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07 12 2024 Be Amazed by God, but Not Surprised · 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
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  food is not enough to supply energy for today's needs. Why then, do
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  some of us expect yesterday's portion of heavenly manna, the word of God to
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  keep us through today's challenges. On this program, we are going to change
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  all of that. Let's experience God's words today and receive the power we need
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  to 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
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  morning. It is Friday, July twelve, twenty twenty four. 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 continuing in our Lesson study series through the Book
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  of Mark, and our caption for today is be amazed by God, but
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  not surprised. Be amazed by God, godd but not surprised. We'll get
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  into that in just a moment, but first I'd like to say welcome to
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  you and ask you to please go over to your Daily Portion dot com.
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  This is one of the ways that we continue to build faith and fellowship.
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  Let's go ahead and pray, and then we will get underway. Father and
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  Heaven. Thank you for giving us this new day. Thank you for the
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  opportunity to prepare in a special way for the Sabbath time. Father, I
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  pray now that you will give us your mindset in Jesus name. I pray
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  Amen and Amen again. Now I know that this may be word play for
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  some of you, because you're like, Okay, I looked up amazed.
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  If you're like a you know, a very technical minded person, technically minded
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  person, you're like I looked up a maze. I looked up surprised,
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  And they're synonyms of one another. And I'm like, yeah, but there
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  nuances. So to be amazed by God is to be in awe of Him
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  in the way that I'm using it, Okay, to be in awe of
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  him, to say, wow, God is God is incredible. Look at
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  his power, look at his love, look at his character. It is
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  and I don't want to use the word all over again, but amazing,
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  Like you are in awe of God that is what I'm saying. I am
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  I'm welcoming people to see how great he is and be in awe of him,
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  whether he does another thing for you in this life or not, that
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  you would be in awe of him. Reverentally, you're in awe of God.
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  But I don't want you to be surprised like when he's good to you.
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  I don't want you to be like I can't believe this. He loves
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  me. No, that is not That is not the message that a believer
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  should have. We should be, we should be in awe of him.
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  It's incredible that he would be so kind. Behold what manner of love the
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  Father hath bestowed upon me, that I should be called the child of God?
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  Like, Oh, my goodness, beloved, Now are we the sons
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  and daughters of God? But it does not yet appear what we shall be?
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  What do tell yes that? Let me just say, like, now
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  we're the children of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall
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  be. But we know that one day, when he appears, we will
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  be like him. It's not a surprise, Brothers and sisters, like he
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  told us that we would be like him. It's not a surprise. Brothers
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  and sisters. He told us that he loves us. It's not a surprise,
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  but it does not yet appear what we shall be. But one day,
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  when he shall appear, we will be like him, for we shall
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  see him as he is. And when we see him face to face.
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  Are you looking forward to the day that Jesus reveals himself? Are you looking
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  forward to the day that we see the face of God our father? Are
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  you looking looking forward to the day that you experience the Holy Spirit in the
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  fullness and those angels who excel in strength that He has assigned to us.
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  Yes, ministering spirits, are you looking forward to the day? Well,
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  I hope so. And if and when you see him, I said,
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  only if, because you have to make a decision, just like I need
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  to make a decision, and you see him, you shouldn't be like I
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  can't believe that I see him? Why not? Why can't you believe it?
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  Like he said that he would come back, Jesus said, when I
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  will come again, and I'm going to receive you unto myself that where I
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  am there ye may be also. So be amazed by God, be in
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  awe, but don't be surprised because you just need to believe what God said,
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  like he said that he would appear again. He said He's going to
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  come back for you and everything else that he gives you as a blessed gift,
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  like every good and perfect gift comes from God. And when He gives
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  those to you and you receive those showers of blessings right that you don't have
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  room enough to receive, don't be surprised, man like, be amazed,
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  but not surprised. I think I've sufficiently made the contrasting point, so you
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  can see where my mind is right here, okay, And so I'm going
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  to begin by reading by reading straight from the lesson writer's quote here the Desire
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  of Ages, pages two fifty five and fifty six. Jesus in the synagogue
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  spoke of the kingdom he had he had come to establish, and of his
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  mission to set free the captives of Satan. So be amazed that he would
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  do this, but don't be surprised. Of course he's coming to do that.
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  He was interrupted by the shriek and terror. A madman rushed forward from
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  among the people, crying out, let us alone, Wait a minute,
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  let us alone, Yeah, let us alone. What have we to do
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  with THEE thou, Jesus of Nazareth, art thou come to destroy us?
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  I know THEE who thou art the Holy One of God. All was now
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  confusion and alarm. The attention of the people was diverted from Christ and his
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  words were unheeded. You see, the devil when he comes into the mix,
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  he comes into the congregation of the people. I have been in situations
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  in West Kingston here in Jamaica, like in church multiple weeks in a row,
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  where this kind of thing very similar to this, this same kind of
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  thing had happened in church, and it's like what in the world. It
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  was a distraction. The intent was to divert the minds of the people from
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  Christ, and of course it kind of worked, and his words were unheeded.
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  Let me continue the quote. This was Satan's purpose in leading his victim
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  into the synagogue. See, the devil didn't send him there so that the
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  dude could get delivered. Huh No, But Jesus rebuked the demon. I
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  just say that anytime, anytime someone who is bound by the devil comes into
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  the presence of God, and in this case, that is exactly what happened,
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  then there is a great possibility that that person will be delivered. Now,
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  it's up to a lot of things that I just don't have the time
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  to get into here. But if you are, if someone goes into the
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  presence of God, then God can deliver them. Well, let me just
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  continue, Let me continue. And when the devil had thrown him into oh,
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  let me say, he said, Jesus rebuked the demon and said,
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  hold thy peace. You don't get to talk here no more. I'm adding
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  that you don't get to speak here anymore. You don't get to distract the
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  people anymore. You don't get to cry out anymore. Hold your peace,
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  Jesus said, and come out of him. So Jesus was not playing.
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  He created those those angels that had fallen. He created those angels who chose
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  to fall. So that devil is, that demon is a fallen angel,
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  like they know him. That's why he said it. That's why the devil
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  said it. And it says, be quiet, like hold your peace,
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  shut up, come out of him. And when the devil had thrown him
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  in the midst he came out of him. Why because he couldn't help it,
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  Like Jesus be amazed by God, like you shouldn't be surprised. Don't
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  clutch your spiritual spiritual pearls like, don't be confused about what just happened.
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  The devil had to do exactly what Jesus said, because Jesus said it.
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  You get that because with authority he does these things. Let me continue and
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  the Bible continues. Thrown him in the midst he came out of him and
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  hurt him. Not he who had conquered Satan in the wilderness of temptation was
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  again brought faith to face with his enemy. Jesus conquered the devil in the
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  wilderness temptations because Jesus was fully connected with God, our Father. He was
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  full of the Holy Spirit. And I thank God so we can see this,
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  and it says here the demon exerted all of his power to retain control
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  of his victim. To lose ground here would be to give Jesus the victory.
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  But the Savior spoke with authority and set the captive free. We should
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  not be surprised by this, because if we read further in the scriptures,
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  in the Book of Luke, chapter four, beginning at verse fourteen, right
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  through the verse twenty two, Jesus was a fulfillment of the prophecy that said
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  that he would set the captives free. Be amazed by God, but not
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  surprised. Thanks for joining us listening. Friends. Always remember we cannot live
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  by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.
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  This has been your daily portion with El David Harris. Make it a
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  great day. Yeah,