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09 01 2024 Two Little Coins in the Offering · Your Daily Portion with L. David Harris

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  Speaker 1: Most of us eat every day, some of us too
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  Speaker 1: much because yesterday's food is not enough to supply energy
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  Speaker 1: for today's needs. Why then, do some of us expect
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  Speaker 1: yesterday's portion of heavenly manna, the word of God to
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  Speaker 1: keep us through today's challenges. On this program, we are
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  Speaker 1: going to change all of that. Let's experience God's words
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  Speaker 1: today and receive the power we need to live healthy,
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  Speaker 1: vibrant lives. Welcome to Your Daily Portion with your host,
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  Speaker 1: author speaker, Elle David Harris.
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  Speaker 2: Good morning, good morning, Good morning. It is Sunday, September one,
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  Speaker 2: twenty twenty four. Hello, my name is Elle David Harris.
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  Speaker 2: I am your host, and this is your Daily Portion
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  Speaker 2: where we give you God's word every single day, and
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  Speaker 2: today is no exception. We are continuing in our Lesson
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  Speaker 2: study series through the Book of Mark. Our caption for
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  Speaker 2: today is two little Coins in the Offering, Two little
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  Speaker 2: Coins in the Offering. We'll get into that in just
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  Speaker 2: a miny, but first I'd like to say welcome to
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  Speaker 2: word and be transformed by the renewing of their minds.
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  Speaker 2: And so I'm asking you to just continue to do that,
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  Speaker 2: continue to be prayerful, and we will continue and continue
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  Speaker 2: to hasten the coming of Jesus Christ. Let's pray, Father,
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  Speaker 2: we thank you for your word, Make us holy, and
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  Speaker 2: teach us to give like you give. In Jesus name,
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  Speaker 2: I pray, Amen and Amen again. Now some people may
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  Speaker 2: be confused by what I just said in my prayer.
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  Speaker 2: I heard myself. I said, teach us to give like
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  Speaker 2: you give, and you're like, well, nobody can give like God. Well,
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  Speaker 2: of course we can. Of course, we can. In our
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  Speaker 2: sphere or in the way that we live on planet Earth.
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  Speaker 2: We can give like God gives. He said, be holy,
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  Speaker 2: for I am holy. He said, be perfect, because I
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  Speaker 2: the Lord thy God, am perfect. So he can give
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  Speaker 2: us the ability to be like him. And you're like,
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  Speaker 2: But Dave, that still falls woefully short. And now, well,
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  Speaker 2: Jesus gave all for us. He gave all for us.
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  Speaker 2: Can we give our all all? Right? I think you're
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  Speaker 2: starting to get the clarity here. Of course we can.
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  Speaker 2: We can give our all. And there was an example
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  Speaker 2: of a woman. There was an example in the Bible,
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  Speaker 2: a woman who gave her all to God. And in
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  Speaker 2: the Bible Book of Mark, chapter twelve, we read beginning
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  Speaker 2: at verse fourty one, and Jesus sat over against the treasury.
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  Speaker 2: So he's sitting over and against the treasury, and behold
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  Speaker 2: how the people cast money into the treasury. So they're
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  Speaker 2: bringing all the tithe into the storehouse. So there will
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  Speaker 2: be meet in mine house right, and offerings as well.
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  Speaker 2: And so the Bible says, he's observing how this is going,
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  Speaker 2: and many that were rich cast in much And I'm thinking, well,
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  Speaker 2: that's a wonderful day. That's a beautiful day. Like if
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  Speaker 2: you are in a fellowship, where's somebody where you're building,
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  Speaker 2: you have a building project, like you need a new
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  Speaker 2: facility in order to serve the community, Then praise God
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  Speaker 2: like the people with a whole bunch of money. The
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  Speaker 2: rich people are throwing in a lot of money. If
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  Speaker 2: you have a community services arm in your ministry, and
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  Speaker 2: hopefully you do, and the rich are throwing in a
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  Speaker 2: lot of money, well that is a wonderful day. Like
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  Speaker 2: now we can have more food and clothing. Now we
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  Speaker 2: can provide shelter for people. Yes, isn't that a wonderful thing?
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  Speaker 2: Like the felt needs of the people in the community
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  Speaker 2: and even sometimes in the actual household of faith. Isn't
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  Speaker 2: that a wonderful thing? What's wrong with that? What's wrong
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  Speaker 2: with that? Verse forty two And there came a certain
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  Speaker 2: poor widow. Oh oh wait a minute. Okay, So there
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  Speaker 2: comes a poor widow. So she's poor, and she's a widow,
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  Speaker 2: and she threw in two mites that's less than two
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  Speaker 2: US pennies. Two mites. She puts in two mites, which
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  Speaker 2: make a farthing. So whether if it's a penny, a
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  Speaker 2: Jamaican penny, or a Jamaican dollar or a US penny.
