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
twenty seven, 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 at the final
day in our lessons study series through the Book of Mark,
and our caption for today is a rise, a rise,
This is an end. May I just say it that
way to you. I'm saying it in the voice of
someone who's inviting you to arise with the power of
God in every area and at every aspect of your life.
All right, Before we get into that, I'd like to
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Let's go ahead and pray and then we will get underway.
Father and Heaven. Thank you for giving us this new day,
and thank you for this time of preparation. Thank you
for taking us through the Book of Mark and now
inviting us to live in power with you. Please, Lord,
help us to accept this invitation. In Jesus' name, I pray,
Amen and Amen again. Arise. Yes, as I said, it's
an invitation. Let's begin by reading from the book The
Desire of Ages, page seven hundred and eighty six, and
it reads, to the believer, Christ is the Resurrection and
the Life. Notice the qualifier. If I am a believer,
then to me, Christ is the Resurrection and the Life.
You see, the devil does not actually have power over
God's people. He can he can tempt, he can throw
all kinds of tribulations our way. But even still, these
have to be measured by and approved by God. He
doesn't just have carte blanche. He doesn't just have the
ability to do whatever in the world he wants to do. Ah,
but the power of death cannot hold God's people. Deadly
mindset cannot hold God's people, Deadly health conditions cannot hold
God's people. Do they have an impact on our lives?
Speaker 1: Yeah?
Speaker 2: Yeah, but only to a degree. You see, when Jesus
went and raised Lazarus from the dead, he was showing
us that even though we die, yet shall we live?
And one day death is going to be destroyed. Do
you see where we're going with this? And so in
the meantime, In the meantime, Jesus gives us the privilege
of living a lively lifestyle. I think I use live
three times, living a lively lifestyle, not a dead to
dead in sins lifestyle. I'll pick up on that in
just a moment. In our Savior, the life that was
lost through sin is restored, for he has life in
himself to quicken whom he will. He is invested with
the right to give immortality. You see, when Jesus comes finally, finally,
for the first time, human beings can become immortal for
the first time. Now I understand Moses was given immortality already,
Elijah Enoch, they were given immortality. Twenty four mystery people,
mystery human beings were raised from the dead and went
into heaven with Jesus. They were given immortality. We understand that.
But the rest of us who have been living on
planet Earth, you know, apart from those people, are awaiting
the day that ever that eternal life, that quality that
comes when we choose to become followers of Christ, will
finally be matched with our bodies. We will finally be
able to see Him as he is. We will finally
be in a position where death has literally no dominion
over us. We cannot rest in sleep in the grave. Again,
you see where this is going. And Jesus has the right.
In fact, in fact, he said I am come. He
said that they might have life, and that they might
have it more abundantly. Whosoever drinketh of the water that
I shall give him shall never thirst. In Jamaica, we
say water is life. That is the motto. If you
want to say, for the National Water Commission, water is life.
Water is life. So also, who so eateth my flesh
and drinketh my blood hath eternal life. I will raise
him at the last day. I'm thankful that we get
to look forward to the day. See, there are some preachers,
I'm saying, like some of my fellow let's say, preachers.
I'm not a pastor, but I am a preacher of
the gospel. Some people are preaching doom and gloom. Some
people are teaching the last day as if it's something
to be concerned about, when in fact, Jesus said, let
not your heart be troubled. Why because why not? Because
ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my
father's house are many mansions. If it were not so,
I would have told you I go to prepare a
place for you. And if I go to prepare a
place for you, I will come again and receive you
unto myself. That where I am there ye may be also.
And so we're grateful. Let me continue reading, and then
we'll give you some steps here. To the believer, death
is not no. To the believer, death is but a
small matter. Christ speaks of it as if it were
of little moment. If a man keep my saying he
shall never see death, he shall never taste of death.
To the Christian death is but a sleep, a moment
of silence and darkness. The life is hid with Christ
in God. And when Christ, I want you to type
in the chat, when Christ, when Christ, who is our life,
shall appear, then ye shall also appear with him in glory.
And to this I say, amen, it was all worth it,
whatever trial that you've gone through, whatever tribulation that you
have gone through. In fact, Inspiration says that there will
be people who went to sleep, like people who died
God's people, some who have died right and they did
not get to live through the last days, and they
may have a discussion with people who did live through
the final final part of the last days, and when
they meet in heaven, the people who were resting may
say to those who are alive and remain at the end,
what happened while I was resting? And as the individuals
who are alive and remained try to call up what
happened in their minds, try to bring to their minds
the trials and tribulations and even some of the triumphs.
When they try to call it to mind, they they
swell in a worshipful tone. Heaven is cheap enough. They
will not be able to remember what happened down there.
That's it down there, because we will be up in
heaven by that time. They will not be able to
call it to mind, because why, heaven is cheap enough.
Whatever we went through, it doesn't matter anymore because, thankfully, thankfully,
based on Jesus's promise, Thankfully, based on the power that
Jesus showed when he took his life up again, Thankfully,
we get to a rise with Christ. And so I
want to give just a few steps before we come
to a swift close for living that a risen life,
that everlasting life with Christ. Embrace the abundance of Christ's life.
Embrace the abundance. He said that he came to give
us life, and that life more abundantly also draw sustenance
from the living water. Drink freely. I always keep a
cup of water next to me, forty ounces minimal right
next to me, and I drink multiple times that full
cup of water, because I know that water on earth
even is life. But Jesus is saying he is the
ultimate life, and he wants us to drink freely from him.
And of course we can overcome fear of death. We must.
We have assurance in Christ's resurrection, and we live in
anticipation of Christ's return, and in the meantime we purify
ourselves even as He is pure. Arise, brothers and sisters, Arise.
Speaker 1: 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,