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 Tuesday, December twelve, 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, and our caption for today is in tire and Sidon.
In Tire and Sidon, We'll get into that in just a moment, but
first I'd like to just say welcome, Welcome, Welcome to everyone joining us,
especially those joining us for the very first time. Please go over to
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Portion dot com. And before we pray, I just want to say a
great, big happy birthday to Simona, my my one and only son,
Josiah. He is thirteen today. Say happy birthday to him if you happen
to see him somewhere. And we're grateful, grateful, grateful that you are
here. Even though you don't listen to your Daily Portion, somebody's gonna let
you know that we are grateful. Let's go ahead and pray, and then
we will get underway. Father in Heaven, thank you for giving us this
day and for giving us the example of Christ, who loves and who gave
everything for us so we can be saved. I pray that we will do
as much as we can to lead others to salvation. In Jesus's name.
I pray Amen, and a man again entire and sidon. I'm going to
read before we go to two passages of Scripture. I'm going to read from
the book Desire of Ages, the Desira of Ages, page four hundred and
then just to get us started, and it reads Christ did not immediately reply
to the woman's request. And again we're going to read two accounts of the
same story if we have enough time, and it'll make sense. He received
this representative of a despised race as the people of God would have done.
In this he designed that his disciples should be impressed with the cold and heartless
manner in which the people of God would treat such a case, as evinced
by his reception of the woman, and the compassionate manner in which he would
have them deal with such distress, as manifested by his subsequent granting of her
petition. And so basically, and by the way, that's the end of
the quote. And so basically, this woman appears before Christ and makes a
request and Jesus behaves like the people of God treat people from her particular race.
And that was supposed to wake up something in his disciples to say,
wait a minute, that's not right, that's not right. And of course
Jesus showed that that was just an object lesson because he ultimately, he ultimately
heals her. Okay. And so we're going to go first now to Matthew
chapter fifteen, and we will read beginning at verse twenty two to make this
make sense. And the Bible reads and behold, a woman of Canaan and
came out of the same coasts and cried unto him, saying, have mercy
on me, o, Lord DAWs, son of David, My daughter is
grievously vexed with a devil. So this is one of the worst ways someone
can find themselves, really, and so she's vexed with the devil verse twenty
three. But he answered her not a word, and his disciples came and
besought him, saying, send her away, for she crieth after us.
Now hold on, the woman's daughter is being tormented by the devil, and
and they're saying, send her away. Wait a minute verse twenty four.
But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep
of the House of Israel. So this is what he's saying to this woman
who is in a desperate way. And by the way, the disciples are
already saying, like, send her away, Jesus, We're like, she's
crying after us. This is aning send her away verse twenty five. Then
came she and worshiping, saying, Lord help me. So she does not
change God's mind, like she doesn't change Jesus's mind. She's just now doing
what exercising her faith. This is what Jesus wanted anyway, And he knew
that she had faith, and he knew exactly what he was planning to do.
But the disciples needed to learn a lesson, okay, verse twenty six.
But he answered and said, it is not meat to take the children's
bread and to cast it to dogs. Wait a minute, that's so harsh.
Well, that's the way the people of God behave toward the east verse
twenty seven. And she said, truth Lord. So she humbles herself a
little bit early. She worships. She presses him with the request again,
and she's not taking no for an answer. But did I mention again?
Can I mention again that she's a worshiper? And she says, a truth
lord? Yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their master's table.
And Jesus answered and said, unto her, O woman, great is
thy faith, be it unto thee, even as thou wilt. And her
daughter was made whole from that very hour. So much to say, so
little time. Number One, Jesus is impartial. It sounded in the beginning
like he was just like the people around him, But now we understand that
it was an object lesson. It was a way for the people of God
to see that you are discompassionate people. You put up artificial and unnecessary borders
where having connection to God is concerned. So what I'm gonna do. I'm
gonna show how you look. I'm going to show how you sound. I'm
going to show who a true worshiper is. This woman persisted as a true
worshiper. She humbled herself. She did not take offense, she did not
take no for an answer, but she said, okay, this is how
you all treat us, but this is what I need, and I need
it for the sake of my daughter. She showed that she was unselfish and
humble, and Jesus answered her prayer. Now we're going to read the same
story from Mark chapter seven, the Book of Mark, chapter seven, and
I will read verse twenty beginning at verse twenty four Mark chapter seven, and
I will read beginning at verse twenty four. And from thence he arose and
went into the borders of Tyron Sidon, and entered into a house, and
would have no man know it. But he could not be hid, for
a certain woman whose young daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of him and
came and fell at his feet. The woman was a Greek, a serophonician
by nation, and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil from
out of her daughter. But Jesus said unto her, let the children first
be filled, for it is not meat to take the children's bread and cast
it unto the dogs. And she answered and said unto him, yes,
Lord, yet the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs. And
he said unto her, for this, saying, go thy way, the
devil is gone out of thy daughter. Verse thirty and final. And when
she was come to her house, she found the devil gone out, and
her daughter laid upon the bread upon the bed. And so Jesus, I'm
not gonna say anything too fresh and new. We've already covered it. But
Jesus, now you can see from another way. Let me go here,
answers a need inside her. Where he went, he says, for this,
saying, go thy way, the devil is gone out of her.
He is showing that, even though she was not aware that he had already
answered her prayer, he now announces it. There are times that we feel
desperate, brothers and sisters. Some of us feel cut off from God's people.
Some of us feel rejected because we don't look and behave and sound like
or come from a certain in Air quotes pedigree, and Jesus is saying that
at the time that you need me most, I'm going to answer your prayers
in the affirmative. Just humble yourself, continue to be worshipers, and I'm
going to show everybody how this is done. Have compassion on people who mean
God. 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,