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 much because yesterday's food is not enough to supply energy 3 00:00:07,799 --> 00:00:11,560 for today's needs. Why then, do some of us expect 4 00:00:11,640 --> 00:00:15,039 yesterday's portion of heavenly manna, the word of God to 5 00:00:15,199 --> 00:00:19,000 keep us through today's challenges. On this program, we are 6 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:22,879 going to change all of that. Let's experience God's words 7 00:00:22,920 --> 00:00:25,920 today and receive the power we need to live healthy, 8 00:00:26,239 --> 00:00:30,839 vibrant lives. Welcome to your Daily Portion with your host, 9 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:33,119 author speaker, Elle David Harris. 10 00:00:33,240 --> 00:00:36,640 Speaker 2: Good morning, Good morning, Good morning. It is Friday, January 11 00:00:36,679 --> 00:00:40,200 twenty three, twenty twenty six. Hello, my name is Elle 12 00:00:40,240 --> 00:00:43,039 David Harris. I am your host, and this is your 13 00:00:43,119 --> 00:00:46,840 Daily Portion where we give you God's word every single day, 14 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:50,320 and today is no exception. We are continuing in our 15 00:00:50,560 --> 00:00:55,600 Lesson study series uniting Heaven and Earth, christ in Philippians 16 00:00:55,640 --> 00:00:59,840 and Colossians, and our caption for today is the Infinite 17 00:01:00,240 --> 00:01:05,120 Love of God, the Infinite Love of God. Before we 18 00:01:05,159 --> 00:01:07,319 get into that, I'd like to say welcome to everyone 19 00:01:07,400 --> 00:01:10,799 joining us, especially those joining us for the very first time. 20 00:01:11,040 --> 00:01:13,359 I'm asking you to go over to your Daily Portion 21 00:01:13,480 --> 00:01:17,239 dot com. Please join our online community. Pick up your 22 00:01:17,319 --> 00:01:22,200 daily Portion Life Application Guide which we will use today. Also, 23 00:01:22,480 --> 00:01:24,840 let us know where you are in the world. And 24 00:01:25,200 --> 00:01:30,040 please please please support my effort here to pick up, 25 00:01:30,239 --> 00:01:34,400 not just pick up, but to have full time ministry 26 00:01:34,560 --> 00:01:40,400 assistant by clicking that contribution button at your Daily Portion 27 00:01:40,680 --> 00:01:43,120 dot com. This is one of the ways that we 28 00:01:43,200 --> 00:01:47,560 continue to build faith and fellowship. Let's pray, Father, thank 29 00:01:47,599 --> 00:01:51,319 you for this time of preparation. Please prepare our hearts 30 00:01:51,319 --> 00:01:55,799 for a better connection with you, an eternal connection with you. 31 00:01:55,920 --> 00:01:58,359 Maybe that's the better way to say it. And Lord, 32 00:01:58,400 --> 00:02:01,560 thank you for loving us. Please teach us to appreciate 33 00:02:01,599 --> 00:02:06,599 your love and be transformed by your love. In Jesus name, 34 00:02:06,640 --> 00:02:12,120 I pray, Amen and Amen again. So let's go ahead 35 00:02:12,159 --> 00:02:17,840 into our life application guide for today and we will 36 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:21,960 use one of the four one of the four application 37 00:02:22,319 --> 00:02:27,240 spaces this time will use the Relationships application. Okay, and 38 00:02:27,280 --> 00:02:29,439 for those who do not have it, go ahead and 39 00:02:29,479 --> 00:02:31,639 pick it up at your Daily Portion dot com and 40 00:02:31,759 --> 00:02:34,599 also follow with us here. Okay. So we're using a 41 00:02:34,719 --> 00:02:40,759 framework a win win wn W. What is most important 42 00:02:40,840 --> 00:02:46,759 or what is important now? Choosing humility and avoiding selfish 43 00:02:46,840 --> 00:02:53,759 ambition or conceit to work through challenges to unity. Sometimes 44 00:02:53,800 --> 00:02:57,840 we hold on to too much. We are grasping for 45 00:02:58,120 --> 00:03:02,000 power control. I don't know what it is our feelings 46 00:03:02,039 --> 00:03:06,479 to be perfect according to our estimation, not worrying about 47 00:03:06,520 --> 00:03:09,879 other people. And so we need to choose humility and 48 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:16,439 avoid selfish ambition or conceit to work through challenges of unity. 