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10 07 2026 Daniel, the Faithful Seer · 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, L.
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  Speaker 1: David Harris.
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  Speaker 2: Good morning, good morning, good morning. It is Wednesday, October 7, 2026. Hello,
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  Speaker 2: my name is L. David Harris. I am your host,
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  Speaker 2: and this is your Daily Portion, where we give you
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  Speaker 2: God's Word every single day, and today is no exception.
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  Speaker 2: We are continuing in our lesson study series, The Gift
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  Speaker 2: of Prophecy, and our caption for today is, Daniel, the
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  Speaker 2: Faithful Seer. Danielle, the faithful seer. Before we get into that,
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  Speaker 2: then we will get started.
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  Speaker 1: Underway.
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  Speaker 2: Father in heaven, thank you for giving us the opportunity
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  Speaker 2: to open up your word. Father, I'm asking you to
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  Speaker 2: please fill us with your Holy Spirit. Will you please
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  Speaker 2: give us all that we need to see not only
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  Speaker 2: the prophets of old, not only to see the prophets
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  Speaker 2: of old, but to see ourselves in this picture. And
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  Speaker 2: I'm asking you to please fill us with your Holy Spirit, God.
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  Speaker 2: In Jesus' name I pray. Amen. Amen and amen again. Okay,
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  Speaker 2: so we are continuing in our thought process through those
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  Speaker 2: individuals that God has called in the past, and we
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  Speaker 2: need to be asking ourselves, where does God see me
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  Speaker 2: in this whole scenario? Where does God see me? So
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  Speaker 2: I'm asking you to think about that because you see
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  Speaker 2: that we're talking about Daniel today, but that doesn't mean
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  Speaker 2: that we should be studying Daniel. That's not the focus.
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  Speaker 2: That's not the focus. The focus is, since Daniel is
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  Speaker 2: being shown here as a model of someone who had
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  Speaker 2: the gift of prophecy, what in Daniel's life can we
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  Speaker 2: do to model that in our day? What can we
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  Speaker 2: do to model that in our day? Okay, so I'm
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  Speaker 2: going to the Bible book of Daniel chapter 1 and
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  Speaker 2: verse 8. Bible book of Daniel chapter one and verse eight.
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  Speaker 2: And I'm asking you to run with me here. The
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  Speaker 2: Bible reads, but Daniel purposed in his heart that he
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  Speaker 2: would not defile himself with the portion of the king's meat,
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  Speaker 2: nor with wine, which he drank. Okay, Daniel purposed in
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  Speaker 2: his heart that he would not defile himself with a
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  Speaker 2: portion of the king's meat, nor with the wine that
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  Speaker 2: he drank. And so in a time when God was
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  Speaker 2: bringing his people into prominence, even though they were in captivity,
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  Speaker 2: interesting thing, right? The Bible says that they were to
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  Speaker 2: be prepared. There were a few of the men that
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  Speaker 2: were to be prepared to serve the king in a
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  Speaker 2: special way. But part of the preparation would have defiled
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  Speaker 2: Daniel and his friends. And God is saying through Daniel's
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  Speaker 2: life that you don't need to do the evil that
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  Speaker 2: society has called you to do. But God, I am,
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  Speaker 2: God is speaking to us, but God, God, I am,
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  Speaker 2: I am willing to do only what you want me
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  Speaker 2: to do in order to represent you in the earth.
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  Speaker 2: And that is what Daniel did. So he settled in
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  Speaker 2: his heart. He settled that matter before the test ever came.
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  Speaker 2: Can you imagine refusing the king? Can you imagine refusing
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  Speaker 2: to do what the king has called you to do
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  Speaker 2: in order to serve the God that is invisible? I know.
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  Speaker 2: It sounds like, what? What are you even talking about? Yeah, well,
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  Speaker 2: the truth is that people make this decision every single day.
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  Speaker 2: Sometimes people... believe that there is more month than money
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  Speaker 2: and then do evil in order to get more money.
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  Speaker 2: Sometimes people believe that they don't have companionship when they
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  Speaker 2: have a spouse in their house with them, that God
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  Speaker 2: has joined together with them and they choose somebody outside
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  Speaker 2: the house for companionship. Are you seeing where this is going?
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  Speaker 2: Sometimes people are offered moments of prominence and choose to
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  Speaker 2: be prominent rather than to be elevated according to God's standards.
