Speaker 1: Most of us eat every day, some of us too much,
Speaker 1: because yesterday's food is not enough to supply energy for
Speaker 1: today's needs. Why then, do some of us expect yesterday's
Speaker 1: portion of heavenly manna, the word of God to keep
Speaker 1: us through today's challenges. On this program, we are going
Speaker 1: to change all of that. Let's experience God's words today
Speaker 1: and receive the power we need to live healthy, vibrant lives.
Speaker 1: Welcome to Your Daily Portion with your host, author speaker,
Speaker 1: Elle David Harris.
Speaker 2: Good morning, good morning, Good morning. It is Monday, July
Speaker 2: twenty nine, 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 can you hear a whisper above
Speaker 2: a shout? Can you hear a whisper above a shout?
Speaker 2: We'll get into that in just a moment, but first
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Speaker 2: Father and Heaven, thank you for giving us this new
Speaker 2: day and for the privilege that you have entrusted to
Speaker 2: us to continue in this week. Father, Please give us
Speaker 2: understanding and help us to listen for your still small voice. Father,
Speaker 2: please fill us with your Holy spirit. In Jesus' name,
Speaker 2: I pray, Amen and amen again. Can you hear a
Speaker 2: whisper above a shout. We'll get into that now right now,
Speaker 2: as we read in the Bible Book of Mark, chapter five,
Speaker 2: and we'll read beginning at verse one, we'll read a
Speaker 2: good number of verses here, and so the Bible reads,
Speaker 2: so they came to the other side of the lake,
Speaker 2: to the region of the gargasye uh well Garoescenes. Just
Speaker 2: as Jesus was getting out of the boat, a man
Speaker 2: with an unclean spirit came from the tombs and met him. Now,
Speaker 2: remember they're coming over after a harrowing experience, not for Jesus,
Speaker 2: but for the faith of the men that were with him.
Speaker 2: And now this is what they encounter a man who
Speaker 2: has an unclean spirit coming from the tombs, and they
Speaker 2: met him verse three. He lived among the tombs, and
Speaker 2: no one could bind him anymore, not even with a chain.
Speaker 2: Why not, because he was bound by the devil. So
Speaker 2: you can't bind a spirit with a physical chain. Can
Speaker 2: I just leave a lesson with you at this moment,
Speaker 2: just in just in case you click off right here.
Speaker 2: The Bible says that the weapons of our warfare are
Speaker 2: not carnal. They're not earthly, they're not human. The weapons
Speaker 2: of our warfare are not carnal, they are spiritual. To
Speaker 2: the pulling down of strongholds, everything that stands up against
Speaker 2: God has to bow. If we are using those spiritual
Speaker 2: weapons of warfare, well where do we find those weapons?
Speaker 2: In the Bible Book of Ephesians, Chapter six, the Bible
Speaker 2: teaches us that we can put on and must really,
Speaker 2: if we're going to live on this planet, we must
Speaker 2: put on the whole armor of God that we may
Speaker 2: be able to withstand the fiery darts and attacks of
Speaker 2: the wicked one. And then God gives us seven implements
Speaker 2: of war. I said seven. Count them out all the
Speaker 2: way straight through to prayer. Seven implements of war, which
Speaker 2: basically amount to what the Bible says in Romans chapter thirteen,
Speaker 2: where he says, to put on the Lord Jesus Christ,
Speaker 2: and make not provision for the flesh to fulfill the
Speaker 2: lusts thereof. Put on Jesus, and you will have what
Speaker 2: you need, okay. And then the Bible says verse four,
Speaker 2: for his hands and feet had been often bound with
Speaker 2: chains and shackles, and he had torn the chains apart
Speaker 2: and broken the shackles in pieces. No one was strong
Speaker 2: enough to subdue him. Isn't it ironic that this man,
Speaker 2: who was enslaved by the devil was able to break
Speaker 2: chains physical iron shackles, bronze shackles, who knows brass shackles,
Speaker 2: but could not break free from the devil. There are
Speaker 2: times that we make a mess of our lives. There
Speaker 2: are times that we are chaotic, and we kick over
Speaker 2: all kinds of spiritual garbage cans and make all kinds
Speaker 2: of noise and froth and spit, as if we are
Speaker 2: bound and we're not able to break free of our shackles.
Speaker 2: Spiritually speaking, and God is saying that the whisper of
Speaker 2: the voice of the one who calmed the storm, the
Speaker 2: whisper of the one who behind you, and says, this
Speaker 2: is the way. Walk he in. It is on his way.
Speaker 2: He's about to do something special. And the Bible says
Speaker 2: here and verse five. Every night and every day, among
Speaker 2: the tombs and among the mountains, he would cry out
Speaker 2: and cut himself with stones. And he saw Jesus from
Speaker 2: a distance, and he ran and he bowed before him.
