1 00:00:01,199 --> 00:00:03,839 Speaker 1: Most of us eat every day, some of us too 2 00:00:03,919 --> 00:00:07,759 much because yesterday's food is not enough to supply energy 3 00:00:07,799 --> 00:00:11,560 for today's needs. Why then, do some of us expect 4 00:00:11,640 --> 00:00:15,080 yesterday's portion of heavenly manna, the word of God to 5 00:00:15,240 --> 00:00:19,000 keep us through today's challenges. On this program, we are 6 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:22,879 going to change all of that. Let's experience God's words 7 00:00:22,920 --> 00:00:25,920 today and receive the power we need to live healthy, 8 00:00:26,239 --> 00:00:30,839 vibrant lives. Welcome to Your Daily Portion with your host, 9 00:00:31,039 --> 00:00:33,079 author speaker Elle David Harris. 10 00:00:33,600 --> 00:00:36,479 Speaker 2: Good morning, good morning, Good morning. It is Sunday, eight 11 00:00:36,640 --> 00:00:40,039 August eighteen, twenty twenty four. Hello, my name is El 12 00:00:40,159 --> 00:00:42,640 David Harris. I am your host, and this is your 13 00:00:42,759 --> 00:00:46,320 Daily Portion where we give you God's word every single day, 14 00:00:46,520 --> 00:00:49,640 and today is no exception. We are continuing in our 15 00:00:49,759 --> 00:00:53,159 Lesson study series through the Book of Mark. Our caption 16 00:00:53,240 --> 00:00:59,520 for today is God's Plan for Marriage. God's Plan for Marriage. 17 00:00:59,560 --> 00:01:02,640 It says God's Plan for Marriage. We'll get into that 18 00:01:02,679 --> 00:01:04,920 in just a moment, but first I'd like to say 19 00:01:04,959 --> 00:01:06,959 welcome to you and ask you to please go over 20 00:01:07,040 --> 00:01:10,879 to your Daily Portion dot com. Please join our online community, 21 00:01:11,159 --> 00:01:14,280 pick up the Your Daily Portion book and let us 22 00:01:14,359 --> 00:01:16,799 know where you are in the world at your daily 23 00:01:16,879 --> 00:01:19,959 portion dot com. This is a way that we continue 24 00:01:20,079 --> 00:01:23,599 to build faith and fellowship. Let's go ahead and pray, 25 00:01:23,760 --> 00:01:26,799 and then we will get underway. Father and Heaven, thank 26 00:01:26,879 --> 00:01:28,879 you for giving us this new day and for the 27 00:01:28,920 --> 00:01:31,760 work week that you have set out before us. Bother, 28 00:01:31,920 --> 00:01:34,280 for those who are looking for work, I pray that 29 00:01:34,359 --> 00:01:37,159 you will give them what they need. Bother, I just 30 00:01:37,200 --> 00:01:40,200 pray that you will teach us faith and patience, that 31 00:01:40,239 --> 00:01:43,959 you will give us growth in our relationships with our spouses. 32 00:01:44,400 --> 00:01:46,680 And for those who are looking at marriage and wondering 33 00:01:46,719 --> 00:01:50,120 if they should get married, please give them your principles 34 00:01:50,400 --> 00:01:55,000 and then put them together with someone who is like minded, 35 00:01:55,319 --> 00:01:58,480 who loves you as well. In Jesus name, I pray 36 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:04,400 Amen and day men again God's plan for marriage. Now, 37 00:02:04,439 --> 00:02:06,799 there are a lot of plans out there for marriage, 38 00:02:06,879 --> 00:02:09,080 and I know that there is a discussion that you're 39 00:02:09,120 --> 00:02:11,599 expecting me to have, but that is not the one 40 00:02:11,599 --> 00:02:14,319 I'm going to have right now. God had a plan 41 00:02:14,840 --> 00:02:19,360 from before there was a beginning, and when he created 42 00:02:19,439 --> 00:02:24,439 male and female, he wanted us to understand the relationship 43 00:02:24,879 --> 00:02:30,599 between Jesus and his people. That's what the Book of 44 00:02:30,639 --> 00:02:35,680 Ephesians says. When Paul is teaching, he says, I want 45 00:02:35,719 --> 00:02:41,439 you to understand the relationship between Christ and his church. 46 00:02:42,080 --> 00:02:46,840 We see what Jesus's perspective was yesterday. He was very focused. 47 00:02:46,879 --> 00:02:50,520 He said he came to serve, not to be served. 