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, September ten,
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 through the Book of Mark, and our caption
for today is Get Semony, Get Semony. We'll get into
that in just a moment, but first I like to
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and pray, and then we will get underway. Father and Heaven.
Thank you for this day and for the privilege we
have to come together again. This is a worship space.
This is where you promised you would come into our
midst because there are more many, more than two or three,
gathered together in your no. I pray God that we
will we will yield our will to you like Jesus
yielded his will in get semony. In Jesus name, I
pray amen and Amen again. This is good. This is
good get semny. God is teaching us something, okay, and
so we are continuing. I did start the discussion, but
we are continuing now. The discussion. In Mark chapter fourteen,
beginning at verse thirty two, and the Bible reads, and
they came to a place which was named Getsemeny. So
Jesus is going through some challenges in his mind and
get Sementy. We're going to see about this. I think
it was Sabbath that we kind of talked about it
a little bit, but we're really going to drill it
now and see what led to this point. And they
came to a place which was named Getsemeny, and he
set unto his disciples, sit ye here while I pray,
Sit ye here while I pray. Now people should have
seen that as a sign that they should be praying, too. Right,
they are following in Jesus's footsteps. So when Jesus is
giving us an example, the Bible says that we now
can and will and must follow in his footsteps if
we are called his disciples. But those disciples didn't do it.
They didn't do it. And the Bible says, here and
he taketh with him these three closer friends, Peter and
James and John, and began to be so amazed and
to be heavy, And he said, unto them, my soul
is exceeding sorrowful now Jesus is being vulnerable toward these men,
these friends, these disciples. He's being vulnerable. He's saying that
he is sorrowful, he is heavy unto death. Tarry ye, hear,
and watch your friend, your master, your savior, All of
this in one Jesus is showing you that he needs you.
But what are you going to do in response? They're
time that even though now we see Jesus is glorified,
he is no longer down here living under the limitations
of humanity, even though he has carried some aspects of
humanity into the heavenlyes until this day. But he is
no longer bound by hunger or sorrow or thirst or
those things I shouldn't say bound, but subject to any
of those things, because he has completed his work down
here at least, down here at least. But we even
still there are things that are on God's mind. And
when he shares those things, his love for people, his
desire to save those people, his compassion for people. We
should be entering into that journey with him so that
we can be of service to the people that matter
to him. For the things that matter to him, he says,
tarry ye here and watch are you tarrying and watching
in twenty twenty four, and the Bible continues verse thirty five.
And he went far forward a little and fell on
the ground. It wasn't that he was doing it for effect.
Nobody was playing the ham and B three organ. Nobody
slapped him in his forehead. Nobody said some rhythmic words,
and then he started shaking and quaking and dropped to
the ground. He dropped to the ground because he was heavy,
he was burdened, He was sorrowful, even to the point
of death. And so he falls to the ground and
prayed that if it were possible, have you ever fallen
to the ground in sorrow, fall into the ground in
submission to God's will, fallen to the ground because you
know your need for God? And he says, he prays,
if it were possible, that hour might pass from him.
Have you asked God to take away your burden? Take
away your trial, take away the difficulty that is facing you.
Take away the fact that you don't have as much
money as you need. There's more month than money. Take
away the trials that you're going through in your marriage.
Have you ever asked God to take away that cancer
that is eating your flesh at this very moment, and
you're wondering if God is listening. Have you ever been
in a situation when you ask God to please, can
you do something for me, if it's possible, if it's possible,
take it away? And he said verse thirty six, ah Ba, Father,
all things are possible. You see, he said, if it's possible,
will you take it away? And then he says with you,
all things are possible. We didn't say that last Sabbath.
Ah all things are possible. I know that you can
do this, take it away, take this cup from me.
But if I'm missing something in this scenario, Father, Ahba,
if I'm missing something in this scenario where I'm going
to have to go through this financial burden and trial
for the moment, I'm gonna have to go through the
loss of someone who's very close to me. I'm gonna
have to go through the pain of this injury. I'm
gonna have to go through the trial of working with
church people who seem not to be connected with God.
And I'm wondering every day, what in the world am
I doing here? What am I doing here in this
situation when we're all supposed to be pressing together, pressing together,
pressing together. If you could let this cut pass from me, Father,
please do so. Nevertheless, Father, not what I will, because
there are times that you're doing things, Father that I
don't understand. Nevertheless, Father, not as I will. There are
times that you are perfecting my character. Talking about me, now, y'all,
you should be talking about you. Nevertheless, you are using
my situation for others to see how they can overcome
to because you trust me, like Job. You trust me
like David when he was losing his son after he
had disobeyed God and had the Bethsheba and Uriah incident. Nevertheless,
not what I will, but what thou wilt. And he
cometh and findeth them sleeping. And they should have been
watching and praying when they should have been holding him up,
when they should have been supporting Jesus, when they should
have been counting the cost of him losing faith, the
counting the cost of him failing at his mission, counting
the cost like if Jesus breaks, we're all dead, and
everybody who's ever lived or ever will live, is dead.
They did not count the cost. He came and he
found them sleeping, and he said unto to Peter Simon,
sleepest thou it's incredulous. Sleepest thou couldest thou not watch
one hour? What is one hour when all of humanity
is hanging in the balance. What is one hour when
your friend, who is also your savior and your creator
in his humanity, is weakening, he's having difficulty. You're not there.
You can't pray just for an hour, Peter, not one hour?
Watch ye and pray lets ye. Now Jesus puts it
on them, enter into temptation. The spirit is truly ready.
But the flesh, yes, you talk a good gang, Peter.
You said you won't deny me. You talk a good game.
You stand there with your sword. I'm seeing into the future.
Now ah, you say with your mouth all of the
right things, But your flesh is actually weak Verse thirty nine.
And again he went away and prayed and spake the
same words. And when he had returned, he found them
all asleep again, for their eyes were heavy. Sometimes the
devil will fan you to sleep. Brothers and sisters wake up.
Neither wish they what to answer him. And he came
a third time and says, sleep on. Now take your rest.
It is enough. The hour is come. The son of
Man is going to be betrayed into the hands of sinners.
Speaker 1: What would have been your response? 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,