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.
Speaker 2: Vibrant lives.
Speaker 1: Welcome to Your Daily Portion with your host, author speaker,
Elle David Harris.
Speaker 2: Good morning, good morning, good morning.
Speaker 3: It is Friday, January sixteen, 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 caption for today
is Unity through Truth, Unity through Truth. We'll get into
that in just a moment, but before we do, I'd
like to say welcome to you and ask you to
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ways that we continue to build faith and fellowship. Let's
go ahead and pray and we will get under way. Father,
thank you for this day of preparation. Please unify us,
unify us under your banner in Jesus' name. I pray,
Amen and a man again. So let me go ahead
and just begin. We're going to use I think this
will be a good practice that we will use our
Life Application Guide, the Life Application Guide from your Daily Portion.
We'll use that on Fridays for sure, and at least
tackle one of the four key areas. Okay, and so
we're going to begin this study with our personal application
Personal application And for those who don't know, we use
a framework. It's the win method, the win method WI
WIN W. What is important now based on what we
study for today, and I'll circle back to that looking
unto Jesus, looking to Jesus on the cross as the
fullest expression of God's love, especially during our worst times,
when the challenges turn up on us. Then we it's
important that we look back and say, wait a minute,
look at what Jesus did for us, Look at the
suffering that he experienced. Look at the purpose of him
living on planet Earth for thirty three and one half
years ah. Look at why his high priestly ministry is
structured in the way that it is for forgiveness and
then ultimately for cleansing, so that he can save us.
He can be just and the justifier of those who
are yielding to him. So we look to him. We
keep our minds focused on what Jesus has done in sacrificing,
being sacrificed for our sins. I let's internalize that same insight.
The great controversy between Christ and Satan helps you understand
the terrible reality of suffering in this world. But ultimately
you must look to Jesus on the crost as the
fullest expression of the Father's love. When you are facing suffering,
the cross reminds you that God did not distance himself
or become indifferent, but has entered into your pain and defeat.
Did the enemy trust him even when you do not understand.
I remember a woman her name was Stella. When I
used to go to the Bladensburg church early on Sunday mornings.
We would have our Sabbath experience. Yes on Saturdays and
then early Sunday mornings. We would have prayer meeting every
single Sunday morning when I was a new believer, early
in the morning. For hours we were in there growing together.
And one thing that she used to say was that
we need to trust Him, meaning God, where we cannot
trace him. Trust him where we cannot trace him. And
so our next best move then is when you face
suffering or confusion today. When you encounter suffering or confusion today, pause,
meditate on the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, asking God to
help you see his love and try him when the
answers are not clear. Okay, okay, okay, I think I
think we're tracking now. So what I want to do
is read read a quote, Read a quote from RF.
Speaker 2: Cautrell. From R. F. Cautrell, one of our pioneers.
Speaker 3: If the gifts were necessary to preserve the unity of
the primitive church, how much more so to restore unity now.
When God brings again Zion, his watchman shall see I
to eye. So we're talking about the people of God
standing or being on the wall watching so that we
can do what God would have us do in the
last days. So we will not compromise, no creeping or
quick compromises in the last days with evil. If this
was the way of the believer in the early Church,
how much more now in twenty twenty six, How much
more now back in the eighteen hundreds when many of
the pioneers were alive, this is what they said. How
much more now as we are approaching the coming of
Jesus Christ. So we will come, we will not come
behind in any gift, and we will be more unified
now than ever before. And so our first lesson today
is truth produces courage, because the word of God anchors
the believer even under persecution. And again I'll read we
read it yesterday, verse nineteen of John chapter seventeen. And
for their sayings I sanctify myself that they also might
be sanctified through the truth. And so I want you
to read one promise of scripture today and speak it
aloud as your declaration of courage. In Christ lesson number
two coming in from Philippians, chapter one and verse twenty seven.
I read many years ago that repetition deepens the impression.
We're using this passage again, And the Bible reads, only
conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the Gospel of Christ.
So unity comes when we allow scripture, not opinion, to
shape faith and character. And so this great news of
the Gospel of Jesus Christ should cause us as we
act now, as we do what God has us to do,
to invite the Holy Ghost to correct one belief or
attitude or mindset in your life.
Speaker 2: Through the scriptures.
Speaker 3: There are many times that people are doubting our connection
with God because we're looking at ourselves for how good
or less than good we are in air quotes. And
what we need to do is surrender our will to God,
ask the Holy Spirit to guide us to the degree
that we're not looking at ourselves anymore, but we're looking
unto Jesus, who's the author and finisher of our faith.
Lessen Number three and final comes in from Ephesians, chapter
four and verse thirteen, where the Bible reads, till we
all come in the unity of the faith, that is
the outcome, that's the desired outcome. The Bible says Jesus
speaking that they will know that you are my disciples
when you have love one for another. So the kind
of love that we're talking about is the kind of
unity that God has required of us in order for
the Holy ghosts to give us the fullness of power
in the last days. And so the lesson is the
action step, excuse me, is to affirm and support someone
in your faith community who is exercising a spiritual gift
for the body's growth. This is the action step. So
I'm grateful. I'm grateful because God has put us in
a position that we can see throughout the ages the
original people of God. We can see the early Church.
We can see the believers in the eighteen hundreds, yes,
mid eighteen hundreds, and now the people of God in
twenty twenty six. We know that God has given us
the blueprint, and that blueprint is airtight. If we follow
God's guidance, we will win. One more quote really quickly
from Acts of the Apostles, page five hundred twelve. From
the rack the stake the dungeon, from dens and caves
of the earth, there falls upon his ear the martyr's
shout of triumph. These yielding up their lives for faith,
declare to the world that he who they trust is able.
Speaker 1: To a member. 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,