by Vince Olaer | Devotionals, Morning Manna
“Come unto Me. . .” Matthew 11:28b It’s one thing to come; it’s another thing to know where to go and what awaits you when you get there. We’re all going somewhere; the question is “Where?” Too often we’re like the person who was asked where he was going. He replied,...
by Vince Olaer | Devotionals, Morning Manna
“Come unto Me all you that labor and are heavy-laden. . .” Matthew 11:28c His is for the down-and-outs, not the up-and-comings; the infamous, not the famous; the outcasts, not the “in group.” Have you ever noticed how Christ’s values always seemed to be in...
by Vince Olaer | Devotionals, Morning Manna
“Come. . .” Matthew 11:28a It is simple in tone and sublime in experience. Never has there been a more beautiful invitation than this one, captured in a single word: “Come.” We know the word itself implies a moving from one place to another; otherwise the One speaking...
by Vince Olaer | Devotionals, Morning Manna
“Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints.” Psalm 116:15 Although we may wonder why He allows it and doesn’t put a stop to it, we must still “give thanks in all things” (I Thess. 5:18) and “lift high the shield of Resurrection faith” (Eph....
by Vince Olaer | Devotionals, Morning Manna
“For You have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears and my feet from falling.” Psalm 116:8 His is not a partial salvation, but complete in every way—both in life and death. How thankful we should be the anonymous author of today’s Manna wasn’t some...
