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, July fourteen, twenty twenty four. Hello, my
name Iszelle 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 through the Book of Mark,
and our caption for today is healing a Paralytic. I gave you a
quick bite in that yesterday, Healing the paralytic into that in just a moment.
But first I like to say welcome to you, Welcome to the new
work week. Like welcome to everybody joining us, especially those joining us for
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Daily Portion dot com. 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,
this opportunity to open up your word. I'm asking you to please fill us
with your holy spirit, fill us with your mindset to do your will.
Help us to see the blessings that you bring to us, and be amazed
but not surprised. Teach us to accept you in all things. In Jesus'
name, I pray Amen and Amen again. Healing the paralytic. So yesterday
when we were talking about controversies and the fact that some people are just you
know, rude and can tankeer us like love arguments and are not really they're
not about that, you know, living for God life like, Yeah,
there were controversies even in Jesus healing a man who needed to be healed,
and he was answering the call of faith, the call of faith upon his
power. He was dealing with that and yeah, there were some people in
the congregation. There were people in the crowd that decided that Jesus was not
worthy to do that. Okay, And so we're going to jump right into
the story and from the Bible Book of Mark, chapter two, and I
will read beginning at verse one. Okay, the Bible Book of Mark,
chapter two, and I will read beginning at verse one, and the Bible
reads and again he entered into Capernaum after some days, and it was noised
that he was in the house. So this is the first thing I want
to identify here, is that because Jesus was such a prominent figure. And
you say prominent figure, that sounds like some fame stuff, that sounds like
some political stuff. Nope, that's not what I mean. He was prominent.
He was a prominent figure because he did so much good. Everywhere he
went, people were healed whenever he was present. People were delivered from sin
when he was present. So he was that kind of prominent figure. People's
mindsets were broken open and the captive nature of their mindset was set free,
you see. And so now people knew where he was. So he's in
the house, and so everybody's like, whoa let's get there, And the
Bible continues verse two and straightway. Many were gathered together insomuch that there was
no room to receive them. No, not so much as even at the
door. You see, they didn't have fire marshals. They didn't have some
kind of regulation that said this place is too full. This band, everybody
move dispersed like, nothing like that. It was just it was ram pack.
Like how we would say, here was ram The place did rum And
the Bible says they couldn't even come in at the door, and he preached
the word unto them. May I just say for those of you who are
on social media and on YouTube, if you're on the radio like I am,
on television like I am, like, if you're you have an audience,
make sure that when your audience is a big old audience or a tiny
little audience, if it's a big old audience, make sure whatever it is
that you're giving people is leading them to life. Let your words, your
actions, your intonations, the people that you bring on as guests like,
let that stuff be life giving. This is what Jesus did with his influence.
There are people who are influential. There are people out here called influencers,
and some of the stuff that people are doing with all of that influence,
it's terrible, and that is an understatement. So Jesus, with all
of his power and influence, he was preaching the word to them, and
they came to him bringing one sick of the palsy. This dude was paralyzed,
y'all, and he was born afore. So he had four good friends
that carried him because he couldn't carry himself. Are are you one of four
good friends that will carry somebody when they're not able to carry themselves? I
need to ask you that, like, are you one of a few friends
that people can count on and say, I need prayer, I have some
other felt needs. I have something here. It's a physical, actual physical
need. Like the dude couldn't move from one place to another without his friends.
Are you one of those friends? Do you have a friend like this?
The Bible continues in verse four. And when they could not come nigh
unto him for the press we already said it was full, they uncovered the
roof where he was. So the Bible is teaching us that they had to
be innovative, they had to become demanding, They had to become dissatisfied with
any barrier that was in the way potentially of this man's deliverance. You need
brothers and sisters. I need to become dissatisfied with anything that stands in the
way and then not be willing to allow anything to stand in the way of
other people's deliverance. So, wherever you happen to be, if you need
to advocate, if you need to press, you need to blow through a
door, like if you need to call a congress person, if you're in
the United States, like call your Minister of Parliament here in Jamaica, Like
I don't know what you need to do. Whatever it is necessary to do
in order to get the best for someone else, it's time to do it.
And the Bible says they uncovered the roof where he was, they had
broken it up, and they let him down, let the bed down.
We're in the sick of the palsy lay verse five. And when Jesus saw
their fare, Can I just repeat that again? Repeat that again? That
was redundant? May I just repeat that? Okay? When he saw their
faith? Do you realize that to God, faith, real faith is irresistible
to him? Real faith is irresistible to God. And so when those five
men's faith stepped up into the place, I know the man was paralyzed.
But you hear what I'm saying. When all of that faith came into the
space where Jesus was, and it called upon the power of God to deliver
this brother. When he saw their faith, Jesus did what he only thing
he could have done. And I'm not saying he was manipulated by someone else,
but he said, if you have faith the size of the seed of
mustard seed, then you will You can say to this mountain, be thou
removed, and it will be done unto you. He said, you could.
You could tell this mountain to lift up from here and go to yonder
place, and it shall be done unto you. And so that's what they
did. They came into his presence with that kind of faith. And so
he saw the sick of the palsy, and he said, unto him,
son, thy sins be forgiven thee. And of course there were some haters
in the room. There were some haters in the room in the presence of
God. There were haters in the congregation of believers. There were haters.
I said, in the presence of God and the congregation of believers in the
press of people who were there to be delivered to listen to the words of
God and be transformed. They were haters in the room. And these haters
were supposed to be on God's team. Like these were supposed to be the
religious leaders of the day. They were supposed to be the people who would
help people get free from everything that was in their way to get to God.
But they said, well, who can forgive sins but God? Who
is this man who thus speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins? But God
only? And listen to how Jesus dealt with them. You know what he
said. He said, whether is it easier to say, to the sick
of the palsy son, thy sins be forgiven thee that was his chief need
by the way he could have lived or died after that, But or to
take up your bed and walk? But that ye may know that the Son
of Man hath power on earth. In this very moment he's teaching us.
I say unto you to forgive sins. I say unto you, take up
your bed and walk. And immediately, the Bible says he took up his
bed and he walked the people who were amazed. Why because Jesus healed and
delivered the man. He's here to heal and deliver. You. Make it
a great day. 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,