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  Speaker 2: And so we make these decisions every day. But Daniel
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  Speaker 2: settled that kind of thing in his heart long before
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  Speaker 2: the test ever existed. Faithfulness in the little things prepares
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  Speaker 2: you to stand when the great test arrives. Okay, so
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  Speaker 2: today I want you to decide, make a decision. I'm
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  Speaker 2: making the decision right now. Decide in advance today where
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  Speaker 2: you will stand on one point of obedience before the
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  Speaker 2: pressure comes. to compromise even reaches you. Decide now. I'm
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  Speaker 2: talking about now, seven minutes into our broadcast. Make the
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  Speaker 2: decision now. We talked about this a couple of days
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  Speaker 2: ago when we were looking at the story of Elijah
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  Speaker 2: really briefly. Let's go into our second lesson. Go into
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  Speaker 2: our second lesson from Daniel chapter two, Daniel chapter two
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  Speaker 2: and verse 47. We're really just taking high points from
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  Speaker 2: Daniel's story We're not able to really cover Daniel in just,
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  Speaker 2: you know what I mean, like 10 minutes. So the
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  Speaker 2: Bible reads, the king answered unto Daniel and said, of
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  Speaker 2: a truth it is that your God is a God
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  Speaker 2: of gods and the Lord of kings and a revealer
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  Speaker 2: of secrets. And so later on now, the king Nebuchadnezzar,
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  Speaker 2: he had a dream. He didn't know what he dreamt.
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  Speaker 2: He was disturbed. And then when he woke up in
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  Speaker 2: the morning, among the people who were there, there were
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  Speaker 2: seers and magicians and all kind of other folks there. Daniel,
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  Speaker 2: of course, was among the people. And the Bible says
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  Speaker 2: that the Lord gave Daniel the time to go away
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  Speaker 2: and pray with his three friends, Hananiah, Mishael, Azariah, so
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  Speaker 2: that God could reveal himself. And, of course, demonstrate, really,
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  Speaker 2: now we know the end of the story, that he
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  Speaker 2: is the Lord of kings. Like, he is the God
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  Speaker 2: of all gods. And Nebuchadnezzar, for that moment, was convinced
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  Speaker 2: because nobody could reveal the dream and nobody could give
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  Speaker 2: the interpretation except God. And God used Daniel to do so.
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  Speaker 2: And so he revealed, he uncovered, he made known what
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  Speaker 2: was hidden through Daniel's faithful witness, a king who had
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  Speaker 2: no interest in the God of heaven, who in fact
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  Speaker 2: would have said at some points, like, who is this
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  Speaker 2: God that's going to deliver you? Who is this God? Well,
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  Speaker 2: God introduced himself. But even the pagan king confessed the
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  Speaker 2: God of heaven as Lord of all. Your life and
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  Speaker 2: your steadiness can lead others to see who God really
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  Speaker 2: is in your life. And so what I want you
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  Speaker 2: to do is let your conduct point someone to God today.
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  Speaker 2: The Bible says, let your light so shine before men
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  Speaker 2: that when they see your good works, they will glorify
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  Speaker 2: your Father which is in heaven. And so this is
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  Speaker 2: what God wants from all of us, living in a
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  Speaker 2: way that makes his character visible to everyone around you.
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  Speaker 2: So I'm going to read a quote. I'm going to
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  Speaker 2: read a quote from the book, The Sanctified Life. This
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  Speaker 2: is when you definitely want to pick up The Sanctified Life.
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  Speaker 2: And it reads, the life of Daniel is an inspired illustration. Remember,
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  Speaker 2: I said a little bit earlier, it's not just for
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  Speaker 2: us to look at these as like sort of biographical sketches.
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  Speaker 2: but an inspired illustration of what constitutes a sanctified character.
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  Speaker 2: It presents a lesson for all and especially for the young.
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  Speaker 2: A strict compliance with the requirements of God is beneficial
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  Speaker 2: to the health of the body and mind. A strict
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  Speaker 2: compliance to the requirements of God is beneficial to the
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  Speaker 2: health of the body and mind. Aren't you glad that
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  Speaker 2: God has shown us, through Christ Jesus, of course, as
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  Speaker 2: the number one source, how we can live in a
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  Speaker 2: holy way in these last days? But along the lines,
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  Speaker 2: he's also shown us that there were people who were
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  Speaker 2: just like us, who also chose to follow Jesus, Daniel
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  Speaker 2: being one of them. Make it a great day.
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  Speaker 1: Peace. Thanks for joining us, listening friends. Always remember, we
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  Speaker 1: cannot live by bread alone, but by every word that
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  Speaker 1: comes from the mouth of God. This has been your
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  Speaker 1: Daily Portion with L. David Harris. Make it a great day.