Speaker 1: Most of us eat every day, some of us too
Speaker 1: much because yesterday's food is not enough to supply energy
Speaker 1: for today's needs. Why then, do some of us expect
Speaker 1: yesterday's portion of heavenly manna, the word of God to
Speaker 1: keep us through today's challenges. On this program, we are
Speaker 1: going to change all of that. Let's experience God's words
Speaker 1: today and receive the power we need to live healthy,
Speaker 1: vibrant lives. Welcome to your Daily Portion with your host,
Speaker 1: author speaker, Elle David Harris.
Speaker 2: Good morning, good morning, Good morning. It is Sabbath, July
Speaker 2: twenty seven, twenty twenty four. Hello, my name is El
Speaker 2: David Harris. I am your host, and this is your
Speaker 2: Daily Portion where we give you God's word every single day,
Speaker 2: and today is no exception. We are continuing in our
Speaker 2: lesson study series through the Book of Mark, and our
Speaker 2: caption for today is Miracles around the Lake. Miracles around
Speaker 2: the Lake. That's really just to get us kicked started
Speaker 2: for all of the lessons that will come beginning tomorrow.
Speaker 2: But before we get into all of that, I'd like
Speaker 2: to say welcome to you and ask you to please
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Speaker 2: This is a way that we continue to build faith
Speaker 2: and fellowship. Let's go ahead and pray and then get underway.
Speaker 2: Father and Heaven, thank you for giving us the day
Speaker 2: that you've entrusted to us this time of special connection
Speaker 2: with you and with your people. Corporately, Father, I pray
Speaker 2: that you will give us the fullness of your spirit.
Speaker 2: In Jesus's name, I pray, Amen and amen again. Pardon
Speaker 2: me miracles around the lake. Okay, so let's go ahead
Speaker 2: and begin by reading from Mark chapter five. That's the
Speaker 2: book of Mark chapter five, and I will read beginning
Speaker 2: at verse at verse eighteen, Mark chapter five, and I
Speaker 2: will read beginning at verse eighteen, and the Bible reads
Speaker 2: and when he was come into the ship, he that
Speaker 2: had been possessed with the devil prayed him that he
Speaker 2: might be with him. Let me pause right there. So
Speaker 2: of course we're breaking into a story where Jesus delivers
Speaker 2: a man from the worst kind of bondage in my view,
Speaker 2: that you can have. Now, I may be overstating to
Speaker 2: some of you. I don't know you have your opinion.
Speaker 2: But Jesus has delivered him from direct and complete oppression
Speaker 2: and possession by the devil, where the man could not
Speaker 2: control himself because the devil was fully controlling him. Okay,
Speaker 2: And so now that Jesus has delivered him, Now that
Speaker 2: Jesus with the authority that he has in his bosom
Speaker 2: because he's Jesus, he commands the devils to leave this
Speaker 2: dude alone completely. And immediately they leave this man alone.
Speaker 2: And the man, who is now clothed in his right mind,
Speaker 2: the man who now has the ability to make decisions,
Speaker 2: who now has the ability to see that God has
Speaker 2: delivered him, says Jesus, I want to be with you
Speaker 2: wherever you are. I want to be with you, please.
Speaker 2: In verse nineteen, howbeit Jesus suffered him not but seth
Speaker 2: unto him go home to thy friends. So he's delivered.
Speaker 2: He's thankful, he's grateful, he's aware at what great things
Speaker 2: the Lord has done for him, and so naturally he
Speaker 2: just wants to be with Jesus wherever Jesus is. And
Speaker 2: Jesus gives him a secret without telling him directly that
Speaker 2: this is a secret. If you were going to be
Speaker 2: with me. This is how your life will look. It
Speaker 2: doesn't mean that you're going to walk behind me everywhere
Speaker 2: I go. Because for three and a half years Jesus
Speaker 2: walked planet Earth, and there was a lot of work
Speaker 2: for him to do, but there was also a lot
Speaker 2: of work for his people to do. There was a
Speaker 2: lot of work for the people that he touched and
Speaker 2: impacted to do. In fact, when we were young, they
Speaker 2: had this song that they taught us, Bright in the
Speaker 2: corner where you are. So if Jesus is in Galilee
Speaker 2: and you're somewhere in Bethlehem of Judea, then what Jesus
Speaker 2: was saying is that I need you where you are
Speaker 2: in Bethlehem of Judea. I want you in that place
Speaker 2: at your job at the seaside, if they had gems
Speaker 2: back in those days where they could lift weights and
Speaker 2: run on treadmills like he wanted those individuals whom he
Speaker 2: impacted in the various places that he had walked to
Speaker 2: have impact right where they are and on whatever travels
Speaker 2: that the Holy Ghost would lead them. So he said,
Speaker 2: go home to thy friends and tell them how great
Speaker 2: things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had
Speaker 2: compassion on thee and so this is a lesson for
Speaker 2: all of us. There are people who see our lives.
