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08 18 2025 Preparing for the Gift · 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 Monday. It's
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  Speaker 2: August eighteen, twenty twenty five. Hello, my name is Elle
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  Speaker 2: David Harris. I am your host, and this is your
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  Speaker 2: Daily Portion where we give you guns word every single day,
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  Speaker 2: and today is no exception. We are continuing in our
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  Speaker 2: lessons study series through the Book of Exodus under the
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  Speaker 2: caption Preparing for the Gift, the Gift of what the
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  Speaker 2: preparing for the Gift. We'll get into that in just
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  Speaker 2: your Daily Portion dot com. Let's go ahead and pray
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  Speaker 2: and then get underway. Father, We thank you for the
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  Speaker 2: privilege of your word and the fact that you prepare us.
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  Speaker 2: You prepare us for the heavenly gift of the Holy Ghost,
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  Speaker 2: prepare us for relationship with you, help us to receive
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  Speaker 2: it by faith in Jesus' name. I pray, Amen and
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  Speaker 2: Amen again. We're preparing for the gift, the gift in
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  Speaker 2: this case is God's transcript of his character. And there
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  Speaker 2: is a promise instilled really with this transcript that we
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  Speaker 2: become like him as he writes that same transcript upon
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  Speaker 2: our characters. You understand. Yeah, the ten Commandments law. Let's
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  Speaker 2: go ahead and begin reading from Exodus chapter nineteen, and
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  Speaker 2: I will read a few verses between nineteen and twenty five.
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  Speaker 2: Let's go with nine. I mean between nine and twenty five.
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  Speaker 2: Let's go with nine, ten, eleven, twelve, sixteen, and eighteen.
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  Speaker 2: And I'll read some of those verses. We'll read not
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  Speaker 2: all of it. We won't read it all. And the
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  Speaker 2: Bible reads, and the Lord said, unto Moses, Lo, I
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  Speaker 2: come unto THEE in a thick cloud, that the people
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  Speaker 2: may hear when I speak to THEE. So God wants
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  Speaker 2: his people to see the encounter that he has with Moses,
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  Speaker 2: because it's not to make Moses some kind of elite
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  Speaker 2: human being who has special privileges that nobody has. Because
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  Speaker 2: he's already established the fact that he's going to make
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  Speaker 2: his people peculiar above all people on the earth. He
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  Speaker 2: said that they will be a treasure. He will bring
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  Speaker 2: them unto himself. He said that they would be his
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  Speaker 2: ambassador's representatives on the entire planet. And so God is
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  Speaker 2: now saying, I'm going to bring Moses close to me.
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  Speaker 2: You can see what your relationship is supposed to look like.
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  Speaker 2: What's your experience with me? Indeed, and in fact is
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  Speaker 2: to look like. Because I am drawing you unto myself.
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  Speaker 2: Now hear my voice. He hear my voice, and he
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  Speaker 2: says that the people may hear that I when I
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  Speaker 2: speak to thee verse ten, sanctify them today. So God
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  Speaker 2: is preparing them for the gift and tomorrow. And let
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  Speaker 2: them wash their clothes and be ready against the third day.
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  Speaker 2: For the third day the Lord will come down in
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  Speaker 2: the sight of all people Verse twelve. And thou shalt
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  Speaker 2: set bounds unto the people. Take heed to yourselves that
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  Speaker 2: ye go not up into the mount nor touch the
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  Speaker 2: border of it. I wish I could show you the
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  Speaker 2: sanctuary blueprint right here. Before Moses even goes up the mountain,
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  Speaker 2: we see the sanctuary blueprint. There is a border at
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  Speaker 2: the base. Something happens at the base. There are some
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  Speaker 2: that go into the middle or the space in the
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  Speaker 2: mount and they stop there and they are doing something there.
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  Speaker 2: And then there are some just a couple who go
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  Speaker 2: beyond that. And then Moses goes into the cloud. The
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  Speaker 2: sanctuary is clearly seen there. I just literally don't have
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  Speaker 2: the time today to deal with that. But in the
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  Speaker 2: book Patriarchs and Prophets, pages three hundred three to three
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  Speaker 2: hundred five, I'll read a little bit of it. In
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  Speaker 2: obedience to the divine command, Moses made known to the
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  Speaker 2: people that the Lord would reveal himself. They must be
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  Speaker 2: sanctified and their garments washed. So when people say that
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  Speaker 2: cleanliness is next to godliness, that is true. I need
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  Speaker 2: my son to get that. He's like, all, well, I
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  Speaker 2: shouldn't say, ah, many children, many children. He's still learning that.
