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, April four,
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 how to study Bible Prophecy. We're rounding out
the week under the caption Cooperation with God. Cooperation with God.
We'll get into that in just a moment, but first
I'd like to say welcome to you and ask you
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continue to build faith in fellowship. Let's go ahead and pray. Father,
we do thank you for bringing us thus far into
this year. Thank you for being so kind and blessing us.
Thank you for giving us the privilege to cooperate with you,
help us to actually do it. Please, in Jesus' name,
I pray, Amen and Amen again. Do you cooperate with God?
I said, do you cooperate with God? I'm not giving
the real definition of the term, but I'm seeing operate
operation in the term cooperation that means you have to operate.
That means you have to actually work, like do something.
Cooperation with God is doing what God is doing. You
see where I'm going with this. The Bible teaches us
that God will lead us and guide us on the
paths of righteousness. Pathways are not intended to be slept
on or just laid on. God wants us to walk
on the pathway in righteousness to wherever He is guiding us.
And that's in every aspect of our lives. There are
times that we are reading Bible prophecy, and we're not
looking for a way to operate. Sometimes we are looking
for a way to give details about certain events that
are in the past. And I get it, there is
a need for that. There are historical approaches to looking
at some of these prophecies understood. But God wants us
to operate in twenty twenty five, how does God want
me to operate with him? Cooperate with him? And so
the lesson writer actually uses a quote from the book
The Great Controversy, pages three hundred forty one and three
hundred forty two, and it reads, ministers and people declared
that the prophecies of Daniel and Revelation were incomprehensible mysteries.
And this was written way back, way back in the
eighteen hundreds. And I can say in twenty twenty five
people are still saying that. People are still saying it's mysterious.
The Bible teaches us though in the Revelation the name
is a giveaway, like it's a spoiler alert. God said
very clearly in the Revelation that it is the manifestation,
the revelation of Jesus Christ, and there is a blessing,
a threefold blessed to those who read here and understand
the words that are written therein. Okay, so it doesn't
need to be an incomprehensible mystery that doesn't make sense.
Let me continue the quote. But Christ directed his disciples
to the words of the prophet Daniel concerning the events
to take place in their time, and said, whoso readeth,
let him understand. This is out of Matthew chapter twenty
four and verse fifteen. And the assertion that the revelation
is a mystery not to be understood is contradicted by
the very title of the book, the Revelation of Jesus Christ,
which God gave unto him to show unto his servants
the things which must shortly come to pass. Here it
is again, blessed is he that readeth, and they that
hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things
which are written therein. Why because the time is at hand.
This is coming from Revelation chapter one, Versus one through three.
And so we see the operation, the cooperation that God
wants with and from us. It says that we are
to keep the things that are written therein. We're receiving
the threefold blessing. If we're surrendering to him right, we're hearing,
we are reading, and therefore he is also empowering us
to keep cooperate, to keep the things that are written
therein in this time, the time is at hand. In
view on continuing the quote of the testimony of inspiration,
how dare men teach that the revelation is a mystery?
It is a mystery beyond the reach of human understanding.
It is a mystery revealed. It is an open book.
Can I say it again? In view of the testimony
of inspiration? That's the power of the Holy Ghost and
Jesus's words themselves. How dare humans teach that the revelation
is a mystery beyond the reach of human understanding? It
is a mystery revealed an open book. God is giving
us the blessing of peering into the open book, being
blessed by the open book, and to be able to
actually move in accordance to the will of God in
this same open book. That's not a quote, that's me
saying it. Now. Let me continue, Let me continue. The
study of the revelation directs the mind to the prophecies
of Daniel and both present most important instruction given of
God to humankind concerning the events to take place at
the close of Earth's history. I'll just pause. Right there,
are we living in the last days, brothers and sisters life,
Is this the end toward the end of time, the
close of this Earth's history? And the answer is absolutely yes,
because God has made himself very clear about what it
would look like at the time right before Jesus appears. Yes,
says it was in the time of Noah, as it
was during the time of Latin Sodom and Gomorrah and
that whole fiasco. There we see how it was right
before the flood that came upon the earth. During Noah's time,
their imaginations were always evil, continually, only evil continually. Have
you watched the news lately? I wish I had the time.
But what I want to do now is stop stating
what I consider to be the obvious. I want now
to apply. We're cooperating. Remember, I want to apply. I
want to apply this one in relationships. What Yeah, applying
this kind of a thing into relationships?
Speaker 1: Yeah?
Speaker 2: Do people talk about that? Not often? So let's go
with the win approach. If this is your first time
interacting with our life application guide, we use a win
approach in four key areas. But win win an acronym W.
What is important now? This is what's important. Now. Share
the blessings of prophetic understandings with others. It's a blessing.
Share it that way. Strengthen relationships by discussing God's plans
for humanity, encouraging those who may feel overwhelmed or confused
by current events. People watch the news and start to
get really anxious. So encourage those I internalize the insight.
Think about how prophetic insights can provide hope and clarity
to those who are around you. How can your knowledge
of God's word bring encouragement and unity to your family, friends,
and your church community. You see sometimes the way that
some people teach prophecy or share prophecy, it's not to unify,
it's to cause all kinds of problems. But how can
we do this and end? What is the next best move?
This is the operation point. Organize a small group. If
this is your style, this is your gift you're calling
or join a Bible study. This is one, but even
more advanced than this one. To explore prophecy together. Use
these opportunities to uplift and educate one another while building
deeper connections through shared spiritual growth for the whin y'all
in our relationships. 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.