Most of us eat every day, some of us too much because yesterday's food
is not enough to supply energy for today's needs. Why then, do some
of us expect yesterday's portion of heavenly manna, the word of God to keep
us through today's challenges. On this program, we are going to change all
of that. Let's experience God's words today and receive the power we need to
live healthy, vibrant lives. Welcome to Your Daily Portion with your host,
author speaker Elle David Harris. Good morning, Good morning, Good morning.
It is Thursday, November thirty, twenty twenty three. Hello, my name
is El David Harris. I am your host, and this is your Daily
Portion where we give you God's Word every single day and today is no exception.
We are continuing in our Lesson study series. God's Mission, My Mission.
Our caption for today is Mission to the Powerful, Mission to the Powerful.
We'll get into that in just a moment, but first I'd like to
say welcome to you and ask you to go over to your Daily Portion dot
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you are in the world, and also also pick up the Your Daily Portion
book at your Daily Portion dot com. This is how we continue to build
faith and fellowship. Let's go ahead and pray, and then we will get
underway. Batherin Heaven, thank you for giving us the privilege that you have
entrusted to us to open your word again. Please teach us how to be
influential to influential people. For your glory. In Jesus' name, I pray,
Amen and amen again. Mission to the powerful. We did speak about
mission to those who had a lot of money, right, rich people or
wealthy people. And sometimes there are those who are powerful who are not as
wealthy. They may be wealthy and powerful or just powerful. I don't need
to go into that. I think you understand that already. I want to
read a quote that I will read likely again tomorrow, but I want to
do it now. Nonetheless, it is from the book The Ministry of Healing,
page two hundred and ten, just to get our discussion started, and
it reads much is said concerning our duty to the neglected pore should not some
attention be given to the neglected rich? Many look upon this class as hopeless.
Can I just pause right there? It is unfortunate that people have stigmatized
individuals with means. It is unfortunate that people have stigmatized people who don't have
means, but the reality is that has happened, and so we need to
be able to adjust and focus our energy to reach as many people as possible,
regardless of socioeconomic status. But if you are people who are called and
chosen to reach those who are powerful, affluent, or rich or wealthy,
then please do, please do what God has said. Let me continue the
quote. Thousands of wealthy people have gone to their graves unwarned, but in
difference and different as they may appear. And I just want to say appear
many among the rich are sole burden. And that's the end of the quote.
Can I just say that we are more alike than we are different.
We are human beings. All of us have certain needs. I think about
because of my background, I think about Maslow's hierarchy of needs, and really
the extended one. There is one with ten points rather than the fewer.
Right, So all of us have certain needs. We have physiological needs,
we have needs where relationships are concerned. We needs, we have needs to
belong. We have needs for transcendence, and for the believer, transcendence is
to connect with God who is more powerful than us, something outside of ourselves,
that's what they say. But we have a need to connect with our
creator, with our origin, with our roots. And therefore, therefore,
since we are more alike than we are different, that means that all of
us have needs and they're similar. They just may look a little bit different
depending on our social or social economic status. But we're focusing again on the
powerful today. Let me begin by reading in James chapter one and verse five.
We have to super simplify this. If any of you lack wisdom,
let them ask of God that give it to all people. Live bally and
a pray doeth not, which means he does not hold back, and it
shall be given him. It shall be given. If you need wisdom,
Lord, how do I reach the people who are powerful in our community?
Community, activists, politicians, those who are business owners, successful business owners,
and so many other people of influence. How do I do that?
Just pray for wisdom, Pray for insight and opportunity. Can I just pause
right here? Pray for insight and opportunity. One of the things that God
has done in my life. And it's weird to me, and I say
to me because I'm a human. I don't understand and much of anything where
spirituality is concerned. But God is showing me stuff. Right. But for
many, many years, God has positioned me to be of influence and impact
to people that don't come from where I come. I'm from people who are
affluent, people who are powerful, And I'm like, Lord, how does
this happen? He hasn't ever told me. But the fact is He does
situate me in that way. So what do I do? I have to
ask God? What is the wisdom here? How do I connect you and
them? How do I help them to excel and to succeed in whatever area
of life that they happen to be and to connect with you and I again,
I don't know why he does that, but he does. And what
do I do? I ask him? And then in some short period of
time, shoot, I'm gone and on to the next one. It's amazing
when God wants to use you to do certain things, you just don't try
to figure it out, just ask him for wisdom. Here's the other one
from Philippians, chapter two and verse three. The Bible reads, let nothing
be done through strife or vain glory. So God wants us to what be
peacemakers. Yes, he also wants us to be humble, humble, but
in lowliness of mind, let each esteem other better than themselves. What God
wants us to do in this context is to do what develop genuine care.
Develop genuine care, seek the best for and in all people, and in
this case even the powerful. Do not stigmatize them. Do not say because
you are an actor in Hollywood or Bollywood, as the case may be,
right, don't say because you are in this particular affluent position, then there's
no hope for you, because after all, people who are in those arenas
are always no, no, no, no, God says, seek wisdom
from Me, and also and opportunities to be of service, but also also
develop genuine care. They have families, they have needs, they have health
like right, they have minds just like you do, and so God wants
to use us in that way. Let's go to First Timothy, chapter two
and verse one, and the Bible reads I exhort therefore that first of all
supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all people.
Keep a prayer list. Yeah, that's the simplicity of it. Keep
a list of influential people who don't know God for daily prayer asking God to
work in their lives. Keep a prayer list. There are people that you
know or you may not know. You may be watching them on the television
for all I know, you may be seeing them in your community organizedations and
you just don't know them personally. And you can simply pray and say,
God, will you please deliver these people? Will you deliver your son,
deliver your daughter from sin? Will you show them how to live holy lives?
Can you give them victory over the things that beset them? Can you
give them strength when they are sad? You understand? And then, of
course personal contact from Proverbs chapter eighteen and verse twenty four. A man that
hath friends must show himself friendly. And there is a friend that stickth closer
than a brother. Yeah, personal contact. Aim to be friendly, even
if you're an introvert. Good. Have a wonderful day. Peace. Thanks
for joining us listening to friends. Always remember we cannot live by bread alone,
but by every word that comes from the mouth of God. This has
been your daily portion with el David Harris. Make it a great day. Yeah,