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, November twelve, twenty twenty three. 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, God's Mission My Mission
under the caption the Question of Questions. We'll get into that in just a
moment, but first I'd like to say welcome to you and ask you to
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is a way that we can continue to build faith and fellowship. Let's go
ahead and pray and then get underway. Father in Heaven, thank you for
this day and for the fact that you've gotten us into this new workweek.
Please give us your wisdom and please fill us with your spirits so that you
can answer in our spirits the right way the question of questions in Jesus name,
I pray, Amen and amen again. Yeah. So I'm thinking that
there is a question that is among the top questions that we can all ask.
And I just want to go ahead and begin from the Book of Luke.
The Book of Luke, chapter ten and verse twenty five, and the
Bible reads and behold, a certain lawyers stood up and tented him, saying,
Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? Yesterday we dealt
with a question who is my neighbor? But what shall I do to inherit
eternal life? Quite frankly, brothers and sisters outside of our existence, like
the fact that we were born? Yeah, who is God? How did
I get here? Right to whom am I answerable? Yeah? The next
real question is how do I inherit eternal life? We know how we were
born into this life. And of course now we know that because of Adam's
sin, this life can be a mess, and not just a mess that's
kind of generic. This way that we were born does not lead to eternity
with God. We have to be reborn. And so the great, big
question, that big pink elephant in the room is well, how do we
get there? And let me just start here by saying we need to take
action where that's concerned. We need to always be seeking eternal truths. We
all need to be seeking a relationship with God. And I think I just
kind of tipped my hand. Jesus did give a story which we read yesterday.
We won't go through the story again today, but he gave him the
principle of love your neighbor as yourself in action. In action, there was
a man who was wounded. The two people who supposedly in air quotes,
were those individuals were supposedly holy. They were supposedly a priest and a levite
like these people served supposedly, if you want to say, at the table
and the sanctuary of God. And these individuals did not show that they had
eternal life. They didn't because why they did not manifest the character of God.
In the case of the Samaritan, who did not walk by, but
in fact he picked up the man, he cleaned up his wounds, he
put him up on his donkey and took him to a motel. And while
he was there he left money so that whatever that individual needed, that the
innkeeper would take care of him and said, if there's anything more, put
it on my tab, I will take care of it. And there was
a reward at the end of the story. The Bible is teaching us that
we are in a position to be have eternal life when we yield our will
to God and allow him to live his life within us. See the Samaritan,
let God live his life within him. Jesus's character was lived through that
Samaritan. Bible says, let this mind be in you, which was also
in Christ Jesus. And then, of course that life is described in the
later passage. And so right now we need to take action. Always seek
to understand the deeper truths about life and eternity, ask questions, and engage
in spiritual discussions. See we are here together, I say, we want
to build faith and fellowship. We can do that together. And of course
Ultimately, we seek God's guidance through his word and through prayer. Yes,
even if they challenge your current beliefs, right seek eternal truths. Now,
let's go to the Book of First Corinthians, Chapter fifteen, Versus thirty and
thirty one, and the Bible reads, and why stand we in jeopardy every
hour? Protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ, Jesus our Lord,
I die daily. See. Paul demonstrated that his life was not his
own. He demonstrated that because of his connection with God, that he gave
all to the mission of God. Right, use every opportunity, as Paul
did, to share the gospel. Remember, the Gospel is the Great News,
the great News. It's the power of God unto salvation. It is
the power of God, unto salvation to everyone that believes. So people who
are lost, as we sing the song passionately, I was sinking, deep
in sin, far from the peaceful shore, very deeply stained within, sinking
to rise no more than the master, but the master of the sea.
He heard my despairing cry, and from the water he lifted me. And
safe am I. Love lifted me, Love lifted me out of addictions.
Are you a testament to that love lifted me out of bad behavior. Love
lifted me out of inhumanity toward humanity. Love may have lifted people here from
murderous thoughts and actions. Love may have lifted you from despondency. Yes,
love may have lifted you from a poor view of who you are. Understand
because you didn't understand that God gave his gave all of heaven in one gift
through Christ to save you. So your esteem was low because you didn't see
the value of the life of Jesus, who was given for you. You
see, and so we want to give God the ability in our lives to
share himself to other people. Okay, let's read from the Book of First
Corinthians, chapter fifteen and verse thirty two, and the Bible reads, if
after the manner of men, I have fought with beasts at ephesis, I
wish I had the time. What advantageth it me? If the dead rise
not let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die. You see,
some people live reckless lives. Some people are not giving their all to God
because they think it's not of any values, of no importance. They don't
see the eternal importance of yielding to God's will, and so they say,
well, we might as well just do whatever we want to do down here.
I don't like my life anyway, and whatever I do, like,
yeah, let me just live it up and it doesn't matter. Not understanding,
or maybe they do basically understand, but just literally don't care. That
Jesus gave us the example that we should follow in his footsteps. God expects
us to actually follow in his footsteps, and so what God wants us to
do is reflect on the importance of eternal life. There are people that we
need to reach out to. Emptiness in life is what is causing despondency and
grief and unnecessary pain. And what God is saying is, please, please
go ahead and yield your will to me. That's what God is saying,
so that I can deliver other people through your testimony. And finally, and
finally, engage with sincerity and respect. When we are reaching out to help
and to serve others, we are not our own. We represent God himself,
and by representing God himself, that means we have responsibility to be saved
and also to help save others. Have a wonderful day, peace, 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,