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 Monday, December two,
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, one of my favorites is I will
certainly come again. I will search lee come again. We'll
get into that in just a moment, but first I'd
like to say thank you and welcome to everyone joining us,
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and fellowship. Let's go ahead and pray, and then we
will get underway. Bather in Heaven, thank you for giving
us this new day and for giving us the privilege
of waiting, waiting for the coming of Jesus Christ. I
pray that you will give us patience, that you will
give us determination, that you will give us a heightened
anticipation in Jesus name. I pray, Amen and Amen again. Yeah,
I'm just trying to gather my thoughts because Jesus's promised
that he will come again reverberates in my mind all
the way down here. In twenty twenty four. You see,
when Jesus was on planet Earth, his disciples were distraught.
When we consider in John chapter fourteen, they were distraught
because he was revealing more and more that he was
going to do exactly what he promised to do. The
Bible says that he came to save his people from
their sins, and the only way for that to happen
is that he would give himself a ransom for many,
like he would be cut off, like Daniel chapter nine says,
at a certain time in this prophecy, in Daniel nine,
the seventy Weeks of Years prophecy, he would be cut off,
not for himself but for the people. Like he is
going to lay down his life and he is going
to also take it back up again so that we
can be saved. Okay. And so now that his disciples
are finally getting the memo that he is not going
to overthrow Rome, he is not going to be the
next king down on planet Earth. In fact, Jesus said
to his detractors, he said, if if this kingdom, if
my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, Ah,
my kingdom is not of this world. Yeah. And so
now they're finally getting the memo, and they're like, oh,
my word, like Jesus is actually going to die, He's
going to give him what's going to happen to us?
Can you imagine now the distress in their minds? And
so Jesus understanding the mindset of human beings who are
finally managing there. Well, they're not managing they're really they
weren't managing their expectations. But is starting to click. Now,
wait a minute, the thing that we had hoped for
is not going to happen, and they're not able yet
to cross that barrier. That says, well, what Jesus promised
is better than what you had hoped for by a millionfold,
infinitely better than what you had desired. Is what Jesus
is preparing for you. So I'm thinking this is an
incredible welcome promised when God has not left us down
here to suffer. God has not left us down here
to suffer. And he's asking them, well, it's really he's
imploring them not to be troubled. He's telling them to
choose not to be troubled. Somebody at five minutes into
our broadcast this morning needs to hear the same message.
I need you to choose not to be troubled. When
you're not able to have that baby, dear brother and
sister you want to have so badly, Ah, leave it
in God. God's hands. Life is in God's hands. You
want to get pregnant, you want your children to see
the blessing of the love in your family, but you
don't have children yet. Don't let your heart be troubled.
I think Abraham and Sarah would have known what that
was like. Hannah would have known what that is like,
and others. Don't let your heart be troubled like when
the month is longer than your money and the bill
collectors are knocking on your door. Don't let your heart
be troubled like. He is going to come through when
you have faith in him. Don't let your heart be
troubled when your relationship seem to be falling apart. Let
not your heart be troubled as you are here saying God,
why is there so much suffering down here? Look at
all of the injustice. God, are you watching? Don't let
your heart be troubled. Why not? Because I certainly will
come again. But in the meantime, He's going to come
through for you. If you have faith in Him and
you trust in the process, he will come through for you. Now,
let me go ahead and read from John chapter fourteen,
and hear exactly what Jesus said, beginning at verse one,
Let not your heart be troubled. Ye believe in God. See,
this is why we don't have to let our hearts
be troubled, because we believe in God. Believe also in me.
In my father's house are many mansions. So he is
taking the mindset of the broken believer whose trust was
in the wrong thing. He's taking their mindset to the
place where the power is. In his father's house are
many mansions. If it were not so, I would have
told you I go to prepare a place for you.
And if I go and prepare a place for you,
I will come again, not might. I will come again,
not might, and receive you unto myself that where I
am there ye may be also I'm preparing a place
for you. There are some of you who are lonely.
You thought you had friends that really turned out to
be enemies. You have judases in your life. You have
been lonely all of your life because you're an introvert
and you didn't know how per se to relate to people,
and nobody really sought you out to say, you know,
I see you, I value you. I see that you're
such a very helpful person, and you're very kind, and
you love to support people. But your voice is not heard.
But I still see you. There are people who did
not accept you like you are, and they wanted to
change you in order for you to fit into their
category of the kind of people they want to hang around.
And Jesus is saying, well, there's plenty good room in
the kingdom for you. There are mansions up there that
I am building and preparing for you. There are closets
for your clothes.
Speaker 1: Ah.
Speaker 2: There is land that has your name on it that
you will develop as you see fit. And your mind
will not be limited, so you'll be able to do
whatever you want to do up there.
Speaker 1: M m.
Speaker 2: And then he's going to give us the New Earth.
But he said, in the meantime, don't let your heart
be troubled. Even though you live in hudhouses now or
in some kind of projects or in a shelter. Right now,
you are in prison, unfortunately incarcerated, you're behind bars. Ah,
don't let your heart be troubled, because Jesus is preparing
a place for you. See, in the same way that
Jesus kept his promise prophetically that he would come the
first time, that in the fullness of time, God sent
his son made of a woman made under the law,
so that he could relieve the suffering and deliver those
who are bound by the outcomes of breaking the law,
so that we can become adopted children into the family
of God, in the same way that he did that,
in the same way that he lived on planet Earth
for three and thirty three and one half years, and
prophetically we could see the three and a half that
public ministry, and the same way that that is our reality,
in the same way that the disciples could visibly visually
see Jesus going up into heaven. And the Angel said,
why stanjie gazing there up into the sky, This Saint Jesus,
who is going up, will in like manner come back
as ye have seen him go. Don't let your heart
be troubled. Why not, because I'm coming back for you.
And in the meantime I will be with you, and
I will give you the power of the Holy Ghost
to cope with whatever is going on while you ate. 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,