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 Monday, July eight, 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 new Lesson study series through the Book of
Mark, and our caption for today is an unforgettable worship service. An unforgettable
worship service. We'll get into that in just a moment, but first I
would like to say welcome to you and ask you to please go over to
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where you are in the world. And this is one of the ways that
we continue to build faith and fellowship. Let's go ahead and pray, and
then we will get underway. Father and Heaven, thank you for giving us
this new day and for the opportunity to work Lord or volunteer be of assistance
to someone today. I pray God that you will give us unforgettable worship experiences
with you. In Jesus's name, I pray Amen and Amen again an unforgettable
worship service. Let me change the term to experience an unforgettable worship experience.
When was the last time that you had an unforgettable worship experience with God?
I want you to fix that time in your mind. When was it that
you had an unforgettable worship experience with God? Okay? I want you to
write down the time or the date, if you knew the date, if
it was while you were alone, while you were in the congregation of other
believers, if you were in a vehicle or on your way somewhere, what
was what was it that made it unforgettable? And then I want you to
write down not only when was it or where you were what made it unforgettable?
But what was the outcome? Why was it unforgettable? Yes? But
what was the outcome, because a lot of times people have unforgettable experiences and
can't really think about what what the outcome was, like, what was it
that God did in your life? What changed? What action came as a
result, what was the influence that you had on other people as a result,
or you know, fill in the blank. So this is what I
want you to do. Okay, write these things down and then pray and
ask God, can you give me more of these Can you change my life
in such a way that I have unforgettable worship experiences with you on a regular
basis. All right, so let's go into the lesson, and we're going
to the Bible Book of Mark, of course, the Book of Mark,
and we're going to read Mark chapter one, beginning at verse twenty one,
about an experience that someone had. Okay, and the Bible reads and they
went into Capernium and straightway on the Sabbath day, he entered into the synagogue
and taught. And they were astonished at his doctrine, for he taught them
as one having authority, not as the scribes. So they were accustomed to
hearing people bump their gums and talk about things related to God, but not
with authority, not with transformational power. They continued. They continued, and
there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit, and he cried
out, let me ask you a question. Have you ever been in a
worship setting where someone was bound by unclean spirits? I can say that has
happened to me. H, not to me. But what I'm saying,
I've been in the experience like this when we were at trench Town Church,
as I was a member there and an elder on multiple occasions. This is
what we experienced. And God did miraculous things brothers and sisters, because He
is powerful, Blessed be his name. Okay, and so an unclean spirit,
and he cried out saying, let us alone, what have we to
do with thee thou Jesus of Nazareth, And art thou come to destroy us?
I know THEE who thou art, the Holy One of God. So
Jesus was entering into the early part of his ministry, and this is what
he encounters in the worship setting as he is teaching the truth to people so
they can be set free from all kinds of evil and bondage and oppressive thoughts
and mindset. And this is how the devil chose to disturb the worship service,
the Bible continues, and Jesus rebuked him. What did he do?
The Bible says that Jesus rebuked him. They didn't play an organ, They
did not have some fancy service as a result of whatever they were experiencing.
They didn't say, bring the cameras here and get all all proud and bosy.
They did not do any of that. Jesus rebuked him and said,
hold thy peace. You are not free to speak here with the same authority
that spoke worlds into existence, the same authority that said let there be light,
and there was light with that same authority. Jesus, Yes, I
did, say Jesus. I am aware that Gesus was on planet Earth.
I am aware that Jesus was clothed in humanity. So for those of you
who have been a part of certain spiritual fellowships, and people say that Jesus
left his power in heaven, now I need you to explain to them very
clearly that there is no way that Jesus, the Son of God, or
God the Son had less power as he lived on planet Earth. And true
there were experiences where he had to be as a human when he needed to
eat and drink and rest and be encouraged, and all of that, he
functioned fully as a human being. He did not use any power that you
cannot use to rely on God, our Father as he struggled through this human
predigament. But when he spoke to those devils, he wasn't speaking as a
mere human. He spoke as the one who created those angels, who were
holy when he created them. And he did what. He rebuked them,
saying, hold thy peace and come out of him. And guess what.
And when the unclean spirit had torn him and cried with a loud voice,
he did the only thing that he could do, because Jesus was speaking.
He came out of him. And they were all amazed, insomuch that they
questioned among themselves, saying, what thing is this? What new doctrine is
this? For with authority commandeth he even unclean spirits, and they do obey
him. And immediately his fame spread abroad throughout all the region. About Galilee,
I asked you a question in the beginning, have you ever had had
an unforgettable experience in worship? Can you remember the day that God set you
free? It may not have been as a dramatic is this or maybe it
was because Mary Magdalene she had experiences like these multiple times. People that I
know have had experiences. People I've read about have had experiences like these.
And so God has the same authority today that he did. Then he has
not run out of power. What made your experience in worship unforgettable? Now
I did ask you another question. I said, what was the outcome?
You See, this man was delivered, but he was delivered to do God's
will. He was delivered to move into his life and to become a witness
to people of what great things God can do in the life of a person
that he comes and delivers. Yes, And so when God does something amazing
in your life, God has given you the opportunity, has given me the
opportunity to praise him. There are many times that I have prayed for for
certain things and people, and I've said, God, when you do this,
will you give us a mouth with which to praise you? Will you
give us a mouth with which to praise you? And so not only did
Jesus speak words from scripture with authority, but he also was able to move
into supernatural with authority. So what does that mean for me? That means
that I don't have to worry about my mindset anymore, because with authority Jesus
can change my mindset if I yield to him. I don't have to worry
about the bad words or the other things that I've done in the past because
with authority, Jesus can change me if I yield to him. So if
you want an unforgettable experience with God, then just continue. 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,