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: Go ahead, morning, good morning, Good morning. It is Friday,
December twenty seven, 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 in
our final study in themes in the Gospel of John
and I just want you to type in the chat
a number one if you really enjoyed this quarter's lesson
in it has been a blessing to us. This is
the end of lesson number thirteen of thirteen. And I'm
grateful because we had two quarters back to back through
gospel books. First it was Mark, now it's John. And
I know It's going to be an incredible time when
we move to God's Love and Justice. Before we begin,
I'd like to welcome everyone joining us, especially those joining
us for the very first time. I'm asking you to
go over to your Daily Portion dot com. I want
you to join our online community. Click that number seven
to subscribe there. And also please pick up the Companion Book.
I did not say the quarterly. I think some people
are confused. We're not talking about the quarterly you have that.
I'm saying, pick up the Companion book, the life application
guide that we produce here. And of course we want
you to pick up the One for God's Love and Justice,
which we begin tomorrow. But if you even still have
not gotten the one for this quarter here that we're ending,
it can still be very helpful to us even though
we have completed the lesson. Okay, let's go ahead and pray,
and then we will get underway. Father in Heaven, thank
you for giving us this day and giving us the
opportunity to serve you today and to not only look
at your perspective, but to thrive from your perspective. Please
teach us to serve you with everything that we are
in Jesus' name, I pray Amen and a man again.
I did not announce to you today's caption it is
thrive from God's perspective. Thrive from God's perspective, And so
the lesson writer says, God's perspective is vastly different from
that of humans. God shares his perspective with us through
his word, the Bible, under the power of the Holy Ghost.
It is our choice whether we wish to walk in
darkness or accept the light coming from Jesus Christ, as
revealed in the Word. And so really that is where
we begin, Like where are you making your decision? Are
you with God or against God? Do you loved God?
Or are you fearful or hateful of God? Do you
prefer to do His will even though sometimes it may
be challenging, it may be difficult. Or are you saying
that you would rather just do things your own way
because maybe you were disappointed by God, or at least
you think you were disappointed by God, but your expectations
were spoiled somehow, and you just don't really want to
serve him. And I don't want to take for granted
that there is just one set of people listening or
watching to your daily portion today, because when Jesus spoke,
there were almost always, not one hundred percent of the time,
but almost always both camps were there, people who served
God and people who said, I just can't bother with it.
And so really, I want to open up an invitation
today for every single one of us, under the sound
of my voice, or maybe you can't hear you're reading
in the captions, the closed captions, whomever you are, to
thrive from God's perspective. Now, from the book The Desire
of Age's page one hundred and forty three, we read
the angels of God are ever passing from Earth to Heaven,
from Heaven to earth. The miracles of Christ for the
afflicted and suffering were wrought by the power of God
through the ministration of angels. And it is through Christ,
by the ministration of his heavenly messengers, that every blessing
comes from God to us. Do you realize that Jesus
is the bridge. The Bible teaches us about a ladder
that Jacob now called Israel, would have seeing from heaven
and Earth, and the angels ascending and be sending. And
Jesus said it upon the son of Man and so
Jesus is the pathway to spiritual success. He is the
pathway to life everlasting. He is the one who gives
us all that we need to connect with God, our
Father and remain connected with him, the life giver, so
that we can live eternally. And guess what his perspective
is that you can have that today, and you can
also I can also share this blessing with other people.
We don't have to keep it to ourselves. We don't
have to be in a position where we're like, oh,
you know. Sometimes you may go on a vacation that
your friends can't afford, or maybe they can't get off
from work, and you're like, God, I wish I could
share this with someone. Or maybe you're having a meal
that you thoroughly enjoy but you're the only one at
the table and you're like, I wish I had someone
to share this with. Well, you can share God's perspective.
His perspective is that God soul loved the world that
he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in
him should not perish but have everlasting life. God didn't
send his son into the world to condemn the world,
but that the world through him, might be saved, saved
in your finances, yes, I did say that, saved in
your spiritual connection with God, saved in your relationships, saved
in your personal development. God cares about all aspects of
our lives. Saved in your health, saved in your mindset.
God cares. His perspective is that we would have life
and to have that life more abundantly. Okay, and so
I want to go into our companion guide again. You
can get that at your Daily portion dot com or
in the description if you're watching me online. Okay, We're
going to look at the the uh relationship perspective or
application of this. Remember, our model is when we want
you to win, do w what is important now? What
is important now? In relationships? Thriving from God's perspectives means
seeing others through the eyes of Jesus. Did you get that? Yeah?
People with whom you relate, they may be coworkers, they
may be your loved ones like your husband, your wife,
your children, your aunti, your uncle. See these people through
God's eyes, through Jesus's eyes. It requires grace uh oh,
unmerited favor, patience, and a heart open to his leading
allow God's love to flow through you. I want you
to hear that. I'm going to say it again, but
I'm going to say it slowly. Allow God's love to
flow through you to others, especially when they disappoint or
hurt you. Oh my, are you hearing what I'm saying today.
The only way that you can give people grace and patience,
the only way that you can give them the opportunity
really to be open to the leading of God, is
if you allow God's love to flow through you. He's
not asking you to originate love. When he said that
the second great commandment is is to love your neighbor
as yourself. He was not saying love your neighbor in
your own strength. He's saying allow him. Allow his love
to flow through your life and out to your neighbor,
out to your mother, your father, your brothers, your sisters,
out to the challenging relationship you're having with your spouse
right now. There are some people who are having difficulty,
at nine minutes into our lesson study today, having difficulty
relating to their loved spouse. But God's love, we need
you to allow that love to flow through you. Internalize
the insight I think about a recent interaction that didn't
go well. Did you respond from the place of light
or darkness? Acknowledge where you might have missed God's perspective,
and consider how you can respond differently next time, and
then end next best move, it's time for action. Reach
out to someone with whom you have had a conflict
or strained relationship. Approach them with humility, love, and a
desire to reflect God's grace. And then, of course there
is more. So I'm thankful we got through thirteen blessed
weeks in this lesson study, and tomorrow, if the Lord
Spaar's life, we begin God's love.
Speaker 1: And days 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.