1 00:00:01,199 --> 00:00:05,919 Most of us eat every day, some of us too much because yesterday's food 2 00:00:06,040 --> 00:00:10,720 is not enough to supply energy for today's needs. Why then, do some 3 00:00:10,800 --> 00:00:15,640 of us expect yesterday's portion of heavenly manna the word of God to keep us 4 00:00:15,679 --> 00:00:20,239 through today's challenges. On this program, we are going to change all of 5 00:00:20,239 --> 00:00:25,399 that. Let's experience God's words today and receive the power we need to live 6 00:00:25,519 --> 00:00:31,359 healthy, vibrant lives. Welcome to Your Daily Portion with your host, author 7 00:00:31,440 --> 00:00:34,719 speaker, Elle David Harris gool. Good morning, Good morning, Good morning. 8 00:00:34,840 --> 00:00:39,640 It is Thursday, April eighteen, twenty twenty four. Hello, my 9 00:00:39,719 --> 00:00:42,719 name is El David Harris. I am your host, and this is your 10 00:00:42,840 --> 00:00:46,840 Daily Portion where we give you God's word every single day, and today is 11 00:00:46,840 --> 00:00:52,159 no exception. We are continuing in our Lesson study series the Great Controversy. 12 00:00:52,479 --> 00:00:58,439 Our caption for today is Battel for the Mind. Battle for the Mind. 13 00:00:58,799 --> 00:01:00,200 We'll get into that in just a moment, but first I'd like to say 14 00:01:00,240 --> 00:01:03,560 welcome to you and ask you to please go over to your Daily Portion dot 15 00:01:03,599 --> 00:01:08,840 com. Please join our online community there. Please pick up your Daily Portion 16 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:15,040 book and let us know where you are in the world. At your Daily 17 00:01:15,079 --> 00:01:18,599 Portion dot com. This is one of the ways that we continue to build 18 00:01:18,680 --> 00:01:22,719 faith and fellowship. Let's go ahead and pray, and then we will get 19 00:01:23,079 --> 00:01:26,719 under way. Father and Heaven, thank you for giving us this new day 20 00:01:26,760 --> 00:01:30,560 and for the privilege that we have to open your word again. Please give 21 00:01:30,640 --> 00:01:34,959 us the fullness of your understanding and your word. Please teach us how to 22 00:01:34,079 --> 00:01:38,599 serve you and how to love you, how to do your will. Father, 23 00:01:38,760 --> 00:01:42,840 Please please help us to yield our minds to you. In Jesus' name, 24 00:01:42,879 --> 00:01:49,040 I pray, Amen and Amen again. The battle for the mind. 25 00:01:49,400 --> 00:01:53,359 Really, that's what our series could be called for these thirteen weeks. The 26 00:01:53,359 --> 00:01:59,680 great controversy really is the battle for the mind. Because wherever our mind goes, 27 00:02:00,120 --> 00:02:04,719 where our energy moves. Ah. Whatever we are settling our minds on, 28 00:02:04,840 --> 00:02:12,000 that's what in our determination will be. Whatever we focus on will guide 29 00:02:12,080 --> 00:02:16,639 us to the end. That's related to the focus. If all I focus 30 00:02:16,719 --> 00:02:22,639 on is vehicles and money, then really the outcome of my life is maybe 31 00:02:22,800 --> 00:02:25,919 I'll have money and a bunch of cars. If my focus is on my 32 00:02:27,039 --> 00:02:32,240 belly, then all I'll be able to accomplish is having more of a belly 33 00:02:32,319 --> 00:02:38,280 because of my intake of food. If my intellect is and spirit and emotions 34 00:02:38,319 --> 00:02:44,639 are are focused on poor entertainment, then that means that the only outcome that 35 00:02:44,680 --> 00:02:49,360 I can have is whatever the entertainment is bringing forward to my mind. You 36 00:02:49,400 --> 00:02:54,199 see. But if I yield my will to God and my mind is centered 37 00:02:54,240 --> 00:03:00,319 on things of God, then all that I do, all that I enjoy, 38 00:03:00,639 --> 00:03:06,520 all that I involve myself in, will be godly. I didn't say 39 00:03:06,520 --> 00:03:09,919 religious, I said godly. So when I enjoy nature with my wife Simon 40 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:14,520 and with Josiah, it will be in a way that pleases God. When 41 00:03:14,560 --> 00:03:19,639 I enjoy things