48 00:02:51,120 --> 00:02:54,599 He came to serve, not to be served. Brothers, when 49 00:02:54,639 --> 00:02:59,520 you are marrying women whom you love, you are marrying 50 00:02:59,560 --> 00:03:03,120 women you love so you can serve them. There are 51 00:03:03,159 --> 00:03:06,360 too many of us out here who say, because we're 52 00:03:06,360 --> 00:03:09,240 the head of the household in quotes, that we are 53 00:03:09,319 --> 00:03:11,919 supposed to be the boss. I remember there was a 54 00:03:11,960 --> 00:03:14,360 guy I won't call his name, but years ago I 55 00:03:14,439 --> 00:03:16,840 used to when I was into arguing. Like, I used 56 00:03:16,840 --> 00:03:20,039 to argue with this dude regularly because he said he's 57 00:03:20,080 --> 00:03:22,879 the boss of his wife. And I said, the boss, 58 00:03:22,919 --> 00:03:28,000 there's something very very wrong with this, and well, unfortunately 59 00:03:28,439 --> 00:03:32,199 he's no longer married. Can I can I just say 60 00:03:32,199 --> 00:03:35,280 that like, he didn't have a servant's heart, he did 61 00:03:35,280 --> 00:03:38,840 not have a servant's mindset. He thought he was the 62 00:03:38,879 --> 00:03:43,199 boss of his wife, and he lost his wife. I 63 00:03:43,240 --> 00:03:45,759 wish I had the time. Okay, let me jump in 64 00:03:45,840 --> 00:03:48,479 and get right into the scriptures. Here from the Book 65 00:03:48,479 --> 00:03:51,360 of Mark, chapter ten, and I will read beginning at 66 00:03:51,479 --> 00:03:54,759 verse one, and the Bible reads, and he arose from 67 00:03:54,879 --> 00:03:58,159 thence and cometh into the coast of Judea, by the 68 00:03:58,199 --> 00:04:01,400 farther side of Jordan. And the people resorted unto him, 69 00:04:01,800 --> 00:04:05,719 And as he was wont he taught them, saying, he 70 00:04:05,800 --> 00:04:08,080 taught them again. And the Pharisees came to him and 71 00:04:08,120 --> 00:04:11,599 asked him, isaful, is it lawful for a man to 72 00:04:11,639 --> 00:04:15,800 put away his wife tempting him? And he answered and said, 73 00:04:15,840 --> 00:04:19,160 unto them, what did Moses command you? And they said, 74 00:04:19,759 --> 00:04:22,839 Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement and to 75 00:04:22,920 --> 00:04:26,959 put her away. Jesus answered and said, unto them, for 76 00:04:27,120 --> 00:04:31,360 the hardness of your heart, he wrote you this concept 77 00:04:31,519 --> 00:04:36,560 or precept. And so the whole idea of divorce came 78 00:04:36,720 --> 00:04:40,519 as a result of the hardness of our hearts, not 79 00:04:40,639 --> 00:04:43,480 because God had. He didn't have an escape hatch, he 80 00:04:43,480 --> 00:04:46,240 didn't have a trap door, he didn't have a way 81 00:04:46,560 --> 00:04:48,519 that did well. If this doesn't work out, we just 82 00:04:48,600 --> 00:04:53,000 kind of bail out of this thing, he said, very clearly. 83 00:04:53,199 --> 00:04:57,680 Jesus answered unto him and said, for the hardness of 84 00:04:57,800 --> 00:05:02,720 your heart, he wrote you this precept. I would call 85 00:05:02,759 --> 00:05:05,959 this a plan B. Brothers and sisters. But from the 86 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:09,920 beginning verse six, the creation of God made them male 87 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:13,399 and female. For this cause, shall a man leave his 88 00:05:13,560 --> 00:05:17,439 father and mother and cleave to his wife. Verse seven 89 00:05:17,519 --> 00:05:21,079 is teaching us that when we men leave home, leave 90 00:05:21,120 --> 00:05:24,480 our mothers, our fathers, We leave to be on our 91 00:05:24,519 --> 00:05:28,279 own with these women that we have chosen, hopefully under 92 00:05:28,279 --> 00:05:31,800 the power of God, under the inspiration of God. Once 93 00:05:31,839 --> 00:05:34,519 we do that, we're not supposed to go back home. 94 00:05:35,720 --> 00:05:38,800 Home is not with our parents anymore. When I say 95 00:05:38,800 --> 00:05:42,680 with our parents, I'm saying no, backing out and saying, well, 96 00:05:42,720 --> 00:05:47,480 this marriage didn't work, so I'm done. That is not 97 00:05:47,560 --> 00:05:50,560 what God intended from the beginning. Now we know that 98 00:05:50,600 --> 00:05:52,639 there is a plan B, but I'm not talking about 99 00:05:52,680 --> 00:05:56,319 Plan B today, okay. And the twain verse eight, shall 100 00:05:56,360 --> 00:06:00,279 be one flesh, and then they are no more two 101 00:06:00,639 --> 00:06:05,600 or twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath put together, 102 00:06:06,319 --> 00:06:09,240 Let no man, and I will add no woman put 103 00:06:09,319 --> 00:06:14,800 us under Okay. And so in Deuteronomy chapter six, verse four, 104 00:06:15,399 --> 00:06:18,839 the Bible teaches us something that the Hebrew people would 105 00:06:18,839 --> 00:06:23,000 call shamah. Right here o Israel, the Lord, our God 106 00:06:23,160 --> 00:06:26,879 is one Lord, and