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09 07 2024 Taken and Tried · 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 Sabbath, September seven,
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  Speaker 2: twenty twenty four. Hello, my name is El 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 Mark. Our caption for
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  Speaker 2: today is Taken and Tried, Taken and Tried. We'll get
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  Speaker 2: into that in just a moment. First, i'd like to
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  Speaker 2: on this broadcast. Okay, let's go ahead and pray and
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  Speaker 2: then we will get underway. Father in Heaven, thank you
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  Speaker 2: for this day and for the privilege that you have
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  Speaker 2: given us to live another Sabbath day. I pray that
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  Speaker 2: we will live according to your principles. Help us to
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  Speaker 2: take what you give us in stride, and know that
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  Speaker 2: you have measured every trial before it came our way.
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  Speaker 2: In Jesus name, I pray, Amen and Amen again, taken
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  Speaker 2: and tried, so we are going to begin now by
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  Speaker 2: reading from Mark chapter fourteen, Mark chapter fourteen and verse
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  Speaker 2: thirty six. And of course Jesus is speaking now to
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  Speaker 2: God the Father, and he said, Abbah, Father, all things
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  Speaker 2: are possible for you take this cup away from me. Please, nevertheless,
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  Speaker 2: not what I will, but what you will. Now I
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  Speaker 2: want you to get the scene. Jesus has done his work.
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  Speaker 2: He has completed, or at least to this point, he
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  Speaker 2: has completed the work up until he's about to give
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  Speaker 2: his life for us. Right, and so for more than
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  Speaker 2: thirty years now, Jesus has been faithful. For almost three
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  Speaker 2: and a half complete years, Jesus has been in the
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  Speaker 2: public eye, like he has been in public ministry, actively
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  Speaker 2: and deliberately on the mission to seek and to save
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  Speaker 2: that which was lost. That is where he is right.
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  Speaker 2: And now he's in the garden of Getsem and he's
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  Speaker 2: praying to God, our Father, and he is calling to
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  Speaker 2: him and saying, this load is heavy. Have you ever
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  Speaker 2: been in a situation where the load was heavy? And
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  Speaker 2: I don't mean just normal life load. We know that
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  Speaker 2: sometimes our relationships are in shambles. We understand that like
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  Speaker 2: there are times that our health is in compromised positions.
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  Speaker 2: We know that there are times at our job and
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  Speaker 2: there are people who frustrate us. We understand this, but
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  Speaker 2: this is not what I'm talking about. I'm talking about
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  Speaker 2: persecution for Christ's sake, where you know that you are
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  Speaker 2: a child of God, connected to him, and you are
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  Speaker 2: doing his will on a daily, regular basis, and you
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  Speaker 2: find that when you do that, like Jeremiah, you're buffeted.
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  Speaker 2: You have trials related to doing God's will. Some people's
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  Speaker 2: second guess. I'm not saying Jesus was doing that, but
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  Speaker 2: some people like Jeremiah was second guessing. It was like,
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  Speaker 2: every time I do your will, especially when I speak
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  Speaker 2: your words to the people who are to hear it,
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  Speaker 2: it's terrible. It's difficult. It's difficult, and so I'm not
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  Speaker 2: doing this anymore. This is what Jeremiah said, And then
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  Speaker 2: the Bible says after he had tried that. I think
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  Speaker 2: it's in chapter twenty. He said it was like when
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  Speaker 2: he tried to hold back himself from doing exactly what
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  Speaker 2: God wanted him to do, speaking the words that he
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  Speaker 2: was to speak. He said, it was like fire shut
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  Speaker 2: up in his bones. He could not hold it back anymore.
