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09 17 2025 Life Application at Lunchtime Edition · 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 afternoon, and happy lunchtime. It is Wednesday, September seventeen,
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  Speaker 2: twenty twenty five. 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 Exodus, and our caption
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  Speaker 2: for this afternoon this is the Life Application Lunch and Learn.
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  Speaker 2: If you want to say, is the self revelation of God.
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  Speaker 2: We've been teasing some of that for the last couple
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  Speaker 2: of days, but we're going to focus a little bit
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  Speaker 2: more heavily here. And for those who are new to
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  Speaker 2: this lunchtime program, this is not the lesson study that
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  Speaker 2: we do in the morning five o'clock every single morning,
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  Speaker 2: seven days a week Jamaica time. That's not this. We
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  Speaker 2: are studying the lesson in the morning in fairly good
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  Speaker 2: detail in the short time that we have. But am
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  Speaker 2: I have sensed for years that church people have difficulty
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  Speaker 2: actually applying the things that we learn, and so we're
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  Speaker 2: doing that focus on only application, not the theoretical anymore.
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  Speaker 2: And yes, go ahead and pick up your life Application
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  Speaker 2: guide at your Daily Portion dot com. This is one
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  Speaker 2: of the ways we continue to build faith and fellowship.
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  Speaker 2: Let's pray, Father, thank you for this day and getting
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  Speaker 2: getting us thus far into our work or whatever it
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  Speaker 2: is that we have going today. Please make us faithful
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  Speaker 2: and apply your truth in Jesus' name, I pray Amen
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  Speaker 2: and amen again. All right, and so we're going straight
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  Speaker 2: to the spiritual application. I want you to go ahead
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  Speaker 2: and confess it like type it in the chat. Which
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  Speaker 2: one of these key areas are you going to focus on?
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  Speaker 2: You may focus on more than one, you could say
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  Speaker 2: all but just please just make it a point not
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  Speaker 2: to over extend yourself. I want you to choose one
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  Speaker 2: of the four. Is it spiritual, personal relationship or professional
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  Speaker 2: that you're focusing on today. Okay, so we start with
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  Speaker 2: the spiritual w We're spelling the word win in all
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  Speaker 2: of these key areas because we want to win in
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  Speaker 2: God's sight that way. Okay, what is important Now, God
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  Speaker 2: reveals his own character so we can understand who he
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  Speaker 2: is and trust him. Okay, so that's the important focus
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  Speaker 2: spiritually here, internalize the insight. Let it get all inside
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  Speaker 2: of you. When God passed before Moses, he didn't only
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  Speaker 2: reveal his power. He did reveal power, but more importantly,
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  Speaker 2: this power was a revelation of his heart. This is
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  Speaker 2: what God wants for us, his mercy, his grace, his patience,
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  Speaker 2: his truth. We talked about that yesterday, and justice are
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  Speaker 2: the core of his glory.
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  Speaker 1: Now.
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  Speaker 2: I know, Norman, you're probably teaching right now, but I
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  Speaker 2: hope you're getting this glory. Come on, that's your word.
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  Speaker 2: Come on, that's your principle, your experience, Norman. Come on, man,
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  Speaker 2: this is the foundation of the covenant relationship. God wants
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  Speaker 2: us to see his heart clearly, so that love and
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  Speaker 2: not fear becomes the center of our obedience. Let me
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  Speaker 2: just say, we cannot obey God from the heart. We're
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  Speaker 2: talking about spiritually speaking through fear, but I know that
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  Speaker 2: some people think we can, so that's why, of course
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  Speaker 2: I wrote it that way. The next best move spiritually
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  Speaker 2: speaking is during prayer. Hopefully you're praying multiple times a
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  Speaker 2: day and living in an atmosphere and attitude of connection
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  Speaker 2: with God on top of that. But during prayer, focus
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  Speaker 2: specifically on God's revealed character. Thank him for each trait
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  Speaker 2: He declared his mercy. So we thank God for your mercy. God,
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  Speaker 2: we thank you for your mercy. We thank you for
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  Speaker 2: your grace, and I want you to be specific with
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  Speaker 2: God on those things. And then your long suffering are
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  Speaker 2: your patience, faithfulness, forgiveness and justice personal application? What is
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  Speaker 2: important now? Knowing God's character shapes your identity. Yeah. The
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  Speaker 2: reason why some people behave like animals is because they
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  Speaker 2: think they came from animals. I wish I had the time.
