Speaker 1: 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.
Speaker 2: Good morning, good morning, Good morning. It is Sabbath, February seven,
twenty twenty six. 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 uniting heaven and Earth, Christ and Philippians and Colossians,
and our caption for today is a heavenly citizenship, a
heavenly citizenship. Before we get into that, I'd like to
just say welcome to everyone joining us, especially those joining
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and fellowship. Let's go ahead and pray and get underway. Father,
We thank you for this Sabbath morning. Please help us
to live according to your principles. In Jesus' name, I
pray a man and a man again. See Jesus when
he was teaching his disciples how to pray, one of
the things he said was thy will be done on
earth as it is in heaven. And so God wants
us to have a heavenly mindset. Okay, we're not talking
about a geographic location. We're talking about we are talking
about the spirituality of connecting with God. We're talking about
the holiness of God. As the Earth is in twenty
twenty six, it is still degrading because of atom's sin
and of course the second atom, the second atom. Jesus
Christ has positioned us so that one day the earth
will be made new. So in the Earth made new,
that is a heavenly mindset. Right in heaven, where the
throne of God currently is, that is still heavenly mindset,
you see. So what we're talking about is the contrast
between unholy and holy, where God dwells and where humans
currently dwell. Okay, And so when you see the caption
heavenly citizenship, I do not want you to think of
a geographic location, because some of you have been saying
some of us. Really I stopped many years ago, but
some of us have been have been saying that we
are citizens of heaven, meaning a location. And it's like, right,
but you know, when Jesus does come, according to Revelation
chapter twenty, when Jesus comes, right, then for a thousand
years we will be in heaven. But after the thousand
years are finished, the fulfillment of Jesus's promise in Matthew
chapter five, the meek will inherit the and now add
a word new Earth. So we'll live in heaven for
a thousand years, and then after the thousand years are finished,
God's people will live in the new Earth, you see.
And so our citizenship is with God. I could have
just said that and saved a couple of minutes, but
I need you to understand the biblical logic surrounding the mindset, okay.
And so I'm looking forward to the day that we
get to live with God forever and our mindset shift
must begin today, today, today. So let me begin with
a quote, a quote from Reviewing Herald, eighteen seventy four.
Those who take hold of the promises of God have
a citizenship higher than nations, and a hope more enduring
than empires. Do you see? So the rise and fall
of earthly kingdoms in Daniel chapters one through well, really
the whole book of Daniel, the rise and fall of
kingdoms is that's earthly, that's earthly, that is the citizenship
of earth. But when Jesus Christ now hitting at the
base of all of earthly paradigms and his kingdom is established,
that's heavenly, okay. And so from the book Testimonies for
the Church, Volume nine, page two hundred and eighty five.
We are pilgrims and strangers here and we are we
must not allow earthly things to eclipse the glories of
the heavenly world. Thank God, Thank God. So what is
our lesson number one? Our lesson number one is coming
in from the Book of Philippians, chapter four and verse six,
where it reads, be careful or anxious, Do not be anxious, right,
be careful for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and
supplication with thanksgiving, so we're connecting with God. Prayer is
having a conversation with God as with a friend. Supplication
has to do with making specific requests, and we'll hear
about that in a second. Thanksgiving. You know what thanksgiving is.
I want you to spy on God when you speak
to God about a thing, when you are hoping to
go hoping of God about a thing, and then He
does what God does only God can do and answers
according to his will. I want you to be the
first one to see. I want you to be peeking
into the windows of heaven. I want you to be
spying on God and be the first to see as
soon as God makes an action, when he makes a
move and begins to answer your prayer whatever his will
is on his answer, and begin with thanksgiving and gratitude. Okay,
So by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, make your requests
made known, be made known unto God, and so heavenly
citizens I mean heavenly citizenship gives the believer an unshakable
peace because our lives and future are secured in God's hands.
And so another action step in this regard is to
pause three times a day at least. But I'm just
giving you a number to aim for three times a
day and breathe a simple prayer of thanksgiving, naming one
burden that you are releasing to God. Thank you God.
Right now I have anxiety because whatever is going on
in my life. Thank you for taking this burden from me.
And I want you all to do it, knowing that
God has that as his will already. He doesn't want
you to be anxious. Be anxious for nothing, he said.
But by prayer and supplication you understand what the tech said.
All right, lesson number two. Earthly kingdoms fail, but believers
belong to a kingdom that cannot disappoint, decay, or be destroyed.
Coming in from Philippians, chapter three and verse twenty, where
the Bible reads, for our conversation in this case I
have misinterpreted many times it means citizenship. Our conversation is
in heaven. I've said conduct. Sometimes it is conduct, sometimes
it is citizenship. In this case it's citizenship. So our
citizenship is in heaven. From whence also we look for
a savior, the Lord Jesus Christ. The citizenship really means,
It really means commonwealth or legal entity rooted in a
higher government. So when we look at Isaiah, I think
it's chapter nine and verse six where it says, and
the government shall be upon the Messiah's shoulders, and his
name shall be called wonderful counselor Mighty God, Everlasting Father,
and the Prince of Peace. We're talking about the higher
government of God. And so the action step then is
write one sentence declaring your loyalty. For those of you
who have ever written for citizenship or had to pledge
as you shifted your citizenship or acquired a citizenship somewhere,
you know what this is like. So I want you
to do something like that. I do too, by the way,
write one sentence declaring your loyalty to the Kingdom of
God rather than the earthly paradigm. And our lesson Number
three comes in from John chapter fourteen and verse twenty seven.
Jesus said this peace I leave with you, My peace
I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled,
neither let it be afraid. In another translation, it says,
do not let your hearts be distressed or lacking in courage.
God wants us to have the kind of peace that
flows from His presence. What does the step identify one
source of recurring worry and create a seven day prayer
plan to bring it to God daily. Make it a
great Sabbath. We'll see you in the morning of the
Lord's payars life peace.
Speaker 1: 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,