1 00:00:01,199 --> 00:00:03,839 Speaker 1: Most of us eat every day, some of us too 2 00:00:03,919 --> 00:00:07,759 Speaker 1: much because yesterday's food is not enough to supply energy 3 00:00:07,799 --> 00:00:11,560 Speaker 1: for today's needs. Why then, do some of us expect 4 00:00:11,640 --> 00:00:15,039 Speaker 1: yesterday's portion of heavenly manna, the word of God to 5 00:00:15,240 --> 00:00:19,000 Speaker 1: keep us through today's challenges. On this program, we are 6 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:22,879 Speaker 1: going to change all of that. Let's experience God's words 7 00:00:22,920 --> 00:00:25,920 Speaker 1: today and receive the power we need to live healthy, 8 00:00:26,239 --> 00:00:30,839 Speaker 1: vibrant lives. Welcome to Your Daily Portion with your host 9 00:00:31,039 --> 00:00:33,119 Speaker 1: author speaker, Elle David Harris. 10 00:00:33,200 --> 00:00:35,799 Speaker 2: Good morning, Good morning, Good morning. It is Friday, July 11 00:00:35,960 --> 00:00:39,560 Speaker 2: twenty six, twenty twenty four. Hello, my name is El 12 00:00:39,679 --> 00:00:42,320 Speaker 2: David Harris. I am your host den This is your 13 00:00:42,399 --> 00:00:45,600 Speaker 2: Daily Portion where we give you God's word every single day, 14 00:00:45,640 --> 00:00:48,439 Speaker 2: and today is no exception. We are continuing in our 15 00:00:48,520 --> 00:00:51,000 Speaker 2: lessons study series through the Book of Mark, and our 16 00:00:51,039 --> 00:00:57,159 Speaker 2: caption for today is love in Action, Love in Action. 17 00:00:57,759 --> 00:01:00,479 Speaker 2: Before we get into that, I'd like to just welcome 18 00:01:00,520 --> 00:01:02,960 Speaker 2: you and ask you to please go over to your 19 00:01:03,079 --> 00:01:07,159 Speaker 2: Daily Portion dot com, please join our online community, pick 20 00:01:07,239 --> 00:01:10,640 Speaker 2: up the Your Daily Portion book, and also please let 21 00:01:10,719 --> 00:01:12,719 Speaker 2: us know where you are in the world at your 22 00:01:12,840 --> 00:01:15,400 Speaker 2: Daily Portion dot com. This is one of the ways 23 00:01:15,400 --> 00:01:19,680 Speaker 2: that we continue to build faith and fellowship. Let's go 24 00:01:19,719 --> 00:01:23,480 Speaker 2: ahead and pray, and then we will get underway. Father 25 00:01:23,599 --> 00:01:25,879 Speaker 2: in Heaven, thank you for giving us this new day 26 00:01:25,920 --> 00:01:29,439 Speaker 2: and for this day and time of preparation before the 27 00:01:29,519 --> 00:01:32,560 Speaker 2: Sabbath hours. Father, I pray that you will teach us 28 00:01:32,599 --> 00:01:36,359 Speaker 2: how to love in a new way. And I pray 29 00:01:36,400 --> 00:01:38,480 Speaker 2: that you will fill us with your Holy spirit so 30 00:01:38,519 --> 00:01:41,959 Speaker 2: that we can do your will in Jesus name. I 31 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:47,959 Speaker 2: pray Amen and Amen again. Love in action. We're going 32 00:01:48,040 --> 00:01:51,120 Speaker 2: to go ahead and begin by reading directly out of 33 00:01:51,719 --> 00:01:57,040 Speaker 2: the lesson from the book Christ's object Lessons, pages four, 34 00:01:57,799 --> 00:02:01,640 Speaker 2: pages forty eight and forty nine. Christ Object Lessons, pages 35 00:02:01,680 --> 00:02:05,680 Speaker 2: forty eight and forty nine. And the Bible reads, I mean, huh, 36 00:02:05,680 --> 00:02:08,560 Speaker 2: I'm so used to saying the Bible and it reads 37 00:02:08,759 --> 00:02:15,719 Speaker 2: true holiness is wholeness in the service of God. We 38 00:02:15,800 --> 00:02:19,840 Speaker 2: could really just stop right here and don't say anything more. 39 00:02:20,560 --> 00:02:25,319 Speaker 2: True holiness is wholeness in the service of God. Have 40 00:02:25,400 --> 00:02:30,000 Speaker 2: you ever been in an environment where people who say 41 00:02:30,080 --> 00:02:33,439 Speaker 2: we love God are doing service for him? But really 42 00:02:33,479 --> 00:02:37,560 Speaker 2: it's a selfish approach for us to posture. It's an 43 00:02:37,560 --> 00:02:41,680 Speaker 2: approach for us to make ourselves feel good. Or maybe 44 00:02:41,719 --> 00:02:45,919 Speaker 2: it's a checklist type of religion that says well during 45 00:02:45,960 --> 00:02:48,520 Speaker 2: the week, and we don't say it actively, like it's 46 00:02:48,560 --> 00:02:52,759 Speaker 2: not something that we premeditate, but we really in effect 47 00:02:52,800 --> 00:02:55,719 Speaker 2: we say okay. Throughout the week, I will say one 48 00:02:55,840 --> 00:02:58,360 Speaker 2: or two things that are positive, and I may put 49 00:02:58,400 --> 00:03:03,159 Speaker 2: His name in a sense, meaning God's name in a sentence, 50 00:03:03,199 --> 00:03:07,039 Speaker 2: and I may click share on WhatsApp and spam a 51 00:03:07,039 --> 00:03:09,960 Speaker 2: lot of people. But on Sabbath, what I'm going to 52 00:03:10,039 --> 00:03:14,719 Speaker 2: do is exhaust myself with all kinds of extra stuff. 53 00:03:15,360 --> 00:03:17,319 Speaker 2: I'm going to go through a list of five or 54 00:03:17,439 --> 00:03:22,280 Speaker 2: six things and tax myself that are you know, things 55 00:03:22,280 --> 00:03:26,599 Speaker 2: that are service like, and tax my energy. And then 56 00:03:27,080 --> 00:03:30,400 Speaker 2: Sunday maybe I'll do one more thing. And then through 57 00:03:30,439 --> 00:03:32,159 Speaker 2: the rest of the week it's back to the first 58 00:03:32,240 --> 00:03:35,199 Speaker 2: thing that I mentioned, And it's rinse and repeat, rinse 59 00:03:35,360 --> 00:03:38,840 Speaker 2: and repeat, rinse and repeat. And it's like, hmm, is 60 00:03:38,879 --> 00:03:43,800 Speaker 2: that a wholeness way of holiness? Is it that we 61 00:03:43,919 --> 00:03:47,680 Speaker 2: need to like sort of find a way to come 62 00:03:47,800 --> 00:03:52,120 Speaker 2: up with a plan where we generate some kind of 63 00:03:52,159 --> 00:03:55,639 Speaker 2: activity that makes us feel like we're holy. You see 64 00:03:55,680 --> 00:03:57,560 Speaker 2: how stressful that is, And you're like, well, what are 65 00:03:57,599 --> 00:04:00,879 Speaker 2: you even talking about Yeah, let those who have an 66 00:04:00,919 --> 00:04:04,919 Speaker 2: ear here what I'm saying. There are some people who 67 00:04:05,039 --> 00:04:10,080 Speaker 2: wait for key opportunities to do things that are related 68 00:04:10,120 --> 00:04:13,479 Speaker 2: to God, and then throughout the week we serve ourselves. 69 00:04:14,080 --> 00:04:16,920 Speaker 2: Maybe it's the simplest way to say it. Let me continue. 70 00:04:17,839 --> 00:04:22,079 Speaker 2: True holiness is wholeness in the service of God. This 71 00:04:22,160 --> 00:04:26,759 Speaker 2: is the condition of true Christian living. Christ asks for 72 00:04:27,160 --> 00:04:34,199 Speaker 2: unreserved consecration, for undivided service. Can I just add here, 73 00:04:34,480 --> 00:04:39,560 Speaker 2: like contemporary language, like even when I'm watching YouTube for 74 00:04:39,639 --> 00:04:42,680 Speaker 2: those of you who subscribe to some of those channels 75 00:04:42,759 --> 00:04:46,959 Speaker 2: like Netflix and other channels, or you have smart TVs 76 00:04:47,040 --> 00:04:49,519 Speaker 2: with all kinds of content coming into them, or your 77 00:04:49,839 --> 00:04:52,639 Speaker 2: cell phone has all kinds of content on the social 78 00:04:52,680 --> 00:04:57,959 Speaker 2: media platforms, even when even when I am scrolling through 79 00:04:58,000 --> 00:05:02,360 Speaker 2: that stuff, swiping left, wiping right. If I am single 80 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:07,319 Speaker 2: looking for a suitable partner, what am I looking for? 81 00:05:08,240 --> 00:05:13,439 Speaker 2: Am I giving undivided service? Even in my entertainment, in 82 00:05:13,519 --> 00:05:16,240 Speaker 2: my thought life, in my prayer life? When I wake up? 83 00:05:16,399 --> 00:05:19,519 Speaker 2: What is first on my mind? Let me continue reading. 