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  Speaker 2: That is the problem. There are some people who consume
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  Speaker 2: animalistic media on social media, on mainstream media, and on YouTube,
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  Speaker 2: and that is why we behave the people who do that.
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  Speaker 2: I shouldn't say we the people who do that. That's why.
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  Speaker 2: So knowing God's character, we're talking about having an intimacy
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  Speaker 2: with God. A relationship with God living according to His
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  Speaker 2: character shapes our identity. Who am I is based on
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  Speaker 2: this experience. Internalize the insight. When you know God as
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  Speaker 2: merciful and forgiving, you do not have to carry shame
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  Speaker 2: or condemnation. There are people who still are looking in
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  Speaker 2: their rear view about all the things that they have done,
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  Speaker 2: even in some of the paradigms related to overcoming substance
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  Speaker 2: and alcohol abuse, and they're counting up. I've been clean
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  Speaker 2: for this number of days, no shade, But why the
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  Speaker 2: constant reminder of the thing. I'm a recovering fill in
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  Speaker 2: the blank negative thing. I'm a recovering, fill in the
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  Speaker 2: blank negative thing. I get it. But there has to
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  Speaker 2: come a point in our understanding and our mentality that
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  Speaker 2: we're no longer using the pitfalls and the things that
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  Speaker 2: we've done wrong and we've been subject to that we're
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  Speaker 2: not Godly as a reference point in all of our discussion.
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  Speaker 2: So He is the one that helps us not to
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  Speaker 2: have to carry the shame, not to have to carry
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  Speaker 2: the condemnation. His faithfulness allows you to walk in confidence
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  Speaker 2: even when you God forbid fall short. I should say,
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  Speaker 2: if you fall short. His justice assures you that all
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  Speaker 2: wrongs will be made right in his time. Next best move,
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  Speaker 2: Next best move, right out. I'm talking about real pen
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  Speaker 2: and pad or whatever you use electronically. Right out. God's
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  Speaker 2: self description from Exodus, chapter thirty four. Read it aloud
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  Speaker 2: daily this week to recenter your thoughts on who God
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  Speaker 2: really is. Now we're jumping into relationships. What is important? Now?
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  Speaker 2: Let God's revealed car influence how you treat others. You
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  Speaker 2: get that how you treat others, internalize the insight. When
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  Speaker 2: God describes himself as gracious and forgiving, he calls you
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  Speaker 2: to extend the same grace to those who offend, fail,
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  Speaker 2: or disappoint you. His mercy becomes your standard of mercy.
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  Speaker 2: God doesn't want you to just be in awe of
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  Speaker 2: his ability to be merciful. He said that those who
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  Speaker 2: are merciful will obtain mercy. Next best move. Relationally, Identify
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  Speaker 2: one strained relationship. Some of us have more than just one,
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  Speaker 2: But identify one where you you have withheld grace. Be
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  Speaker 2: honest with yourself. Take one step toward reconciliation, or release
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  Speaker 2: the offense in prayer. Some people are imprisoned. Imprisoned in
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  Speaker 2: our own minds, imprisoned in our own thought processes, always
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  Speaker 2: thinking about what somebody did to us, how somebody failed us.
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  Speaker 2: And what we want to do, beginning at this very moment,
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  Speaker 2: is release ourselves from prison through forgiveness reconciliation if it's possible.
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  Speaker 2: The reconciliation is contingent upon their decision, but forgiveness is
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  Speaker 2: solely your decision. You can forgive these people, you can,
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  Speaker 2: no matter what they've done to you. I could bore
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  Speaker 2: you to death or depress you with the things that
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  Speaker 2: people that were close to me have done to me.
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  Speaker 2: I'm talking about the same kinds of abuses that you
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  Speaker 2: have gone through, unfortunately, but at some point we have
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  Speaker 2: to keep it pushing. Professionally, what is important now Your
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  Speaker 2: leadership reflects who you believe God to be. Internalize that
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  Speaker 2: insight professionally. Leaders who reflect God's character create environments of trust,
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  Speaker 2: I said, creates those environments of trust, fairness, and safety.
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  Speaker 2: Your decisions will carry both truth and grace when you
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  Speaker 2: lead from His revealed heart. And then the next best
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  Speaker 2: move in your next leadership meeting or client interaction consciously
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  Speaker 2: apply God's character. Lead with clarity, with patience, and mercy
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  Speaker 2: without compromising the truth. Well, I'm reading these to you
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  Speaker 2: so those of you who are auditory or just need
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  Speaker 2: some interaction online or whatever, can internalize and live all
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  Speaker 2: of these principles. 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,