Believer...What Has First Place In The Morning? - Earthly Cares Or The Things Of The LORD? Psalms 5:3

'My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up' (Psalms 5:3)

"I will direct my prayer’ as an arrow, and after that, 'I will look up,' to see if it has hit. When the prayer is directed in the morning, the 'look up' lasts all day" - Charles Stanford

There are many early risers mentioned in the Bible. These men of God found solutions to life’s problems by directing their prayers to the LORD, who would hear and assist them in their endeavours for the day. Before the day began they received the confidence necessary to shoulder responsibilities.

Abraham rose early in the morning to stand before the Lord. (Genesis 19:27)
Jacob rose early in the morning, to worship the Lord. (Genesis 28:18)
Moses rose early to build an altar to God (Exodus 24:4) and
to meet God at Sinai. (Exodus 34:4)
Hannah and Elkanah rose early to worship God. (1 Samuel 1:19)
Job rose early to offer sacrifices. (Job 1:5)
David awakened early for prayer. (Psalm 119:147 & Psalm 57:8)
Hezekiah rose up early and gathered the rulers of the city and went up
to the house of the Lord. (2 Chronicles 29:20)
The Son of God rose early to go to a solitary place to pray. (Mark 1:35)

"The camel kneels at break of day, to have his guide pack his load,
Then rises up fresh to take the desert road.
So thou should’st kneel at morning’s dawn, that God may give thee daily care,
Assured that He no load too great will make thee bear"

(Author unknown; source: Bible Gems)

Numbers 11:9 'The Manna Fell Upon The Dew' - A Verse Of Holy Scripture For Believers Never To Forget

Manna in the wilderness. Students of their bibles know the story. Most non-students of the bible have heard it also. After passing through the Red Sea the children of Israel spent the next forty years wandering in the wilderness before entering Canaan. Throughout this entire period of their history the LORD God fed them miraculously each day with "manna", bread rained from heaven [Exodus 16:4,15,35]. This is a picture, a type, for NT believers. For these called-out ones, this world is a wilderness, and they too have only one possible source of sustenance while passing through it [1John 2:16-17], namely the antitype of the manna, the true bread from heaven, the Lord Jesus Christ [John 6:51]. On this topic, below is an excerpted portion of a C.H. Mackintosh (1820-1896) commentary on Exodus in which he brings out something very profound about this "manna" that all would do well to take to heart - that is that it fell not upon the earth but 'fell upon the dew':
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Numbers 11:9 'And when the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell upon it'

The manna was so pure and delicate that it could not bear contact with earth. It fell upon the dew [Num. 11:9], and had to be gathered ere the sun was up. Each one, therefore, had to rise early and seek his daily portion. So it is with the people of God now. The heavenly manna must be gathered fresh every morning. Yesterdays manna will not do for today, nor today's for tomorrow. We must feed upon Christ every day, with fresh energy of the Spirit, else we shall cease to grow. Moreover, we must make Christ our primary object. We must seek Him "early," before "other things" have had time to take possession of our poor susceptible hearts. Many of us, alas! fail in this. We give Christ a secondary place, and the consequence is, we are left feeble and barren. The enemy, ever watchful, takes advantage of our excessive spiritual indolence to rob us of the blessedness and strength which flow from feeding upon Christ. The new life in the believer can only be nourished and sustained by Christ. "As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father; so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me." [John 6:57]

It is truly deplorable to find Christians seeking after the things of this world. It proves, very distinctly, that they are "loathing" the heavenly manna, and esteeming it "light bread" [Numbers 21:5]. They are ministering to that which they ought to mortify. The activities of the new life will ever show themselves in connection with the subjugation of "the old man with his deeds" [Rom. 8:13]; and the more that is accomplished, the more will we desire to feed upon the "bread which strengtheneth man's heart" [Psalms 104:15]. As in nature, the more we exercise, the better the appetite, so in grace, the more our renewed faculties are called into play, the more we feel the need of feeding, each day, upon Christ. It is one thing to know that we have life in Christ, together with full forgiveness and acceptance before God, and it is quite another to be in habitual communion with Him — feeding upon Him by faith — making Him the exclusive food of our souls [John 6:47-48].