that He enjoys. Josiah enjoys, He enjoys vehicles won't it 42 00:03:19,680 --> 00:03:23,439 won't be it won't be overboard, It'll be balanced. It'll be something that 43 00:03:23,599 --> 00:03:25,520 we can enjoy it together. And God is saying, well, this I 44 00:03:25,599 --> 00:03:30,680 have put here for your enjoyment, you see. And when we come to 45 00:03:30,719 --> 00:03:35,719 the things that are holy, we will not get confused about them and make 46 00:03:35,759 --> 00:03:39,159 them unholy. The Bible says, woe unto those in Isaiah chapter five who 47 00:03:39,319 --> 00:03:43,960 call the things of God to be evil, and the things that are evil, 48 00:03:44,240 --> 00:03:47,159 we try to make those holy. God says, don't get that twisted 49 00:03:47,240 --> 00:03:52,199 like, don't get that mixed up. Make certain that when you are yielding 50 00:03:52,240 --> 00:03:57,360 your will to me meaning God, then what I see is what you see. 51 00:03:57,719 --> 00:04:00,960 My mindset is your minds. You are in agreement with me. You 52 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:08,680 see, confession and holiness are agreement with God. And so the Bible says, 53 00:04:08,800 --> 00:04:12,759 let this mind be in you, or allow this to be your reality, 54 00:04:12,840 --> 00:04:16,680 which was also in Christ Jesus. And then the Bible teaches us the 55 00:04:16,720 --> 00:04:23,600 type of mindset Jesus had in humility and holiness and submission to God. And 56 00:04:23,680 --> 00:04:30,079 Paul said, now, because God has demonstrated his power through Christ to be 57 00:04:30,160 --> 00:04:35,079 all that I just described him more now that message of holiness through the Gospel 58 00:04:35,120 --> 00:04:40,240 of Jesus, Christ meaning Jesus gave his life. He lived a perfect life 59 00:04:40,279 --> 00:04:44,120 on planet Earth, so that and then when he gave his life on the 60 00:04:44,199 --> 00:04:48,240 cross of Calvary, he died in our place, so that in his resurrection 61 00:04:48,519 --> 00:04:53,759 power we can live holy lives. So Paul said, he's not ashamed of 62 00:04:53,800 --> 00:04:58,959 the Gospel of Christ. It is the power of God unto salvation to everyone 63 00:04:59,120 --> 00:05:02,759 that believe. So those who have the mind of Christ have the power of 64 00:05:02,839 --> 00:05:11,120 salvation because we believe in Him. Yes, when illicit drugs are a temptation, 65 00:05:11,360 --> 00:05:15,240 we can walk away and embrace a relationship with God. Why because we 66 00:05:15,319 --> 00:05:19,879 have his mindset. Not when people want us to gossip and to have even 67 00:05:19,920 --> 00:05:27,319 a poverty mindset. We can replace those gossip minded people in our minds and 68 00:05:27,399 --> 00:05:32,240 the mindset and the improvished mindset with the mindset of Christ, who says we're 69 00:05:32,279 --> 00:05:35,839 above and not beneath. We're the head and not the tail. We're the 70 00:05:35,959 --> 00:05:41,519 lender and not the borrower. That will be blessed in so many different ways, 71 00:05:41,560 --> 00:05:46,480 as according to Deuteronomy chapter twenty eight, verses one through fourteen. And 72 00:05:46,519 --> 00:05:51,120 so the mind of Christ submits to the will of God our Father, and 73 00:05:51,160 --> 00:05:56,000 we live holy lives as a result. Okay, and so tewod Corinthians chapter 74 00:05:56,040 --> 00:06:01,079 four, beginning at verse six reads, but even if our gospel is veiled, 75 00:06:01,560 --> 00:06:06,120 it has veiled only to those who are perishing. So this is a 76 00:06:06,160 --> 00:06:11,519 way of saying that in twenty twenty four, I'm going to bring it to 77 00:06:11,519 --> 00:06:15,000 today. In twenty twenty four, if we are living on planet Earth, 78 00:06:15,519 --> 00:06:19,680 God has revealed himself through Jesus Christ and through his word, the power of 79 00:06:19,720 --> 00:06:27,959 God into salvation I described and if people are not seeing it, knowing that 80 00:06:27,959 --> 00:06:31,639 the Holy Ghost is doing all that is possible in order to lead people to 81 00:06:31,720 --> 00:06:36,439 him. When people aren't seeing it, it's because they're perishing. They're perishing. 