we worship him with everything we 107 00:06:26,959 --> 00:06:31,879 are in everything that we have. That one, that one ness, 108 00:06:32,879 --> 00:06:36,800 the Lord our God is one is echoed. That's a 109 00:06:36,879 --> 00:06:42,120 Hebrew terminology that has to do with unity, unity of purpose, 110 00:06:42,319 --> 00:06:46,279 unity of everything that matters. I'm oversimplifying, I know, for 111 00:06:46,360 --> 00:06:49,360 the scholars, just give me a second here, right, But 112 00:06:49,600 --> 00:06:53,240 that's what Jesus was saying when he said that we 113 00:06:53,279 --> 00:06:57,519 are to become one flesh in the same way that God, 114 00:06:57,600 --> 00:07:02,680 the Father, God, the Son, God, the Holy Spirit are one, 115 00:07:03,040 --> 00:07:07,800 unified in all things that matter. We our husbands and 116 00:07:07,959 --> 00:07:13,120 wives are to be no longer two but one, no 117 00:07:13,240 --> 00:07:17,519 longer two but one. And I'm thankful that God gave 118 00:07:17,600 --> 00:07:21,959 us that baseline, that is the beginning point. Unity of 119 00:07:22,040 --> 00:07:26,839 everything that matters is the baseline of us when we're married. 120 00:07:27,040 --> 00:07:31,800 Verse nine. What therefore again, God hath joined together, let 121 00:07:31,879 --> 00:07:34,959 not man put as under. And in the house's disciples 122 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:37,560 asked him of the same matter, And he said, unto them, 123 00:07:37,560 --> 00:07:40,680 whosoever shall put away his wife and marry another, committeth 124 00:07:40,720 --> 00:07:44,079 adultery against her. And if a woman shall put away 125 00:07:44,120 --> 00:07:48,399 her husband and be married to another, she committeth adultery. 126 00:07:48,959 --> 00:07:53,680 Let me ask you a question. Does God love divorce? 127 00:07:55,120 --> 00:08:00,160 The answer is no, Did he make provision for a divorce? Yes? 128 00:08:00,639 --> 00:08:03,959 Why because some of us are hard hearted, Some of 129 00:08:04,040 --> 00:08:07,879 us will step out in our marriages and look for 130 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:11,959 other kinds of relationships with other people. We step out 131 00:08:12,160 --> 00:08:15,759 from our wives. Ladies, some of you, God forbid, would 132 00:08:15,800 --> 00:08:21,079 have stepped out on your husband and then had sexual 133 00:08:21,160 --> 00:08:26,680 intercourse and relations adulterous relationships with others. And God said 134 00:08:26,800 --> 00:08:32,720 that it's permitted. It is permitted for an unrepentant. When 135 00:08:33,039 --> 00:08:37,600 people are unrepentant and keep bringing like other people into 136 00:08:37,639 --> 00:08:42,279 your relationships, then God has made provision for that. Now, 137 00:08:42,600 --> 00:08:45,960 as far as I am concerned, there's nothing that Simone 138 00:08:46,039 --> 00:08:49,480 can do that would cause me to divorce her. We've 139 00:08:49,519 --> 00:08:55,200 been married twenty three years. I will not divorce Simone. 140 00:08:55,600 --> 00:08:58,679 That's a choice that I'm making because I believe that 141 00:08:58,840 --> 00:09:03,919 God can work out anything that goes God forbid wrong 142 00:09:04,320 --> 00:09:07,840 in our marital relationship. That is a decision that I'm making. 143 00:09:08,360 --> 00:09:11,759 God caused us to become one flesh, and I have 144 00:09:11,840 --> 00:09:15,679 no intention on breaking that up. That's just me speaking 145 00:09:15,960 --> 00:09:19,159 from my perspective. Okay, And so what we want to 146 00:09:19,200 --> 00:09:25,279 do is value commitment. We want to prioritize unity. We 147 00:09:25,320 --> 00:09:31,519 want to handle conflicts biblically. We want to protect vulnerable partners. 148 00:09:31,559 --> 00:09:35,360 There are times that our spouses are vulnerable. At all costs. 149 00:09:35,399 --> 00:09:39,879 We must protect them, protect their honor, and make sure 150 00:09:40,120 --> 00:09:43,039 that we are still in God's plan. Make it a 151 00:09:43,039 --> 00:09:44,159 great day, peace. 152 00:09:45,039 --> 00:09:46,279 Speaker 1: Thanks for joining us listening. 153 00:09:46,399 --> 00:09:46,720 Speaker 2: Friends. 154 00:09:47,000 --> 00:09:50,480 Speaker 1: Always remember we cannot live by bread alone, but by 155 00:09:50,559 --> 00:09:53,679 every word that comes from the mouth of God. This 156 00:09:53,759 --> 00:09:57,200 has been your daily portion with El David Harris. Make 157 00:09:57,279 --> 00:10:00,279 it a great day. Yeah.