Speaker 2: They're peering, excuse me, into the windows of our lives,
Speaker 2: and they're saying, Wow, this is how an individual, Oh
Speaker 2: they lost a loved one.
Speaker 1: Uh.
Speaker 2: Oh, they had a flat on the way to church,
Speaker 2: and that person was supposed to preach. How how are
Speaker 2: they going to respond? Oh, have had a health challenge. Oh,
Speaker 2: in this case, this man was fully possessed by the devil.
Speaker 2: But in all of these cases we see where God
Speaker 2: delivers his people, and those who are peeking into the
Speaker 2: windows of our lives are wanting to see how will
Speaker 2: we respond, how will we respond? And then when we
Speaker 2: are responding in the way that God would have us respond,
Speaker 2: then those individuals, naturally are going to begin to think
Speaker 2: at different points in their lives, maybe not immediately, Well,
Speaker 2: if God can deliver him from the rum bottle, if
Speaker 2: God can deliver her from smoking weed, like if God
Speaker 2: can deliver that child from lying, If God can deliver
Speaker 2: this woman who didn't feel like she belonged to now
Speaker 2: know that she belongs in the fellowship of believers, and
Speaker 2: she understands community and how she fits into the grand
Speaker 2: scheme of God's plans. If God can do that for them,
Speaker 2: then surely that God can do it for me. Go
Speaker 2: home to your friends, tell them how great things the
Speaker 2: Lord hath done for you, and have had compassion on you.
Speaker 2: There are some friends among us who are not telling
Speaker 2: the truth about God. Some people make it seem as
Speaker 2: if he's the ogre in the sky waiting to thunder
Speaker 2: and send bolts of lightning from heaven to destroy people
Speaker 2: when they make mistakes. And I get it, like God
Speaker 2: is a god of justice, like he cares about righteousness,
Speaker 2: absolute righteousness, and holiness according to the scriptures. But the
Speaker 2: Bible does teach us that he has compassion. Yes, he
Speaker 2: said to as many as received him to them, gave
Speaker 2: he power to become the children of God to those
Speaker 2: who believe on his name. And so if he's an
Speaker 2: angry God in heaven looking for someone to destroy, then
Speaker 2: nobody gets to the point where they can receive him.
Speaker 2: Nobody gets to the point that we can be called
Speaker 2: the children of God. Because if what people are saying
Speaker 2: about him is true, then nobody gets the mercy that
Speaker 2: we know God is good for and so so much
Speaker 2: to say there let's give a few lessons right there
Speaker 2: from the text. Okay, first of all, we want to
Speaker 2: share our personal experiences. That's what witnessing is. We're sharing
Speaker 2: what great things God is doing in our lives, how
Speaker 2: it has impacted us, how God has transformed us, and
Speaker 2: then by extension, how He can transform you. So we're
Speaker 2: not talking about theory right here. For the academics, we're
Speaker 2: talking about practicum. Yes, for those who have moved in
Speaker 2: the medical settings and the mental health setting, we're talking
Speaker 2: about clinicals. Here, we're talking about the actual practical reality
Speaker 2: of what great things God has done. He wants us
Speaker 2: to share our personal experiences. He also wants us to
Speaker 2: understand that when He heals us, that leads into mission.
Speaker 2: It leads into mission. Just like in Isaiah chapter six.
Speaker 2: After Isaiah has an experience with God, unbelievable positive experience
Speaker 2: with God, God asks him, after he's delivered and he
Speaker 2: receives cleansing from his iniquity, there's a call in heaven
Speaker 2: that says, who will go for us? Who shall we
Speaker 2: send quote to do the mission? And of course, now Isaiah,
Speaker 2: being healed and delivered and grateful to God, is saying,
Speaker 2: here am I send me. So healing leads to mission,
Speaker 2: Healing leads to mission, and finally before we come to
Speaker 2: a swift close. When we're witnessing to people, it starts
Speaker 2: at home. It starts in our household, in our own communities,
Speaker 2: the places where we play and have our fun, the
Speaker 2: places where we exercise, eat and move on a regular basis.
Speaker 2: Witnessing starts at home. Make it a great Sabbath, Peace.
Speaker 1: Thanks for joining us listening. Friends. Always remember we cannot
Speaker 1: live by bread alone, but by every word that comes
Speaker 1: from the mouth of God. This has been your daily
Speaker 1: portion with El David Harris. Make it a great day. Yeah,