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10 02 2025 Prosperous and Successful · Your Daily Portion with L. David Harris

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  Speaker 1: Most of us eat every day, some of us too much,
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  Speaker 1: because yesterday's food is not enough to supply energy for
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  Speaker 1: today's needs. Why then, do some of us expect yesterday's
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  Speaker 1: portion of heavenly manna, the word of God to keep
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  Speaker 1: us through today's challenges. On this program, we are going
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  Speaker 1: to change all of that. Let's experience God's words today
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  Speaker 1: and receive the power we need to live healthy, vibrant lives.
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  Speaker 1: Welcome to Your Daily Portion with your host, author speaker,
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  Speaker 1: Elle David Harris.
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  Speaker 2: Good morning, good morning, good morning. It is Thursday. It
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  Speaker 2: is October two, twenty twenty five. Hello, my name is
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  Speaker 2: El David Harris. I am your host, and this is
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  Speaker 2: your Daily Portion where we give you God's word every
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  Speaker 2: single day, and today is no exception. We are continuing
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  Speaker 2: in our lesson study series Lessons of Faith from Joshua
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  Speaker 2: under the caption Prosperous and Successful, prosperous and successful. Before
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  Speaker 2: we get into that, I'd like to just say welcome
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  Speaker 2: to everyone joining us, especially those joining us for the
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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. Father, we thank you for this day. We're
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  Speaker 2: asking you to make us successful and prosperous in your way.
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  Speaker 2: In Jesus name, I pray, Amen and Amen again. You know,
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  Speaker 2: sometimes people get unnecessarily confused and become unnecessarily argumentative because
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  Speaker 2: they don't like the way words come out, Like you
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  Speaker 2: don't like words? And I know it sounds super simple,
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  Speaker 2: like what are you talking about?
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  Speaker 1: Day?
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  Speaker 2: The reality is sometimes people will say you or somebody
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  Speaker 2: comes from that preacher, that elder, that leader, that bishop, whatever,
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  Speaker 2: is a prosperity preacher. And it's like, okay, well what
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  Speaker 2: does that even mean. I'm not saying I don't know
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  Speaker 2: what people mean by it, but we can't throw words
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  Speaker 2: in the dumpster or in the dump because people misuse them, okay.
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  Speaker 2: And so the Bible gives us the blueprint for prosperity.
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  Speaker 2: The Bible gives us the blueprint for success. The question
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  Speaker 2: is when we are teaching it from the scriptures, isn't
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  Speaker 2: indeed and in fact from the scriptures? Is it God's
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  Speaker 2: method of prosperity. We know it's not about self, like
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  Speaker 2: it's never been about self. But God made Joseph prosperous.
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  Speaker 2: Everything that he touched was prosperous in his hands. Yes,
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  Speaker 2: we see that everything that that uh job involved himself
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  Speaker 2: in was prosperous and successful, even through trials and tribulations.
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  Speaker 2: I could go down through the Bible, but I'm not
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  Speaker 2: trying to convince you of anything. I am encouraging you,
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  Speaker 2: in fact, to just believe the Bible. And so again,
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  Speaker 2: what does it mean to be prosperous and successful? If
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  Speaker 2: you're a good teacher or mentor or coach, you ask
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  Speaker 2: the right questions, and coming in from the Bible Book
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  Speaker 2: of Joshua, chapter one, beginning of verse seven, we see
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  Speaker 2: the right answer, and the Bible reads, only be thou
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  Speaker 2: strong and very courageous, that thou mayest, observe and do
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  Speaker 2: according to all the law. The Bible teaches us that
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  Speaker 2: the baseline, as I said the other day, is to
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  Speaker 2: keep the law as we receive God's strength right that
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  Speaker 2: thou mayest what prosper wherever you go, Joshua. So God
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  Speaker 2: is promising Joshua prosperity. Don't be afraid of the word.
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  Speaker 2: We just need to know what the Bible means. Here
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  Speaker 2: verse eight, this book of the law shall not depart
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  Speaker 2: out of thy mouth. You want to be prosperous, Lets
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  Speaker 2: God's words be in your life, in your mouth, under
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  Speaker 2: the covenant, as a part of the warp and woof
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  Speaker 2: of your heart. Okay, then thou shalt make thy way prosperous.
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  Speaker 2: He's giving us the blueprint. Then thou shalt have good success.
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  Speaker 2: We don't have to be paupers. We don't have to
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  Speaker 2: be unsuccessful. We don't have to be reliant upon other people.
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  Speaker 2: In fact, in Deuteronomy chapter twenty eight, the first fourteen verses,
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  Speaker 2: God gave us the complete blueprint of what he would
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  Speaker 2: do if we keep his commandments, his statutes, his judgments
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  Speaker 2: close to our hearts, in the ways that He would
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  Speaker 2: bless us and give us his good success. Verse nine.