49 00:03:16,639 --> 00:03:21,719 Internalize the insight whatever challenges to unity, the people of 50 00:03:21,759 --> 00:03:27,080 God face a willingness to be humble and not do 51 00:03:27,319 --> 00:03:31,680 anything through selfish ambition or conceit is a great way 52 00:03:31,719 --> 00:03:35,479 to start working through the issues. Humility opens the door 53 00:03:35,560 --> 00:03:41,919 to understanding, reconciliation, and cooperation. When you approach conflicts with meekness, 54 00:03:42,360 --> 00:03:47,639 that's power under control. With meekness and lowliness of mind, 55 00:03:48,159 --> 00:03:51,759 you reflect the character of Christ and create a space 56 00:03:52,280 --> 00:03:55,280 for the Holy Ghost to bring unity. Remember, let this 57 00:03:55,439 --> 00:03:58,039 mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus. 58 00:03:58,360 --> 00:04:01,439 And then we see that even though he's God one 59 00:04:01,520 --> 00:04:04,840 hundred percent divine, just like the Father, just like the 60 00:04:04,840 --> 00:04:08,639 Holy Spirit, he took on human form, not saying are 61 00:04:08,680 --> 00:04:11,719 you kidding me? Look at me, I'm divine, Like, why 62 00:04:11,759 --> 00:04:14,599 would I go down? No, He took on himself the 63 00:04:14,639 --> 00:04:19,279 form of a servant. And then humbled himself to death 64 00:04:19,480 --> 00:04:23,120 upon the cross. Okay, And so this is that mindset 65 00:04:23,160 --> 00:04:25,240 that God wants us to have. And so the next 66 00:04:25,279 --> 00:04:30,399 best move then in relationships is to identify one challenge 67 00:04:30,680 --> 00:04:36,439 to unity in your faith, fellowship, or community and take 68 00:04:36,560 --> 00:04:41,560 a step toward addressing it with humility and willingness to 69 00:04:41,639 --> 00:04:48,439 put aside selfish ambition or conceit. You know what you're thinking, 70 00:04:48,639 --> 00:04:51,079 you know what you're feeling when you're when you're seeing 71 00:04:51,079 --> 00:04:55,600 things disunified. So please please just pray about that, and 72 00:04:55,720 --> 00:05:01,360 don't just pray only also make your steps toward that outcome. Okay. 73 00:05:01,399 --> 00:05:04,639 And so now we will read just a little bit 74 00:05:04,680 --> 00:05:08,240 of what is in the lesson for today and then 75 00:05:08,519 --> 00:05:13,680 get some more application. Okay. So all paternal love which 76 00:05:13,920 --> 00:05:17,959 was which has come down from generation to generation through 77 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:22,639 the channel of human hearts, all the springs of tenderness 78 00:05:23,079 --> 00:05:26,720 which have opened in the souls of men, are but 79 00:05:26,959 --> 00:05:32,600 as a tiny rill to the boundless ocean when compared 80 00:05:33,040 --> 00:05:39,160 to the infinite, exhaustless love of God. Tongue cannot utter it, 81 00:05:39,600 --> 00:05:43,800 pen cannot portray it. You may meditate upon it every 82 00:05:43,879 --> 00:05:47,680 day of your life. You may search the scriptures diligently 83 00:05:48,079 --> 00:05:52,199 in order to understand it. You may summon every power 84 00:05:52,360 --> 00:05:57,199 and capability that God has given you in the endeavor 85 00:05:57,399 --> 00:06:01,480 to comprehend the love and compassion of the heavenly Father. 86 00:06:01,680 --> 00:06:06,800 And yet there is an infinity beyond. You may study 87 00:06:07,160 --> 00:06:11,439 that love for ages, Yet you can never fully comprehend 88 00:06:11,480 --> 00:06:15,480 the length and the breadth, and the depth and the 89 00:06:15,519 --> 00:06:18,199 height of the love of God in giving his son 90 00:06:18,639 --> 00:06:23,680 to die for the world. Eternity itself can never fully 91 00:06:23,959 --> 00:06:28,319 reveal it. And on the quote continues, Hi, are you 92 00:06:28,439 --> 00:06:32,040 sensing the love of God here? I read somewhere that 93 00:06:32,079 --> 00:06:35,920 we will study this the plan of salvation throughout the 94 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:40,399 ceaseless ages of eternity. Can you imagine never being able 95 00:06:40,439 --> 00:06:43,920 to drill to the final depth of the love of 96 00:06:43,959 --> 00:06:46,120 God and all that He did to save you, to 97 00:06:46,160 --> 00:06:49,279 save me from my sins? Praise God? Okay, and so 98 00:06:49,439 --> 00:06:53,480 our lesson Number one in that regard is the love 99 00:06:53,639 --> 00:06:59,079 of God is immeasurable, eternal, and beyond human comprehension. And 100 00:06:59,160 --> 00:07:03,160 so I want you to invest a few minutes today today, 101 00:07:03,360 --> 00:07:06,600 while you are doing all kinds of preparation. Those of 102 00:07:06,600 --> 00:07:08,959 you who are Sabbath keepers, I wish all of you 103 00:07:09,040 --> 00:07:12,079 were but for whoever are Sabbath keepers. You may be 104 00:07:12,959 --> 00:07:16,639 preparing your food for tomorrow, you may be preparing your clothing, 105 00:07:16,680 --> 00:07:21,040 You may be preparing your shoes, your bathroom, your living room, 106 00:07:21,079 --> 00:07:25,040 your stuff, your vehicle. But please do not miss preparation 107 00:07:25,120 --> 00:07:29,560 of self. So invest a few minutes today meditating on 108 00:07:29,560 --> 00:07:33,839 one aspect of God's love that overwhelms you with gratitude. 109 00:07:34,439 --> 00:07:37,079 And I just want you to rehearse that mindset, rehearse 110 00:07:37,160 --> 00:07:41,199 that space when you are feeling in sensing gratefulness. I 111 00:07:41,240 --> 00:07:44,879 want you to be present in that space and go 112 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:48,079 there as many times as it's necessary, because the living 113 00:07:48,160 --> 00:07:50,839 down here on planet Earth, quite frankly, gives you a 114 00:07:50,839 --> 00:07:53,160 lot of things that you think you should be complaining about, 115 00:07:53,480 --> 00:07:56,360 a lot of problems, trials and tribulations that put you 116 00:07:56,439 --> 00:08:00,240 in the mind space of doubt and again complaints. If 117 00:08:00,240 --> 00:08:06,800 we if we intentionally rehearse gratitude related to God's love, 118 00:08:07,319 --> 00:08:11,519 that will NULLI fly all complaints. Let's go to lesson 119 00:08:11,600 --> 00:08:16,480 number two. The more we study Christ, the more humility 120 00:08:16,680 --> 00:08:24,800 grows because his love reveals our true need. Let me 121 00:08:24,839 --> 00:08:28,720 say like this, one of the reasons why his love 122 00:08:29,000 --> 00:08:34,080 is so magnanimous is that a word is because the 123 00:08:34,720 --> 00:08:39,559 love is delivering us from the depths of sin, and 124 00:08:39,639 --> 00:08:43,639 we can't really estimate how far sin has dragged humanity 125 00:08:43,759 --> 00:08:47,159 down until we see Jesus face to face, until we 126 00:08:47,240 --> 00:08:50,960 see Adam again like the first atom again, the first 127 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:54,919 atom again, and see the breadth of the minds that 128 00:08:54,960 --> 00:08:59,759 they had before we sind and the stature. We're gonna 129 00:08:59,759 --> 00:09:03,000 actually see people at their original height. Can you imagine 130 00:09:03,000 --> 00:09:06,320 what the people back then, the Antediluvian's how big and 131 00:09:06,399 --> 00:09:10,399 strong they were, my goodness, And so Jesus humbled himself 132 00:09:10,440 --> 00:09:13,279 and became obedient to death, even the death upon the cross, 133 00:09:14,320 --> 00:09:18,639 and he was self forgetful in his service. So we 134 00:09:18,720 --> 00:09:24,759 need to practice one intentional act of lowliness, serve quietly 135 00:09:25,279 --> 00:09:31,320 without expecting recognition. For the majority of you, maybe that's 136 00:09:31,360 --> 00:09:34,000 not a big deal, but there is still a percentage, 137 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:37,480 maybe twelve percent of the world's population that really struggles 138 00:09:37,519 --> 00:09:40,879 with this pride thing to the extreme. So please please 139 00:09:40,919 --> 00:09:44,840 do that today and we'll continue tomorrow or really tonight 140 00:09:44,960 --> 00:09:46,679 if they are phrase. 141 00:09:47,000 --> 00:09:50,480 Speaker 1: Always remember we cannot live by bread alone, but by 142 00:09:50,559 --> 00:09:53,679 every word that comes from the mouth of God. This 143 00:09:53,759 --> 00:09:57,200 has been your daily portion with el David Harris make 144 00:09:57,279 --> 00:10:00,279 it a great day. Yeah.