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09 13 2024 Realizations in the Face of Denial · 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 Friday, September thirteen,
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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, and our caption
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  Speaker 2: for today is Realizations in the face of Denial, Realization
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  Speaker 2: in the face of denial. We'll get into that in
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  Speaker 2: just a moment, but first I'd like to say welcome
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  Speaker 2: to you and ask you to please go over to
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  Speaker 2: Portion dot com. This is one of the ways that
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  Speaker 2: we continue to build faith and fellowship. Let's go ahead
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  Speaker 2: and pray, and then we will get underway. Father, thank
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  Speaker 2: you for this time of preparation, help us to prepare
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  Speaker 2: our hearts for you, and also help us to be
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  Speaker 2: strong in the faith that was passionate about this yesterday.
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  Speaker 2: Help me to be passionate about that today, and for
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  Speaker 2: your people to be resolute that we will always follow you,
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  Speaker 2: no turning back, no turning back. In Jesus name, I pray,
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  Speaker 2: Amen and Amen again. I do want to share, just
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  Speaker 2: really quickly a passage of scripture, and it just slip
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  Speaker 2: me because it just came to my mind. Let me
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  Speaker 2: see what was I going to say? Okay, yes, yes,
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  Speaker 2: the Bible says, I think it's in First Corinthians chapter
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  Speaker 2: First Corinthians chapter. My mind is fading here. I think
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  Speaker 2: it's chapter twelve, but you find it First Corinthians chapter
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  Speaker 2: ten or twelve. And it says, if ye think ye standeth,
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  Speaker 2: take heed lest ye fall. And then he says he
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  Speaker 2: says that there hath no temptation taken you, but such
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  Speaker 2: as is common to man, but God is faithful who
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  Speaker 2: will with the temptation provide a way of escape, that
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  Speaker 2: ye shall be able to bear it. And so I
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  Speaker 2: think that is First Corinthians, chapter ten. And so the
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  Speaker 2: Bible is teaching us verses twelve and thirteen. And so
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  Speaker 2: God is teaching us that, yes, there are people who
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  Speaker 2: have lived on planet Earth who have failed, some of
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  Speaker 2: them repented, and we need to look at their stories
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  Speaker 2: as end samples, meaning as what not to do. We
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  Speaker 2: should see that as what not to do, see what
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  Speaker 2: that is, and avoid it at all costs. But know
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  Speaker 2: that we because we can be submissive to God's will,
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  Speaker 2: that if we choose not to trust in our own strength,
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  Speaker 2: if we choose to only trust in God, that every
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  Speaker 2: temptation has an answer, It has an escape plan. God
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  Speaker 2: has a way to bring relief so that we don't
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  Speaker 2: have to fall. And so I want to encourage someone
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  Speaker 2: today that is who is maybe intimidated by my passion
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  Speaker 2: from yesterday, saying that we need to be yielded to God.
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  Speaker 2: We need to be submitted to his will. It's the
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  Speaker 2: least we can do. Don't be intimidated by that because
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  Speaker 2: we don't do it in our own strength anyway, all
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  Speaker 2: we need to do is draw upon the strength of God.
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  Speaker 2: If we think we stand and our own, then we've
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  Speaker 2: lost the battle. But if we will, by his grace
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  Speaker 2: follow him, like the hymn writer penned, I will follow THEE,
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  Speaker 2: my Savior, wheresoere lot may be, he said, by thy grace,
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  Speaker 2: I will follow THEE. So we trust God for his power,
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  Speaker 2: his unmerited favor to do his will, and so the
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  Speaker 2: realizations in the face of trial. Let's read now from
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  Speaker 2: the book The Desire of Ages, pages seven hundred and
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  Speaker 2: twelve and thirteen, and it reads, and I quote, while
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  Speaker 2: the degrading oaths were fresh on Peter's lips and the
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  Speaker 2: shrill crowing of the cock was still ringing in his ears,
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  Speaker 2: the Savior turned from the frowning judges and looked full
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  Speaker 2: upon his poor disciples. In that moment, Jesus was compassionate.
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  Speaker 2: He was compassionate because he warned his disciples that they
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  Speaker 2: were going to trust their own strength, especially Peter, and
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  Speaker 2: that they were going to fail. And he told him
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  Speaker 2: exactly when he would fail, how quickly he would fail.
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  Speaker 2: And Peter, no, no, I will not di you know,
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  Speaker 2: and his own strength. He's decrying what Jesus has said,
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  Speaker 2: and really and truly that is the reason why so
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  Speaker 2: many of us fail today, because we don't take counsel.
