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,
vibrant lives. Welcome to your Daily Portion with your host,
author speaker, Elle David Harris.
Speaker 2: Good morning, Good morning, Good morning. It is Friday, January nine,
twenty twenty six. 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 new
Lesson study series uniting Heaven and Earth, christ in Philippians
and Colossians, and our caption for today is Trusting God's Plan.
Trusting God's Plan. Before we get into that, I'd like
to say welcome to everyone joining us, especially those joining
us for the very first time. I'm asking you to
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Let me just say also that I'm welcoming you to
this evening's let's call it a musical Bible class. I've
been trying to figure out how do we say it.
I'm calling it a musical Bible class where we go
back through the lesson, one day at a time, using
music to teach the lesson. And of course, as always,
these are songs that only exist here in your Daily
Portion Land. Is that a real place? Yes, in your
Daily Portion Land. And we will continue to worship together
this evening at seven pm Jamaica time. If the Lord
spears life, let's go ahead and pray. Father, we thank
you for this day of preparation. Please draw us into
your presence, help us to do your will and live
according to your principles. In Jesus name, I pray a
man and a man again, trusting God's plan. And so
what I want to do is go ahead and use
our Life Application Guide to open us up and then
we will read some of what is in the lesson. Okay,
and so we're going to make application where relationships are concerned.
Hopefully you will have read what is in Friday's lesson.
Like I said, we'll talk about some of that in
a moment, but we're using the relationship's application. And if
you've not gotten your life application guide, then we use
an acronym or a framework win win because we are
after success, spiritual success to win. Okay, w What is
important now relationally cultivating a habit of thanksgiving that helps
you recognize more reasons to be grateful than you initially realize.
So I want you to build a habit like that's
important to build and cultivate a habit of gratefulness so
that as you are giving thanks as you are are grateful,
God will open up your eyes and say, hey, did
you notice this over here? Did you notice that over there?
And then your vantage point and perspective are changing in
real time because God is like, yes, I inhabit the
praises of my people when people are grateful. Like in
the case of the ten lepers that Jesus healed and
one came back, he said, where the nine did I?
Why not did I not heal ten of you where
are the nine? But since you're here, I'm going to
give you a special blessing, And so I want you
to cultivate the atmosphere, the environment, the media medium in fact,
where you are grateful, and then God will open up
your mind to more ways that He has been. He
has been so kind and good to you. Internalize the insight.
When you take time or invest time to list what
you're thankful for, and I want you to do this actively,
you often discover more blessings than you first recognize. Like
I just said, gratitude shifts your focus from what is
missing to what God has already provided. Did you get
that what He's all ready provided? This habit not only
strengthens your relationship with God, but also makes you more
aware of the people and provisions He has placed in
your life. Best move in this regard write down five
things for which you are thankful from this past week
and share at least one of them with someone who
contributed to your gratitude. How is that for action? I'll
say it one more time. Write down five things for
which you are grateful from just this week right, and
share at least one of them with someone who contributed
to your gratitude. Was it someone here in social media
or on YouTube? Was it someone at your workplace, someone
at the taxi, in the taxi with you, someone who
is at the bus stop waiting with you, someone on
the bus itself, like somewhere a person came and served
your home. Was it a pipe that burst and it
was fixed a jps if you're here in Jamaica or
wherever you are in the world, the power company, when
the people came and fixed something, even those like, my goodness,
how long could it should it take to do this?
Whatever the case, I want you to share that gratitude
with the person or one of the people who actually
contributed to whatever it is for which you are thankful. Okay?
And so the lesson writer actually guided our minds to
the book Ministry of Healing, page four hundred and seventy
eight and four seventy nine. Many are unable to make
definite plans for the future. Their life is unsettled. They
cannot discern the outcome of affairs, and this often fills
them with anxiety and unrest. Let us remember that the
life of God's children in this world is a pilgrim life.
So people like me looking for stability. Sometimes we won't
find stability down here. It's just the fact. It's a
matter of fact. Let me continue the quote. We have
not wisdom to plan our own lives. It is not
for us to shape our future by faith. Abraham, when
he was called to go out into a place which
he should after receive for an inheritance, what did he do?
He obeyed, He went out, not knowing whither he went.
In fact, Jesus, Jesus, in his life on earth, made
no plans for himself. He accepted God's plans for him.
I don't remember this quote. Honestly, I've read the Ministry
of Healing. I don't even remember this one. This is good.
He didn't make any plans for himself. He accepted God's
plans for him, and day by day the Father unfolded
his plans God. Let me adopt that as of now?
Should so should we depend upon God? That our lives
may be simply an outworking of His will. As we
commit our ways to him, he will direct our steps.
This quote gets even better. I have to continue reading.
I had no intention of reading at all, But look
at this. Look at this too. Many in planning for
a brilliant future make an utter failure. Let God plan
for you, as a little child, to trust to the
guidance of Him who will keep his feet of the
keep the feet of his saints. God never leads his
children otherwise than they would choose to be led if
they could see the end from the beginning and discern
the glory of the purpose which they are fulfilling as
co workers with Him. What an incredible reality. And so
with the little time that we have left, let me
just let me just give give one final, one final lesson.
God faithfully keeps the feet of his saints as they
walk in His purposes. So what I want you to
do is take one deliberate step brothers and sisters today
that reflects trust in God's protection and guidance. Yeah, one
of those steps can be to cancel your plans. Yes,
I remember reading years ago that we should dedicate ourselves
to God in the morning and we present our plans
before God and we say, you know, this is the
life that you have given me. Here are my plans
for you to help me to execute or to walk
away from, as your providence may indicate. So take that
step today deliberately and ask God to guide your footsteps peace.
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,