84 00:05:19,800 --> 00:05:24,040 Speaker 2: He demands the heart, the mind, the soul, the strength. 85 00:05:24,639 --> 00:05:29,560 Speaker 2: Self is not to be cherished. He who lives to 86 00:05:29,720 --> 00:05:33,800 Speaker 2: himself is not a Christian. Let me say that one 87 00:05:33,839 --> 00:05:36,920 Speaker 2: more time, and I'm reading it for me too. He 88 00:05:37,439 --> 00:05:42,600 Speaker 2: who lives to himself is not a Christian. There are 89 00:05:42,600 --> 00:05:45,519 Speaker 2: times that you may feel desperate in terms of in 90 00:05:45,639 --> 00:05:48,319 Speaker 2: terms of your business dealings or your job, and you 91 00:05:48,920 --> 00:05:52,120 Speaker 2: put in more hours than you should put in more 92 00:05:52,160 --> 00:05:56,160 Speaker 2: hours in an unhealthy way. You work sixty hours a 93 00:05:56,240 --> 00:05:59,279 Speaker 2: week instead of thirty something hours a week or twenty 94 00:05:59,360 --> 00:06:02,600 Speaker 2: something hours. You work one hundred hours a week. You 95 00:06:02,639 --> 00:06:05,480 Speaker 2: work when you get home when you could be resting 96 00:06:05,639 --> 00:06:09,240 Speaker 2: or building a relationship with your family. There are times 97 00:06:09,279 --> 00:06:11,959 Speaker 2: that you take work to the bedroom. There are people 98 00:06:12,040 --> 00:06:17,839 Speaker 2: who are workaholics. Is that is that something that God 99 00:06:17,879 --> 00:06:20,920 Speaker 2: would approve of self is not to be cherished. He 100 00:06:21,120 --> 00:06:23,839 Speaker 2: who lives to himself is not a Christian. But I 101 00:06:23,879 --> 00:06:28,319 Speaker 2: have to do this because my family is relying on me. Well. 102 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:34,399 Speaker 2: Is that holiness? Is that temperance? Is that allowing God 103 00:06:34,480 --> 00:06:38,000 Speaker 2: to be God and doing good and honest labor and 104 00:06:38,040 --> 00:06:41,680 Speaker 2: then resting when we need to rest, rejuvenate, connect with 105 00:06:41,800 --> 00:06:45,560 Speaker 2: people in a healthy way. Huh, and also get ready 106 00:06:45,560 --> 00:06:47,839 Speaker 2: to hear from His voice so we can go back 107 00:06:47,879 --> 00:06:50,600 Speaker 2: into the market and do what we are called to 108 00:06:50,680 --> 00:06:53,360 Speaker 2: do there or is it out of balance? Let me 109 00:06:53,680 --> 00:06:56,439 Speaker 2: continue reading. You're like, Dave, come on, man, this is 110 00:06:56,480 --> 00:07:00,480 Speaker 2: not spiritual. Well, everything that we do in life is ritual. 111 00:07:01,519 --> 00:07:04,879 Speaker 2: Everything that we do in life are conversations with people. 112 00:07:05,319 --> 00:07:08,839 Speaker 2: How we behave on the road. Listen, my son and 113 00:07:08,879 --> 00:07:12,560 Speaker 2: I were driving, not driving, we we were we were 114 00:07:12,600 --> 00:07:15,800 Speaker 2: at a car meet. He likes to look at special 115 00:07:15,879 --> 00:07:18,040 Speaker 2: kinds of vehicles. We were in a car at a 116 00:07:18,079 --> 00:07:20,800 Speaker 2: car meet one time, and we saw that in the 117 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:24,160 Speaker 2: in the street, there was some traffic right and somebody, 118 00:07:24,199 --> 00:07:25,759 Speaker 2: you know, a couple of people did some things that 119 00:07:25,800 --> 00:07:29,120 Speaker 2: didn't make any sense. And then we heard we saw 120 00:07:29,160 --> 00:07:32,879 Speaker 2: a vehicle stop. We saw the driver turn and say 121 00:07:32,920 --> 00:07:37,360 Speaker 2: all kinds of stuff that wow in a