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12 29 2023 Peace Restored! · 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 Friday, December twenty nine, twenty twenty three. Hello,
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  my name is El David Harris. I am your host, and this is
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  your Daily Portion where we give you God's word every single day, and today
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  is no exception. We are really rounding the corner today with our lesson study
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  series, God's Mission, My Mission, our caption four. Today, this
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  is the final day for this one. Peace restored. Peace restored. And
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  yeah, so next quarter, beginning tomorrow, we're going through the Book of
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  Psalms. That's going to be incredible, as you might anticipate. But before
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  we get into that all of that, let's please I'd like to welcome you
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  to go to your Daily Portion dot com on this preparation day to please join
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  the online community. Also pick up your Daily Portion book and please let us
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  know where you are in the world at your Daily Portion dot com. This
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  is the way to build faith and fellowship. Let's go ahead and pray and
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  then get underway. Father and Heaven, thank you for giving us the privilege
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  of opening your word today. Please give us your holy spirit. Teach us
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  the peaceful mindset, that mindset that is always in agreement with you, so
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  that when Jesus comes, you will be able to take us to Heaven for
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  a thousand years and then finally find give us the New Earth. In Jesus'
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  name, I pray, Amen and Amen again. He's restored. He realized
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  when God created Adam and Eve, the universe was peaceful except for the Devil
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  and his evil angels. Like the Devil in the evil Angels will have already
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  made their decision to turn away from God, and they were stuck that way
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  because they refused to repent like their probation was up. But all humans and
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  all holy angels were peaceful toward God. There was no hostility between them.
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  But of course the Devil came down here, he tempts Eve, he deceives
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  Eve, let me put it that way, and Eve falls into sin.
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  And then Adam decides to jump into sin. And now because of Adam's fall
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  or jump, as the case may be. Yeah, now sin has entered
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  in upon all humans. And so we've had to make a decision from that
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  time every single day of our lives. Are we going to agree with God?
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  That's peace or be hostile toward God that's enmity? Okay? And so
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  God is restoring peace, and we're going to read about it today, discuss
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  it a little bit today. And from the book Patriarchs and Prophets, page
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  three hundred and forty two, it reads, the Great Plan of Redemption results
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  in fully bringing back the world into God's favor. You could consider us like
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  in that discussion about the lost sheep. Uh huh, we could be considered
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  like the lost sheep, the one that went out and got lost. We
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  chose to be lost, right, and so God has been bringing us back
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  into his favor. Continuing the quote, all that was lost by sin is
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  restored. Not only man, but the earth is redeemed to be the eternal
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  abode of the obedient. Remember, we talked about that yesterday the Holy City
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  New Jerusalem coming down from God out of heaven. And so that city will
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  be in the new Earth. And finally we will have the earth the way
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  that God intended from before there was a beginning. I'm thankful for that.
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  Continuing the quote, for six thousand years, Satan has struggled to maintain possession
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  of the earth. Now God's original purpose in its creation is accomplished. The
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  saints of the Most High shall take the kingdom and possess the kingdom forever,
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  even forever and ever. Of course I made allusion to that and Daniel chapter
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  seven yesterday. That is the end of the quote. And so how many
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  people, by show of virtual hands, like you can just type a one
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  in the chat. That's your virtual hand. How many people are looking forward
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  to the day that peace will finally be restored. Go ahead and type in
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  in the chat. You're on Facebook, you're on YouTube, you're run on
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  some other platform. If you are in a podcast, then just go ahead
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  and and leave a review and then type a one in that review. If
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  you're yeah, so any way you can do it, Please type a one
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  type of one. You are looking forward to the day that God restores peace.
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  Well, I definitely am. I would be typing ones all over the
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  place if I could do it right now, yeah, ones. Now I'm
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  going to read from a letter three hundred and ninety published, well, not
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  even published. It was an unpublished letter from nineteen oh seven by E.
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  G. White, and it reads, thus, I long to see very
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  many laborers at work, for those who know not the evidences of our faith
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  may have received great light through hearing the Three Angels messages, and now they
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  should proclaim these messages in all parts of the world. I desire to do
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  my part. Brothers and sisters, do you desire to do your part?
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  And to open the way for others to carry the light of truth? The
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  Lord help us to put the armor on the believers are to unite in the
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  solemn work of giving the last note of warning to the world. That is
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  the end of the quote. God has given us a privilege that is so
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  incredible. And you want to say, Dave, how incredible is it?
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  So incredible that we lock arms and we are in lockstep with Him to be
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  able finally to cooperate with him to lead our brothers, our sisters, our
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  co workers, the people with whom we exercise, those with whom we take
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  public transportation, and people we just encounter. It seems haphazardly or some kind
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  of way, like without even knowing on the road, God is saying,
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  like when you're in the supermarket in the marketplace, you are shopping online and
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  you have to get customer service or support, like that person in the little
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  chatbox may be someone that God is leading you to assist to get into the
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  kingdom. Isn't that wonderful to be able to have a great relationship in their
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  families where they don't have one now? Yep, People to be able to
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  overcome and have victory over temptations and addictions that they have struggled with for years,
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  to overcome them mental and emotional torment that they have been experiencing because of
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  abuse from somebody. You see what I'm saying. People who have been in
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  and out and in and out of prison, Those individuals who are learning now
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  to stay out because you are being used by God to lead them into paths
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  of righteousness. And so I just thank God that he has given us the
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  privilege to engage with him. And so I want you to look at these
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  four points and then I'm going to read a quote that I can't believe was
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  not in the lesson. Number one, Embrace restoration, Embrace that we're looking
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  forward to that day. Number two. Pursue eternal peace. We want you
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  to strive for a future under God's reign, a kingdom of everlasting peace and
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  righteousness. Number three. Engage, Engage in God's mission. Number four Anticipate,
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  I said, anticipate the new Earth. Look forward with hope to the
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  new sin free world. God promises finding comfort and motivation in this vision.
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  And now for the quote that I just literally cannot believe that our brethren missed.
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  No shade, No shade, no shade. Coming in from the book
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  Great Controversy. It is the last paragraph in the last chapter. I wish
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  I could read the entire chapter the Controversy ended, but let me let me
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  just read this one. It gets me all in my feelings, y'all.
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  It's a good one. The controversy is ended, Sin and Sinners. Let
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  me go back, Let me go back. I need to put a little
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  effect on this one man before before we go. Let me find it quickly,
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  quickly, quickly. Here it is. The controversy is ended, Sin
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  and Sinners. Are no more. The entire universe is clean. One pulse
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  of harmony and gladness beats throughout the vast creation for Him who created all.
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  From Him who created all, flow, life and light and gladness throughout the
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  realms of illimitable space, from the minute just atom to the greatest world.
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  All things animate and inanimate, in their unshadowed beauty and perfect joy, declare
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  that God is Love. Have a wonderful day, Peace. Thanks for joining
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  us listening to friends. Always remember we cannot live by bread alone, but
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  by every word that comes from the mouth of God. This has been your
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  daily portion with el David Harris. Make it a great day. Yeah,