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.
Speaker 2: Vibrant lives.
Speaker 1: Welcome to Your Daily Portion with your host, author speaker,
Elle David Harris.
Speaker 2: Good morning, good morning, Good morning. It is Monday, December
twenty nine, twenty twenty five. 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
new lesson study series uniting Heaven and Earth, Christ in
the Philippians and Colossians. That's a mouthful. But before we
get into this, I'd like to say welcome to everyone
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This is one of the ways that we continue to
grow in our faith and fellowship. Let's pray, Father, we
thank you for this morning, Thank you for this workday.
Please help us to work as unto the Lord. Help
us to be bound to you and free in all
other ways. In Jesus' name, I pray, Amen and a
man again. Our caption is Paul in chains. Paul in chains. Okay,
so let's go down to a quote. Well, you don't
know it's down, but that's where it is in my
notes here in the book Desire of Ages, page six
hundred and seventy one. The Holy Spirit makes effectual what
has been wrought by the world's redeemer. So what Jesus lived,
what Jesus taught, the Holy Spirit makes effective in the
lives of God's people. How Jesus lived, what he taught,
the Holy Spirit makes to live and be effective in
the heart and minds of God's people. This is the
only reason Paul had this way of thinking, because the
Holy Spirit was bringing what Jesus said. He said, he
will teach you whatsoever I have commanded you, and I
will be with you alway, even unto the end of
the earth of the world. So through the Holy Spirit,
the agency of the Holy Spirit, Jesus Christ is present
and available in the life of Paul, and that must
be our reality. Thank God, it's available. It is that
reality is available. God is still available in twenty twenty
five going into twenty twenty six, for everybody who is
yielding our will to him and thus our lesson. Number
one for today is Paul endured trials because Christ's power
sustained him. Maybe I could skip the word power because
Christ sustained him in Tewo Corinthians, Chapter four and verse seven.
Let me just say it, but we have this treasure
in Earthen vessels. I read it in another translation in
a second that the excellency of the power may be
of God and not of us. I read it the
other day. Let me read it from New English translation.
But we have this treasure. What treasure? The treasure of Christ,
the treasure of all that He has done, the birth,
the life, the death, the burial, the resurrection, and the
ministry of Jesus Christ. Until one day he comes, and
we see him seated upon the throne as King of
kings and Lord of lords. We see this in reality.
We have this treasure in clay jars, so that the
extraordinary power that belongs to God does it belongs to
God and not from us. So God is manifesting this
thing down on planet Earth. And we know, now, wait
a minute, it must be a miracle, it must be
the power of God. In fact, the word power in
this case, this case, in this particular text, dunamis. It
means power and divine ability. Dunamis power and divine ability.
And somebody's already saying, wait a minute, that sounds like
exactly exactly, yeah, yeah, yeah. The power that God gives
us is explosive. His message goes into all the world boom.
Everybody who is in your sphere of influence now has
the privilege of experiencing God. Why because God is living
in you. Christ is in you the hope of glory.
And so your action step is ask God for strength
in one area where you are feeling pressured. I said,
feeling pressured, Talk to God about it. God, can you
give me the strength in this one key area I'm
feeling anxiety. I'm feeling pressured and trust that God will
do it. Listen. Number two, Paul focused on revealing Christ's
life through his own suffering. Yeah, He's like, okay, since
I'm going through this as like I say e t
Eric Thomas often says, don't let a good crisis go
to waste, and Paul is living that reality. He's just like, yo,
I'm going through all of this. I'm going through this suffering.
Let's use it as a teaching tool. Let's use it
as use my situation as a case study for the
fact that God never leaves us, neither does he forsake us.
And so in tewod Corinthians chapter four, beginning at verse ten,
the Bible reads always bearing about in the body the
dying of the Lord Jesus Christ, that the life also
of Christ might be made manifest in our body, for
we which live are always delivered unto death for Jesus's sake,
and that the life also of Christ might be made manifest.
Can I say it another way, always carrying around in
our body the death of Jesus Christ, so that the
life of Christ may also be made visible in our body.
We go through persecutions, we have to die to ourselves daily.
There are times that we will have trials and tribulations.
But I promise you that if the Holy Ghost is
with us, and we are not just bringing these trials
upon ourselves and pumping our chests, beating our chest making
it seem as if we're holy because of what we're
going through, but we are indeed and in fact yielded
to Christ, then also the life of Christ will be
manifest in us where we revealed in us going into
verse eleven New English translation for we who are alive
are constantly being handed over to death for Christ's sake,
so that the life of Christ may also be made
visible in our mortal body. Visible it means to reveal.
God wants to make you a revelation of Jesus Christ.
I'm clapping. I said, God wants you to be a
revelation of Jesus Christ. You thought it was a book
in the Bible. He wants you to be the manifestation
the Bible says, let your light so shine before men
that when they see your good works, they will glorify
your Father, which is in heaven. He said that you
are the sanctuary, the temple of the Holy Ghost. Who
was in you what you didn't know that you were
bought with a price. Therefore, glorify God in your body,
which are which is the Lord's and so he wants
you to be the revelation of Jesus Christ. Please choose
one response today that means something is happening and you
need to respond to it, that will clearly reflect Christ's character.
Is it road rage? Is it traffic? Is it that
person who is supposed to be checking you out in
the supermarket and he or she has an attitude problem,
and you want to give that person a piece of
your mind, Well, give them a piece of the gospel,
Like show them what it's like to be connected with
God God, so that these earthly things do not get
us off of our spiritual mark or square lesson number
three and final, as we come to a swift close, Paul,
use spiritual resources to face hardship with integrity. In Two Corinthians,
Chapter six, verses six and seven, it says, by pureness,
by knowledge, by long suffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost,
by love unfeigned, by the Word of truth, by the
power of God. This is the kind of resource that
God has given to all of his people. The truth.
Open your Bible and read a passage that strengthens your
courage and ask God to apply it in your life. Peace.
See you tomorrow.
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,