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11 04 2023 Motivation and Preparation for Mission · Your Daily Portion with L. David Harris

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  Most of us eat every day, some of us too much, because yesterday's
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  food is not enough to supply energy for today's needs. Why then, do
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  some of us expect yesterday's portion of heavenly manna, the word of God to
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  keep us through today's challenges. On this program, we are going to change
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  all of that. Let's experience God's words today and receive the power we need
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  to live healthy, vibrant lives. Welcome to your Daily Portion with your host,
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  author speaker, Elle David Harris. Good morning, good morning, Good
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  morning. It is Sabbath, November four, twenty twenty three. Hello,
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  my name is El David Harris. I am your host, and this is
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  your Daily Portion where we give you God's Word every single day, and today
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  is no exception. We are continuing in our Lesson study series, God's Mission,
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  my mission, and our caption for today is motivation and preparation for Mission.
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  Motivation and preparation for Mission. Oh we'll get into that in just a
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  moment, But first I'd like to say welcome to everyone joining us, especially
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  those joining us for the very first time. Please go over to your Daily
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  Portion dot com and join our online community. This is where we build faith
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  and fellowship. You can ask your questions, give your comments and discussion concerning
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  the lesson study and again at your daily portion dot com. Let's go ahead
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  and pray, and then we will get underway. Father and Heaven. Thank
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  you for giving us this new day and for the privilege you have entrusted to
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  us to open your word. Please teach us to live the words that we
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  read in your Word. In Jesus' name, I pray, Amen and Amen
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  again. Motivation and preparation for mission. Of course, of course, the
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  goal always is to have the right motivations, the right motivations. We shouldn't
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  be doing things selfishly. We should not be engaging in God's mission hoping to
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  get some kind of brownie points or reward. Ah. But we know that
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  that is not always the case. There are people who do things for the
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  wrong reasons. We'll address some of that in just a moment. Let's begin,
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  though, from the Book of Luke. The Book of Luke, chapter
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  twenty four and verse forty four, and the Bible reads, these are the
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  words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all
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  things must be fulfilled, which are written in the Law of Moses and the
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  Prophets and the psalms concerning me. Of course, Jesus was having an encounter.
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  He staged with some men on the world toms, and the blessing is
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  that after a while he opened up their minds and understanding so they could discern
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  that this was indeed Jesus, having been resurrected. He kept his promise.
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  He said, I will lay down my life that I may take it again.
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  I have this commandment of my father. So he did that, and
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  having done that, now he is revealing himself to these children of God.
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  He said, these are the words which I speak while I was still with
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  you, that the things must be fulfilled which were written in the Law of
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  Moses and the prophets and the psalms concerning me. Now this is saying that
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  the word of God that we see in those cases, in the scrolls,
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  in the scriptures in our Bible today, these are all about Jesus. And
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  I say that again the word of God, who is Jesus, according to
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  John Chapter one is also is also about Jesus. He went all the way
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  back to the Law of Moses. That's the first five books of the Bible,
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  the prophets Major and minor, and then the psalms like he encompassed the
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  entire scripture in order to demonstrate it's all about Him and if we get that,
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  if we get that, then we will live the mission of Jesus Christ.
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  Now let me share again as normal some action steps, some action steps.
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  Let's go first to first first Thessalonians chapter two and verse four, and
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  the Bible reads. But as we were allowed of God to be put in
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  trust with the Gospel, that's you and me too. Yes, even so
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  we speak not as pleasing people, but God which trieth our hearts. We
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  want to ensure that we have the right motives. Can I say that we
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  can surrender our will to God, deal with that in our prayer time with
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  God, and say, Lord, give me the right motives, give me
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  holy motives when I'm doing what you have called me to do. So analyze
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  your motives in mission work, ensuring they stem from a genuine love for souls
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  and obedience for Christ, not ambition or personal gain. There are people who
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  vie for positions in church, in church government, if you want to say,
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  the leadership structure, wanting to be the VP of this, president of
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  that, the director of this, associate director of that or some other new
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  position that has been invented for whatever reasons. And what God is saying is
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  you should be happy that I have entrusted the great News that leads men,
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  women and children into right relationship with Me. You should be motivated by the
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  fact that you were once lost yourselves, and now you are entrusted with the
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  ministry of reconciliation, so that so that I can be one with these people,
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  just as I have made you one with me. Oh wait a minute,
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  the question is are we still one with God? Yeah, if we
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  have the wrong motivations, are we still one with God? That's another discussion.
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  But ensure sincere and holy I will add motivations from the Book of Two
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  Timothy, chapter two and verse fifteen. The Bible says, study to show
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  thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly
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  dividing the word of truth. While we are being motivated in the right way,
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  we need to be grounded in true understanding of the scriptures, the understanding
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  that God has prescribed from his word through the Holy Spirit. So immerse yourself.
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  Immerse yourself in the study of the scriptures to understand the prophetic and self
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  vific role of Christ and be equipped to share it with others. Immerse yourself
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  in the study of God's word so that you can see Christ as he is
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  clearly represented in the scriptures, so you can be equipped to do God's will.
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  You see, we would see Jesus like That should be our response every
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  day, all day long. When we are in nature and we see how
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  the trees and the lilies, and the sky and all other things in nature
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  are formed, we should be we should be saying, we will see Jesus
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  in everything that we see. In our relationships, we should be looking for
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  Jesus, whether to manifest him to others or to receive his touch, so
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  that we can manifest his grace to others. Okay, And so we immerse
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  ourselves in the scriptures, not just to be intellectually stronger, not just to
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  be able to spout and to recite more passages, but so that we can
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  see and then, having divided the word of truth, be able to share
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  the truth that is God's Word, the truth that is Jesus himself, with
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  as many people as possible, and then of course praying for power and direction.
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  According to Acts, chapter one and verse eight, the Bible says,
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  but ye shall receive power after the Holy Ghost is come upon you, and
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  ye shall be my witnesses. Notice that the being your God's witnesses comes after
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  they receive the Holy Ghost as power, and ye shall be my witnesses,
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  both to me in Jerusalem, that's near to you, Judea, a little
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  bit farther out from you, Samaria, a little bit more far a,
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  if that's a way to say it, out from you and then into the
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  uttermost parts of the world. So engage in earnest prayer and ask God for
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  the outpouring of his Holy Spirit. I ask God multiple times a day for
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  his Holy Spirit. I am not satisfied with a double portion of his spirit.
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  I am not satisfied with a triple portion of his spirit. I am
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  satisfied with the fullness. In these last days, the latter reign the fullest
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  dissemination of power that he has ever done in the history of this world.
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  We are sitting right upon that time where He wants to blow in with the
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  reins of his spirit, so that we can finish the work that He has
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  given us to do and be also empowered for the trouble that will come right
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  before Jesus does return, so we pray earnestly for the outpouring of the Holy
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  Ghost and for God's direction in our mission endeavors. Don't just invent new stuff
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  to do. Ask God which he would have you to do, and then,
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  by all means and his strength, go forward. Have a wonderful day.
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  Peace. Thanks for joining us listening. Friends. Always remember we cannot
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  live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of
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  God. This has been your daily portion with el David Harris. Make it
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  a great day. Yeah,