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, February ten,
twenty twenty six. 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 uniting Heaven and Earth, christ in Philippians and Colossians,
and our option for today is Rejoice in the Lord always,
Rejoice in the Lord always. Before we get into that,
i'd like to say welcome to everyone joining us, especially
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so let's go ahead and pray and then get underway. Father,
Thank you for this day. Please help us to rejoice
in You. In Jesus' name, I pray amen and Amen again,
rejoice in the Lord always. Now we have identified this
and focused on this a few times, but let's take
another look. Okay, and before we get too tight into it,
I'm going to read a quote from eighteen seventy eight,
eighteen seventy eight reviewing Harold. The Christian may pass through storms,
and you have to think of how people wrote in
the eighteen hundreds. That means that you will. That's what's
going to happen. We know that this is going to happen.
And then comes this contrast of thought like, Okay, the
Christian may pass through storms. Yep, that's true, that's true.
But the peace of God within is a calm harbor
into which no tempest can enter. Oh, I need you
to think about that very clearly. Think of it very clearly.
The Christian may pass through storms, that's going to happen, Yes,
but the piece of God within is a calm harbor
into which no tempest can enter. What does that mean
all of the storms whirling around us can have no
appreciable impact when we're we are in the calm harbor
of God's care. Oh, I wish I had the time.
I wish I had the time. Let me read from
another place. October eleven, nineteen oh five, signs of the Times.
Perfect peace will be ours as we learn to leave
every That's a big word, y'all look it up if
you've not seen it lately. That means to the exclusion
of everything else, like all like God wants us to
give everything to him. Don't leave anything out. We need
to learn to leave every perplexity in his hands. Oh man,
and here comes another one, and trust him fully. Wow.
Everything you have a little ache or a pain, you're
tempted to talk to people about it. I mean, of course,
if you need to go to the doctor, you need
to talk to the doctor about it. I get it.
But apart from that, like telling people that you have
aches and pains, waste of time. Give that perplexity to him.
You're trying to figure out what's good, what's your month
and your money, and it's not balancing out. Go to
God first, before you even think about going to a human.
You understand, before you even think about going into your
mind and strategizing. We understand this is what you must do,
but don't do it. First, go to God first, trust
him fully. You have a disease or you have a
new diagnosis, and you don't know what to do as
you were getting your consultations from wise counselors that know
God and people who may in the medical world or
in the naturopathic world, depending on the pathway that you
must take. I'm not trying to give you guidance on that.
But before you do any of that, go to God,
leave that perplexity in his hands, and trust him fully.
And so our lesson number one is coming in from
verse four of Philippians chapter four. We've read it over
and over again. Let's go again. Rejoice in the Lord
always and again. I say rejoice in case you didn't
get it the first time, even though I'm locked up
in prison. Paul is saying, even though that's the case,
I'm saying that rejoicing in the Lord is a choice
rooted in trusting God, not worrying about my circumstances, my
my mind, and so and so the word rejoice means
to be glad and to delight. In case somebody's like, ah, well,
rejoice doesn't mean rejoice, it means something else, because how
could you rejoice if you're going through you understand well
the text means what it means. Under inspiration Brother Paul,
while he was locked up, Brother Paul, when things were
not always just so peachy clinking, he said, be glad
and delight. Rejoicing is not an emotional denial. This is
what some people do. Like I've had people say, like,
how you doing today? And maybe I'm sad because you know,
I remember when my mom passed away, and I say,
I may say I'm sad or whatever, and you know,
quickly people would say, don't claim that, brother, Like claim what?
Speaker 1: Like?
Speaker 2: What do you mean by claim? Don't claim the sadness?
What does that mean? I don't even understand. When Jesus
was in the garden of Gysemite, he was sweating as
it were great drops of blood. When he was on
the cross, he cried out, Father, my God, my God,
why hast thou forsaken me? So we're not turning our back,
we're not burying our heads in the proverbial sand. We're
not acting as if things are not going the way
they're going. But we are still learning. It is a
spiritual act that places confidence in God before situations change,
and so the action step is to speak one sentence
of praise. I know it's like, what, that's so wow,
so regimented. Why are you so particular? Because some people
are in the clouds and you're stuck in inspiration mode
or receiving information mode, and you're not going to do
nothing with it. So I'm just trying to give you
a prescription here. It is, speak one sentence of praise
aloud today before asking God for anything. That's a good practice.
Anchor your prayer in trust. Anchor your prayer to God
in trust. Lesson number two, verse six Philippians, chapter four.
Be careful or anxious for nothing right instead, in every situation,
through prayer and petition or supplication with thanksgiving, tell your
requests to the Lord supplication. Supplication means the Greek word
for it actually means urgent request in deep need. So
again we're not burying our heads in the sand. We
do have urgent requests. We do have deep needs. There
are things that are really getting under our skin that
we cannot manage, and God is saying, through Paul, take
that to God with thanksgiving. And so the lesson is
that prayer with thanksgiving is the divine antidote to anxiety,
opening the heart to God's peace. And what is the action.
The action is to write down a current worry, put
it right before you. Really, you're putting it before God.
Pray over it with thanksgiving that God has already received
your request. I want you to study I didn't think
about this before, but study Daniel chapter ten, and we'll
have to circle back on that principle Daniel chapter ten
in this vein. Make it a great day, peace.
Speaker 1: 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,