by Vince Olaer | Devotionals, Morning Manna
“For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the Gospel—not with wisdom of words, lest the Cross of Christ should be made of none effect. . .For I determined not to know anything among you, save Jesus Christ and Him crucified.” I Corinthians 1:17; 2:2 Remembering...
by Vince Olaer | Devotionals, Morning Manna
“But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.” II Corinthians 11:3 In Christ, the K.I.S.S. (“Keep It Simple, Sir”) should always apply—especially in our...
by Vince Olaer | Devotionals, Morning Manna
“And he said, ‘I beseech You, show me Your Glory’.” Exodus 33:18 Until this becomes our “Magnificent Obsession,” we’ll always be chasing the wind and laying up treasures where “moth and rust do corrupt and where thieves break through and steal” (Mt. 6:19). Moses,...
by Vince Olaer | Devotionals, Morning Manna
“As the hart pants after the water brooks, so pants my soul after Thee, O God. My soul thirsts for God—for the living God; when shall I come and appear before God?” Psalm 42:1-2 He places it there when He creates us; it’s up to us to pursue/stir it once the Holy...
by Vince Olaer | Devotionals, Morning Manna
“And Jacob said, ‘Nay, I pray you, if now I have found grace in your sight, then receive my present at my hand—for, therefore, I have seen your face as though I had seen the Face of God and you were pleased with me’.” Genesis 33:10 Anytime you experience Grace, you...
by Vince Olaer | Devotionals, Morning Manna
“And Jacob called the name of the place ‘Peniel—for I have seen God face-to-Face and my life is preserved’.” Genesis 32:30 Once we’ve wrestled with God, we’ll never walk the same or look at life the same. The struggles of the soul are most often solitary ones...