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  Speaker 2: We're too proud to take guidance. We're too proud to
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  Speaker 2: yield our will sometimes to God and ask God for
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  Speaker 2: his power to do his will even when we feel strong.
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  Speaker 2: And so in this case we see an example of
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  Speaker 2: a man who is broken. But Jesus, in the time
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  Speaker 2: that he is being tried and he's going through his
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  Speaker 2: greatest difficulty, he turns from these wicked judges to his
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  Speaker 2: poor disciple. Let me continue the quote. At the same time,
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  Speaker 2: Peter's eyes were drawn to his master in that gentle countenance.
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  Speaker 2: You see, Jesus was not upset with Peter. He was
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  Speaker 2: not angry. Jesus knew what was going to happen. He
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  Speaker 2: also knew who Peter would grow to become. And he
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  Speaker 2: looked at but he looked in that gentle countenance and
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  Speaker 2: read deep pity and sorrow, But there was no anger there.
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  Speaker 2: The sight of that pale, suffering face, those quivering lips,
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  Speaker 2: that look of compassion and forgiveness pierced his heart like
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  Speaker 2: an arrow. You see, this was the time that Peter
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  Speaker 2: was transformed. I have said it to you many times
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  Speaker 2: before that there are people preachers, speakers, teachers, facilitators, coaches
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  Speaker 2: that are satisfied with inspiring people. Some of us are
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  Speaker 2: satisfied with giving people information informing people. Some of us
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  Speaker 2: are satisfied with motivating people. But what God wants is
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  Speaker 2: all of that, plus the final one that matters the most.
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  Speaker 2: When all of the inspiration has dissipated, when all of
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  Speaker 2: the information has been forgotten, when the motivation has waned
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  Speaker 2: in the bosom of those who were once motivated, transformation
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  Speaker 2: will still be here. This was a transformational moment in
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  Speaker 2: the life of our brother Peter. And that moment, and
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  Speaker 2: that moment, conscience was aroused. I'm reading now, memory was active.
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  Speaker 2: Peter called to mind his promise of a few short
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  Speaker 2: hours before that he would go with his Lord to
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  Speaker 2: prison and to death. He remembered his grief when the
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  Speaker 2: Savior told him in that upper chamber that he would
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  Speaker 2: deny his Lord three times. That same night. Peter had
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  Speaker 2: just declared that he knew not Jesus, but he now realized,
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  Speaker 2: with bitter grief, how well his Lord knew him. You see,
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  Speaker 2: Jesus knows everything about us brothers and sisters. God knows
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  Speaker 2: everything about us. The Holy Ghost knows everything about us.
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  Speaker 2: This is why we go to God in prayer and
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  Speaker 2: we fall on his mercy and we say, God, will
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  Speaker 2: you give me the strength to endure the test? God,
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  Speaker 2: will you make me faithful in all situations? God, I
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  Speaker 2: am untrustworthy on my own Father, will you make me
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  Speaker 2: like those stalwarts who came before me, those individuals who
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  Speaker 2: learned to yield their will to you, come what may?
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  Speaker 2: And I won't trust me even for a moment. And
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  Speaker 2: so Peter he knew that his Lord knew him, and
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  Speaker 2: how accurately he had read his heart. He realized, He
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  Speaker 2: realized in bitter grief the falseness of which he was,
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  Speaker 2: unknown even to himself. He didn't realize that he was
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  Speaker 2: a liar. Peter didn't realize who he was. As a
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  Speaker 2: matter of fact, the Bible says that the heart is
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  Speaker 2: deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked. Who can know it? Well?
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  Speaker 2: God knows it. And I need you to be encouraged today.
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  Speaker 2: This was a somber moment. It's a very sad situation
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  Speaker 2: because one of his closest people to him, Jesus, had Peter,
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  Speaker 2: James and John very close to him. He had failed.
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  Speaker 2: Peter had failed, He had failed miserably. But the only
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  Speaker 2: reason that he failed was because he was proud, He
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  Speaker 2: was self sufficient. He trusted his own strength, his own commitments.
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  Speaker 2: And what we need to know now is that because
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  Speaker 2: God knows us completely, that he also has provided the
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  Speaker 2: strength that we need not to trust ourselves, but to
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  Speaker 2: trust God only. Why don't we realize right here, based
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  Speaker 2: on his story, that we can trust God rather than
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  Speaker 2: having to fail ourselves.
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  Speaker 1: Making a great day, Peace, Thanks for joining us listening
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  Speaker 1: to friends. Always remember we cannot live by bread alone,
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  Speaker 1: but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.
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  Speaker 1: This has been your daily portion with el David Harris.
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  Speaker 1: Make it a great day. Yeah,