1 00:00:01,159 --> 00:00:05,559 Most of us eat every day, some of us too much, because yesterday's 2 00:00:05,599 --> 00:00:10,439 food is not enough to supply energy for today's needs. Why then, do 3 00:00:10,560 --> 00:00:15,000 some of us expect yesterday's portion of heavenly manna, the word of God to 4 00:00:15,160 --> 00:00:19,760 keep us through today's challenges. On this program, we are going to change 5 00:00:19,879 --> 00:00:24,960 all of that. Let's experience God's words today and receive the power we need 6 00:00:25,039 --> 00:00:30,800 to live healthy, vibrant lives. Welcome to your Daily Portion with your host, 7 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:34,240 author speaker L. David Harris. Good morning, good morning, Good 8 00:00:34,280 --> 00:00:39,560 morning. It is Sunday, September ten, twenty twenty three. Hello, 9 00:00:39,640 --> 00:00:42,240 my name is L. David Harris. I am your host, and this 10 00:00:42,359 --> 00:00:46,759 is your Daily Portion pardon me, where we give you God's word every single 11 00:00:46,840 --> 00:00:51,920 day and today is no exception. We are continuing in our lesson study series 12 00:00:52,079 --> 00:00:59,759 through the Book of Ephesians under the caption battle Speech, Battle Speech. Well 13 00:01:00,119 --> 00:01:02,719 into that in just a moment, but first i'd like to say welcome to 14 00:01:02,759 --> 00:01:06,680 you and ask you to go over to your Daily Portion dot com join our 15 00:01:06,719 --> 00:01:11,760 online community if you've not done so already, and also please please pick up 16 00:01:11,879 --> 00:01:17,400 your Daily Portion book and that way we can continue to grow in faith and 17 00:01:17,480 --> 00:01:22,840 fellowship together and spread the word of God into all the world until Jesus comes. 18 00:01:23,239 --> 00:01:26,879 Let's go ahead and pray, and then we will get underway. Father 19 00:01:26,959 --> 00:01:30,400 in Heaven, thank you for giving us the privilege we have to open your 20 00:01:30,400 --> 00:01:33,920 word. And I ask you now to give us understanding, teach us how 21 00:01:33,959 --> 00:01:38,519 to love you. Father. Please give us the same language that you have 22 00:01:38,079 --> 00:01:45,359 when with regard to how we win in this great controversy in Jesus name, 23 00:01:45,400 --> 00:01:49,519 I pray, Amen and amen again. Let me just say that if we 24 00:01:49,560 --> 00:01:55,000 are on the same team, then we should be using the same language. 25 00:01:55,400 --> 00:01:59,079 Right in your workplace, there is a way that you communicate, right in 26 00:01:59,120 --> 00:02:02,319 your businesses. There is a way that you communicate in your families. There's 27 00:02:02,359 --> 00:02:08,280 a way that you communicate. And we have been uncovering just very slowly the 28 00:02:08,439 --> 00:02:14,759 armor of God and will drill it some more today. And the language that 29 00:02:14,879 --> 00:02:23,120 is used there is a language related to battle, related to war, related 30 00:02:23,159 --> 00:02:30,080 to us overcoming in the times of trials. When the devil has unleashed his 31 00:02:30,240 --> 00:02:38,800 onslaught on God's people, God's people must sound the battle cry. And for 32 00:02:38,840 --> 00:02:42,919 those of you who are familiar with hymns, maybe in your mind is the 33 00:02:42,960 --> 00:02:46,280 same that is in my mind, and number six hundred fourteen from the Seventh 34 00:02:46,319 --> 00:02:52,879 day Adventist hymnal sound the battle cry, See the foe is nigh raised the 35 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:57,759 standard high for the Lord. Gird your arm irons, stand firmed that we 36 00:02:57,840 --> 00:03:06,080 not talk about that yesterday, and firm everyone rest your cause upon His Holy 37 00:03:06,319 --> 00:03:08,680 word rolls. Then, soldiers, are you a soldier for the cross? 