Very many profess to have found pardon and peace in Jesus, who, in reality, are feeding upon a variety of things which have no connection with Him. They feed their minds with the newspapers and the varied frivolous and vapid literature of the day [John 6:53]. Will they find Christ there? Is it by such instrumentality that the Holy Ghost ministers Christ to the soul? Are these the pure dew-drops on which the heavenly manna descends for the sustenance of God's redeemed in the desert? Alas! no; they are the gross materials in which the carnal mind delights [Rom. 8:7]. How then can a true Christian live upon such? We know, by the teaching of God's word, that he carries about with him two natures; and it may be asked, Which of the two is it that feeds upon the world's news and the world's literature? Is it the old or the new [Eph. 4:22-24]? A man's acts are always the truest index of his desires and purposes. Hence, if I find a professing Christian neglecting his Bible [KJV - link], yet finding abundance of time — yea, some of his choicest hours — for the newspaper, I can be at no loss to decide as to the true condition of his soul. I am sure he cannot be spiritual — cannot be feeding upon, living for, or witnessing to, Christ.  - CHM [1862]
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[Note: Crucial have to make sure the manna is real not counterfeit - meaning you MUST have the AV Authorized Version aka KJV only; for proof of that see: KJV-Only / links ]
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Colossians 3:1-2 'If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth'

Trouble Alert 10-11-24: Today is Jewish Yom Kippur i.e. Day Of Atonement - The Day They Do The 'Kol Nidre' Ritual To License All Manner Of Evil By 'Pre-Repentance'

[Below is excerpted - see full post at link]  Today 10-11-24 the strange ritual called Kol Nidre being done by Talmud practicing Jews worldwide:
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Yom Kippur or 'Day of Atonement' comes from the Old Testament Mosaic Law. On this day, once a year only, the Jewish high priest was permitted to enter the holy place within the Jewish temple where the ark of the covenant was kept, to there offer the blood of a sacrifice for all the congregation for the year past. Essentially this was to be an overall 'atonement', or covering, as it were, for any defilements or sins, etc. that had been overlooked or missed by the regular daily and other normal sacrificial offerings done throughout the year where they would have been atoned for (Leviticus 16). That was then. Judaism now, as some know, has long ago exchanged the Bible for the Talmud and Kabbalah and is thoroughly apostate, although still holding to an outward form. Part of that outward form still held to is the yearly Day of Atonement ceremony - which for many centuries now has been performed with the addition of a remarkable twist called the "Kol Nidre":

Kol Nidre (also known as Kol Nidrey or Kol Nidrei) is an Aramaic declaration recited in the synagogue before the beginning of the evening service on every Yom Kippur ("Day of Atonement"). Its name is taken from the opening words, meaning "all vows". Before sunset on the eve of Yom Kippur ("Day of Atonement"), the congregation gathers in the synagogue. The cantor then chants the passage beginning with the words Kol Nidre with its touching melodic phrases...
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What is not exactly clear in the above quote from Wikipedia about the Talmudic Jewish 'Kol Nidre' ritual is that this prayer/chant is meant to cover the coming year, not the year past. This is the new twist given to the new 'Talmudic Jewish Day of Atonement'. It is actually "pre-repentance" and is said to last the entire year. This then gives the Jew license to do all manner of evil throughout the year for he is now absolved beforehand. Jews have been practicing this ritual every year for centuries. On these things an excerpt from the book 'ANTI-SEMITISM And The Babylonian Connection' by Des Griffin...

According to Jewish author, Samuel Roth, "The Jewish Prayer Book lists the following sins specifically, as amongst those which are unconditionally forgiven the Jew on Yom Kippur:

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Rev. 18:4

Hurricane Helene Milton MSM-Fictional 'New Category' Super-Destructo Storms - With Geoengineered Agenda 21 Man-Made Storm Surges (And Other Methods) - They Just Did It Again --- Relocate To The 15-Min Cities Useless Eaters

So-called 'Hurricane Helene' seasonal storm turned into new-category 'ultra climate-change mega monster' by same-as-always ridiculous fake over-the-top msm-hype propaganda - including lots of wild and crazy looking fake cgi's supposedly showing these supposed new-breed-hurricanes doing all sorts of impossible things - pop-up out of nowhere, speed up, slow down, stall, turn right, turn left - go any which way at any time, get massively bigger like go from a cat 1 to a cat 5 (or even now the new cat in town a '6' you are supposed to believe) in the blink of an all-seeing-eye - to provide the explanation for planned geoengineered destruction.. like opening dams, reservoirs, levees, etc. to create flooding-on-demand of target areas, and man-made supposed storm surges (and turning off power for entire regions) .. yep they just did it again -- relocate to the 15-min cities everybody Agenda 21 you are watching it; "Storm Surges" Man Made 2022:
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Repost from 10-10-22:

'Storm Surges' Man Made - Agenda 21 Relocate Get Off The Coasts Useless Eaters [Vid]

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see full post: 'Storm Surges' Man Made: Hurricanes Are Surface Winds - Surface Winds Cannot Displace Water; Ian - Dor[ian] Tsunami 'Storm Surge' Bombs Sept. 2022, 2019 10-4-22

Rev. 18:4


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