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  Speaker 2: Now we understand that there are times that we do
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  Speaker 2: God's will exactly as God says, and because of that,
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  Speaker 2: we are persecuted. Because of that, there is a feeling
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  Speaker 2: sometimes of separation between us and our Father because it's like, God,
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  Speaker 2: could you relieve this suffering? Can you remove some of
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  Speaker 2: the burden of this pain? And it appears, it appears
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  Speaker 2: to us while we're not seeing clearly that God is
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  Speaker 2: not paying attention. And so Jesus is in the garden
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  Speaker 2: of Gethsemite. He's at a point now where the heaviness
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  Speaker 2: is heavy. I mean, it's ridiculous, and he's sweating as
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  Speaker 2: it were great drops of blood. Have you ever sweat
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  Speaker 2: till you bled? No? I haven't, I have it. I
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  Speaker 2: can't speak for you. There are some people in the
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  Speaker 2: world that have experienced that heaviness. But Jesus is there now,
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  Speaker 2: his three closest disciples are are are are not praying
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  Speaker 2: for him, They are asleep, and uh, yeah, he's preparing
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  Speaker 2: to give his life for us. And yeah, we find
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  Speaker 2: out later that the disciples, actually all of the disciples
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  Speaker 2: forsook Jesus and fled. One of them eventually betrays him
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  Speaker 2: with a kiss and then murders himself. He kills himself,
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  Speaker 2: commits suicide, meaning Judas and and and and and and
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  Speaker 2: and all of the weight of the sins of every
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  Speaker 2: sinner who has ever lived or ever will live are
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  Speaker 2: now on Jesus's shoulder. I think we have painted a picture.
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  Speaker 2: And he hasn't even gone to the cross yet. And
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  Speaker 2: he's like, God Father, all things are possible for you.
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  Speaker 2: I know you can make a way. Will you take
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  Speaker 2: this cup away from me? But if you won't, nevertheless,
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  Speaker 2: like the three Hebrew Boys said, we know that our
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  Speaker 2: God can deliver us. But if he chooses not to,
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  Speaker 2: we still are going to do your do God's will. Nevertheless,
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  Speaker 2: not what I will, but what you will. And so
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  Speaker 2: what we're going to do is now learn a few
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  Speaker 2: lessons when we are in challenges, we are in difficulties.
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  Speaker 2: And Jesus said, they persecute you, They revile you. They
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  Speaker 2: say all manner of evil against you, falsely. For my sake,
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  Speaker 2: he said, rejoice and be exceeding glad, for great is
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  Speaker 2: your reward in heaven. For so persecuted they the prophets
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  Speaker 2: which were before you. And by the way, they did
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  Speaker 2: the same to Jesus. But here are some principles that
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  Speaker 2: we can embrace in order to live the kind of
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  Speaker 2: life that Jesus demonstrated in that one pivotal moment, as
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  Speaker 2: he had all of the weight of the world on
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  Speaker 2: his shoulders. First is from Fhlip in chapter four, verses
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  Speaker 2: six and seven. Be careful for nothing, but in everything
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  Speaker 2: by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be
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  Speaker 2: made known unto God. See Jesus did that. He did
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  Speaker 2: that and the peace of God. Jesus eventually got God's
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  Speaker 2: peace in that moment, which passeth all understanding. Shall keep
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  Speaker 2: your hearts and mind through Jesus Christ. So we want
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  Speaker 2: to embrace prayer as a foundation to connecting with God
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  Speaker 2: no matter what our trials are. Then, from the Bible
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  Speaker 2: Book of Proverbs, chapter nineteen and verse twenty one, the
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  Speaker 2: Bible reads, there are many devices in a man's heart. Nevertheless,
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  Speaker 2: the counsel of the Lord that shall stand. The counsel
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  Speaker 2: of the Lord shall stand, even if we are trying
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  Speaker 2: to figure our way out of a trial, if we're
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  Speaker 2: looking for a way to manage the trial in our
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  Speaker 2: own minds. But when we keep in mind that God
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  Speaker 2: is solved and that we should be praying and connecting,
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  Speaker 2: praying to and connecting with God. Then that means now
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  Speaker 2: that we are ready to submit to his sovereignty. You
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  Speaker 2: know everything, All things are possible. Jesus said, nevertheless, not
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  Speaker 2: as I will, but as thou wilt, submit to God's sovereignty.
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  Speaker 2: Mm hmm. I'll say it another way from Matthew chapter
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  Speaker 2: six and verse thirty three. And this is probably our
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  Speaker 2: final But seek ye first the Kingdom of God and
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  Speaker 2: his righteousness. That's what Jesus did, and all things needful
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  Speaker 2: shall be added unto you. Of course there was a
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  Speaker 2: specific context. But seek God's will above your own. Make
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  Speaker 2: it a great Sabbath, 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,