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 Friday, September thirteen,
twenty twenty four. Hello, my name is Elle 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 Realizations in the face of Denial, Realization
in the face of denial. We'll get into that in
just a moment, but first I'd like to say welcome
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we continue to build faith and fellowship. Let's go ahead
and pray, and then we will get underway. Father, thank
you for this time of preparation, help us to prepare
our hearts for you, and also help us to be
strong in the faith that was passionate about this yesterday.
Help me to be passionate about that today, and for
your people to be resolute that we will always follow you,
no turning back, no turning back. In Jesus name, I pray,
Amen and Amen again. I do want to share, just
really quickly a passage of scripture, and it just slip
me because it just came to my mind. Let me
see what was I going to say? Okay, yes, yes,
the Bible says, I think it's in First Corinthians chapter
First Corinthians chapter. My mind is fading here. I think
it's chapter twelve, but you find it First Corinthians chapter
ten or twelve. And it says, if ye think ye standeth,
take heed lest ye fall. And then he says he
says that there hath no temptation taken you, but such
as is common to man, but God is faithful who
will with the temptation provide a way of escape, that
ye shall be able to bear it. And so I
think that is First Corinthians, chapter ten. And so the
Bible is teaching us verses twelve and thirteen. And so
God is teaching us that, yes, there are people who
have lived on planet Earth who have failed, some of
them repented, and we need to look at their stories
as end samples, meaning as what not to do. We
should see that as what not to do, see what
that is, and avoid it at all costs. But know
that we because we can be submissive to God's will,
that if we choose not to trust in our own strength,
if we choose to only trust in God, that every
temptation has an answer, It has an escape plan. God
has a way to bring relief so that we don't
have to fall. And so I want to encourage someone
today that is who is maybe intimidated by my passion
from yesterday, saying that we need to be yielded to God.
We need to be submitted to his will. It's the
least we can do. Don't be intimidated by that because
we don't do it in our own strength anyway, all
we need to do is draw upon the strength of God.
If we think we stand and our own, then we've
lost the battle. But if we will, by his grace
follow him, like the hymn writer penned, I will follow THEE,
my Savior, wheresoere lot may be, he said, by thy grace,
I will follow THEE. So we trust God for his power,
his unmerited favor to do his will, and so the
realizations in the face of trial. Let's read now from
the book The Desire of Ages, pages seven hundred and
twelve and thirteen, and it reads, and I quote, while
the degrading oaths were fresh on Peter's lips and the
shrill crowing of the cock was still ringing in his ears,
the Savior turned from the frowning judges and looked full
upon his poor disciples. In that moment, Jesus was compassionate.
He was compassionate because he warned his disciples that they
were going to trust their own strength, especially Peter, and
that they were going to fail. And he told him
exactly when he would fail, how quickly he would fail.
And Peter, no, no, I will not di you know,
and his own strength. He's decrying what Jesus has said,
and really and truly that is the reason why so
many of us fail today, because we don't take counsel.
We're too proud to take guidance. We're too proud to
yield our will sometimes to God and ask God for
his power to do his will even when we feel strong.
And so in this case we see an example of
a man who is broken. But Jesus, in the time
that he is being tried and he's going through his
greatest difficulty, he turns from these wicked judges to his
poor disciple. Let me continue the quote. At the same time,
Peter's eyes were drawn to his master in that gentle countenance.
You see, Jesus was not upset with Peter. He was
not angry. Jesus knew what was going to happen. He
also knew who Peter would grow to become. And he
looked at but he looked in that gentle countenance and
read deep pity and sorrow, But there was no anger there.
The sight of that pale, suffering face, those quivering lips,
that look of compassion and forgiveness pierced his heart like
an arrow. You see, this was the time that Peter
was transformed. I have said it to you many times
before that there are people preachers, speakers, teachers, facilitators, coaches
that are satisfied with inspiring people. Some of us are
satisfied with giving people information informing people. Some of us
are satisfied with motivating people. But what God wants is
all of that, plus the final one that matters the most.
When all of the inspiration has dissipated, when all of
the information has been forgotten, when the motivation has waned
in the bosom of those who were once motivated, transformation
will still be here. This was a transformational moment in
the life of our brother Peter. And that moment, and
that moment, conscience was aroused. I'm reading now, memory was active.
Peter called to mind his promise of a few short
hours before that he would go with his Lord to
prison and to death. He remembered his grief when the
Savior told him in that upper chamber that he would
deny his Lord three times. That same night. Peter had
just declared that he knew not Jesus, but he now realized,
with bitter grief, how well his Lord knew him. You see,
Jesus knows everything about us brothers and sisters. God knows
everything about us. The Holy Ghost knows everything about us.
This is why we go to God in prayer and
we fall on his mercy and we say, God, will
you give me the strength to endure the test? God,
will you make me faithful in all situations? God, I
am untrustworthy on my own Father, will you make me
like those stalwarts who came before me, those individuals who
learned to yield their will to you, come what may?
And I won't trust me even for a moment. And
so Peter he knew that his Lord knew him, and
how accurately he had read his heart. He realized, He
realized in bitter grief the falseness of which he was,
unknown even to himself. He didn't realize that he was
a liar. Peter didn't realize who he was. As a
matter of fact, the Bible says that the heart is
deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked. Who can know it? Well?
God knows it. And I need you to be encouraged today.
This was a somber moment. It's a very sad situation
because one of his closest people to him, Jesus, had Peter,
James and John very close to him. He had failed.
Peter had failed, He had failed miserably. But the only
reason that he failed was because he was proud, He
was self sufficient. He trusted his own strength, his own commitments.
And what we need to know now is that because
God knows us completely, that he also has provided the
strength that we need not to trust ourselves, but to
trust God only. Why don't we realize right here, based
on his story, that we can trust God rather than
having to fail ourselves.
Speaker 1: Making a great day, Peace, Thanks for joining us listening
to 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,