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 Friday, June twenty one, twenty twenty four. My name
is El David Harris. I am your noisy host. I thought mute,
Mike was muted. I apologize. 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 the Great Controversy for just over a week
now, and our caption tea on this preparation day is prepared prepared. That
is our caption for today. 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
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coaching program, let us know where you are in the world. And this
is a way that we continue to build faith and fellowship. We have said
so much over the last twelve solid weeks. Today we're going to talk about
preparation, and yeah, let's go ahead and pray first, and then we
will get underway. Father and Heaven, thank you for giving us the opportunity
to be prepared, to be able to know that we are in connection with
you, knowing that whatever happens in the final moments of the last days are
what you've already told us would happened, and our preparatory for us to be
in the Kingdom with you and with you wherever you are for the rest of
eternity. Maybe that's not even a good way of saying it throughout the ceaseless
ages of eternity. Please make us holy in Jesus' name. I pray,
Amen and Amen again. I am fascinated, but not in the not for
the reason that some might hear why I'm saying. I'm not saying something that
you might be thinking. I am fascinated by preppers. Preppers. I'm talking
about people who buy large properties and dig giant holes in the ground and create
bunkers and have all kinds of survival style preparations, basically partially because some things
happen way back in the day where people needed bomb shelters, or some people
are paranoid. Some people think that armageddon is something that you can prepare for
on planet Earth, and then when you know a lot of people are just
gone all of a sudden, then they can come out of their bunkers and
be prepared. And I know I may be given preppers a bad rap,
respect I'm just saying I want to be prepared for the coming of the Lord,
because it's not going to be that all of the food on planet Earth
will go away. It's not going to be that all of the water or
a lot of the powdable water supply is going to be somehow tainted. And
then where those who are prepared will be safe and those who are not won't
be It's not going to be some strange kind of takeover with wicked people who
are taking over the world and you who are able to prepare yourselves with let's
call it protection. Because I think the social media platforms are really interesting these
days. Looking for certain words but you if you protect yourself in a certain
way, then you're good to go. And then the rest. I don't
know what to tell you. Sorry, No, this is not what I
want to be prepared for, because really and truly God has already told us
what will happen, how it will happen, and we're seeing signs of when
those things become closer. And so I want to give you just a few
keys, a few keys to prepare for the final crisis or crisis, really
the final crisis, and then this will all be over. Okay. So
let's do it basically like we're going to do fundamentals today. Nothing too deep,
but I promise it'll change your life if you if you espouse it.
Okay. And so we're going to the Bible Book of Matthew, chapter twenty
four, and we are reading four and five verses four and five. And
Jesus, in answer to a question that his disciples had asked him about the
things that he was talking about, when shall these things be and the sign
of thy coming and of the end of the world, he said, watch
out that no one deceives you, for many will come in my name claiming
I am Christ and will deceive many. So God is saying that we need
to be in a deeper relationship with Him to know his voice, to know
when God is pouring into us, so that when anything or anyone speaks and
claims to be God huh or manifests itself even before your eyes, you will
be able to discern whether it is Jesus or whether it is not, Whether
it is God's voice or whether it is the Enemy's voice. They're the only
two options. Everybody is either on as on one or the other of the
two sides. So strengthen your faith, brothers and sisters, I'm saying it
to me through regular prayer, regular Bible reading and study, and fellowship with
other believers who have the same goals. A community of believers and a strong
connection with God will transform your life. Hear the voice of God by listening
for him every day through prayer, through his word, and then of course
the collective of believers we come together and we discern His voice. Now,
of course you want to have a grasp of Bible prophecy as much as you
can in the last days as well. And so we get the idea just
really quickly from the Book of Daniel, chapter two, and the Bible reads
that he changed, He changes times and seasons. He disposes kings, deposes
kings. I didn't mean disposes, deposes kings, and raises up others.
He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discerning. Of course,
in that time we were seeing a discussion where nepichad Nezzer why he was having
an interesting time because he was rejecting God because he thought he was God.
And then God introduced himself basically, and the fact is that God does.
He raises kings, he raises presidents and other leaders of our countries, and
he brings them down. And Daniel the prophecies and Daniel and in Revelation show
how all of these stand up and they sit down. According to Daniel chapter
eleven, they're up and then they're down. And then we see in Daniel
chapter twelve, at some point very soon we will see mi kl him stand
up for God for his people. And the next time that there is a
sitting down, he is sitting down on the univers's throne and throned as king
of kings and Lord of lords. Blessed be his name. And so we
want to understand Bible prophecy, and how God is in the affairs of humans,
even the ones that lead the world, and how it impacts on the
rest of us, and what we need to do in order to lead people
closer to God so that hopefully they will decide, yes, I love Him
just like you do, and then they will serve him. Okay. So
study the prophecies, not just for facts and information, not just for times
and timelines, not just for an understanding of the symbol, but to have
a close relationship with God, knowing that He is still in the affairs of
human kind. Okay, And so we want to live a life of obedience.
In Revelation, chapter fourteen and verse twelve, the Bible reads, here
is the patience of the saints. Here are they that do what keep the
commandments of God. We don't want to gloss over that and make it seems
like it's not a big deal. It's just a basic principle. No,
He has given us ten commandments to let us know what his will and pleasure
is for our lives, a transcript of his character. And so when he
says be holy, for I the Lord thy God, am holy, he's
saying, this is the measure of holiness. This is the measure of love.
Those who love God will keep his commandments because his love empowers people to
keep his commandments. Are you getting this? And so a life of obedience
is key right here? That keep the commandments of God. How do they
do that? They have the faith of Jesus. They have the faith.
We have the faith of Jesus. Okay. And then, of course we
want to build a community or be a part of the community of believers of
faith. In Hebrews Chapter ten, verses twenty four and twenty five, it
says, and let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love
and good deeds, not giving up meeting together as some are in the habit
of doing, but encouraging one another. And all the more as we see
the day approaching, this is some of what we need to do. How
we must live in order to be prepared. Are you prepared? Peace?
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,