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, July nine, twenty twenty four. 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 through the Book of
Mark. We are on Lesson number two. Our caption for today is more
Sabbath Ministry, More Sabbath Ministry. We'll get into that in just a moment,
but first I'd like to say welcome to you and ask you to please
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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 Tuesday to live and to breathe and have our being. Thank you
for entrusting the time to us. Help us to see ministry like you see
it. Help us to live according to your principles. In Jesus name,
I pray, Amen and Damen again more Sabbath ministry. And so yesterday I
mentioned, well, we talked about an unforgettable worship experience, and I asked
you a few questions, and I'm asking myself those saying questions. If you
don't recall, just go ahead and scroll back to the eighth of lie.
But this experience that we can have can also be during the Sabbath hours.
And Jesus did something really incredible at times during the Sabbath hours, in the
synagogue, on the road, in people's homes, in the lives of people,
wherever they happened to be. Jesus did some miraculous stuff that made the
time memorable. So I'm going to read a quote and then jump into the
scripture here. The quote comes from the book The Desire of Ages. The
Desire of Ages, page two hundred and fifty nine, and it reads,
not until the last sufferer had been relieved did Jesus cease his work. So
Jesus didn't halfway do something. When he arrived into a place where people had
enough faith to believe that he was able to change and transform their lives,
to deliver them from whatever happened to be binding them, he did not move
until he relieved all of the suffering, continuing, it was far into the
night when the multitude departed and silence settled down upon the home of Simon.
The long exciting day was passed, and Jesus sought rest. Yes, brothers
and sisters, Jesus was tired. He was tired. Have you ever been
somewhere healing people? And I'm not asking you to be funny, some of
you have the gift of healing. Have you ever been like after someone because
you're there and you did what God asked you to do, and God used
you to deliver someone from the devil's grip? Right, have you ever felt
how tiring it was? Yes, Jesus was tired. Continuing the quote,
but while the city was still wrapped in slumber. See the people were resting,
the Savior, rising up a great while before day, went out and
departed into a solitary place, and there he prayed. You see, when
Jesus was working on behalf of people, he was working energized through prayer,
energized through the power of the Holy Ghost, energized through connection with God our
Father. And so sometimes when we are tired, we are tired because we're
trying to use our own strength. When Jesus was tired, he was tired
because the days would go long. And even still, even still he's tired
from a long day. He didn't give himself an excuse in the morning and
say, oh, well, I need to sleep in and not pray.
I need to sleep in and not connect with God of my Father, like
he'll understand. He said, no, I'm still going to get up.
I'm going to connect with God my Father so that everything that I do as
I'm here on this planet for thirty three and a half years, so that
everything that I do in this ministry of three and a half years will be
effective and of course will bring glory to God our Father. So he woke
up a great while before day before he went back out to do the work,
and there he prayed. And so I will read from the Book of
Mark, chapter one, beginning at verse twenty nine. And I hope that
you're hearing the example that he set. I'm not just saying it so that
you will say, oh, that's what he did. I'm saying it.
I'm identifying it because that is our privilege to do as well. Okay.
And so the Bible reads in verse twenty nine and forthwith when they were come
out of the synagogue, they entered into the house of Simon and Andrew with
James and John verse thirty. But Simon's wife's mother lay sick of a fever,
and Anon they tell him of her, and he came and took her
by the hand and lifted her up and immediately, I want you to keep
that word close at hand. When God is working, there were times that
he works immediately, and in this case he worked immediately, and immediately the
fever left her and she ministered unto them. I'm gonna pause right here.
You see, when God delivers you from something, and you immediately experienced that
deliverance, you were also immediately called into ministry. I didn't say that you
would be immediately called to be a pastor of a church or an evangelist.
What I'm saying is whatever it is that God calls you to do in reference
to assisting other people, that happens no sooner than when God delivers you.
So the deliverance first and the ministry next. There are too many ministers.
You weren't expecting this. There were too many people who are attempting to minister
who have not been delivered. I need you to listen to me this morning.
There are too many people who are not delivered but are trying to minister.
God is saying, no, let me deliver you first, so you
can represent me a right. Let me deliver you first, so that you'll
have the power that you need to actually minister to people in the strength that
I will give you. So, Lord help us to allow you to deliver
us. And then you set us up for ministry. And then the Bible
continues in verse thirty two, and at even when the sun did set,
he brought unto him. They brought unto him, they that were all diseased,
and them that were possessed with devils, and all the city gathered together
at the door, and he healed many that were sick of divers diseases,
and cast out many devils and suffered not the devils to sp because they knew
him. I'm not going to really get into that last part too much about
them knowing him, but I just want to say that when Jesus moves,
he's moving for our good and for his glory. So here are a couple
of things that we should keep in mind based on what happened with Simon's mother
in law. First, Jesus cares about our needs. He cares about our
needs. He didn't say, oh, I've been healing and delivering people.
I'm tired. He didn't say, oh, well, I'll come back.
I have something else to do. First, he cares about our needs.
He's attentive to our personal struggles and ailments. His healing touching our lives can
be both physical and spiritual, showing that he is intimately involved and careful for
the things that matter to us. Number two, service is a response to
healing, as I would have already preempted myself. So once we are delivered,
Once we are healed, we are immediately put into ministry. She was
delivered right and she ministered immediately to the people who were right around her.
Number Three, Jesus's power is over everything that ails us, every sickness,
every disease, every mindset, challenge, everything that can be set us.
Jesus has the power to give us victory over So I think I'll just pause
right there. I'm thankful that God has given us a window into the lives
of people who have been delivered. And now do minister, you do it
in the same way. 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,