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04 29 2024 Passing on God’s Word · 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 Monday, April twenty nine, twenty twenty four. Hello, my
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  name is El 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 series the Great Controversy.
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  Our caption for today is passing on God's Word before we pray. I'd like
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  to just say welcome to everyone joining us. I'd like to say thank you
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  for everyone one who has been supporting throughout all of these years. We have
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  been together for thousands and thousands of consecutive days. Only by the grace of
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  God we are on X. We are on other social media platforms. We
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  are on YouTube, multiple YouTube, multiple Facebook channels, on the radio,
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  two hundred plus stations, on satellite, on your little devices, yes,
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  on television. And so this is only because of the grace of God.
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  And so we continue to press forward because this gospel of the Kingdom must be
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  preached into all the world for a witness. Then and only then shall the
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  end come. So let's go ahead and pray and jump on in here to
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  this word. Father, Thank you for giving us another day. Please help
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  us to love you, help us to serve you, help us to do
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  your will, and never give up. In Jesus' name, I pray,
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  Amen and Amen again. Okay, So pass on God's word. Now your
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  perspective does matter today because it's like am I passing away from His word?
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  Am I giving it to someone else as a blessing from me to them,
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  pointing them or directing them into a right relationship with God. Well, let's
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  see what we can find in the word of God and then determine the answer
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  here, okay, Because we all face overwhelming odds at different points in our
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  lives. Yes, especially people who are faithful to God. There are things
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  that happen in our lives that we have to just say, you know what
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  this is Because the enemy is out there, he knows that he has but
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  a short time, and he's as a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour.
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  But the fact is, the fact is that he is as a roaring
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  lion. Jesus is the mighty lion of the tribe of Judah. Yes,
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  shout out to Pastor Selvin Stewart here in Jamaica land we love. He's a
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  pastor in the East Jamaica Conference. One of my good, good, good
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  friends from long years that first said that in my hearing, and I said,
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  but, my goodness, the devil is a counterfeit lion. Brothers and
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  sisters, Jesus is the lion of the tribe of Judah. And if we
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  are on God's team, if we are in connection with God, in right
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  relationship with God, there is literally nothing that the enemy can throw at us
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  that we cannot overcome. Why because Jesus is the one who's taking care of
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  all of it. It will be difficult at times, but we have to
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  press, press, press, in God's word, press and be faithful at
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  all times. From the Book of Second Corinthians, Chapter four. Second Corinthians,
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  Chapter four. Beginning at verse one, the Bible reads, Therefore,
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  since we have this ministry, this is what the apostle is saying. Just
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  as God has shown us mercy, we do not become discouraged. When is
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  the last time you were discouraged? Tah, tell the truth, when was
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  the last time you were discouraged? The Bible writer is saying to us,
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  under the power of the Holy Ghost, that we don't need to be discouraged.
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  I know there are times that I feel discouraged. I'm talking about me.
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  I'm not making up stuff like trying to be super motivational and say that
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  there's no reason. I'm just saying that the ideal is if we will surrender
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  our will to God in a special way, we can run through every trial
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  with courage. We will to be tired, yes, it will be difficult,
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  yes, but we don't need to lose our courage verse two. But
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  we have rejected, we have rejected shameful hidden deeds, not behaving with deceptiveness
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  or distorting the word of God. But by open proclamation of the truth,
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  we commend ourselves to everyone's conscience before God. We're an open book. You
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  hear what this is saying here. Yes, we can with a clear conscience
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  move anywhere around in the world, in any situation, in our workplace,
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  where we play, where we have our relationships, right in social media.
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  Outside of social media, we can say that we have a clear conscience before
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  God if we're covered in His righteousness, yes, number three, verse three.
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  But even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled only to those
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  who are perishing, among whom the God of this age has blinded the minds
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  of those who do not believe, so they would not see the light of
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  the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God. You see,
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  there are people right now that are walking around in darkness, trying to
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  find their way, just bumping into things all over, bumping into things in
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  relationship, like bumping into things in terms of spiritual growth and development, bumping
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  into things in all kinds of different areas in our lives, only because we
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  don't embrace Christ. You see, when we embrace Christ in these last days
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  especially, then we have embraced wisdom. We have embraced by the way the
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  Bible teaches us in Proverbs chapter eight. If you study it closely, in
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  First Corinthians Chapter one, verses thirty and beyond that Jesus Christ literally is our
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  wisdom. And if anybody lacks wisdom, we ask of God, and He
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  will give wisdom liberally to us. And so we don't need to stumble around
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  in darkness. When we have wisdom, we don't need to stumble around in
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  darkness. If we are yielded to God's word and his will, the glorious
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  light of Jesus Christ, the power of God unto salvation, should be in
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  our lives verse five. For we do not proclaim ourselves but Jesus Christ as
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  Lord, and ourselves as your slaves for Christ's sake. For God, who
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  said let light shine out of darkness, is the one who shined in our
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  hearts to give us the light of the glorious knowledge of God in the face
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  of Jesus. And so all we're doing is sharing what God has shared with
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  us. We're only purveying the light that God or cony saying the light that
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  God has given to us. Every single day we open up our eyes and
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  minds and hearts toward God to receive the light of righteousness through Christ, so
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  that whatever challenge we face is it in our relationships. Is it in our
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  businesses, our workplaces. Is it in trying to find work? Is it
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  in what we do when we exercise, or how we eat or don't eat,
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  drink or don't drink, in some other area of our health, mental
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  emotional development, personal development. In all of these areas, God is saying
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  that if we receive His word by faith against all odds, we'll be just
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  fine. We'll be just fine. And so here's a thought question. How
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  does understanding our ministry as a mercy from God change our perspective on service?
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  You see, the Bible writers said that basically we have this ministry and we
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  have received mercy, we faint not listen. I have been an evangelist for
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  all kinds of evil. Back in the day before I got baptized, I
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  used to lead people all kind of foolishness and evil. But today it is
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  a privilege for me to guide people along the pathway that God is guiding me
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  on, into paths of righteousness where we don't have to be alone anymore.
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  We can lean on the power of God to deliver us through everything until Jesus
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  comes. What role does sincerity play in sharing the Gospel sincerity. There are
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  times that people are hiding behind walls while we're trying to tell the truth about
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  the Gospel. And it's just like, Yeah, you're hiding while you're trying
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  to tell the truth about the gospel. Youth and young people come to you
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  for guidance, and you want to make it seem as if you've never fallen.
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  Hah, You've never jumped into sin. And what God is saying is
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  that if we sincerely tell the truth Ah, the truth as it is in
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  Christ, and even share our own testimonies ways that God has delivered us from
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  sin, ah, the ways that God has delivered us from broken and limited
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  and limiting mindsets. Yes, if we can be honest and sincere and not
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  deceitful in any of that, then people will see our good works and glorify
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  our Father which is in heaven. Yes. And so I want to share
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  one last thing. What does it mean to proclaim Jesus Christ as Lord in
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  our lives and ministries. It's not about me, it's not about you.
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  It's about Christ in you, in me, the hope of glory. And
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  if that's our focus, we're passing the word of God effectively. Peace.
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  Thanks for joining us listening. Friends. Always remember we cannot live by bread
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  alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God. This
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  has been your daily portion with El David Harris. Make it a great day. Yeah,