by Apostle Tom | Morning Manna
“Submit yourselves, therefore to God. . .” James 4:7a It’s all a matter of who’s in control. “Submit yourselves.” Quite a simple command, isn’t it, Pilgrim? Only two words—but, oh how great the implications of this Divine Imperative! The word itself (“submit”) comes...
by Apostle Tom | Morning Manna
“But, He gives more Grace. Wherefore, He says, ‘God resists the proud, but gives Grace unto the humble’.” James 4:6 Until we recognize our adversary, we can never win the war. Pride. You know what that is, don’t you? It’s that inherent, incorrigible, incessant...
by Apostle Tom | Morning Manna
“But He gives more Grace. Wherefore, He says, ‘God resists the proud, but gives Grace unto the humble’. . .Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord and He shall lift you up.” James 4:6, 10 If burdens have weighed you down or sorrows have broken your heart, quit...
by Apostle Tom | Morning Manna
“Seek the Lord while He may be found; call upon Him while He is near.” Isaiah 55:6 Difficulties and devastation may drive us to our knees, but desperation will also drive us to the Lord—if we let it. “Seek Him and call upon Him.” They appear to be such simple...
by Apostle Tom | Morning Manna
“Be silent, O all flesh, before the Lord—for He is raised up out of His Holy Habitation.” Zechariah 2:13 Only in the solitude of soul do we hear His “still, small Voice” (I Kings 19:12). Silence. Stop what you’re doing right now, dear Pilgrim, and “be still and know...
by Apostle Tom | Morning Manna, Poems
“Return unto your rest, O my soul, for the Lord has dealt bountifully with you—for You have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears and my feet from falling.” Psalm 116:7-8 How prone we are to wander From the safety of home and rest; We crave the thrills of...
