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11 28 2025 From Promise to Possession · 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 Friday, November
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  Speaker 2: twenty eight, twenty twenty five. Hello, my name is El
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  Speaker 2: David Harris. I am your host, and this is your
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  Speaker 2: Daily Portion where we give you God's word every single day,
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  Speaker 2: and today is no exception. We are continuing in our
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  Speaker 2: lesson study series Lessons of Faith from Joshua, and our
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  Speaker 2: caption for today is from Promise to Possession, From Promise
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  Speaker 2: to Possession. Before we get into that, i'd like to
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  Speaker 2: say welcome to everyone joining us, especially those joining us
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  Speaker 2: This is one of the ways that we continue to
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  Speaker 2: build faith and fellowship. Let's go ahead and pray, and
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  Speaker 2: then we will get underway. Father, We thank you for
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  Speaker 2: this new day, this opportunity to prepare some more preparation time, Lord,
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  Speaker 2: for the Sabbath hours and for your coming. And I
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  Speaker 2: pray God that you will give us unusual wisdom today.
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  Speaker 2: In Jesus's name, I pray Amen and Amen again. And
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  Speaker 2: let me just say to come to your Daily Portion
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  Speaker 2: channel this evening for our work learning through music we worship.
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  Speaker 2: We learn the lesson that we have been studying all
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  Speaker 2: throughout the week. We learn it through music this evening
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  Speaker 2: at seven pm Eastern time. Let's jump right in now.
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  Speaker 2: So God has given us the promise that one day
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  Speaker 2: we will in fact inherit the earth. The Bible says
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  Speaker 2: in Matthew chapter five that the meek will inherit the earth.
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  Speaker 2: So people who are yielding our will to God right
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  Speaker 2: where we are, subduing our power or having our power
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  Speaker 2: to be under control, humbling ourselves before God, we will
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  Speaker 2: inherit the earth. Jesus is coming soon. We don't know
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  Speaker 2: exactly when, but we know it's very soon. And after
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  Speaker 2: we live in heaven for a thousand years, I call
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  Speaker 2: it a vacation. Yes, we live in heaven for a
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  Speaker 2: thousand years, and then God will give us the fullness
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  Speaker 2: of the promise in the earth may new. And so,
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  Speaker 2: of course that journey from Egypt to Canaan is a
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  Speaker 2: microcosm or a symbol of this reality. And so we
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  Speaker 2: begin in Hebrews chapter four and verse one. Because God's
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  Speaker 2: people sometimes are not RESTful. Let me say it another way.
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  Speaker 2: God's people are often restless, worried about all kinds of
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  Speaker 2: things that are not our business. Our business is to
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  Speaker 2: seek first the Kingdom of God and his righteousness, and
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  Speaker 2: all things needful will be added unto us. But sometimes
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  Speaker 2: we are rest less, unfortunately, And so the Bible reads here,
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  Speaker 2: let us therefore fear lest a promise being left us
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  Speaker 2: of entering into His rest, any of you should seem
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  Speaker 2: to come short of it. AND's like, that's a complicated language.
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  Speaker 2: Let's go into the New English translation where it says,
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  Speaker 2: therefore we must be wary that while the promise of
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  Speaker 2: entering his rest remains Oh, none of you may seem
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  Speaker 2: to have come short of it. There are people who
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  Speaker 2: came short of going into the promise. The first generation,
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  Speaker 2: except for Joshua and Caleb, fell short. They were they
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  Speaker 2: fell short because of unbelief. And so what God is
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  Speaker 2: saying to us is, We've learned all of these these
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  Speaker 2: experiences from those people, ancient people of God, the people
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  Speaker 2: of the first century Church who had their own set
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  Speaker 2: of challenges, the early believers, and others where we can
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  Speaker 2: see the mistakes that they made by not having full faith.
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  Speaker 2: I'm not saying everybody. I'm just saying the ones who
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  Speaker 2: did have challenges, we can learn from those challenges and say, Okay, God,
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  Speaker 2: let me receive the rest that you have given to me.
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  Speaker 2: And so the first lesson is faith moves beyond anticipation
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  Speaker 2: to action. We're not just looking forward to the rest.
