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, November five, twenty twenty three. Hello, my
name is Elle 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, and our caption for today is to share the good news.
To share the good news. Do you have good news to share? HM,
that's a real question. Do you have good or great news to share?
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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pick up the Your Daily Portion book. It's a way for us to continue
to build faith and fellowship at your Daily Portion dot com. Let's go ahead
and pray and then we will get underway. Father and Heaven, thank you
for giving us the new opportunity today to open up your word. And I'm
asking you please to teach us to share share great news about what you are
doing in our lives today. In Jesus' name, I pray, Amen and
Amen again. Share, Share, Share, share the great news. Isn't
it wonderful that God is not asking us to do anything that we cannot do.
God does not set us up for failure. He enables us when he
bids us. When he bids us, he enables us. You see.
So God is saying to share what great things He is doing in our lives
today every opportunity that he provides. You see, He's not asking us to
do something that's impossible, something we have to make up, something we have
to study. He's saying, what am I doing in your life? How
am I transforming you? And when you share how He is transforming you then
you will be able to do what you will be able to share how God
can transform others. If he can change your life, if he can make
you holy when you were unholy, if he can give you confidence when you
used to lack confidence. Yes, he can do it for someone else.
So we're going to begin now in the Book of Luke, chapter twenty.
I'm going to read twelve verses. If the time permits, let's see how
we can do it. I'm gonna pace myself and see what God has to
say here. We're reading now verse one. Now, upon the first day
of the week, very early in the morning, they came to the sepulcher,
bringing spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them. Why
were these women going to a tomb on the day that Jesus said he would
rise from the tomb. So there is a faith problem in the camp of
the people of God. These women are looking for Jesus where he said he
would absolutely not be prophetically and then even while he was with them. Keep
going verse two, and they found the stone rolled away from the sepulcher.
That's what they were supposed to find. And they entered in and found not
the body of the Lord Jesus Christ. Why not? Because he was risen.
He said, I laid down my life that I may take it again.
And this is the commandment that I have of my Father. Keep going
verse four, And came to pass as they were perplexed. Why were they
perplexed? About? Thereabout? Behold? Two men stood by them in shining
garments. And as they were afraid and bowed down their faces to the earth,
they said, unto the men, they said, unto them, Excuse
me? Why seek ye the living among the dead? Can I just ask
you? Why do you continue? Brothers and sisters, if this is your
case, why do you continue looking for God in dead places? Why do
you keep looking for God in what you abstain from? Why do you keep
looking from to God in your pain? Like? Why do you keep looking
for God in those areas where you fail? When God is saying, look
to me and live. He's saying that when you were down, called to
him as the great comforter. Huh. When you are successful, even thank
him for all of this. Says that he has provided in your life.
When you have suffered loss, look to Him as the one who restores.
Look to Him among the living. Don't look to him as always in the
pain situations. Look to him as the ultimate solution. I wish I had
the time. Let me keep going, And the Bible continues, he is
not here, but has risen. Remember how he spake unto you when he
was yet in Galilee. Look to Jesus by the way, brothers and sisters
in his promises. Look to him in your perplexity and wondering why he hasn't
done X y or Z. Look to him where he said he would do.
Write in the scriptures. There are thousands of prop part of me,
thousands of promises. Look for him there. The Bible continues, saying,
the son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men and be
crucified. And the third day, here comes the promise the Lord he will
rise again. And they remembered his words, Oh yes, yes, remember
his words, and returned from the sepulcher and told those things unto the eleven
and to the rest. It was Mary Magdalene, and Joanna, and Mary
the mother of James, and the other women that were with them, which
told these things unto the apostles. And their words seemed to them as idle
tales. And they believed them not? Then a rose Peter, why did
they not believe? And then a rose Peter and ran to the sepulcher,
and stooping down, he beheld the linen clothes laid by themselves, and departed,
wondering in himself at that which was come to pass. Why is he
wondering so many questions today? Why is he wondering? Why is he wondering?
How God did exactly what he said he would do. Okay, so
let's look at our our action steps for today. First, come to the
tomb. That means, in this case, seek God personally and ultimately,
they were looking for Jesus even though they were looking for him to still be
in the tomb resting, but they did come to the tomb. That's a
good start, right. Dedicate a time to personally seek and understand. Now
we're looking for the significance of Jesus's resurrection in your life. So we can
go back to the tomb in the scriptures and say, Okay, God,
I'm searching for you here, but your risen. You're not dead but alive.
How can that transform your life? So dedicate time to personally seeking understanding
of the resurrection in your life. Can I just start you off here?
Can you just permit me to start you off here? Yeah? So the
Bible says that when we die to sin in Romans chapter three and other places
Romans chapter six, when we die to sin, we can be alive to
Christ. Galatians chapter tie two also says the same thing. When we die
to sin, we are raised together with Christ. And Paul said to be
seated with Christ Jesus in heavenly places. So if you want to live,
you have to allow some things in your life to die. Yeah, okay,
let me go to another one number two. Remember his words that means
to meditate on God's promises. I started you there, Remember in verse eight
of chapter twenty four of Luke. And they remembered his words. Regularly recall
and meditate upon the promises of God. Remind him God, you said,
you said that you have never you have said through inspiration. David said,
I've been young and I've been old. Never have I seen the righteous forsaken,
nor see begging bread. You said that you are the resurrection and the
life, and those who believe in you. Though he were dead, yet
shall he live? Lord? My faith is dead. But you said that
I can live that. He said, believest thou this, And so this
is what we do. We recall and meditate upon the promises of God,
and then let them guide your faith and actions, and of course the ultimate
Here share what you have witnessed, proclaim the gospel, the great news of
Jesus Christ being able to deliver wicked and dying sinners and make us holy and
fully living saints. And they returned from the sepulcher and told these things.
We return from the sepulcher and tell what great things the Lord is doing for
us. Have a wonderful day, 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,