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 Tuesday, January fourteen,
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 lesson
study series, God's Love and Justice. Our caption for today
is pleasing God. It's a question pleasing God. We'll get
into that in just a moment, but first I'd like
to say welcome to you and ask you to please
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Let's go ahead and pray, and then we will get underway.
Father and Heaven. Thank you for giving us this new
day and for giving us the privilege of being called
by your name. Thank you for not leaving us on
planet Earth by ourselves to figure out life, but for
giving us Jesus and giving us the power the Holy Ghost,
for giving us the angels who excel in strength. And
I pray that we will co operate with you today
in Jesus' name. I pray Amen and Amen again, pleasing God.
Like that's a question. That's a question. Do you believe,
brothers and sisters that you can please God in any way?
And I promise you this is not a trick question.
There's some people who are immediately wanting to read into
it or somehow give some kind of qualifying distinction that
determines on what standard that we can The question was,
and let me read it again slowly. I wrote it
in my notes. Do you believe you can please God
in any way? Now, remember we did talk about this
in fairly good detail when the Bible talked about Jesus
as he was being baptized, and now he's full of
the Holy Ghost as he's entering into what we call
his public ministry. The Bible says that the Father his
voice thundered from heaven or resounded, if that's a better
way of saying it resounded from heaven, and said, this
is my beloved son in whom I am well pleased.
So let me ask you the question a different way.
Are you one of God's children? Yes or no? Are
you one of God's children? Yes or no? You see,
the Bible does say that those who receive Him to
the to as many as received Jesus to them, gave
he the power or the right to be called his children, okay,
to those who believe on his name. And so if
you are unsure about whether you can please God or not,
consider whether you're one of his children or not. Consider
whether you are submitting your will to God or not,
you see the Bible. The Bible says here, let me
let me read in Roman chapter eight, one of my
favorite chapters in the Bible, Romans, Chapter eight. It says,
after it talks about what it's like, no, let me
just read those verses too. So let's just start with
verse five, for they do. Let's see, for those who
live according to the flesh have their outlook shaped by
the things of the flesh. So that is the worldly mindset,
the one that is separated from God, that is hostile
toward God. Okay, But those who live according to the
Holy Spirit have their outlook shaped by the things of
the Holy Spirit. So just answer the question that I
was asking you in your minds right now. For the
outlook of the flesh is death, but the outlook of
the Spirit, meaning the Holy Spirit, is life and peace.
Because the outlook of the flesh is hostile to God,
for it does not submit to the law of God,
nor is it able to do so. Here is verse eight.
Those who are in the flesh cannot please God. And
some of you are like, aha, Si, I told you
cannot please God. It says that in verse eight. But
let's read verse nine. You, however, are not in the flesh.
So again the question, is there any way that you
can please God? The Bible says here, if you're in
the flesh, you cannot. However, you are not in the flesh,
but in the spirit. If indeed, the Spirit of God
lives in you. Now, if anyone does not have the
Spirit of Christ, this person does not belong to him.
And I'll read one more verse, verse ten. But if
Christ is in you, it's Christ in you, brothers and sisters,
is He in you? Your body is dead because of sin,
but the spirit is your life because of righteousness. Listen,
we need to stand up and give God thanks in
this moment, because the Bible is telling us that by
God's grace, by his spirit, those who submit and surrender
our wills to Him can indeed and in fact please God.
We can please God because Jesus is living inside our lives.
The Holy Ghost is in dwelling our lives, and the
goal of sending Jesus into this world to live in
human form and to die the death that we deserve
with so that we can live the life that he deserves.
Speaker 1: Like.
Speaker 2: The reason why he did all of that is because
he wants to say, this is my beloved daughter, this
is my beloved son, in whom I am well pleased
and so covered in Jesus's righteousness, we absolutely can, will
and must please God. I'm thankful, I am so thankful.
God is good, and so we continue reading. In fact,
I'd like for you to turn in your companion guide.
I'm talking about the Your Daily Portion Companion Guide to
page forty six to page forty six, and we want
to do a professional application today. Okay, professional application, Go
ahead and pick that up at your Daily Portion dot
com if you have not picked it up. And let's
see now what is important? Now? We're looking for the
win win w What is important now? God's delight in
the righteousness, Oh, excuse me, righteousness, the righteous and cheerful
giver can serve as a model for how we conduct
ourselves professionally. Creating a positive and affirming environment at work
can foster motivation and a sense of purpose. Well, let's
internalize this insight. I think about how you can reflect
God's delight in your professional life. Are there ways that
you can show appreciation for the work, ethic and contributions
of your colleagues? Consider how your encouragement can inspire others
to excel? Well, now what n next best move? This week?
Invest the time to acknowledge a colleague's hard work or
positive attitude. A simple word of encouragement or recognition can
go a long way in building a supportive and motivating
work environment reflecting God's delight in upright actions. Remember, we're
talking about pleasing God. So that is one of the
four ways that we apply the lesson every single day.
So again, get get that companion guide. So again, answer
the question. I'm going to ask it again, and I'm
going to ask you slow. Do you believe that you
can please God in any way? If your answer is uh,
if your answer is anything but yes, by the grace
of God, yes, because we're covered in Jesus's righteousness, then
you're gonna need to go ahead and listen to this
program again. Now, the Bible says here in closing in
Psalm chapter one hundred and forty nine, beginning at verse four,
for the Lord taketh pleasure in his people. He will
beautify the meek with salvation. Let the saints be joyful
in glory, let them sing aloud upon their beds. Thank
God he finds pleasure in his children. 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,