38 00:03:09,199 --> 00:03:15,120 Rally round the banner, Ready, steady, pass the word along, onward 39 00:03:15,319 --> 00:03:22,919 forward, shout aloud Hausanna Christ as the captain of the mighty throng. And 40 00:03:22,960 --> 00:03:29,639 so God has given us in Ephesians chapter six some specific speech related to the 41 00:03:29,639 --> 00:03:32,479 battle. And if you did not listen yesterday, perhaps you can go back 42 00:03:32,520 --> 00:03:37,319 there where I would have read most of this. I'm not going to read 43 00:03:37,360 --> 00:03:42,120 it out today, but I want you to go back to it and see 44 00:03:42,159 --> 00:03:46,639 what God was talking about. Now, I want to share what I withheld 45 00:03:46,719 --> 00:03:52,879 from you yesterday. And so from Deuteronomy chapter twenty, verses two through four, 46 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:57,439 the Bible says, and it shall be when ye are come nigh unto 47 00:03:57,479 --> 00:04:01,840 the battle, and the priest shall approach and speak unto the people, and 48 00:04:01,879 --> 00:04:08,400 shall say unto them, hear ye Oh Israel, ye approach this day unto 49 00:04:08,439 --> 00:04:14,159 battle against your enemies. Let your hearts not be faint, do not fear, 50 00:04:14,639 --> 00:04:19,199 do not tremble, neither be terrified because of them. For the Lord 51 00:04:19,560 --> 00:04:26,600 your God is he that go with with you, if to fight for you 52 00:04:26,879 --> 00:04:31,839 against your enemies, to save you. The Bible is teaching us that the 53 00:04:31,879 --> 00:04:41,879 presence of God gives you, gives me unparalleled courage even when facing daunting challenges. 54 00:04:42,040 --> 00:04:46,879 Our fear diminishes when we remember that God fights for us. Can we 55 00:04:46,920 --> 00:04:50,600 just all say amen to that? Like God is the one who fights your 56 00:04:50,600 --> 00:04:54,959 battle. Like don't wait till the battle is over. You can shout now 57 00:04:55,240 --> 00:04:59,279 because you know in the end you're gonna win because of Him. Now. 58 00:04:59,360 --> 00:05:03,120 From the Book of Judges, Chapter seven, verses fifteen through eighteen. In 59 00:05:03,160 --> 00:05:10,560 the story of Gideon, we see that revelations from God provide assurance of his 60 00:05:10,720 --> 00:05:17,199 plans and purposes, confirming that He is always in control, guarding and guiding 61 00:05:17,399 --> 00:05:21,279 our footsteps. You see, you're in a war every day you wake up. 62 00:05:21,319 --> 00:05:26,120 Even in this moment, you're fighting to give keen attention to what we 63 00:05:26,120 --> 00:05:29,120 are saying here. You are wondering, what is it that I have to 64 00:05:29,160 --> 00:05:32,879 do for today you're struggling with the trial or temptation that you are currently facing. 65 00:05:33,240 --> 00:05:38,680 There are other things in your life that are causing somewhat of a distraction, 66 00:05:39,079 --> 00:05:43,160 but you have to know how. You have to know that God is 67 00:05:43,439 --> 00:05:47,800 guiding you. He is the one who is fighting your battles. If you 68 00:05:47,879 --> 00:05:54,560 will surrender, if I will surrender my will to him. Now we can 69 00:05:54,600 --> 00:06:00,480 also look in Second Chronicles, chapter twenty, verses thirteen through twenty and see 70 00:06:00,600 --> 00:06:08,360 that collective faith and unity and seeking God's guidance can lead to remarkable interventions. 71 00:06:08,800 --> 00:06:13,399 God told us that we are to come together in the New Testament era as 72 00:06:13,399 --> 00:06:16,639 he was forming what we now call the Church right he told them to tarry 73 00:06:16,639 --> 00:06:21,800 in Jerusalem, to come together in unity and wait for the Holy Spirit to 74 00:06:21,959 --> 00:06:29,319 come. And so we know that God is there. When he sees unity, 75 00:06:29,439 --> 00:06:33,199 we can be strong and be courageous, like be not dismayed for anything 76 00:06:33,279 --> 00:06:39,000 that is coming. That the multitude that is with them or with us is 77 00:06:39,199 --> 00:06:44,160 greater than the multitude that is with them. When we are unified in faith, 78 00:06:44,639 --> 00:06:49,639 we can know that every earthly opposition, no matter how formidable, pales 79 00:06:49,920 --> 00:06:56,560 in comparison to the divine force that stands with God's people. Here was another 80 00:06:56,560 --> 00:07:00,399 one from Nehemiah, Chapter four, verses fourteen, nineteen and two twenty. 