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 Thursday, March
twenty 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 lesson
study series God's Love and Justice under the caption who
is my Neighbor? Who is my neighbor? We'll get into
that in just a moment, but first I'd like to
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portion dot com. Let's go ahead and pray, and then
we will get underway. Father in heaven, please please please
give us the fullness of your holy spirit. Please help
us to see as you see. Thank you for loving
us so much, and thank you for giving us the
opportunity to come together this morning. Please teach us who
is our neighbor, help us to be neighborly in Jesus name.
I pray, Amen and Amen again. You see, Jesus had
very very while he lived on planet Earth. I'm saying,
had a very interesting way of bringing our minds to
the simplest truths, even though we miss them naturally. It's
unfortunate that we miss them naturally, but it's the reality,
and he doesn't leave us so that we are not
able to overcome that natural ignorance. Right, he gives us
the Holy Spirit to guide us into all truths. So
who is my neighbor? We're going to answer. We're going
to answer the question after we read from the Bible
Book of Luke. Bible Book of Luke, chapter Let's go
with chapter ten, beginning at verse twenty five. Luke Chapter ten,
beginning at verse twenty five, and the Bible reads, and behold,
a certain lawyer stood up and tempted him, meaning Jesus, saying, Master,
what shall I do to inherit eternal life? You see,
he's not interested in life. He's interested in quizzing Jesus.
He wants to be a quiz master verse twenty six,
and he said, unto him, what is written in the law?
How readest thou? May I just pause right here and
give a great, big shout out to all of the
coaches out there. I'm talking about not team coaches, but
I'm talking about executive coaches, life and success coaches. That
kind of coaching right as a paradigm, because Jesus just
gave us the model for great coaching. Ask the right
questions and have the people that you're assisting learned to
answer them. And then you guide them based on whatever
the answers are. I wish I had the time, And
he said, unto, and what is written in the law,
How readest thou? And he answering said, thou shalt love
the Lord, thy God with all thy heart. Okay, this
is going well, and with all thy soul, this is
really going well. And with all thy strength, and with
all thy mind, and thy neighbor as thyself. You see,
people who, depending on the mindset, are needing assistance, whether
they are proud or humble, have the answers sometimes in
their bosom. And so this dude who was proud, who
really had nothing good on his mind at this moment,
actually had the right answers. And Jesus said, unto him
verse twenty eight. Thou hast answered, right, this do and
ye shall live. So what else is there? Well, you
know anything next question? That would be my approach. But
thankfully Jesus is not me, Bible says in verse twenty nine.
But he willing to justify himself, said, unto Jesus, and
who is my neighbor? And Jesus answering said. A certain
man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell among thieves,
which stripped him of his raiment, wounded him and departed,
leaving him half dead. And by chance there came down
a certain priest. Oh that way, when he saw him,
he was supposed to help him. Right, the priest is
supposed to do something very special, speak to God while
helping him. God, what do you want me to do?
Call others if you need some assistance, and help him
and speak and pray to God. Right. Well, no, that's
not what happened. He passed by on the other side,
and likewise verse thirty two. A levite. Okay, surely he's
going to do the right thing. Ah, he's part of
the one would who would stand in the gap and
defend the cause of God in and among the people. Right,
the levite is helping to usher people into worship. So
he's going to do the right thing. Well, the Bible says,
when he was at the place, he came and looked
at him. Okay, this is good. But he passed on
the other side. What all right?
Speaker 1: All right?
Speaker 2: Verse thirty three. But a certain Samaritan, you know, the
people of God I'll call them, had problem with the Samaritans,
even though in a lot of ways they're related, but
they had a problem with the Samaritans. They didn't see
them as anything good. Ah. But a certain Samaritan, as
he journeyed, came where he was, and when he saw him,
oh wait a minute, he had compassion on him. The
unlikeliest candidate had compassion on him, and he went to
him and bound up his wounds. Oh my, he physically
went to him. He saw him, he went to him.
He actually addressed his condition, those wounds and pouring in
oil and wine. So he's giving him the right therapies,
thank God. And he set him on his own beast.
So he didn't just leave him there. He didn't grasp
his hand and pray and say, brother, be be healed,
and then waited and hoped, and then nothing happened, and
he just said, well, you know, I bid you adie. No, no, no,
no no. He put him on his own beast, and
then he brought him to an end. So he took
him somewhere, so he's no longer on the road. He
changes his physical condition through healing. He changes or therapies,
if you want to say. He shows him compassion by
touching and holding on to and then lifting him up
and putting him on his own animal. And then he
brought him to a place where the brother could be
attended to, somewhere more comfortable than the side of a road,
and took care of him Verse thirty five. And on
the morrow when he departed, so he stayed there the
night he took up two pence. So he brought some
money and gave pay them to the host, and said
to the host take care of him, and whatsoever thou
spendest more, I when I come again, I will repay thee.
So he made sure that this brother had every single
thing he needed, or should I say his neighbor, everything
that he needed, so that he could not only be
a survivor of what happened to him in this unfortunate
event or turn of events, but so that he would thrive.
And he said, I will repay thee. I think Jesus
paid it all all to him. I owe Sin has
left a crimson stain, but he has washed me white
as snow. And then the Bible says, which now of
these three thinkest thou was the neighbor unto him that
fell among the thieves, And he said he that showed
mercy on him. Then Jesus said unto him, go and
do likewise. Jesus was reading the mind of the man
who was not neighborly minded. Jesus was reading the mind
of the man who loved talking about the Bible but
was a hypocrite, and he was giving him the method
of Christ for being like God. Let this mind be
in you, which was also in Christ Jesus. The Bible says,
humble ourselves, be of service to people, Love God, and
love other humans no matter what. Make it a great day, Peace.
Thanks for joining us listening to 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.
Speaker 1: Yeah,