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11 03 2023 No More Excuses! · 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 Friday, November three, 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 under the caption no more excuses. Let me say it again,
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  no more excuses. Brothers insists we have no more excuses for turning away
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  from God's work in our lives. We'll get into that in just a moment,
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  but let me just say welcome to everyone joining us this preparation day,
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  especially those joining for the very first time. Please please please go over to
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  you are in the world. And we continue to build faith and fellowship at
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  your Daily Portion dot Com. Let's go ahead and pray, and then we
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  will get underway. Father in Heaven, thank you for giving us this new
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  day and for the privilege that you have entrusted to us to do your will.
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  Thank you, Father for giving us your holy spirit. And I pray
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  that we will no longer excuse ourselves from your work. In Jesus' name,
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  I pray, Amen and Amen again more excuses. Let me begin by reading
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  from the Advent Review and Sabbath Herald from get this date August thirty, eighteen
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  ninety two. And I want you to determine that if this is still relevant
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  today, and of course I am saying that it is, That's why I'm
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  going to read it to us, Okay, And it begins the excuses of
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  those who fail to do God's work or this work do not relieve them of
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  the responsibility. So even if I do give myself some kind of excuse,
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  it doesn't resolve. It does not absolve me of my responsibility, and if
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  they choose not to do His work, they neglect the souls of whom for
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  whom Christ died. Can I just say right here as I pause that,
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  Yeah, if God is sending you to be of service, to be someone,
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  to warn someone, to uplift someone, to help in some way to
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  a person who needs God, and we neglect to do that, we are
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  imperiling those individuals. If someone is drowning and God says, go save them,
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  and we refuse to go save them, they drown. Whose responsibility is
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  that? There are people drowning in sin right now. There are people who
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  are drowning in financial and relationship woes right now, people who are drowning in
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  a spiritual dissonance problem. They are in conflict with God, and they need
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  you, brother, They need you, sister to assist. And when God
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  sends you, if you go anywhere other than where He sends you, then
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  you are putting those individuals at risk. And so God says, you cannot
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  absolve yourself of responsibility just by making an excuse. That just does not work.
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  Okay, They neglect their God given responsibility and are registered, Oh God
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  have mercy, are registered in the books of heaven as unfaithful servants. What
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  if I decided, as we pause again, not to read this part of
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  the quote because it makes me uncomfortable. It does make me uncomfortable. It
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  makes me uncomfortable to say that people who neglect their God given responsibility are registered
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  in the books of Heaven as unfaithful servants. I don't like how that sounds.
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  I don't like how it feels. I don't like how I think it
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  may make some of you feel. But that is irrelevant. It is an
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  excuse because God's word is straight. His word is sharper than any two edged
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  sword. It searches out our guts. It searches out our guts. The
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  intents of our heart are revealed to God. And so I read it because
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  inspiration has been given to us for our learning and that we would be doing
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  God's will. Let me continue the quote. Does the minister work as did
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  the Master, to be a strength and a blessing to others when he shuts
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  or she shuts herself away from those who need their help. Those who neglect
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  personal intercourse with the people. Hmmm, personal, not just behind some camera
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  like I'm doing here microphone. You're hearing me on the radio, you're watching
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  on TV, or the internet, you're hearing on a podcast. Not just
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  this. We have to be one away personal with people, hands on,
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  like Jesus was. Those who neglect personal intercourse with the people become self centered
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  and need this very experience of placing themselves in communication with their brethren that they
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  may understand their spiritual condition and know how to feed the flock of God,
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  giving to each his portion of meat in due season. So if I am
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  a loof as a minister, if you are a loof and disconnected as a
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  minister, God is saying that you won't know how to give the people what
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  they need when they need it. You won't know what the needs are.
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  First of all, you will be so disconnected in the loof that you won't
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  be sensitive and know that there is an urgency in certain matters. And so
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  God is saying, come close to the people who are in need, and
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  then God will show you what they need and then use you in some way
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  to give them that need. Continuing the quote, those who neglect this work
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  make it manifest that they need moral Here is a big word, renovation.
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  Can I say that again, those who neglect this work make it manifest that
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  they need moral renovation. But God, I'm shy, but God, I'm
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  busy. But God, these people won't accept me because I don't fit into
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  their whatever. These are excuses. And again, if we find comfort in
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  these excuses, then we are demonstrating that we need moral renovation. And then
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  they will see that they have not carried the burden of their work. That
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  is the end of the quote. So much more I could say, but
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  suffice it to say, no more excuses. Go ahead and type it in
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  the chat. If you are on YouTube or on Facebook, go ahead and
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  type it in the chat. No more excuses. So we want to do
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  a few things. We want to embrace willing obedience. We want to foster
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  genuine love for souls. We want to engage in personal interactions, and then
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  also depend upon God for his sustenance and grace. Let me read a passage
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  of scripture. Read a passage of scripture in James, chapter one and verse
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  twenty two. The Bible reads that we must not be doers of the word
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  and not hearers. No pause, Let me say it again. It says
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  that we must be doers of the word and not hearers, only deceiving ourselves
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  Also, the Bible says here that we, in verse sixteen of Matthew chapter
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  five, should let our lights so shine before people, that they may see
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  our good works and give glory to our Father, which is in heaven.
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  Also in Two Corinthians, chapter twelve and verse nine, when Paul needed assistance,
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  he wanted to be delivered from a certain trial, he called a thorn
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  in his flesh. It could have been blindness. Could have been blindness,
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  But the Bible says, when God said, no, this is not going
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  to go the way that you want it to go, and he said,
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  this is what he said. But he said, unto me, My grace
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  is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness. Therefore
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  I will boast all the more gladly about my weakness, says, so that
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  in Christ's power may rest upon me. When I am weak, then I
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  am strong. Just like Jonah, we may find it easier to make excuses
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  for not participating in mission. Our motivation for these excuses could be one of
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  many. However, our call to mission is no less specific than was Jonah's
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  call. The question is how will you choose to answer? Will you give
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  an excuse or will you say here, am i Lord, Thank you for
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  delivering me, Send me a wonderful rest of your day. Peace. Thanks
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  for joining us listening to friends. Always remember we cannot live by bread alone,
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  but by every word that comes from the mouth of God. This has
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  been your daily portion with El David Harris. Make it a great day. Yeah,