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 Thursday, August, I keep saying August April twenty five,
twenty twenty four. Hello. My name is El 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, the Great Controversy. Our caption for today is Cheered by
Hope, Cheered by Hope. We'll get into that in just a moment,
but first I'd like to say welcome to you and ask you to go over
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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 this new day and for the opportunity that you have
given us to open you word and to have a peek into history. And
I pray God that we will repeat only the good things in history, that
we will learn from those things that were not helpful to us, and that
we will have a right relationship with You until the coming of our Lord and
Savior, Jesus Christ. In Jesus name, I pray. Amen and amen
again, cheered by hope. Cheered by hope. All right, so I
did not speak to you specifically about mister Wycliffe yesterday, one of the reformers.
So let me just begin here and then we'll talk about another reformer and
see how all of this can help us in our day. Okay, And
so I'm going to read now from the book The Great Controversy, page ninety
four. I'll read some of it. The character of Wycliffe is a testimony
to the educating, transforming power of the Holy Scriptures. Remember yesday we were
reading in the Book of Psalms, chapter nineteen about the law of the Lord
being perfect and how it converts the soul and so forth. Yes, that's
what we're talking about today, transforming power of the Holy Scriptures. It was
the Bible that made him what he was. The effort to grasp the great
truths of revelation imparts freshness and vigor to all the faculties. It expands the
mind, it sharpens the perceptions, it ripens the judgment. The study of
the Bible will ennoble every thought, feeling, and aspiration as no other study
can. And then, of course, the writer continues Missus White continues,
and then you know, it was very interesting. Some people considered mister Wycliffe
to be the morning Star of the Reformation. And that's an incredible moniker,
if you want to say, because we understand that Jesus is the son of
righteousness, so to be assigned or attached to the original and holy and eternal
light of the world, like the Bible says, to let our light so
shine before people, so that when they see our good works, they will
glorify our Father, which is in heaven. This is what people are saying
about mister Wycliffe, that he was a bright light during the time of Reformation.
Okay, and so now we're talking about being cheered by hope. And
the person who comes up on our radar before we go into the scriptures is
Huss Huss. I don't know if you've ever heard of him, but John
Huss. And it says that John Huss would not falter in the face of
imprisonment, in justice and death itself. May I just ask you really quickly,
without having to go into some hominous spiritual or religious persecution, are you
willing not to falter? I'm saying I'm not talking about waiting until the big
one quote an end quote. I'm saying that when somebody gives you an opportunity
to earn money, all you have to do is lie. Will you falter?
Hhh? When somebody vexes your spirit? Are you willing to commit murder?
Or are you willing to stand firm on the word of God? And
understand that the law of the Lord is perfect? And so that promise that
it promise in the in the Ten Commandments, thou shalt not kill, or
thou shalt not murder can be can be yours because God writes his law in
our hearts and in our minds so that we can live like him. Or
if you know, maybe you are protective of your your your reputation, and
you wouldn't dare quote murder anyone. But when somebody gives you an opportunity to
assassinate someone else's character, will you stand firm or will you falter? That's
a question that I'm even asking myself, And the lesson writer continues. He
languished in prison for months. The cold, damp conditions brought on a fever
that nearly ended his life. Nevertheless, now we're quoting from the book Great
Controversy, The grace of God sustained him during the weeks of suffering that passed
before his final sentence. Heaven's peace filled his soul. I write this letter,
he said to a friend, in my prison and in my fettered hand,
expecting my sentence of death. Tomorrow, when with the assistance of Jesus
Christ, we shall again meet the delicious peace of the future life. You
will learn how merciful God has shown himself toward me, how effectually he has
supported me in the midst of my temptations and trials. And this is from
Bonnicholl's Volume two, page sixty seven, continuing the full quote. In the
gloom of his dungeon, he foresaw the triumph of the true faith. And
that's from the book Great Controversy, page one hundred and seven. And so
again we're cheered by hope that God will do in us the same thing he
did in Jesus. When Jesus lived on planet Earth, no matter what the
trial or temptation was, Jesus came forth as pure gold. Why because he
was full of the Holy ghost. Uh. He invested time a great while
before the days of his life, and prayed and lived the kinds of principles
that God our father taught we understand, and so he was victorious so that
we could be victorious. And from the Book of Hebrews, chapter two we
see beginning at verse fourteen. Therefore, since the children share in flesh and
blood, he likewise shared in their humanity, so that through death he could
destroy the one who holds the power of death, that is the devil.
So Jesus lived on planet Earth. He lived a victorious life so that we
could be victorious. Keep going, keep going, verse fifteen, and set
free those who were held in slavery all their lives by the fear of death.
One of the things that people struggle with mm hm yes, even in
twenty twenty four, is whether they're going to live or die. There's some
people who are just so fearful and paranoid of what might be hiding and lurking
around this corner, or what is behind door number one, or who's going
to come in and do this to me or harm me in that way,
or what disease will sneak up on me and then overtake my life until I
die. Well, really and truly, the only power that death has is
for people who don't love God. Ma, I just say that the reformers
of old, the people who stood up for the truth of God, no
matter what came to them hah, they know they learned and lived the fact
that death is just asleep. It's just a pause. It's rest before the
resurrection. Do you understand? And so, no matter what happens in our
lives, brothers and sisters, Jesus has shown us that because he was victorious,
we can be victorious at work and our businesses, and our relationships with
our families and other relationships, and our personal development and in every other way
we can be victorious. Why because Jesus was wonderful. 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,