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 3: Good morning, good morning, Good morning, it is Monday. It's
June twenty three, in 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 final week of the Lesson study series
how to study Bible Prophecy, and our caption for today
is a work of repentance. Pardon me, a work of repentance,
and to repent is to have godly sorrow for sin,
and to turn the shoulder go in the opposite direction
of that sin, directly into a right relationship with God.
Before we get into that, i'd like to just say
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ways that we continue to build faith and fellowship. Let's
go ahead and pray, and then we will get underway. Father,
we thank you for this day and for your the
privilege you've given us to open up your word and
to turn away from our sins. Please help us to
do that today and help other people, help other people
to get into right relationship with you, so that one
day we can all live together eternally in your presence
in Jesus name, I pray, Amen and amen again. A
work of repentance. Let me just say, repenting is good work.
It's good work, turning the shoulder, turning our backs on
our sins and our face toward the God who saved
us through Jesus Christ. It's a work, but it's a
good work. Now, just imagine having a conversation with God.
I want you to imagine having a conversation with God.
In fact, you should be having conversations with God. That's
called prayer. Praying is like speaking to God as to
a friend. But hold on for a moment. But just
imagine now if you were angry, And maybe you shouldn't
imagine that you're angry, but the concept is still there.
It applies. Imagine you're angry. You're angry with God. And
the worst thing you can say about God is that
he's good. God, I knew you would be good. Does
that sound crazy?
Speaker 1: Like?
Speaker 2: Does that sound ridiculous? Yeah?
Speaker 3: Well, that is the discussion that Jonah had with God.
He's in evangelist and prophet of the Most High God,
blessed be his name. And God told him that he
needed to preach a certain message to the people in
Nineveh to give them an opportunity to repent, to turn
away from their sins, to receive by the Holy Ghost
godly sorrow for sin, and turn away from their sins.
And turn their faces toward God. He had that privilege
to teach, preach, and preach that message. But I told
you yesterday how that went. And of course or she
would have read it in the scriptures. But there came
a point when he did actually preach the message God
gave to him, and the people for that time, forget
the rest of the story for this moment, but for
that time, they actually did respond. They repented, they turned
away from those sins. Yes, they repented. And now the evangelist,
whose only purpose is to help people repent and get
close to God.
Speaker 2: He was upset with God. Well why was he upset
with God?
Speaker 3: He was upset with God because God is good.
Speaker 2: God.
Speaker 3: I told you you wouldn't destroy them. Now they're gonna
see me as a false prophet. God, I knew that
you were going to make me look bad by causing
these people to actually repent.
Speaker 2: Do you see how ridiculous that is? Can you imagine?
God gives you the word in season to help someone
to deliver themselves from foolishness, to deliver themselves from sin,
and as God gives you the ability to do so,
you're upset with God because he did so. Come on, man, Jonah,
what is your problem? Do you have more regard for
things that are not human beings than you do for
people whom Christ. Of course we wouldn't have used those
words back then, but ultimately Christ would have died to
save can you imagine? Well, that was Jonah's reality. But
what we want now is to have a different mindset
toward repentance, a different mindset toward God. We want to
actually do what God says and be delighted when God
is merciful, Blessed be his name. He is the beneficent,
the merciful one, and we love that about him. And
so in Jonah, chapter three and verse ten, the Bible says,
and God saw their works, that is the people that
God sent Jonah to preach to, that they turned from
their evil way, and God repented of the evil. That
means he said, I'm not going to destroy them. I'm
not going to destroy them. This is what happened. And
so the lesson here is that God God's warnings always
invite repentance. God is not just saying I'm warning you.
I'm warning you like some people on the road, how
warn you, I'm warning you. What God is saying is
I'm giving you the opportunity to amend your ways. I'm
giving you the opportunity to listen to me. I'm giving
you the opportunity to accept my love and stop pushing
me away and rejecting me. I'm giving you the opportunity
to live godly. Here is your opportunity. And so his
warnings always invite us to repentance. When people respond judgment
or I should say condemnation, condemnation can be delayed or
completely averted. That is the desired outcome that God's mercy
will loom heavy over us. And if He, because He's merciful,
gives us the opportunity to repent, then we can repent
and of course avert the worst possible outcome, separation from God.
And so we want to keep a repentant heart. I said,
keep a repentant heart. Don't throw it away, don't put
it in the closet, don't put it under your bed,
don't put it in the trunk of your car. I'm
talking about I want you to embrace and hug and
nurture a repentant heart, a repentant spirit, the kind that says,
as soon as you are aware that there is a
path that you're taking that's different than the path God
wants you on. That through the Holy Ghost you sense
the sorrow for your where you're going, and then are
immediately ready, willing and available to turn the shoulder and
make confession a part of your daily walk, saying exactly
what is what the situation is with God? Agree with
God about whatever it is that you're talking about you're
dealing with, and then turn the shoulder, turn away from
the sin so that you can remain aligned with God's mercy.
Of course, we see, as I have said multiple days
in a row in Revelation chapter eighteen, a call to repentance.
But this call goes global. This call goes global, and
it goes to the people who say that we love God,
but somehow had gotten mixed up in confusing ways of
connecting with Him, false types of worship, false connections with God,
and other things that set themselves up as idols in
place of God, and turning our backs on the seventh
day Sabbath that the Bible talks about all throughout scriptures. Yes,
and now we are willing to keep covenant with God.
That repentance, that call to repentance goes out to the
world and like Nineveh end time, Babylon receives a final call,
a final call to repentance before condemnation falls, and so
be part of sharing these messages, these messages while time
still remains. Someone's deliverance may depend on your obedience. Are
you a Jonah, Are you running away from the call
to help someone get connected with God because you care
about what people think of you? Or are you a
faithful person, someone who is willing to do whatever it
takes to teach the world that Jesus is indeed coming soon,
but he's coming back for a people who are willing
to repent and turn toward God. Make it a great day.
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,