Speaker 2: Why because that's all he could do. The spirits that
Speaker 2: were over overwhelming him, that's all they could do. Why
Speaker 2: because this is Jesus, after all. Whatever your trials are,
Speaker 2: they have to bow to Jesus. Whatever the devil is
Speaker 2: trying to do in your life has to bow to
Speaker 2: Jesus when he's present. Is Jesus present in your life?
Speaker 2: The Bible continues verse seven. Then they cried in a
Speaker 2: loud voice, leave me alone, Jesus, son of the most
Speaker 2: High God. I implore you, by God, do not torment me.
Speaker 2: For Jesus said, unto him, come out of the man,
Speaker 2: you unclean spirit. Jesus asked him what is your name?
Speaker 2: And he said that my name is Legion, for we
Speaker 2: are many. And he begged Jesus repeatedly not to send
Speaker 2: him out of the region. There on the hillside a
Speaker 2: great herd of pigs was feeding, and the demonic spirits
Speaker 2: begged him, send us into the pigs, let us enter them.
Speaker 2: Jesus gave them permission. So the unclean spirits came out
Speaker 2: and went into the pigs, and the herd rushed down
Speaker 2: to the steep slope to the lake, and about two
Speaker 2: thousand were drowned in the lake. This is what the
Speaker 2: unclean spirits wanted to do to the man. This is
Speaker 2: what the unclean spirits wanted for him when he was
Speaker 2: cutting himself with stones. This is what the unclean spirits
Speaker 2: wanted for him when he was not able to be
Speaker 2: bound by physical iron chains. But they had bound him
Speaker 2: by reading things that they should he shouldn't have been reading. Uh. Oh,
Speaker 2: we're getting into each other's business now, watching things on
Speaker 2: the Internet that we shouldn't be watching. Those things, those
Speaker 2: conversations that we're having in the DMS with people that
Speaker 2: we should not be even having conversations with. But we
Speaker 2: are now getting bound by chains of spiritual circumstance. God
Speaker 2: is teaching us here that he is available, he's ready,
Speaker 2: he's willing, he's available to speak to those spirits that
Speaker 2: bind the minds of people who will not surrender to God.
Speaker 2: He is ready, He's willing, he is available to speak
Speaker 2: to those bad habits that lead you to spiritual ruin.
Speaker 2: He's ready, willing and available right now to tell those
Speaker 2: things to leave your life and be drowned into the sea,
Speaker 2: but only if you are willing to yield your will
Speaker 2: to him verse fourteen. Now the herdsman ran off and
Speaker 2: spread the news in the town of the countryside. And
Speaker 2: the people went out to see the demon possessed man
Speaker 2: sitting there, clothed and in his right mind, the one
Speaker 2: who had the legion. And they were afraid. Why were
Speaker 2: they afraid? Why were they afraid? You can type that
Speaker 2: in the chat? Why were they afraid? And the Bible
Speaker 2: continues verse sixteen. And those who had seen what had
Speaker 2: happened the demon possessed man reported it, And they told
Speaker 2: also about the pigs. And they began to beg Jesus
Speaker 2: to leave their region. Why were they telling Jesus to
Speaker 2: leave their region when they saw somebody who was bound
Speaker 2: by the devil for however long he was bound by
Speaker 2: the devil, who was destroying himself. Who was causing fear
Speaker 2: to those individuals who are around him, who attempted to
Speaker 2: lock him up, and he's cutting himself with stones. What
Speaker 2: a mess? What a mess? Why were the people begging
Speaker 2: Jesus to leave when he just set the man free?
Speaker 2: Are you begging Jesus to leave your life when he
Speaker 2: is willing to set you free from anything that is
Speaker 2: binding you? Are you begging Jesus to leave because he's
Speaker 2: messing up your money? That's what's happening here. Like that pig,
Speaker 2: pig farming, or whatever the world they were doing with
Speaker 2: those pigs, brought money into the town, and now Jesus
Speaker 2: messes that up in order to deliver a man huh,
Speaker 2: from the devil. So when God delivers you and in
Speaker 2: the moment it seems to mess up your money, are
Speaker 2: you begging him to get out of there? Are you
Speaker 2: begging him to leave because your bank account is not
Speaker 2: swelling but is reducing just for a moment, brothers and sisters,
Speaker 2: And then, of course, but Jesus did not permit him
Speaker 2: to do so. When the man said, please let me
Speaker 2: go with you, he said, go your way, go home
Speaker 2: and to your people and tell them what great things
Speaker 2: God has done. For you. Can you hear the whisper
Speaker 2: above the shout? Will you tell somebody that Jesus saves 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,