Brother Mike I got to have them Wheaties every morning..LOL.....That's why 4:00 A.M. I hit the floor..Remember that commercial?....of course you do ;o)  A dose of manna every morning will build strong muscles to smack the devil....or should I say stomp the devil.....I like that better!!!!!! Ain't I crazy??????

I, too, enjoy my "breakfast in bed." :-) This post for some reason makes me think of the words of the hymn, "Give Me Jesus," which has since been redone by Jeremy Camp:

"In the morning, when I rise

In the morning, when I rise

In the morning, when I rise

Give me Jesus..." 

Amen Mike; I was able to get your point even with all your fancy-proper english talk.

I don't ride no bus and there aint a quiet room in my house, but I still value my time alone with Him!

Thanks for the reminder Mike.

Megan, I am so not a morning person too!

Thanks Deb! I think one of the worst things we can do is get legalistic about when we read/pray. It still seems you are getting your share of manna too!

SistaDivine, I agree, it's a GREAT way to start the day! :) 

Totally tracking with you, Mike!  I love my early morning time with God!  Our summer program for Children's Church has been A Journey Through the Lord's Prayer, and we spent one Sunday just on the verse: "give us this day our daily bread", a jam-(no pun intended)-packed little sentence if ever there was one!  We ask and receive our physical bread and our spiritual bread, but as you point out, it's only good for today.  We do well to remember that God is I AM, not I WAS or I WILL BE.  He is present in the "now" and if we are to be with Him, that's where we need to be, too.  Not living in the past or the future, but in the "today", and resting in the assurance of His faithfulness to meet our needs of the day. 

Asking Him daily also helps us to remember Who is the giver and who is the one in need of "getting". 

Ah, the blessing of manna!  :-) 

Jen, we certainly do need reminding of who's the giver around here!

Good to hear from you. Thanks for adding your viewpoint to this blog! 

I used to go to an online chat bible study a few years back. Whenever I was asked to pray I would always ask that GOD give us this day what we needed and a little extra for those we meet that may have need. That request has become a regular part of my prayer life. I can live on manna but when I meet the hungry soul in day to day life I offer milk and honey and big ol grapes.

Manna was sweet. Easy to find. It was everywhere. No work required. It is easy to get comfortable with where we are. But if the place where we are is not the place GOD wants us to be perhaps it is time to stop wandering in the desert of comfort and take what GOD has for us. The only problem with that is once we leave the land beyond the Red Sea (the wilderness) and "Cross" the Jordan River into the promise (the Promised Land) the manna stops but not GOD's provision. There will be battles to be fought, fields that need workers, governments to be formed. The Captain of our salvation leads the way, the Lord of the Harvest works with us, the increase of His government brings peace.

Mike, this is in no way meant as a rebuttal of what you have shared. Understand and appreciate where you are coming from. How desperately we need GOD's Word. For when we live (not just read) the Word we become the Word to those we interact with. As the saying goes, you may be the only bible some people read. But there is another bible that often is unread...that of other people.

Jesus read this "bible". He saw beyond the surface and into the heart. He was compassionate to the unworthy and hard with the "righteous" (in their own eyes). I never cease to be amazed at the kind of stuff people (often strangers or casual acquaintances) share with me. I guess the fact that I accept people where they are makes them comfortable. I don't get easily offended or righteousy indignant.

Yesterday someone shared some stuff that broke my heart. I hurt for this person and their family. Sin has no limits or boundaries and the innocents suffer wrongly. But even in this I told this person they were so blessed and GOD is working. They cannot see it now but just because they do not see Him does not mean He is not there. I saw a seed of hope planted.

If we can only see beyond the surface, listen beyond the words, and feel their hurt, we will feast all day long on the goodness of the Lord in the lives of others. Jesus said the fields are ripe for harvest but the laborers are few. The world, the church, need us a whole lot more than we need them. The only question is, "Am I willing to be "manna" for others or will I continue to feed myself".

Mike, love you brother.

.....peace.....

Gordon, I am sure you've flown before. You know how, as the safety instructions are given at the beginning of the flight, they always tell you "in case of cabin depressurization put your own oxygen mask on first before attempting to help others." I believe this daily feeding is exactly the same. It is important that we be fed ourselves on this spiritual "bread" before we should attempt to assist others.

Thanks for your post. I don't see rebuttal but an alternative point of view, for which I am grateful.