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 Tuesday, December
twenty four, twenty twenty four. 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 themes in the Gospel of John, and
our caption for today is light and Darkness. Light and Darkness.
We'll get into that in just a moment, but first
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faith and fellowship. Let's go ahead and pray and then
we will get underway. Father in Heaven, thank you for
being light to us. In Jesus' name, I pray, Amen
and Amen again. You know there is a song that's
hark the herald angels sing, Jesus, the Light of the world. Huh,
Glory to the new born King. Jesus, the Light of
the world. We can walk in the light, beautiful light
come where the dewdrops of mercy shine bright, shine all
around us by day and by night. Jesus the light
of the world. And I'm thankful that he has given
himself to us as the light. Because those who are
in darkness stumble around, because they're hiding, because their deeds
are evil, because they choose to be in darkness. But
when the light is come, then we should follow Jesus
in the light. You see, when Jesus created the earth,
the Bible says he said, let there be light, And
there was light that was on the first day. And
it's interesting to me because the sun, moon, and stars
were not created until the fourth day. And so when
Jesus says, let there be light, he is revealing himself.
He's unfurling the brightness of his sex into the darkness.
In the same way, without sun, moon, or stars, he's
the light of the temple in the City of God.
In Revelation chapter twenty one, I believe it is in
verse twenty three. They had no need of light. They
needed no candle. They needed no sun, no moon, no stars,
no other earthly or excuse me, heavenly bodies except Jesus Christ,
who is the light the Bible says thereof. And so
we know that the devil is the originator of that
darkness that is in the mindsets of people. And so
we go now to John chapter one, and we begin
to look at the contrast, beginning at verse four, between
between who Jesus is and how he wants us to
live versus how we are naturally living without him and
verse four. In him was life, and the life was
the light of men. So light and life go together.
Light and life, life go together. If you have life,
you have the light, which is Christ. Verse five. And
the light shineth in the darkness. The darkness comprehended it.
Not that means it could not hold him back. The
darkness of this earth, the darkness of the mindsets of
the people, the darkness of the devil and his influence
over people could not keep Jesus back. He's here. He's
here now the light has come. Verse six. There was
a man sent from God whose name was John. The
same came for a witness, to bear witness of that light,
that all men, through him might believe. He is not
that light, but was sent to bear witness of the
light that was the true light, which lighteth every man
that cometh into the world. You see, Jesus has given
us a sparkle, a spark of light, as we are born.
In the same way that he has given everyone a
measure of faith, he gives as a spark just enough
enough of a twinkle, so that we can now desire
after God. Even though we are naturally hostile toward God.
When we're born. He wants us to have that spark
of light that says, wait a minute, my life shouldn't
be this way. Wait a minute. I should be in
control of my emotions, not to put them away, but
to not allow them to control me. I should have
self control. I should be loving and kind. I should
be able to be joyful even in the midst of trials. Yes,
I should love in a way that is not natural
for me to love. How do I get that? Oh,
wait a minute, that twinkle. It only takes a spark
to get a fire going. So that twinkle. God is saying,
come to me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden,
and I will bring and give you rest. So come
to me. And then God lights our lives on fire
in a good way, and we become lights in this
wicked and perverse generation. And John chapter three, verse nineteen,
the Bible reads, and this is the condemnation that light
is come into the world. That's Jesus and humans. Men
loved darkness rather than light, you see, because their deeds
were evil. And so when God brings to your mind,
it doesn't matter at what point in your journey you are.
But when he brings light to you and says, you know,
fill in your name here. This is the way that
I want you to live. But you reject it. God forbid.
That is rejecting the light, and that is because you
love evil. I'm not saying you do it, brothers and sisters.
I'm saying the proverbial you. I have done it in
the past, and all of you have done it in
the past. But this must not be our life today.
It must not be our habit today. But when people
reject light, it's because they love evil. There's no two
ways about it. And then the Bible says in verse
twenty for everyone that doeth evil, hateth the light, neither
cometh to the light lest his deeds should be reproved.
How many of you, by show of hands, love to
be corrected. So many people run away from the correction
because they don't like how it feels. They feel like
they were perfect by themselves, so they don't want to
be disturbed. They want to continue along their pathway undisturbed.
But verse twenty one, but he that doeth truth cometh
to the light. Thank God, you brothers and sisters. I
we can be those who come to the truth, we
can come to the light that his deeds may be manifest. God,
look at my life. I confess to you. Whatever you see,
I agree with you. Thank you for revealing it to me. Now,
will you teach me how to live like you lived?
Can you teach me how to be holy? Can you
take away my sins? Take away the desire for them sinning.
Take away the desire for the cigarettes, the nicotine addiction.
Take away the desire for abusing people. Take away the
addiction to watching stuff that is unmentionable and I shouldn't
even be talking about it here. Take away the desire
to just ignore those widows and orphans who need our help.
Take Away the selfishness. Jesus, please take away the pomposity
and pride that comes when we do sometimes come into
the quote faith and then become so intelligent that we
outsmart ourselves. We are so smart that we outsmart ourselves.
All we like to do is argue and prove that
we know something. Please give us the light. I believe you, God,
that they are wrought in God. So when we begin
to live the way God wants us to live, then
the light will make that manifest. And then and then
the Bible. The Bible continues John chapter eleven and verse ten,
Us speaking, but if a man walk in the night,
he stumblest because there is no light in him. We
don't need to walk around stumbling when the light of
God's word is present. Jesus giving us his word, he said,
he will guide us into the paths of righteousness. Thy
word have I hid in mine heart that I might
not sin against thee. The Word is a lamp unto
my feet and a light unto my path, And those
words testify of Jesus. I'm thankful that there is light
that we can come too and then become lights in
this generation because Jesus Christ lives in our lives.
Speaker 1: Make it a great day, Peace. 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.