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 Sabbath. It's
June fourteenth, twenty twenty five. 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. This is less than number twelve in
our lesson study series How to study Bible Prophecy, and
our caption for to day is Precursors. We'll talk about
that in just a moment, but before we do, I'd
just like to say welcome to everyone joining us, especially
those joining us for the very first time. Let me
also say that Simone and I, of course Josiah too
will be at Watermount today. If the Lord Spaar's life,
will be there with the women. So I'm looking forward
to that. I know that you share your daily Portion often,
and my sister has fly flew away, has flown away,
my friend has flown away. But I see Watermount still shares,
still shares your daily portion, So we're looking forward to
being with you today. Also, I'd like for you to
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is one of the ways that we continue to build
faith and fellowship. Let's go ahead and pray, Father, thank
you for this sabbath. Thank you for giving us a
window into the last of the last days, so we
can know what you want from us, how you will prepare,
continue to prepare us, and what to expect as you
do something you've never done before, perfected a people during
the last days, at the height of the greatest crisis
we've ever seen. Please make us holy in Jesus' name.
I pray, Amen and Amen again, precursors, precursors. Here it
is if God is with you, then don't be afraid.
I just want you to let that settle in. Don't
run by this one. If God is with you, then
do not be afraid. That's a command. It's an invitation,
but it's a command to faithfulness. It's a command to
trust God. And let me just say this. The precursors
have to do with prophecy in this case, Well, prophecy
is Christ centered and not crisis centered. That's me clapping yes, yeah, yeah,
yeah yeah. Prophecy is Christ centered and not crisis centered.
I need you to let that settle all the way
into who you are, especially in these last days, because
there were a lot of people teaching and preaching about
Bible prophecy and their focus when they're teaching it is
the crisis. And God is like, well, the revelation is
of Jesus Christ, not crisis. It's not the revelation of crises. Oh,
I wish I had the time. Let's go ahehead. You
can tell my French since my frustration here it is
here it is let's use the Bible as our guide.
In tewod Timothy chapter one and verse seven, it says
very clearly, for God has not given us a spirit
of fear, He's not giving us that spirit of fear,
but of power, and of love and of a sound mind.
Let me repeat it one more time. For God has
not given us the spirit of fear, but of power,
love and a sound mind. So let me just say
very simply, fear is not from God. Not this kind
of fear, the fear of things burning down, the fear
of earthquakes and pestilences, and all of the things that
are the beginnings of sorrows, the persecutions that God's people can,
will and must endure. But we will come through as
a refiner would have refined pure gold. No problem. We're
going to get through it by God's grace, and we
will be victorious. So the kind of fear that people
have concerning the last days, that doesn't come from God.
He gives courage rooted in divine power. And so what
I want you to do is think about sharing your
testimony or praying with other pear people and claim God's
spirit of power and not fear. So that is in
a spiritual sense. Okay, in a spiritual sense. Right when
you feel spiritually intimidated. If that's the case, it may
not be your your reality. Some of us don't have
that experience. I don't know. But when you feel if
that is your experience spiritually intimidated or weak, I want
you to pray boldly and declare and decree. You've heard
this on the television before. Declare and decree that there
is a promise in the scriptures that you are going
to apply in your life. God has not given you
the spirit of fear, but He's given you power. Take
that as the promise. God is giving me power and
of a sound mind. But we're focusing on the power
in this case. So let's go personal now, Personal now,
And the Bible says again power love and a sound mind.
Power love and a sound mind. Speak true to yourself.
I talk to my wife Simon about this. Often speak
the truth to yourself when anxiety creeps in, and use
the Bible, the Scriptures, the Word of God to renew
your mind. And so what this will look like is
to actually journal write down daily biblical affirmations. I said biblical.
I didn't say make it up yourself, biblical, say what
God has said. Simone did that in the back of
her in her new book, she walks by face. She
did that, and so do that based on God's word
and train your mind toward peace and clarity. That is,
when these things pop up, the anxiety pops up, especially
concerning the last days. Okay, and so and then there's
the love part. Right, we talked about power, we talked
about also the mind, and now let's talk about the
love that is relational. Okay. And so God's spirit leads
you to love. Remember, there is no fear in love.
Perfect love casts out fear for fear hath torment. Right, okay, Well,
God's spirit leads you to love, not fear based control
or withdrawal. So I want you to apply it this way.
Love people from a place of strength, not insecurity. We're
not talking about a leech like love. What can I
get out of you? Not a parasitical love. We're talking
about the kind that comes from strength, not in security. Well,
if I don't demonstrate this, then maybe they'll leave me. No, no,
no no, not that set healthy boundaries without guilt. Here
is something that we can do. Right, address tension with
a loved one, if there is any with a loved one,
from a posture of love and confidence, not a posture
of fear or rejection. Okay. And then of course when
we are doing our work, we are in power to lead,
to speak up, and to make wise decisions under pressure.
Make tough calls with confidence, knowing God's Spirit guides your
thoughts and your actions. Step up into your meetings if
you have them, your huddles, or whatever it is that
you have when you're with more than one of your
co workers or leadership opportunities, believing that you are equipped
with divine clarity. There is so much else to say,
but Pastor Boonstra says that this week we will look
into two more Bible stories that foreshadow last day's events
in remarkable detail. The first one will be about the
three Hebrew young men shot Hanna and Ayah, Miche Ellen Azariah,
and also issues in Revelation chapter thirteen. Okay, and so
these young men demonstrated what it looked like to be
courageous and not fearful, courageous and not fearful. There is
so much more I can say, but let me just
talk about one point that I made a little bit earlier,
that prophecy is Christ centered and not chrisis centered. In
the Bible Book of Revelation, chapter one, beginning at verse one,
it just starts out with the truth. That's the revelation
of Jesus Christ. The main character in all prophecy is
Jesus Christ. The powerful one who transforms us in all
of prophecy is Jesus Christ. We are not alone in
the fire. Shift your focus from the beasts and the
judgments to the lamb and the one who leads us
through those judgments. Make it a great Sabbath, 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,