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 Sabbath, January three,
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 new
Lesson study series uniting Heaven and Earth christ in Philippians
and Colossians. That's a mouthful, but I'm getting the hang
of it. And our caption for today is Reasons for
Thanksgiving and Prayer. Reasons for Thanksgiving and Prayer. Before we
get into that, I'd like to just say welcome to
everyone joining us, especially those joining us for the very
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Let's go ahead and pray, and then we will get underway. Father,
We thank you for the Sabbath morning. Please teach us
to serve you with everything we have and everything we
are and live thanks God, not just give thanks, but
live thanks. Let it, let it, let it overflow from
our lives into other people's lives. That you have been
so good to us, and help us to be faithful
to you until Jesus comes. In Jesus' name, I pray,
Amen and a man again. Live Thanks, brothers and sisters.
So what I'm going to do, I'm moving my notes
around the screen here is I'm going to take you
into our life application guide. Some of you have just
started with us, and you're like, well, what does he
keep referencing this life application guide. I'll get to that
in just a moment and share just a little bit
from that. But first we begin with with our memory text.
Remember when we actually used to memorize the memory text?
Who by show of hands like type of one in
the chat. If you actually memorize the text. God gave
his people an interesting way of remaining connected with him,
and so he's given us a memory text. And it
comes in from Philippians, chapter one and verse six. It reads,
be confident of this very thing, what thing, brother Paul,
that he who has begun a good world? You who's that?
That would be Jesus. He started the work. He who
began a good work in you, will complete it until
when complete it, until the day of Jesus Christ, the
second coming of Jesus Christ. So he started a good
work in you. He's not going to leave you alone.
He's not going to leave you in a position where
you can't continue, you know what I mean. Like sometimes
people put us in a position where, like in Jamaica,
they say they give you a basket to carry water.
It's like they expect you to do some things and
then don't give you the tools to complete it. We
must not accept that. But in Christ, whatever he has started,
has he started you with patience, give thanks for that.
He will complete it until the end. Even when it
gets sticky. People who are who get under your skin,
they will manifest And that may cause you to feel impatient,
except you yield your will to God. He's beginning and
He's going to carry you through. Is he giving you
the ability to be kind? Give thanks for that. He's
giving you the ability to be generous. Give thanks for that.
To overcome sickness and trials and temptations and that big
word tribulations. I know, very similar words, but tribulations just
sound so much heavier. Then give thanks for that. And
so the lesson writer said that Paul quite intentionally begins
his letters or epistles with words of greeting and thanksgiving.
Here's another example in Colossians chapter one, verses two and three.
Grace to you and peace from whom God, our Father,
and the Lord Jesus Christ. We give thanks to the
God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ for what
so many different things, for so many things. So we,
like Paul, have much for which to be thankful. We
have experienced God's grace in profound ways. Continuing, the lesson
writers quote ways that even angels can't comprehend. Angels had
not been victorious I'm not quoting here, not victorious over
smoking crack, like angels have not gotten victory over being
addicted to pornography, like angels have not been addicted to
God forbid abusing your spouse their spouse because they're not married,
and they have not sinned in this regard. Like so
the people who are being delivered from impatience, from pride,
the people who are being delivered from thinking of themselves
less than we should. When God has elevated us through
the blood of Jesus Christ. Angels did not have to
go through that, And so angels can even comprehend some
of these ways that we give thanks. The same is
true of God's gift of peace, which embraces harmony with
God and the hope flowing from God's love. There's so
much I could say, but now I'm going to go
into our life application guide. We haven't done that in
a long time together, and so it is broken up.
For those who don't know, you're going to get it
after the Sabbath, Please go and get it after the Sabbath. Yes,
it's broken up into four life application segments, Spiritual, personal relationship,
and of course professional. So why don't we jump into professional.
I know it's Sabbath, but we need to be preparing
for when the six days that we labor okay, and
so professional application doub you. So we have an acronym
or a framework when so doub. What is important now
starting your work day with a mindset of gratitude rather
than stress and complaint. Oh my God, help us during
knee sabbath hours to learn how to be grateful and
stop the complaining. Always something about which to complain. There
is always somebody who will get under your skin. There
is always something that's not going right. There is always
some kind of protocol or procedure that is not being followed.
There is always somewhere that they should have communicate, communicated
more effectively. There is always going to be someone who
is leading in a poor mindset style, always something for
which to be a complainer. But don't do that, like,
don't do that. So we start our workday with a
mindset of gratitude rather than stress or complain. Let's internalize
this insight. Let's make it make more sense. How you
begin sets the tone for how you proceed. Mm hmm.
Somebody needed to hear that. So during these Sabbath hours,
while we don't have to meditate on the things of
the world and what we do in the mundane things
of life. Prepare your mind here with God. Paul's started
his letters with thanksgiving, which framed everything else. He addressed
when you begin your work day by acknowledging what is
going well, rather than fixating on the problems, you approach
challenges with a healthier perspective and greater resilience. Okay, now,
what in the next best move before jumping into the
tasks tomorrow morning, invest two minutes to write down three
things you are grateful for in your work and let
that gratitude shape your attitude for the day. I want
you to actually do that before you jump into your
tasks tomorrow. Right after the Sabbath this evening, I want
you to just take a couple of minutes, invest a
couple of minutes, write it down, jot it down three
things that you're grateful for your workplace. What are they?
And then go to God and say God, I'm thankful,
I'm grateful. Can I tell you that one of the
most difficult times of my life, Well, I won't say
when one of the most difficult times in my life
in a work setting has set me up to do
some things in a positive way that I would not
have been equipped to do except that I went through
those things for the few years that I did, so
I'm grateful and I hope you can learn to be
grateful too. I know I rush some people into the work.
You're trying to run away from it. But give God thanks.
As you have the privilege to do work, do it
unto the Lord. Make it a great Sabbath, peace. Thanks
for joining us listening.
Speaker 1: 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,