way that yeah, 122 00:07:37,720 --> 00:07:41,199 Speaker 2: you're you're just like wow, that person was rude. And 123 00:07:41,240 --> 00:07:43,680 Speaker 2: then and then just Scia said, Hey, isn't that so 124 00:07:43,759 --> 00:07:46,839 Speaker 2: and so from such and such a church? And I 125 00:07:46,879 --> 00:07:49,800 Speaker 2: looked and I said, oh Lord, yes, that was so 126 00:07:49,879 --> 00:07:52,639 Speaker 2: and so from such and such a church. So how 127 00:07:52,680 --> 00:07:55,360 Speaker 2: are we when we're on the road, when people behave 128 00:07:55,439 --> 00:07:58,560 Speaker 2: in a way that we don't like, do we give 129 00:07:58,639 --> 00:08:02,279 Speaker 2: them that same kind of energy that's not becoming of 130 00:08:02,319 --> 00:08:05,839 Speaker 2: a believer something to think about. Love must be the 131 00:08:05,839 --> 00:08:09,079 Speaker 2: principle of action. Love is the underlying principle of God's 132 00:08:09,120 --> 00:08:12,439 Speaker 2: government in heaven and on earth, and it must be 133 00:08:12,560 --> 00:08:17,000 Speaker 2: the foundation of the Christian's character. This alone can make 134 00:08:17,240 --> 00:08:21,120 Speaker 2: and keep him steadfast. This alone can enable him to 135 00:08:21,160 --> 00:08:26,720 Speaker 2: withstand trial and temptation. One more paragraph, and love will 136 00:08:26,759 --> 00:08:32,200 Speaker 2: be revealed in sacrifice. So we don't leave God with 137 00:08:32,360 --> 00:08:35,639 Speaker 2: the energy that we have left. We don't give him 138 00:08:35,919 --> 00:08:39,559 Speaker 2: second best. We don't leave for him the resources he's 139 00:08:39,679 --> 00:08:42,240 Speaker 2: entrusted to us. We don't break off a little bit 140 00:08:42,320 --> 00:08:45,000 Speaker 2: and tip him as if he's a server at a 141 00:08:45,039 --> 00:08:47,799 Speaker 2: table at a restaurant. After we've done everything we want 142 00:08:47,799 --> 00:08:50,200 Speaker 2: to do with the resources he's given to us, then 143 00:08:50,200 --> 00:08:52,519 Speaker 2: we just break off a little bit and say, Okay, here, God, 144 00:08:52,759 --> 00:08:56,279 Speaker 2: here's here's my monthly minimum. I hope you can do 145 00:08:56,399 --> 00:08:59,360 Speaker 2: something with this. Let me keep reading, Let me keep reading. 146 00:08:59,759 --> 00:09:04,240 Speaker 2: The Plan of redemption. Oh sorry, Yeah, the plan of 147 00:09:04,279 --> 00:09:09,200 Speaker 2: redemption was laid in sacrifice, a sacrifice so broad and 148 00:09:09,279 --> 00:09:14,000 Speaker 2: deep and high that it is immeasurable. Christ gave all 149 00:09:14,320 --> 00:09:17,960 Speaker 2: for us, and those who received Christ will be ready 150 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:21,919 Speaker 2: to sacrifice all for the sake of their Redeemer. The 151 00:09:21,960 --> 00:09:27,799 Speaker 2: thought of his honor and glory will come before anything else. 152 00:09:28,960 --> 00:09:33,080 Speaker 2: This was not a rambling day, this Friday, this preparation day. 153 00:09:33,120 --> 00:09:35,159 Speaker 2: This was a day for us to really look into 154 00:09:35,399 --> 00:09:38,360 Speaker 2: all of the areas of our lives by the power 155 00:09:38,360 --> 00:09:40,519 Speaker 2: of the Holy Ghost, and say, God, what would you 156 00:09:40,559 --> 00:09:42,759 Speaker 2: have me to do? But what you have me not 157 00:09:42,840 --> 00:09:45,039 Speaker 2: to do? Whatever it is, please let it be. 158 00:09:45,159 --> 00:09:48,159 Speaker 1: Thanks for joining us. Listen to friends. Always remember we 159 00:09:48,159 --> 00:09:51,320 Speaker 1: cannot live by bread alone, but by every word that 160 00:09:51,360 --> 00:09:54,320 Speaker 1: comes from the mouth of God. This has been your 161 00:09:54,399 --> 00:10:00,279 Speaker 1: daily portion with el David Harris, make it a great day. Yeah,