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, January ten,
twenty twenty five. 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, God's Love and Justice, God's Love and Justice.
Before we get into the details of our day's study,
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dot com. Let's go ahead and pray and then we
will get underway. Father and Heaven. Thank you for this day.
Thank you for loving us so much that you welcome
us into relationship with you. You welcome us into prayer
with you, that pavilion, that safe place with you where
we can build and grow and live. And I pray
God that we will avail ourselves of the privilege in
Jesus' name, I pray, Amen and a man again. So
our caption for today is the privilege, the privilege of prayer.
Do you see prayer as a privilege, I don't mean
just as a ministry and ministries are great, like I
have a ministry. See This is a ministry, speaking to
you about God and his word and praying for you
and helping you to get closer to God, while I
also get closer to God like That is a ministry
and exceptional. But what I mean is not just that
I'm talking about you, dear brother, you dear sister, actually
connecting with God. I speaking to God from your heart
as to a friend. Ah. My favorite writer on well,
one of my two favorite writers on prayer, actually said
that when we are praying, it's not that we're bringing
God down to us. Prayer does not bring God down
to us, but elevates us, like in the words of Paul,
into heavenly places with Christ Jesus. So prayer does not
bring God down to us, but prayer brings us up
to God. Can I ask you a question, and this
one is simple, Ah, does the devil have any sway
in heaven? Does he have any power or influence in
heaven anymore? And of course the quick answer is no.
Like for those of you who understand the Last Day's messages,
you know that the devil was cast out of heaven.
The Bible says there was no place found for him.
There was war in heaven. Past tense. Michael and his
angels and the dragon and his angels fought tense, and
there was past tense, no place found for him, meaning
the devil. And then the Bible cup cries out and proclaims,
woe unto the inhabitants of the earth and to the sea,
because the devil is cast down unto you, having great wrath.
And so that means that heaven is all clear the
evil influence that the devil had as he was lucifer,
and he no longer reflected the light of God, and
he became the deceiver of the accuser of the brethren,
the deceiver, the father of lies. Like as he became
the dragon, he got kicked out. And so now heaven,
heaven is a place where all righteousness dwells. You see
where I'm going with this. So that means that when
we're praying and we are connecting with God, and now
we are elevated in our experience and tabernacling with God,
we are in His presence through prayer, and now the
devil literally has no impact or influence over us when
we're truly praying, when we're sincerely yielded to God's will,
and we are in that space of prayer, the devil
has no power because he's not welcome in heaven. Okay,
And so I need you to understand that when temptations
come and you run to God in prayer, now you're
elevated above the power of the temptation. I think you
know where we're going with this. When tribulations come and
you run into the Pavilion of God, the sanctuary city
of God, I think you heard what I just did there.
When you go into the Sanctuary City of God and
you are praying to him, Now, those trials don't have
the impact that the devil would love for them to have.
What the devil intended for evil. Think of Joseph's story.
What the devil intended for evil? God intended for good.
And so when we are praying, we should see it
as a privilege. Now, let me say this very clearly.
When we pray, sometimes we speak. You see how I've
been just running my mouth for the entire time for
the last six minutes. Yes, when we pray, we talk
to God, and He wants to hear our voices, even
though or the voices as we say it in our minds.
If we don't do it audibly right. But even though
he knows everything, he knows what we're thinking. But he
loves to hear us to communicate what is on our hearts,
to make our requests, to give our thanks and to
give him praise. He loves that. But let me just
say this, he also loves for us to listen. You see,
we're opening up our hearts to God as to a friend.
But can you imagine if you have a friend that
just runs her mouth, runs his mouth just blah blah
blah blah blah blah blah blah blah, and does not
give you a moment to speak edge wise, like you
can't get a word in because that person is only
interested in dumping their brains into your ears. See, we
don't need to treat God that way. We don't need
to treat God that way. We need to listen to him.
Hear our prayer. Oh Lord, here our prayer. O Lord, Yes,
incline thine ear to us and grant us thy peace.
But teach us how to listen God, Ah. Teach us
to number our days, because these few days that we
have on this planet are full of trouble, and we
need to be able to hear your voice. And then
do your will. Here, oh people of God, here, oh
israel Ah. The Lord, our God is one Lord, and
thou shalt love him with all your heart and everything
that you have hauh, and to do his will.
Speaker 1: And so.
Speaker 2: From the book the Book Steps to Christ actually my
favorite book outside of the Bible, bar none. We read
from page let's see what page one hundred. Keep your wants,
your joys, your sorrows, your cares, and your fears before God.
You cannot burden him, you cannot weary him. He who
numbers the hairs on your head is not indifferent to
the wants, or that is, the needs, the wants of
his children. The Lord is very pitiful and of tender mercy.
According to John James excuse me, chapter five and verse eleven,
his heart of love is touched by our sorrows and
even by our utterances of them. Take to him everything
that perplexes the mind. Nothing is too great for him
to bear, for he holds up the world. He rules
over all of the affairs of the universe. But nothing
that in any way concerns our peace is too small. God,
where are my keys? I can't find them. God, that
dog that's outside my window. Barking is annoying me and
I need some rest. Can you make the dog just
calm down? Father? What in the world is going on
with all this? I know, I know we need rain,
but I need a little bit of sunshine. I'm feeling depressed.
None of that is too hard for God to deal with.
No calamity can befall the least of his children. No
anxiety harass the soul, No joy or cheer, no sincere
prayer escape the lips of which our heavenly Father is unobservant,
or in which he takes no immediate interest. He loves you,
he loves me. It is a privilege for us to
lift up our minds, lift up our hearts, lift up
our voices to God in prayer. Please continue to do so.
Speaker 1: Peace. 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,