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. It's
October thirty, 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 Lessons of Faith from Joshua, Lessons
of Faith from Joshua, and our caption for today is
the Prince of Peace Prints of Peace. Before we get
into that, I'd like to say welcome to you and
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ways that we continue to build faith and fellowship. Let's
let's pray and then get underway. Father, we do thank
you for the privilege that you have given us to
worship you, and I'm asking you to help us to
do this in a way that is pleasing to you,
not something that we manufacture, something that we learn from
the internet or from something on television like or get
into a frenzy because of the way we feel, Father,
help us to actually serve you and worship you in
all things. In Jesus' name, I pray, Amen and Amen again,
the Prince of Peace. I love this because I'm a
peaceful person. I'm a peaceful person naturally, and yes I've
allowed society to encroach upon that. When I was a
young boy at age fourteen, I allowed society to drag
me from my peaceful shell. But God has given us
the prince of peace, Jesus Christ, the Prince of peace.
There are people who love war, but Jesus is the
prince of peace. And primarily though the issue of peace
has to do with our connection with God, we were
born as enemies of God, hostile toward God. Paul talks
about that often in his writings. And the fact that
Jesus Christ has come so that we can have peace,
I am grateful because I'm tired of war. I'm tired
of rumors of wars, and so thank God, thank God
for the ministry that we will read now from Isaiah,
chapter nine and verse six. The Bible says, for unto
us a child is born, speaking of Jesus Christ. There's
no question about this. Unto us a son is given
and the government. I am excited about this, especially in
twenty twenty five now, because sometimes governments seem to go
into weird directions where interacting with other countries is concerned.
And the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his
name shall be called wonderful. He's wonderful counselor do you
need a counselor do you need someone to teach you
the path that you should go? The Mighty God. Somehow
we've run by that, the Mighty God. Jesus is verily
equal to his Father in every single way, Thank God,
the everlasting Father. He's the one who created you. John
chapter one shows us clearly. Hebrews chapter one shows us clearly.
The Book of Colossians, in at least two places show
us clearly that Jesus Christ is the one who created
you and the Prince of Peace. He's the one that
mends the broken fence between us and God, our Father.
And Jesus is wonderful. Jesus is the gift that the
Father gave us, because the Father himself loves us, and
so he gives us that way so that we can
be adopted into the family of God, Thank God. And
so our first life lesson. Our first lesson comes in
from Isaiah chapter eleven, verse six. And my wife, I'm
sure someone can know why I'm chuckling here. The Bible reads,
the wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the
leopard shall lie down with the young goat or the kid,
and in another place it says, and a little child
shall lead them. And you people keep bringing that up
when children do well in their school work or in
church or in some other what you might consider to
be a leadership position. Right, Yeah, well this is actually
referencing like children leading animals. So I just want you
to get that context. But let me stay on task.
The lesson number one for today is God's end goal
is peace, not perpetual war. God's end goal is peace,
not perpetual war. The prophecies of Isaiah and Hoseaiah or
Hostiah and Micah reveal God's true intention for humanity. It's
always been peace. God created us to be with Him
forever in a peaceful, loving, perpetual relationship. I'm just trying
to find how many ways I can say everlasting and peace.
So the Prince of Peace represents the culmination of God's
plan to restore all creation throughout the universe from chaos
of sin to harmony of His presence. You know, the
Earth and all that is attached to Earth is the
renegade planet, like our whole solar system is impacted by
our sinfulness, right, and so justice and righteousness replace judgment
and destruction, and even nature will be reconciled. We'll see
these babies as they grow up in heavenly places. Finally, finally,
when we don't have to live in the sinful situation
where where wolves will no longer be predators, they won't
eat lambs anymore. The leopard will lie down with the
young goat. The leopard will not be a predator anymore.
He'll go back to the way that is seen in Genesis,
where they were all I wouldn't say vegetarian, but that's
for the wrong species. Maybe herbivores, maybe herbivores. I don't
know what they'll be called, but they won't be eating
other animals anymore. They will no longer be predators. And
I'm grateful, and the Bible says, and a little child
shall lead them, Thank God. And so for me, the
action step is to pray for peace that only Christ
can give. His kingdom begins in my heart. Remember God's
will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Let that be in your heart first, before it rains
all over the earth. God's peace be upon you. Blessed
be his name now lessen. Number two. God wins through
peace he wins through peace. In tewod Kings, chapter six
and verse twenty two, we have one example, and he answered,
thou shalt not smite them. What dost thou smite those
whom thou hast taken captive with a sword and with
thy bow. Set bread and water before them, and they
may eat and drink and go to their master. And
the story of Elisha we see we see the blinded
Syrian army shows how God's victories often come without violence,
surrounded by heavenly armies. Elisha chose mercy over massacre by
feeding his enemies. We see this in the New Testament.
God talked about feeding even our enemies. He revealed God's heart.
He's a god who conquers through compassion. That's the goal. Really.
The Syrians left in peace because they had tasted or
experienced the grace of God, and so our lesson or
action step in this case is to respond to opposition
with kindness. I wear a shirt, especially when I am traveling.
I have multiple versions of it. It just says two words,
be kind, be kind. Every act of peace reveals God's
greater power over conflict. Be kind, be kind at all costs,
be kind and I know you all. Some of you
were thinking up all kinds of ways to twist this
thing and say sometimes it's not possible. But really, Christ's
followers are called to be peacemakers in wherever it lies
unto us. That's lesson number three. Thanks for joining us listening. Friends.
Speaker 1: 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,