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 sixth,
in twenty twenty six. 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 new
Lesson study series uniting Heaven and Earth, christ in Philippians
and Colossians, and our caption for today is Spiritual Discernment applied.
The spiritual discernment applied. It doesn't make sense that God
shows us something and then we don't actually do anything
with it. We'll get into that in just a moment,
but first I'd like to say welcome to everyone joining us,
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ways that we continue to build faith and fellowship. Let's pray. Father,
we thank you for this day and the opportunity to
open up your word today and to do your will.
Please fill us with your holy spirits name I pray,
Amen and Amen again. Spiritual discernment applied. Let's find a
quote that can be useful to us. In the book
The Ministry of Healing, page four hundred and seventy one,
we read trials are often permitted to accomplish a work
that otherwise would never be done. Oh, trials are often
permitted to accomplish a work that otherwise would never be done.
Can I get just give one example? The Early Church,
the first century Church. One of the reasons that they
spread far and wide was because they were being persecuted,
and they moved from place to place to attempt to
escape persecution, and they would share the Gospel everywhere they went.
Trials are often permitted to accomplish a work that otherwise
would never be done. My brother and friend, Pastor TJ. Tias,
and his wife, they suffered a tragic loss of their daughter,
whom they adopted and loved until she again passed away,
and the ministry of the Tias family has expanded in
a great manner, in a great way because of the loss.
Maybe that's not the right way to say it, but
I think you understand where I'm going. There was a
way that our brother is ministering today based on the
experience that God allowed him. Trials are often permitted to
accomplish a work that otherwise would not be done. So
our lesson number one today is Paul viewed his imprisonment
all as an opportunity for the Gospel to advance. This
is why he could say rejoice in the Lord all
way and again I say rejoice. Wow, that's a special
kind of fate that we all can have. But in Philippia,
chapter one and verse two, while the Bible reads, but
I would ye should understand, brethren, that the things which
happened unto me have fallen out rather unto the furtherance
of the Gospel. Let me say it another way. I
want you to know, brothers and sisters, that my situation
has actually turned out to advance the gospel. I think
it was Joseph that said that what you meant for
evil you speaking to his brothers, God meant it for good.
Speaker 1: Uh huh.
Speaker 2: And so this word for advance or whatever means did
I say or whatever I shouldn't have said, that progress
forward movement. That means to continually move forward in movement.
So the action is look at one difficulty today, one
of the difficulties you're going through, and ask God to
show you how it can move his mission forward. Is
God using you as a case study like he did? Job?
Is it that somebody is going to be encouraged by
your response to the thing that's going on. You're being
open and honest and they know what you're going through
and the way that you're responding to it is also
going to lead someone closer to the kingdom. H So
that's your action step for lesson number one. Less a
number two is coming in from Philippians chapter one, Versus
thirteen and fourteen, and the Bible reads, so that my
bonds in Christ are manifest in all the palace and
in all other places, that many are much more bold
to speak the word without fear. So the lesson is
that Paul saw every guard he's locked up, you know,
every visitor, every restriction as part of his assignment. You
didn't just pick the stuff that was good and the
things that he enjoyed and loved. He didn't just pick
the stuff that was rosy and light. Every single thing
he saw as a part of his assignment in spreading
the gospel. We're talking about boldness and fearless confidence. Now
the action step is to speak one word of faith
today where you would normally hesitate. Ah. Let me say
it again, speak one word of faith today where you
would normally hesitate. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Before I start preaching,
let me move to lesson number three. And it's coming
in from verse eighteen of Philippians chapter one, And here
is some of it. Christ is preached, and I therein
do rejoice, yay, and will rejoice. Let me say it
another way. In every way they're in pretense, oh, or
in truth, Christ is being proclaimed. And in this I rejoice. Man.
I just say that this is one of the it
may seem simple to you, but one of the texts
that perplex me a little bit, because he's like, if
by pretense or by truth, Like, there are times that
I'm like, but God, like, we can't just be out
here playing with this gospel here, and he's like, that's
not your business. Like when other people appear to you
that they're playing with the gospel, whether by pretense or
by truth, Christ is being proclaimed. And in this this
brother right here who was inspired by the Holy Ghost,
full of the Holy Ghost. Yeah, he rejoiced in that.
And I'm like, ah, so we shouldn't be judging what
we see when people are teaching or preaching the gospel
or somehow manifesting the Gospel in a way that we whoops,
don't prove. It's not your business, he said, whether in
pretense or in truth. So they're contrasting just so nobody
tries to go real, you know, academic and look for
what does the Greek word for pretense mean? And see
your misunderstanding. M M no, no, no, no, no, he's
literally saying what we read pretense or truth. I think
it was the disciples that Jesus was speaking to and
they were like, hey, you want us to go and
stop them from preaching, And Jesus was like, no, no,
don't do that, No, don't do that, because whoever is
proclaiming my name cannot say speak or do evil against me.
I'll just pause right there. Our action step, then, is
to choose joy today, even when motives or circumstances around
you are imperfect. Choose joy. Big shout out to Mignon
Francois my baby, says, I call her the boss Lady.
Choose joy. Choose joy today, even when motives or circumstances
around you are imperfect. Wow. Let me read one more
quote before I bring us down to a swift close.
Faith sees in every crisis a call to greater trust
and deeper service. Faith sees in every crisis a call
to greater trust and deeper service. Is that your reality?
This is how we apply the spiritual dessernment that God
gives us. Make it a great day. 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,