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  Speaker 2: She threw in two of that, which make a farthing,
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  Speaker 2: and he called unto him his disciples. And so now
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  Speaker 2: Jesus is doing what Jesus often did. He is observing
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  Speaker 2: what is actually happening in his surroundings. And immediately now
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  Speaker 2: it becomes a teaching tool. Do you observe what's happening
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  Speaker 2: on your day to day movements and then use what
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  Speaker 2: you see for the benefit of leading people closer to
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  Speaker 2: what God is saying. Yes, this is what Jesus is saying. Now,
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  Speaker 2: this is what he's doing. He called his disciples to
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  Speaker 2: him and saith unto them. Verily, I sing unto you,
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  Speaker 2: this poor widow hath cast more What wait a minute,
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  Speaker 2: that's not an editing error. This poor widow hath cast
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  Speaker 2: more in than all, not even just one of the
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  Speaker 2: rich people. He said, this poor widow hath cast more
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  Speaker 2: in than all they which have cast into the treasury. Oh,
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  Speaker 2: that's confusing, Jesus, what are you talking about. You said,
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  Speaker 2: rich people were putting in a lot, but this woman
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  Speaker 2: only put in two little mites, which is less than
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  Speaker 2: a Jamaican dollar and less than a US penny. Yes,
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  Speaker 2: mm hmm, yep, she put in more than all of
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  Speaker 2: them into the treasury. Well what does that mean, Jesus?
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  Speaker 2: It says for all they did cast in of their abundance. See,
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  Speaker 2: they gave in of their abundance because they were rich.
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  Speaker 2: They put in the hundreds, the thousands, the tens of thousands,
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  Speaker 2: the hundreds of thousands, the millions, the multimillions, the billions
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  Speaker 2: with a b they were casting in that because they
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  Speaker 2: had a lot. Okay, well, what's wrong with that? Is
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  Speaker 2: he saying that there anything wrong with that? Well, I
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  Speaker 2: don't hear that he's saying that there's something wrong with that.
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  Speaker 2: But there is a contrast between giving of our abundance
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  Speaker 2: because what she did, but she of her her want,
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  Speaker 2: meaning her needs. But she of her needs did cast
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  Speaker 2: in all that she had, even all her living. She
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  Speaker 2: gave all brothers and sisters. This is a teaching moment,
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  Speaker 2: a teachable moment. This woman, who didn't have a husband anymore,
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  Speaker 2: who was also poor, gave all. Oh Lord, do I
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  Speaker 2: give all? Do I give of my best to the Master?
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  Speaker 2: Or do I just give? Do I just give because
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  Speaker 2: I have a lot, or do I do I give
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  Speaker 2: based on the overflow or do I give because I'm
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  Speaker 2: highly blessed financially, or do I give because fill in
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  Speaker 2: the blank? Here, this woman gave based on her needs,
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  Speaker 2: and she gave all. And I think the Bible says
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  Speaker 2: that my God will supply all of my need according
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  Speaker 2: to his riches, to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
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  Speaker 2: So now I think I'm starting to get a picture here.
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  Speaker 2: So God is saying that there is a better way
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  Speaker 2: to give, and it's not just out of the abundance
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  Speaker 2: that God has blessed us with. And we thank God
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  Speaker 2: when there is abundance, continue to give. But our mindset
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  Speaker 2: needs to be all or nothing at all. Our mindset
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  Speaker 2: needs to be that there was nothing too much that
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  Speaker 2: God can ask of us, that we will not be
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  Speaker 2: willing to give, and then indeed do give. We will
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  Speaker 2: not ever put ourselves in a position that we have
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  Speaker 2: to see our ability to give in order to give.
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  Speaker 2: This woman was left with what she would see as nothing,
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  Speaker 2: but she knew that she was giving to God. And therefore,
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  Speaker 2: when she gives to God, the Bible says, or the
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  Speaker 2: Bible teaches and principle, that it's a matter of the heart,
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  Speaker 2: and so true giving comes from the heart. Sacrificial giving
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  Speaker 2: holds inestimable value in the sight of God. God sees
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  Speaker 2: beyond the surface appearances. He's not looking at the amount
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  Speaker 2: and saying, because you gave a lot, then I will
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  Speaker 2: honor you more. He's saying that when you give from
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  Speaker 2: an honest heart, and you give your all from your heart,
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  Speaker 2: than he will bless it. Trust in God's provision. He's
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  Speaker 2: the one that gives us the ability to get wealth,
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  Speaker 2: and so when we are giving to God, we're really
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  Speaker 2: just returning what's his Give up your best to the Master.
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  Speaker 2: Make it a great day, peace.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks for joining us listening. Friends. Always remember we cannot
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  Speaker 1: live by bread alone, but by every word that comes
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  Speaker 1: from the mouth of God. This has been your daily
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  Speaker 1: portion with el David Harris. Make it a great day. Yeah,