In a message this week, Pastor Craig Groeschel said; "The journey toward healing, forgiveness and joy start with just one step." We grow incrementally... one step at a time... not my leaps and bounds. Although God could instantly transform us, he has chosen to develop us slowly. Whats the "one step" you should take today?

Our God is a strong shelter and a rock of refuge in Whom we can hide during the storms and difficulties of life. He is our tower of strength, our firm fortress and our secure stronghold to Whom we can run for protection and safety in an increasingly Christ-rejecting, God-denying, and anti-Christian world. Enter into His refuge today.

Ever found it difficult to just stand still in the middle of a hectic workweek? How about standing still when you feel like you are about to be overwhelmed with life? Have you tried standing still when life seems like it is crashing down around you? That's exactly the advice that God gave Israel at the Red Sea in Exodus 14:13 - "And Moses said to the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord..."

Psalm 90:10 says; "The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away." Yesterday, September 6, 2020, I turned 70 years of age... three score and ten. Turning 70 brings a lot of different thoughts that I'd like to share with you on today's Morning Manna.

We may think we read our Bibles, but if we’re honest, our Bibles read us. It is our "holy cardiologist" and reveals to us things about our heart that we could never know otherwise. Let's talk about it on today's Morning Manna.

I love the old cartoons... Tom and Jerry, Huckleberry Hound, Underdog, and Quickdraw McGraw. But on of my favorites was Popeye the Sailor Man. Popeye would often say I yam what I yam and that's all that I yam. Who are we this morning? Let's talk about it on today's Morning Manna.

OK let's wrap it up. What's the final analysis? I love the way the Apostle Paul ended his letter to the Church at Ephesus in Ephesians 6. He helps them quickly get to the bottom line. I think what he shares with them will help us in today's challenges. Let's talk about it on today's Morning Manna.

We all hide. To one degree or another, we conceal things about ourselves from other people and obscure things about ourselves that we cannot bear to face. One of the peculiar things about humans is that we frequently wear masks. We can pretend to be someone or something that we’re not. Let's talk about it on today's Morning Manna.

As part of God's family we have a living hope... that's the message of 1 Peter 1:3 - "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead." Even the return of Jesus is called "the blessed hope" - Titus 2:13 "Looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ." Base your life today and this week on that hope.

Who are you blaming for your sin problems? Who in your family or your relationship is suffering the consequences of your sinful choices? Is it your spouse, your children, your marriage, your parents, etc.? Who or what is it in your life that is suffering because you continue to make the choice of willful sin over and over again blame others for it?