81 00:07:00,079 --> 00:07:05,360 The Bible is teaching us that commitment to family and community, bolstered by faith 82 00:07:05,439 --> 00:07:12,560 in God, becomes an invincible force against our adversaries. The Bible teaches us, 83 00:07:12,639 --> 00:07:16,160 be ye not afraid of them, and remember the Lord, which is 84 00:07:16,360 --> 00:07:21,199 great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your 85 00:07:21,319 --> 00:07:26,360 daughters, and your wives and your houses. In that case, God was 86 00:07:26,399 --> 00:07:30,519 having as people repair the breach that was in the wall. God is teaching 87 00:07:30,639 --> 00:07:33,040 us in the last days, as we are fighting in this battle, that 88 00:07:33,079 --> 00:07:38,839 we are to repair the breach that is in his law, letting people know 89 00:07:38,920 --> 00:07:44,079 that He still cares about what we do. He still is teaching us to 90 00:07:44,199 --> 00:07:48,120 keep his law in these days. And from all of these passages, it 91 00:07:48,279 --> 00:07:57,360 is evident that faith, trust in God's presence, and communal unity underpin the 92 00:07:57,439 --> 00:08:01,839 victories and successes in the lives of God's people in the Old Testament. These 93 00:08:01,920 --> 00:08:09,079 lessons remain relevant today, reminding us that true strength and victory come from reliance 94 00:08:09,480 --> 00:08:15,680 upon divine power and guidance. Put on the entire armor of God, brothers 95 00:08:15,680 --> 00:08:18,680 and sisters, so that you can stand against the wiles of the devil, 96 00:08:20,040 --> 00:08:22,959 no matter what he throws at you, whether it's COVID, whether it is 97 00:08:24,079 --> 00:08:31,480 some strange wildfire spate in Canada, whether it is unrest politically, whatever it 98 00:08:31,600 --> 00:08:37,639 is, God is able to fight our battles and to deliver us. For 99 00:08:37,240 --> 00:08:41,759 the battle is not ours, but it's the Lord's. And I already shared 100 00:08:41,879 --> 00:08:46,480 some from the hymn, But I want to go with verse two, number 101 00:08:46,519 --> 00:08:50,720 six hundred fourteen and the Seventh Day Adventist Bible. In the Seventh Day Adventist 102 00:08:50,759 --> 00:08:56,519 tymneal strong to meet the foe. Marching on we go while our cause, 103 00:08:56,600 --> 00:09:03,879 we know, must prevail. Yield and banner bright, gleaming in the light, 104 00:09:03,080 --> 00:09:07,720 battling for the right, we ne'er can fail. Rouse. Then soldiers 105 00:09:09,159 --> 00:09:13,840 rally around the banner, ready, steady, pass the word along, onward, 106 00:09:13,440 --> 00:09:20,360 forward, shout aloud, Hosannah, Christ is captain of the mighty throng. 107 00:09:20,519 --> 00:09:22,840 Oh Thou God of all, hear us when we call, help us 108 00:09:24,159 --> 00:09:28,399 one and all by thy grace. When the battle's done and the victories won, 109 00:09:28,159 --> 00:09:35,679 may we wear the crown before Thy face roused. Then soldier rally around 110 00:09:35,720 --> 00:09:41,600 the banner. Ready Steady passed the word along. Onward forward, shout aloud, 111 00:09:41,639 --> 00:09:46,360 Hosannah Christ is Captain of the Monys, for joining us listening. Always 112 00:09:46,360 --> 00:09:50,720 remember we cannot live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from 113 00:09:50,759 --> 00:09:54,919 the mouth of God. This has been your daily portion with L. David 114 00:09:56,000 --> 00:10:00,320 Harris, make it a great day.