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06 30 2024 The Failed Missionary · 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 food
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  is not enough to supply energy for today's needs. Why then, do some
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  of us expect yesterday's portion of heavenly manna, the word of God to keep
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  us through today's challenges. On this program, we are going to change all
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  of that. Let's experience God's words today and receive the power we need to
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  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 morning.
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  It is Sunday, June thirty, twenty twenty four. Hello, my
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  name is Elle David Harris. I am your host, and this is your
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  Daily Portion where we give you God's word every single day, and today is
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  no exception. We are continuing in our Lesson study, our new Lesson study
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  series through the Book of Mark, and our caption for today is the failed
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  Missionary. The failed Missionary. We'll get into that in just a moment,
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  but first I'd like to say welcome to you and ask you to go over
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  to your Daily Portion dot com. Please join our online community, join the
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  coaching program as well, pick up the Your Daily Portion book and let us
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  know where you are in the world at your daily portion dot com. This
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  is a way that we continue to build faith and fellowship. Let's go ahead
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  and pray, and then we will get underway. Father in Heaven, thank
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  you for giving us the opportunity to pray. Father, please give us the
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  mindset of Christ. Teach us how to work with people for the glory of
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  God. Lord, teach us, please how to be holy in these last
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  days in Jesus name, I pray, Amen and Amen again. Okay,
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  the failed missionary Now, I just really want to say, we need to
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  be clear whether the missionary that we're referencing was a failure, yes or no.
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  But let me say something. I'm going to give people a bonus.
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  Right. It may be a bonus for you in terms of ministry. It
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  may be a bonus for you in terms of business if you're a business leader,
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  or you're a manager at a company or something like that where people follow
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  you, or that you have direct reports. Yes, if you don't have
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  mission clarity, then you can't have mission aries. Can I say that to
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  our coaching clients if you can't. If you don't have mission clarity, that
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  is a mission that can be communicated simply and clearly, and you can have
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  buy in. If you don't have mission clarity, then you cannot have mission
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  airies. That means the people on the ground, the boots on the ground,
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  the people who will carry out the mission won't know where to go if
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  you don't give a clear, concise mission and then you live according to the
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  same mission that you are sharing. So that was a bonus. Now,
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  the question for me really when you see the failed missionary is what caused the
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  failure and what made that a failure? Like what caused the failure and what
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  made what we're reading about like a failure. So we'll go down to the
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  bottom of the lesson for quote in the Acts of the Apostles book, page
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  one hundred and sixty nine, and it reads, Mark overwhelmed with fear and
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  discouragement wavered for a time. Can I just say for a time? Somebody
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  type in the chat please it was temporary, Mark overwhelmed with fear. Now,
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  God has not given us the spirit of fear. He was overwhelmed with
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  discouragement. When we are discouraged, the Bible says that we are to give
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  all of our cares to Him meaning God, because he cares for us,
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  and he wavered for a time in his purpose to give himself wholeheartedly to the
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  Lord's work. Unused to hardships, he was disheartened by the perils and privations
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  of the ways of the way. Okay, and so now we know what
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  the antidote to this failure would have been. When you have fear, give
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  that fear to God. When you have anxiety, remember the Bible says,
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  be anxious for nothing, but in everything, give thanks, for it is
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  the will of God concerning you. So he could be overwhelmed with fear and
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  say, God, here is my fear. I know that you've not given
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  me the spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a
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  sound mind. When he was discouraged, he could say, but God,
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  you promised that you would give me another comforter, one who is just like
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  Jesus. If you, brothers and sisters are going through any these things,
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  then you can just give it to Jesus and then ask him for the strength
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  to not waiver, to not be overwhelmed, to take his yoke upon you
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  and learn of him. He said, his yoke is easy and his burden
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  is light. He shall give you rest. We shall find rest unto our
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  soul. So instead of focusing on Mark's failure, let's focus on God's power
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  and favor. May I say that again, Instead of focusing on Mark's failure,
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  let us focus on God's power and favor. That's the key. And
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  so sometimes we identify these things. We look into the lives of people,
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  because that's how a lesson is crafted, and then we look at it and
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  then we drill it and then we move on. But what we need to
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  do is see, well, what is what is God's will here? Like,
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  what is his power? Let's see what makes God look as wonderful as
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  he is and as holy and powerful? Blessed be his name, Like let's
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  talk about about God. Okay, And so we have already, so we've
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  started there. Now we know what the uh, what the what the driving
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  force was behind what happened with brother Paul, I mean not brother Paul,
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  John Mark. And so we need to be asking God to help us to
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  put on his whole armor. Paul taught us in the Book of Ephesians chapter
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  six that we can put on the entire armor of God. And I'll read
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  it from the New English translation translation. Finally, be strengthened in the Lord.
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  So we can find our strength in the Lord, because he's all powerful.
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  Blessed be his name and the strength of his power. Clothe yourselves with
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  the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand.
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  You see see John Mark in that moment he ran. But the Bible says
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  that we can be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. For
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  we wrestle or struggle, not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers,
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  against the powers, against the world old rulers of this darkness, against
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  spiritual forces of evil in high places. For this reason we take up the
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  full armor of God, so that you may be able to stand your ground
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  on the evil day. And having done everything to stand, what must we
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  do? What can we do? Now? We can stand firm by the
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  fastening of the belt of truth around your waste, by putting on the breastplate
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  of righteousness, by fitting your feet with the preparation that comes from the good
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  News or the Gospel of Peace verse sixteen, And extinguish all of the flaming
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  arrows of the evil one, and take on the helmet of salvation and the
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  sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God. Verse eighteen and
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  final with every prayer and petition. Pray at all times in the spirit,
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  and to do this and and to this end be alone with all perseverance and
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  petitions for all saints. And in short, in Romans chapter thirteen and verse
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  fourteen, the Bible says, but put you on the Lord Jesus, and
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  make not provision for the flesh. That's even my fears, even when I'm
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  discouraged, even when something unexpected happens in my life or on that ministerial journey.
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  Ah. He said, to make not provision for the flesh to fulfill
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  the lusts thereof. God has given us all that we need, but we
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  have to focus our attention on him, Okay. And so with a few
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  moments that we have left, I'm going to give you a couple of tips
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  and you can read about them in your spare time. Deepen your prayer life.
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  Deepen your prayer life. From Philippians chapter four, verses six and seven.
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  Also engage in Christian community because we're not alone. God has also given
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  us other humans of like faith. Where if we are unified with other humans
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  of like faith, he has promised power in our community. So engage in
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  community with other believers, and then reflect on scripture together. When we're together,
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  it's not just talking and being intelligent and intellectual about scripture, but to
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  become reflective about about saying Joshua chapter one and verse eight, and then finally
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  commit together to God's purpose as in Galatians chapter six and verse nine. Be
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  committed. He said, whether two or three are gathered together in his name,
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  and of course for his mission there he is. God is in the
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  midst of us. We give God thanks. We don't have to be fail
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  missionary. Thanks for joining us listening to friends. Always remember we cannot live
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  by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.
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  This has been your daily portion with El David Harris. Make it a
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  great day. Yeah,