; No good thing does He withhold from those who walk uprightly. (Psalm 84:11 NASB1995)

So when it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and when the doors were shut where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in their midst and said to them, “Peace be with you.” — John 20:19 (NASB1995) Peace is a blessing from the LORD. Psalm 29:11 (NLT) says: The LORD gives his people strength. The LORD blesses them with peace. Never let the enemy steal your peace. Our peace is to be perfect and constant. External, temporary circumstances should not disrupt our peace. In John 16:33, Yeshua said:  “These things I have spoken to you, so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the world.” Let the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. (See Philippians 4:7) God blesses those who work for peace, for they will be called the children of God.  — Matthew 5:9 (NLT) 

Cling to your faith in Christ, and keep your conscience clear. For some people have deliberately violated their consciences; as a result, their faith has been shipwrecked. — 1 Timothy 1:19 (NLT) Cling to your faith in Christ and do not doubt nor waver. Lean completely on God with absolute trust and confidence in His guidance (see 1 Timothy 1:19 AMP). James 1:6 says, the one who doubts is like the surf of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind. A double-minded man is unstable in all his ways. (See James 1:8) Be anchored in Christ, our Savior, and avoid shipwreck. …we are no longer to be children, tossed here and there by waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, by craftiness in deceitful scheming; (Ephesians 4:14 NASB1995) Instead, let us speak the truth in love, growing in every way more and more like Christ, who is the head of his body, the church. (See Ephesians 4:15 NLT) Be on guard. Stand firm in the faith. Be courageous. Be strong. And do everythi...

This I recall to my mind, therefore I have hope. The LORD’s lovingkindnesses indeed never cease, for His compassions never fail. They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness. — Lamentations 3:21-23 (NASB1995) Praise YAHWEH, that in Him, we get to begin afresh each morning. Let us forget what lies behind and look forward to what lies ahead. Press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. (See Philippians 3:13-14) Weeping may endure through the night, but let a shout of joy come in the morning. (See Psalm 30:5) Shout for joy that YAHWEH is with you and He has already made a way for you. This day was written in His Book, before you drew your first breath. (See Psalm 139:16) Whether you are in the midst of a fiery furnace or in floodwaters, He will faithfully bring you through. Psalm 66:12 says: we went through fire and flood, but He brought us to a place of great abundance. Amen. Declare His lovingkindness in the morning, and His faithfulness e...