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11 06 2023 A Prophetic Foundation · 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 Monday, November six, 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. Pardon me, ah, but we are going into our
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  lesson study continuing in the series God's Mission My Mission under the caption a Prophetic
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  Foundation. Prophetic Foundation. We'll get into that in just a moment, but
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  first I'd like to say welcome to you and ask you to go over to
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  Your Daily Portion book at your Daily Portion dot com. This is one way
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  that we can continue to build faith and fellowship at your daily portion dot com.
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  Let's go ahead and pray, and then we will get underway. Father
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  and Heaven, thank you for giving us this new day and for the privilege
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  we have to consider your word again. Please teach us to embrace the blessing
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  of prophecy and to know that the same God who did in the past as
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  you promised, is the one who will fulfill the promises of the future.
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  In Jesus' name, I pray, Amen and Amen again a prophetic foundation.
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  Let me ask you a question, why are some of us? Well,
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  I'm not, but why are some of you perhaps afraid of the promises of
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  God? Why are some of you afraid of the promises of God? There
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  are so many things that God has said, what happen in your life personally
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  and in the lives of His people, And sometimes people are afraid. You're
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  like, but that doesn't make sense, Dave. We'll get into that in
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  just a moment. Let me begin right here. Let me get this thing
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  to show up right here. We're going to read from the Book of Luke,
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  chapter twenty four, and I think it will make sense. Beginning at
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  verse thirty six and the Bible reads, And as they thus spake, Jesus
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  himself stood in the midst of them and said, unto them, peace be
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  unto you. But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had
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  seen a spirit. Now let me ask you a question. If Jesus is
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  the one speaking, If Jesus promised that he was going to take his life
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  again on the first day following his crucifixion, right, so on the Friday
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  he gave his life. On the Sabbath he rested according to the commandment,
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  and then on the first day of the week, Jesus takes his life back
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  up like he said that he would. And now he is appearing to his
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  people. Why were they afraid after he kept his promise? Why were they
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  afraid after he kept his promise? How come when Jesus would show up at
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  different other times walking on the water, the people were afraid? Like?
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  Why were they afraid when Jesus simply kept his promise? And I know you
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  can come up with all kinds of logical answers, but it's something we need
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  to consider. If you know the voice of Jesus, you know his presence,
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  and he shows up, why be afraid? Verse thirty eight, and
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  he said, unto them, why are you troubled? See it's not my
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  question, it's it's his question. And why do thoughts arise in your hearts?
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  Behold my hands and my feet. That it is I myself. Handle
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  me and see for a spirit hath not flesh and bones as ye see me
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  have. And when he had thus spoken, he showed them his hands and
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  his feet. And while they yet believed not for joy and wondered, he
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  said, unto them, have ye any meat? So now he's talking about
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  food, Keep going, keep going, keep going verse forty two. And
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  they gave him a piece of broiled fish and of a honeycomb, and he
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  took it and did eat it before them, And he said, unto them,
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  these are the words which I spake unto you while I was yet with
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  you. Remember, I made you these promises that all things must be fulfilled,
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  which were written in the Law of Moses, and in the Prophets,
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  and in the Psalms concerning me. They then opened he their understanding and they
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  might understand the scriptures. And he said, unto them, rise, oh
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  sorry, He said, unto them, thus it is written, and thus
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  it behooved Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day,
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  and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all
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  nations, beginning with Jerusalem. And ye are witnesses of these things. I
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  kept my promise, Jesus is saying. And behold, I send the promise
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  of my father upon you, and I want you to tarry ye in the
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  city of Jerusalem until ye be endued with power from on high. Jesus kept
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  his promise that he would take his life up again. He kept his promise,
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  and he appears to them. And now he is making another promise that
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  if you will just wait in Jerusalem at the way, in the way that
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  I say, I want you to be unified. I want you to come
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  together and be unified under my mission. Hah. I'm going to send you
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  another comforter. I'm going to send you the Holy Spirit. Why are some
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  of us afraid of God's promises? Interesting? The lesson writer said, it
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  is interesting that at first the disciples did not believe out of fear. Then
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  after seeing Jesus and being assured that he indeed was alive, they did not
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  believe for joy. So that's good. They were like, whoa, is
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  this really happening? Even though he promised, but it seemed daunting to them.
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  They saw him die, they saw him be crucified, They saw him
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  in a position where it look like he was not as powerful as they knew
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  in their hearts that he was. It is there ever a time in your
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  life that God has made promises to you and it seems daunting, like,
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  well, well, maybe he's not going to keep his promise. Maybe maybe,
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  Boy, I'm having so many problems. How could it be that God
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  is going to do what he said? Because look at how many things I'm
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  facing here? And then God comes through and it's incredulous, like, whoa
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  is God actually going to do this? Yes, He's going to keep his
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  promises. Have you ever felt that something was too good to be true?
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  This was the experience of the disciples and others in the upper room. Now,
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  let me just go ahead as we normally do, and share a couple
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  of action steps. First of all, I want you to think about the
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  tangible proof of the resurrection. So Jesus shows up and he says, behold
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  my hands and feet that it is I myself, Handle me and see me
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  for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye have seen me have
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  action. Step number one is that you should embrace Jesus in whatever way he
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  manifests himself when he keeps his promise to you, embrace him. Embrace it,
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  don't run. Don't be so amazed that you disbelieve him. Ask God
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  to give you the kind of faith that is an expectant faith. When you
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  pray and you hope, and you lay hold on the promises of God,
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  expect him to come through, so that when he does come through, you're
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  not astonished and amazed and afraid. Okay, tangible proof of his resurrection.
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  He did what he said he was going to do. And then I want
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  you to embrace the empowerment that he gives for his mission. It says,
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  and behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you, but terry
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  ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with the power from
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  on high Verse forty nine of Luke chapter twenty four. So I want you
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  to embrace the empowerment that he gives you for his mission. When he says,
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  lo, I am with you all way, even unto the end of
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  the earth, embrace the power. Don't say, but I don't know.
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  How can I speak to these people? I don't know will they accept the
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  message? God? I don't know if I should. Maybe you could get
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  somebody else. I'm not as gifted or talented as Person X or person Why.
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  I don't know. Am I the one that's supposed to do this?
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  God is saying to embrace the empowerment that comes from His Holy Spirit to do
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  the mission that He has called and equipped you to do. I want you
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  to embrace this power and then walk in faith. Have a wonderful day,
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  Peace. Thanks for joining us listening to 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,