MORNING MANNA          3-6-24 

DELIVERANCE FROM DANGER 
“When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.”- Isa.43:2

Is there any heart discouraged as it journeys on its way?

Does there seem to be more darkness than there is of sunny day?

Oh, it’s hard to learn the lesson, as we pass beneath the rod,

That the sunshine and the shadow serve alike the will of God!

But there comes a word of promise like the promise in the bow—

That, however deep the waters, they shall never overflow.

When the flesh is worn and weary, and the spirit is depressed,

And temptations sweep upon it, like a storm on ocean’s breast,

There’s a haven ever open for the tempest-driven bird,

There’s shelter for the tempted in the promise of the Word;

For the standard of the Spirit shall be raised against the foe,

And, however deep the waters, they shall never overflow.

When a sorrow comes upon you that no other soul can share,

And the burden seems too heavy for the human heart to bear;

There is One whose grace can comfort, if you’ll give Him an abode;

There’s a Burden-Bearer ready if you’ll trust Him with your load;

For the precious promise reaches to the depth of human woe,

That, however deep the waters, they shall never overflow.

When the sands of life are ebbing, and I near the Jordan’s shore,

When I see its waters rising And I hear its billows roar,

I will reach my hand to Jesus, in His bosom I shall hide,

And ‘twill only be a moment till I reach the other side.

It is then the fullest meaning of the promise I shall know.

“When thou passest through the waters, they shall never overflow.”

Author unknown 

David Stone   

Lakeway Baptist Church  

Humble,Tx

MORNING MANNA           3-5-24 

 THE TIME IS SHORT  

 In the light of what I’m going through mentally and physically the following article strikes a note in my heart. It’s a bit long but worth your time to read. It was written by James Smith in 1860.

MORNING MANNA            3-4-24

AMAZING LOVE

“But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.”- Romans 5:8-10

Charles Wesley wrote about five thousand hymns, but the one for which he is best remembered is “And Can It Be.” Before writing this hymn, Wesley had been active in church work and Bible study, but had not personally trusted Christ for his salvation. After he returned from a mission trip, the message of salvation by grace through faith alone flooded his heart. He later wrote, “At midnight I gave myself to Christ, assured that I was safe, whether sleeping or waking. I now found myself at peace with God, and rejoiced in hope of loving Christ. I saw that by faith I stood.” Wesley recounted the joy of that moment of salvation in his great hymn:

Long my imprisoned spirit lay,
Fast bound in sin and nature’s night;
Thine eye diffused a quickening ray,
I woke, the dungeon flamed with light;
My chains fell off, my heart was free;
I rose, went forth, and followed Thee.
Amazing love! How can it be,
That Thou, my God, shouldst die for me?

There is a temptation—after we have been saved for many years—to forget the wretched nature of our condition apart from God. Even those of us who were saved at a young age were already sinners, bound for eternity apart from God and held captive by Satan. Let us never lose the memory of the chains that once held us. If we keep that firmly in our vision, it helps us avoid the chains of sin with which the devil attempts to entrap us to keep us from serving God as we should. Never forget the chains of sin that held you before you were saved. (Copied)

David Stone  

Lakeway Baptist Church   

Humble,Tx

MORNING MANNA           3-2-24

THE WALK OF FAITH

“Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord: (For we walk by faith, not by sight:) We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord. Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.”- 2 Corinthians 5:6-9

 None of us know what the future will hold. We make plans and set goals and there is certainly nothing wrong with that, but all of us know what it is like to have our plans and goals completely reworked by events we did not see coming. Solomon warned, “Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth” (Proverbs 27:1). Since the future is unknown and uncertain, some people live in a constant state of fear and worry. Americans spend around $5 billion every year on sleeping aids. Yet God offers us a different perspective. Rather than fearing the future, we can face it with confidence. Rather than living with dread and doubt, we can trust Him to fulfill all that He has spoken.

While we do not know how events will unfold and we do not know that things will develop and play out the way we would prefer, we do know that God is always with us. And as His children we know that we will one day enter His presence to spend eternity with Him. The temporal things of this life may play out in different ways, but the eternal things of the next are already settled. Faith does not look at the circumstances around us, but at the Author of the promises. God never fails and never changes. God keeps every single promise He has made. “Blessed be the LORD, that hath given rest unto his people Israel, according to all that he promised: there hath not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by the hand of Moses his servant” (1 Kings 8:56). 

Faith in God transcends any circumstance, difficulty, or opposition we may face.( Daily in the Word)

David Stone

Lakeway Baptist Church   

Humble,Tx

MORNING MANNA           3-1-24

NEVER ALONE
“….  lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen. ”-Matt.28:20

In 1896, Glasgow University conferred on David Livingston the Degree of Doctor of Laws, which meant a great deal in Scotland in those days. He arose to speak and was received very respectfully by the people of Scotland. He was gaunt. He was haggard as the result of hardships in tropical Africa. His left arm had been crushed by a lion, and it hung helplessly at his side. And he announced to them his resolve to return to Africa without misgiving and with great gladness.

Were you to travel to Scotland you could see Livingston’s place of birth where his family grew up in a little room about the size of six by eight, could hardly see how that many people could stand in the room, much less grow up in it, and this man became one of the great heroes of Scotland and the missionary world. But after he spoke to them for a few moments he said to the vast group there, would you like me to tell you what supported me through all the years of exile from a people whose language I did not really understand, and whose attitude toward me was always uncertain and often hostile? It was this: lo I am with you alway, even to the end of the age. He said on these words I staked everything and they never failed. They will not fail.

David Stone
Lakeway Baptist Church
5801 FM 1960 E
Humble, TX. 77346