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, November two,
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 themes in the Gospel of John, and our
caption for today is more Testimonies about Jesus. More Testimonies
about Jesus. We'll get into that in just a moment,
but first I'd like to say welcome to you and
ask you to please go over to your Daily Portion
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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 in their way. Father and Heaven,
thank you for this new day and for the privilege
you have entrusted to us today to open your word,
and for the Sabbath hours sacred and special where we
can connect to you in a way that we otherwise
would not. Father, I pray now that we will be
drawn into your presence and you will enhance our testimony
in Jesus name. I pray, Amen and Amen again more
testimonies about Jesus Christ. So what I'm going to do
is read one of the most pivotal passages that I
refer to you. Like when I'm speaking to you, you're
on the radio all over the world, you're on the
Internet with me, you're on podcasts, on television, et cetera. Right,
And I'm thinking, Okay, how do I make certain that
as many people as possible have the opportunity to connect
with God and for those who are not already saved
to be saved. And so my motto is related to
this passage in the Book of John sorry. The Book
of John, chapter twelve and verse thirty two. The Book
of John, chapter twelve and verse thirty two, and the
Bible reads, and I Jesus is speaking here, and I,
if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw
all peoples to myself. Can I read it again? And I,
if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw
all peoples unto myself. And so, if you're a person
who loves God, I want you to type it in the
chat I Love God. If you are a person who
already loves God, please type it in the chat I
Love God. If you're someone who does indeed love God.
And you have people in your workout community where you exercise,
people in the taxi or in public transportation that you
may encounter on a periodic basis, sometimes even every day,
people at your job, people in your household that are
not yet connected to God, and you're wondering, like, well,
how can I help these people get connected to God?
He said, lift Jesus up. When I say lift Jesus up,
I'm saying, elevate Jesus. With what you say, what you do,
how you live, recommend Jesus in the way, with what
you say how you live and what you do to
wear people. People will say, you know what, I really
want to get to know him too. I want to
get to know the one that you keep recommending to me.
Whenever you have trials and tribulations, if you recommend Jesus
and say, you know, I've been going through some things,
some difficulties, and really and truly I don't like them,
you know, being honest, I don't like them. But you
know what, God has always been with me when I
talk to him. He listened when I ask him for wisdom.
He gives me wisdom when I need relief at just
the right time. Sometime it's not my timing, but at
just the right time. God gives me relief when I
realize that I'm worrying, and I know that worry is
blind and cannot discern the future. But Jesus sees the
end from the beginning. In every difficulty, our Father, our
heavenly Father, has a way prepared to bring relief. Our
heavenly Father has a thousand ways to provide for his
children of which we know nothing. This is the God
that I love. Jesus is loving and he is kind.
God our Father is always protective, and watching over me.
The Holy Ghost is always giving me understanding, leading me
into all truth. When I am feeling confused and without peace,
the Holy Ghost gives me perfect peace. He gives me
comfort when I am comfort less, when I've lost loved
ones and friends. He gives me the comfort that I need.
You see, as we elevate and recommend Jesus, and of
course by extension God our Father, by extension God the
Holy Ghost, then in our daily lives, he will guide
people to himself. Okay, and so we're going to share
a few principles, so I don't really go into the
particular stories of the week. We're going to share some
principles today to help us to elevate Jesus in our lives.
Number one, I need you to do exactly what I
need me to do. Live out his teachings. Live out
his teachings in your life. And so the Bible reads
in Matthew chapter five and verse sixteen. Let your light
so shine before men, why that they may see your
good works and glorify your Father, which is in heaven.
We see. Sometimes we hide. We hide the things that
we can be of service to people with. Sometimes we
hide because either we're shy or we think that we'll
bring glory to ourselves if we are helpful in an
open and meaningful way. But what God is saying is no,
you don't have to perform. Don't worry about that part.
But what I need you to do, though, is when
it's an when you have an opportunity to shed light
in a situation, when somebody is having a skirmish right
in front of you, if you are able to cut
down the controversy, you're there to let your light so shine.
When people are having difficulties financially, if you are able
to lend a helping hand or some valuable advice practically speaking,
then lend a helping hand. You are shedding light hih.
When somebody needs food or clothing or shelter, and you
can facilitate that someone needs healing, You can pray for
them or also facilitate some of the treatments that they
may need. Let your light so shine if you have
a word or a smile hauh on, behalf of Jesus.
Let your light so shine in front of these people,
so that when they see you, they want to get
to know the one that you love. Okay, So that's
the first one. Live out the teachings of God. Now
we can share and must really and truly share our
personal testimonies. This is one of my favorite, especially considering
what we're going to talk about over the next several days.
And the Bible reads here that we in Revelation chapter twelve,
verse eleven, that there are some people in our religious past,
our spiritual history. This was their reality, and they God's people,
the ones who lived at a certain time in history,
those who were cut from the same cloth of every
holy individual who has ever lived on planet Earth. Right,
those individuals overcame him, meaning the devil, by the blood
of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony.
M And they loved not their lives even to the
point of death. Can I say it again? And they
overcame the devil by the blood of the Lamb and
by the word of their testimony, and they loved not
their lives even to the point of death. So, whatever
your trials are, whatever it is that you go through,
make sure that you live your testimony. Make sure you
don't hide it from people. Talk about the goodness of God,
talk about how He gets you through or out of trials.
Right talk about how he has delivered you from certain
mindset woes that have been binding you, how he's delivered
you from relationships or was kind enough to give you
the kind of relationship that you want. You live a
blissful marriage, share that testimony with people you see, and
then finally, finally engage in acts of kindness. In John
chapter thirteen and verse fifteen, the Bible says that Jesus
gave us he lived his example before us so we
could do the kinds of things that he did. And
of course he relieved suffering any time he was able to,
and was kind as much as he needed to be.
Make it a great Sabbath. We'll talk to you tomorrow peace.
Thanks for joining us listening. Friends.
Speaker 1: 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,