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  Speaker 2: Have I not commanded thee be strong and of good courage?
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  Speaker 2: For the Lord thy God is with thee, whethersoever thou goest.
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  Speaker 2: Don't run out ahead against God, don't go out ahead
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  Speaker 2: of God. In Jenah this chapter twenty four, we also
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  Speaker 2: see in verse forty, and he said, unto me the
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  Speaker 2: Lord before whom I walk will send his angel with
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  Speaker 2: thee and prosper thy way. In Isaiah chapter fifty three,
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  Speaker 2: in verse ten, the Bible says, yet it please the
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  Speaker 2: Lord to bruise him speaking of Christ. And the pleasure
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  Speaker 2: of the Lord shall prosper in his hand. And so
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  Speaker 2: Jesus experienced and demonstrated how it is to prosper. In
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  Speaker 2: Psalms chapter one, verses one through three, the Bible reads,
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  Speaker 2: and I'll paraphrase, blessed is the man that walketh not
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  Speaker 2: in the council of the ungodly verse two. But his
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  Speaker 2: delight is in the law of God. And he shall
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  Speaker 2: be like a planted tree by the rivers of waters.
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  Speaker 2: And whatsoever he do with shall Here comes the p
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  Speaker 2: word again, prosper. And so in so oh, God has
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  Speaker 2: given us ahead of time. The blueprint for prosperity is
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  Speaker 2: remaining as close as possible to God. It is doing
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  Speaker 2: what God says by faith. And that word, that word
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  Speaker 2: for prosper in all of those passages that I read,
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  Speaker 2: comes from the Hebrew word Salac Salac. This word always
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  Speaker 2: refers to God enabled God focused success, not self made prosperity.
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  Speaker 2: Don't be afraid of prosperity. So many things I could say. Obedience,
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  Speaker 2: according to Deuteronomy chapter twenty eight, verses one and two,
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  Speaker 2: leads to blessing. In John fifteen, verse five, the Bible says,
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  Speaker 2: apart from me God speaking in Christ, ye can do nothing.
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  Speaker 2: The Bible says in Romans chapter eight and verse twenty eight,
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  Speaker 2: all things work together for the good of those who
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  Speaker 2: love God, the ones who are called according to His purpose.
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  Speaker 2: And so from the book Education, page one hundred and
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  Speaker 2: thirty eight, some of you old timers, right, some of
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  Speaker 2: you more seasoned and mature people were waiting for this one.
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  Speaker 2: True success in any line of work is not the
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  Speaker 2: result of chance or accident, but of God's blessing on
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  Speaker 2: the right purpose. God prospers the right purpose, Yes, the
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  Speaker 2: right effort. God prospers the right effort and the right direction.
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  Speaker 2: The one who leads you if he is godly, if
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  Speaker 2: she is godly, if it is God himself with no
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  Speaker 2: human in between, that is the right direction. Don't be
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  Speaker 2: afraid of success, don't be afraid of prosperity. Okay, And
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  Speaker 2: so the Bible teaches us so many different ways to
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  Speaker 2: look at this. Let me go to spiritual success spiritual
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  Speaker 2: success is not defined by how many people applaud you.
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  Speaker 2: I'm on this thing every single day, radio stations all
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  Speaker 2: over the world, on the internet, right on podcasts, etc.
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  Speaker 2: I got it. That is not the definition of success.
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  Speaker 2: How many people applaud yous, how many people say that
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  Speaker 2: you're a blessing to them. That is not the definition,
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  Speaker 2: but by whether you're living in alignment with God and
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  Speaker 2: his word. And then, of course, personally, strength and courage
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  Speaker 2: come from time in scripture, not in self confidence. I
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  Speaker 2: invest the time to meditate upon the law both day
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  Speaker 2: and night, as King David said, yes. And then in
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  Speaker 2: our relationships, when you walk in God's presence like Abraham's servant,
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  Speaker 2: he will order your steps in every relationship. And finally,
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  Speaker 2: in the professional sense, God prospers those who steward their assignments.
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  Speaker 2: I said, their assignments according to His purpose. Even if
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  Speaker 2: the results don't look impressive according to the world's standards,
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  Speaker 2: God will prosper you. So many action steps. Let's just
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  Speaker 2: give you one or two. Start and end your day
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  Speaker 2: with God in his word. Number two, walk with God
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  Speaker 2: intentionally in your daily tasks. And then, of course, redefine
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  Speaker 2: success to match God's purpose. Make it a great day peace.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks for joining us listening.
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  Speaker 2: Friends.
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  Speaker 1: Always remember we cannot live by bread alone, but by
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  Speaker 1: every word that comes from the mouth of God. This
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  Speaker 1: has been your daily portion with El David Harris. Make
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  Speaker 1: it a great day. Yeah,