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  Speaker 2: We're not just looking forward to the promise. Now, it's
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  Speaker 2: time to act, to surrender our will. That's an action
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  Speaker 2: to do what God has called us to do. That
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  Speaker 2: is an action you understand, and so forth. So God's
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  Speaker 2: people knew the songs and the stories of Canaan, but
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  Speaker 2: only those who stepped into the land experienced its fruit.
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  Speaker 2: Faith that stops at expectation falls woefully short of fulfillment.
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  Speaker 2: Faith that stops at expectation falls woefully short of fulfillment.
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  Speaker 2: And so interestingly, the term the Greek term for rest
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  Speaker 2: here means to settle in. It implies full participation in
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  Speaker 2: what God has promised, not just passive waiting. So when
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  Speaker 2: we are resting, when we are settling in, according to
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  Speaker 2: that word katapo, it means that we will participate fully
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  Speaker 2: in what God has promised and not wait idly by.
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  Speaker 2: And so our action step is don't just celebrate God's promises,
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  Speaker 2: step into them, walk in them. Take one step of
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  Speaker 2: obedience today. I'm talking about radical obedience, as my sister
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  Speaker 2: friend Lisa A. Smith says, take one step of radical
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  Speaker 2: obedience today that turns your faith from theory into testimony.
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  Speaker 2: Our second lesson comes in from the same Bible, Book
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  Speaker 2: of Hebrews, chapter ten and verse thirty six, and the
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  Speaker 2: Bible reads, for ye have need of patience, that after
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  Speaker 2: ye have done the will of God, ye might receive
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  Speaker 2: the promise. So our second lesson is that the promise
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  Speaker 2: is fulfilled through persevering faith. Have you been through trials
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  Speaker 2: this week? I don't need to go into the many
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  Speaker 2: years or deck that you have been going through. Just
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  Speaker 2: this week, have you gone through any trials as of yesterday?
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  Speaker 2: And I know it's early in the morning. Have you
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  Speaker 2: gone through any trial this morning? Is it a carryover
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  Speaker 2: from yesterday, a carryover from last week, carryover from last month,
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  Speaker 2: a carryover from last year, a carryover from decades of
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  Speaker 2: crying to God and saying, are you not listening to me? God? God,
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  Speaker 2: here's your moanings? And God is saying that your faith
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  Speaker 2: must persevere. Your faith must not let go of the
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  Speaker 2: power of God. We must continue to walk with God
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  Speaker 2: no matter what. In fact, Jesus said it in Revelation,
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  Speaker 2: chapter three and verse eleven. Behold, I come quickly hold
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  Speaker 2: that fast which thou hast, or that thou hast, that
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  Speaker 2: no man or woman, as the case may be, may
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  Speaker 2: take your crown. And so and so that word, that
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  Speaker 2: word for endurance or to be steadfast or to per
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  Speaker 2: severe used in that text means it's active, it's hopeful
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  Speaker 2: waiting in the face of trial. It's an active, hopeful
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  Speaker 2: waiting in the face of trial. So we want to
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  Speaker 2: step into that kind of endurance, step into that kind
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  Speaker 2: of perseverance, and refuse to let discouragement make us settle
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  Speaker 2: outside our spiritual inheritance. Do not allow yourself under God,
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  Speaker 2: Do not allow yourself to accept the status quo. Hold
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  Speaker 2: fast to every promise of God. Our final one comes
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  Speaker 2: in from Hebrews chapter eleven and verse sixteen. As we
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  Speaker 2: come to a swift close. But now they desire a
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  Speaker 2: better country, that is and heavenly. Wherefore God is not
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  Speaker 2: a shame to be called their god, for he hath
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  Speaker 2: prepared for them a city. Our final lesson for today
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  Speaker 2: is the heavenly Canaan awaits the faithful, the same God
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  Speaker 2: type in the Chat, saying, God, the same God who
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  Speaker 2: gave God's people a homeland, prepares an eternal one for
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  Speaker 2: his people, a land of peace, a land of abundance,
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  Speaker 2: a land of unbroken fellowship with God and his creatures,
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  Speaker 2: who are now in that holy place of experience. Jesus said,
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  Speaker 2: in my father's house are many mansions, and I will
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  Speaker 2: go to prepare a place for you. And if I
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  Speaker 2: go to prepare a place for you, I will come
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  Speaker 2: again and receive you unto myself. Hold fast until Jesus
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  Speaker 2: comes 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,