by Vince Olaer | Devotionals, Morning Manna
“From that time many of His disciples went back and walked no more with Him. Then said Jesus unto the twelve, ‘Will you also go away’?” John 6:66-67 If He’s not your Treasure (II Cor. 4:7), you’ll always be tempted to doubt and desert. It’s easy to be brave...
by Vince Olaer | Devotionals, Morning Manna
“And He said to them all, ‘If any man will come after Me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow Me’.” Luke 9:23 You can’t follow Him and stay where you are. The terms seem so difficult, so austere: “If you would come after Me, deny...
by Vince Olaer | Devotionals, Morning Manna
“For that you ought to say, ‘If the Lord wills, we shall live and do this or that’.” James 4:15 Clay’s responsibility is to lie quietly and pliable on the potter’s wheel; it’s the potter’s responsibility to decide what to do with it (Jer. 18:1-6). ...
by Vince Olaer | Devotionals, Morning Manna
“. . .For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.” James 4:14b It’s the soul-searching Question of the ages. “For what is your life?” Spiritual introspection. An honest assessment of who we are,...
by Vince Olaer | Devotionals, Morning Manna
“Delight yourself also in the Lord—and He will give you the desires of your heart.” Psalm 37:4 When this is our “Magnificent Obsession,” we’ll know what Jesus meant when He said “If you shall ask anything in My Name, I will do it” (Jn. 14:14) because we’re...