For I know the plans I have for you,declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Jer 29:11

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Archived Manna:
Dear Friend,

If you do not already have a habit of gathering daily manna the first thing in the morning (we can look at the example given to us in Exodus 16 and find the pattern for make it a habit. Establish your life and your schedule to allow you the necessary time to do your daily collection first thing every morning to give you the strength to make it through the day. And remember that today’s manna will not be sufficient for tomorrow; tomorrow’s manna must be collected tomorrow morning.


Monday, February 20, 2023

Today's Passage : Today's Passage :The Temptation of Jesus

Bible Verse:Luke 4:1-8 (ESV)

"And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness for forty days, being tempted by the devil. And he ate nothing during those days. And when they were ended, he was hungry. The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread.” And Jesus answered him, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone.’” And the devil took him up and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time, and said to him, “To you I will give all this authority and their glory, for it has been delivered to me, and I give it to whom I will. If you, then, will worship me, it will all be yours.” And Jesus answered him, “It is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve.’”"

Message: We live in a world that is lukewarm, tepid, people’s lives filled with complacency. Christians once fasted as a regular matter; Paul included sexual fasting in this, although it came as an exception to his teaching that married couples “should not deprive one another, except perhaps by agreement for a limited time, that you may devote yourselves to prayer.” (1 Cor. 7:5) But very few people fast any more, at all. Until the late 20th century, Catholics and some others once abstained from meat on Fridays, as a symbolic fast to celebrate the day Christ died. (It was the big day of the week for fish markets. Everyone who knew what was what would go to the fish market on Thursday or Friday, because that was when they would get fresh fish, preparing for the Friday onslaught.) And today, we might give up some food for Lent, which is 40 days long in celebration of Christ's temptation. And most of us give up something that we are probably better off not having: alcohol and sugar — recreational food — are common. But fasting in the Bible means eating nothing whatsoever, or else very little. It is often done as a penitential measure, but not always. Here, Christ does it to show his scorn for the world. He does it as a sign, that God is more important to him than food. He is not trying to lose weight or improve his health. He is resisting temptation, for the pure sake of resisting temptation. We must eat, eventually, to live; but we must have God to live, also. Satan telling Christ to turn stone to bread is full of irony. Christ's reply shows that his power does not lie in his dominion of the material; although he would later perform miracles, he has not come to perform magic tricks, empty of meaning. And the miracle here is that he will use his power to resist his very powerful urge to eat, to show his devotion. The devil then ups the ante. He has, he tells Christ, been given authority over all the world, but he will give the world to Christ if he will worship him. But Christ will not give up his devotion for all the money and power on earth. Quite a statement. There was a time when Christians would similarly give up everything to show their devotion. Many died, giving up the thing men value most, rather than renounce their faith. Many others gave up all worldly possessions. Francis of Assisi, the son of a rich Italian family, famously gave up his inheritance to live in poverty. Christianity is not a "guilt trip"; we are not expected to feel bad because there is more we could do in service of our faith. But it is a good idea to read this passage, to read about people like John the Baptist, or Francis of Assisi, or Benedict of Nursia, and to try to hear what we are called to do in our devotion.


Meditation :

Prayer : As I travel through the rest of my week, may the God of hope fill me with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit I may abound in hope....Amen
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