82 00:06:36,759 --> 00:06:44,399 They're people who refuse to be transformed. There are people who resist the 83 00:06:44,639 --> 00:06:47,519 urges of the power of God. I hope that's not you Verse four, 84 00:06:47,560 --> 00:06:53,959 among whom the God of this age has blinded the minds of those who do 85 00:06:54,040 --> 00:06:58,480 not believe, so they would not see the light of the glorious Gospel of 86 00:06:58,560 --> 00:07:00,560 Christ, who is the md of God. I have a friend who is 87 00:07:00,680 --> 00:07:08,040 angry with This person says, if there is a God angry because of some 88 00:07:08,120 --> 00:07:12,199 things that happened many, many, many many years ago, and the way 89 00:07:12,240 --> 00:07:17,160 this individual interprets what's happening on planet Earth today, and that individual, unfortunately 90 00:07:17,439 --> 00:07:23,240 is choosing because I know that this individual has had access to the Gospel of 91 00:07:23,319 --> 00:07:26,879 Jesus Christ, but in this moment, in this moment, this person is 92 00:07:27,040 --> 00:07:31,879 choosing to be deceived, to choosing to be blinded, because this person's life 93 00:07:32,439 --> 00:07:39,680 is not submitted to God. And anybody who doesn't choose to submit to God 94 00:07:39,759 --> 00:07:46,560 are choosing blindness, are choosing darkness rather than light. And so the Bible 95 00:07:46,639 --> 00:07:53,600 continues verse five, for we do not proclaim ourselves but Jesus Christ as Lord, 96 00:07:53,680 --> 00:07:59,639 and ourselves as your servants, for Jesus' sake. For God, who 97 00:07:59,720 --> 00:08:05,199 says let the light shine out of darkness, is the one who shined in 98 00:08:05,279 --> 00:08:09,319 our hearts to give us the light of the glorious knowledge of God in the 99 00:08:09,360 --> 00:08:13,079 face of Christ. And so even though we go through trials and temptations, 100 00:08:13,480 --> 00:08:18,800 even though this world is really really weird and wicked both and at the same 101 00:08:18,839 --> 00:08:22,079 time, even though there are things that we cannot explain about our existence these 102 00:08:22,199 --> 00:08:26,040 days, because the devil is out here as a roaring lion seeking whom he 103 00:08:26,120 --> 00:08:31,600 may devour. He's confusing a lot of things through politics and entertainment, even 104 00:08:31,639 --> 00:08:37,759 sometimes politrics inside of the fellowship of believers. But God is saying that if 105 00:08:37,799 --> 00:08:43,440 you will just yield your mind to him. Hmm. That means literally your 106 00:08:43,519 --> 00:08:50,120 perception and your mental faculties to him. Then only what God teaches will you 107 00:08:50,200 --> 00:08:54,440 live by. Only what God teaches will you embrace and be transformed by. 108 00:08:54,919 --> 00:09:00,200 You will not be squeezed into the mold of this world, but you'll be 109 00:09:00,240 --> 00:09:07,000 transformed I'll be transformed by the renewing of our minds. In fact, the 110 00:09:07,039 --> 00:09:11,840 Bible Commentary SDA Bible Commentary, Volume six, page eight fifty four says the 111 00:09:11,879 --> 00:09:20,000 Gospel is the only means by which by which Satan's diabolical schemes and deceptions can 112 00:09:20,080 --> 00:09:24,960 be exposed, and by which people can see the way from darkness to light. 113 00:09:26,879 --> 00:09:31,360 The Gospel of Jesus Christ is the power of God unto salvation to everyone 114 00:09:31,440 --> 00:09:35,360 who believes. You want to live according to the principles of God, then 115 00:09:35,480 --> 00:09:39,399 yield your will to him. That's simple. Yield your will to him, 116 00:09:39,639 --> 00:09:43,759 and let the power of the Gospel transform you and make you into the image 117 00:09:43,759 --> 00:09:46,840 of Christ. Peace. Thanks for joining us listening. Friends. Always remember 118 00:09:48,039 --> 00:09:50,919 we cannot live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the 119 00:09:50,960 --> 00:09:56,399 mouth of God. This has been your daily portion with el David Harris, 120 00:09:56,039 --> 00:10:00,279 make it a great day. Yeah.