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 Sunday, February eleven, twenty twenty four. 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 through the Book of
Psalms, and our caption for today is His Mercy Endures Forever. Oh,
how many of you know that God's mercy is ever lasting even in your life?
Yes, Scott is very good, and we'll talk about that in just
a moment, but before I do, I'd like to say welcome to you
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Bother in heaven. Thank you for this day and for giving us a new
week, a new week to work, a workweek for you, a work
week to enhance our families and the Kingdom of Heaven. All at the same
time. I pray that you will give us understanding and teach us about mercy
today, your mercy and teach us to be mercyfull in Jesus' name. I
pray Amen and Amen again. Yeah, so Jesus said to his disciples in
another context, freely you have received, freely give, and we could apply
this broad stroke. Whatever blessings God has given to you, you can see
that as an opportunity to reciprocate by giving to others. If God gives you
energy, then you lend some of your energy to others. If God gives
you intellect and emotional intelligence, then you lend some of that to them.
Right. If God has been merciful to you, let's just cut to the
chase. If God has been merciful to you, then you should be merciful
to others. And that is the reality for all of us. Right.
And so Jesus said, blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.
So this is a great, big circle. God gives, we receive,
we give to someone else. Okay. And so in the Book of
Psalms, chapter one hundred and thirty six, one of my favorite chapters.
There are a couple that are very similar, but let me get to it.
Psalm chapter one hundred and thirty six, we see God's mercy prevalent.
Okay, and so let's go ahead and read. And it's so it's rhythmic,
it gets down into your core, and if you accept this then it
can change your life forever. And so we begin with verse one, Oh,
give thanks unto the Lord, for he is good for his mercy endureth
forever. And so we see two principle, or more than two, really
three One the fact that we can, will and must if we are God's
children, give thanks to God. He's He's good. That's the second principle.
He's good just on the strength of him. Being who he is like
his innate nature means that he is good. He is righteous in all of
his ways, and there is nothing but goodness in him, and his mercy
endures forever. This also means that he is eternal. So to your generations
before you, fifteen twenty thirty generations before you, all the way back to
the first generation of those who are in your bloodline, God has been merciful.
And until Jesus comes, all the way until then whenever, that is,
if it's next year, next month, tomorrow, whenever Jesus comes,
his mercy will have endured until then. Oh and by the way, those
who enter into eternity with God right after Jesus comes, and then the thousand
years are finished, and then we come and inherit this new earth, and
we continue throughout the ceaseless ages of eternity, then his mercy will have endured
all throughout those eons, that eternal time. And so we see that his
mercy endureth forever. And I'll say that like one hundred more times before we're
done. Verse two. Oh, give thanks unto the God of Gods for
his mercy endureth forever. We know that there are no humans that are legitimately
gods. Right, But he has entrusted God, entrusted power and authority and
leadership into the bosom and care of people. And we've talked about that before.
But he is the God of gods. These powerful people with influence answer
to the Creator. He's the God of gods. Yes, his mercy endures
forever. Oh give thanks verse three, unto the Lord of Lords, for
his mercy endureth forever. To him who alone doeth great wonders. How for
his mercy endureth forever. If you're not getting the theme now, I don't
know what it will take, but let me just say here, he do
with great wonders. Have you ever seen wonders done in your life? I
think there is a song that said, would you be free from the burden
of sin? There's power in the blood? Power in the blood? Would
you or evil a victory to win? There's wonder, working power in the
blood. I think it's said here, who do with wonders? There's power,
hallelujah, power, wonder, working power in the blood of the lamb.
There is power, power, wonder, working power in the precious blood
of the lamb. And that is besides the creative power of God, where
he unfurls his brightness, his effulgent brightness, upon the expanse of the darkness.
And then he begins to create planets and galaxies and solar systems and other
things that we are not even privy to at. As yet, his mercy
endureth forever. As you can tell, this is a great passage verse five,
to him that by wisdom made the heavens, for his mercy endureth forever.
And if you study in the Book of Proverbs chapter eight, if you
study in the Book of First Corinthians chapter one, the closing passages, you
will see that wisdom is indeed Jesus Christ himself. So for anyone who lacks
wisdom, and we ask of God, and God gives liberally and upbraideth not.
He's literally giving Jesus Christ into our lives, who by wisdom made the
heavens. Oh, you didn't know Jesus made the heavens and the earth.
Huh did you not know that? Yes? In John chapter one, Hebrews
chapter one, and in other places we see very clearly that Jesus Christ is
the creator of the heavens and the earth. So by wisdom God, our
Father, created the heavens his mercy endureth forever to him that stretched out the
earth above the waters for his mercy endureth forever, to him that made the
great lights, I would say, on the fourth day, even though he
again unfurled his effulgent brightness upon the expanse of the deep and the darkness on
day one, he revealed himself as the light yes on day one. On
day four he created the great lights, the moon and the stars verse nine,
to rule the night for his mercy in earth forever. To him that
smokee Egypt and their first born for his mercy and dureth forever. God destroyed
what, however was was in the way, as God's people were faithful,
and the people would not repent who were in the way of God's movements.
Well, that's what happened in the Red Sea Verse eleven. And brought Israel
from among them for his mercy endureth forever, with a strong hand and with
a stretched out arm, for his mercy endureth forever to him that divided the
Red Sea into parts for his mercy endureth forever, and made Israel to pass
through the midst of it. For his mercy endureth forever. But overthrew Pharaoh
and his hosts in the Red Sea for his mercy endureth forever. And then
we go on and on how God overcame all of those kings that separated or
attempted to separate God's peace people from the promise that he had made to their
forefather Abraham verse twenty one, and gave their land foreign heritage for his mercy
endureth forever, Who remembered his who remembered us in our low estate verse twenty
three, for his mercy endureth forever, and hath redeemed us from our enemies
for his mercy endureth forever. Who giveth food to all flesh for his mercy
endureth forever. In verse twenty six, here it is, Oh, give
thanks unto the God of Heaven for his mercy endureth forever. I think that
God has been so good, How good Dave so good that He's given us
his mercy and that mercy endures forever. Thanks for joining us listening. 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,