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  Speaker 2: There are some of you adults still learning that. Right
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  Speaker 2: on the morning of the third day, as they approached
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  Speaker 2: the mount they beheld a dense cloud enveloping the mountain
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  Speaker 2: and heard the deep sound of the trumpet. God designed
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  Speaker 2: to impress them with the sacredness of his law and
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  Speaker 2: the awe of his presence. And so she explains, God
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  Speaker 2: used the visible glory. Where is Norman, Niles, where are
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  Speaker 2: you are you listening to me? I said, Glory, Come on, Norman,
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  Speaker 2: start to worship now, She explains, God how he used
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  Speaker 2: the visible glory and physical distance to teach reverence and holiness.
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  Speaker 2: It wasn't casual, it was covenantal. I said, this experience
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  Speaker 2: was not casual, It was covenantal to sanctify. This is
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  Speaker 2: what he did to his people to set aside, to consecrate,
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  Speaker 2: to prepare for a holy use. This is a spiritual
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  Speaker 2: readiness that God is giving. Okay, And so there were
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  Speaker 2: bounds set, a boundary or limit, a border. God marked
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  Speaker 2: a c separation between the divine and the common. God
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  Speaker 2: actually said it in the Book of Malachi as he
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  Speaker 2: was talking about tides and offerings and relationship with God.
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  Speaker 2: He said that he listens to the people of God.
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  Speaker 2: He listens to the testimony that they give the world,
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  Speaker 2: and some of them are lying witnesses, and they're saying,
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  Speaker 2: what's the use of worshiping God? What is the use
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  Speaker 2: of giving all to Him? And then he says, I've
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  Speaker 2: heard this, but I've also heard faithful people. I've heard
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  Speaker 2: faithful people and they are a witness. I've written it
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  Speaker 2: down in the book, and they are a witness for me,
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  Speaker 2: and I'm going to draw a line in the sand.
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  Speaker 2: He didn't say it in those words, But it's there
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  Speaker 2: a line of demarcation to identify. On one side of
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  Speaker 2: that line, those are the people who worship me and
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  Speaker 2: who are faithful, who give a faithful report about me,
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  Speaker 2: and then the others are not mine. I'm going to
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  Speaker 2: show who are mine. And so we've already identified that
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  Speaker 2: they were sanctified, and they were to wash their clothes,
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  Speaker 2: they were to abide within limits, and they were to approach,
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  Speaker 2: not cross the line, but approach with reverence. And then
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  Speaker 2: those who were ushered in step by step into His presence,
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  Speaker 2: they were to go there. So it wasn't a sermon
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  Speaker 2: that we're reading about. No, it's the divine meeting that
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  Speaker 2: God has orchestrated in preparation for transformation. Well, how do
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  Speaker 2: we apply that to our lives today? Holiness still requires preparation.
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  Speaker 2: We don't just rush in. We don't rush into the
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  Speaker 2: presence of God. We don't stumble and bumble into the
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  Speaker 2: presence of God. We enter with intention, we enter with humility,
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  Speaker 2: We enter with purity. Can we purify ourselves? Well know,
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  Speaker 2: But we can submit to the process of God as
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  Speaker 2: He purifies us ha And so boundaries sacredness, God's presence
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  Speaker 2: is accessible but it's never casual. So when you come
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  Speaker 2: into his presence, you don't come in casually to just
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  Speaker 2: kick it with God, like to just lying. You go
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  Speaker 2: in there understanding that He is the true and Living God,
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  Speaker 2: Blessed be his name, and he is holy. Yes he
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  Speaker 2: wants to be our friend, Yes he wants to dwell
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  Speaker 2: among us, but he is still He is still God
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  Speaker 2: and God alone. If we want God to speak clearly,
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  Speaker 2: then we create a space within our own lives for reverence, reflection,
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  Speaker 2: and cleansing. 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,