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10 19 2025 Commander of the Army of the Lord · 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 Sunday, October nineteen,
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  Speaker 2: twenty twenty five. 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 Lessons of Faith from Joshua, and our caption
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  Speaker 2: for today is Commander of the Army of the Lord.
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  Speaker 2: Commander of the Army of the Lord. Let's go ahead
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  Speaker 2: and pray and get underway. Father, We thank you, thank
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  Speaker 2: you for this time that you've entrusted to us. Please
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  Speaker 2: command our lives and please continue to take up for us.
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  Speaker 2: Continue to protect us. God, Please in Jesus name, I pray,
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  Speaker 2: Amen and Amen again. And so we begin our lesson
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  Speaker 2: study from the Bible Book of Joshua, chapter ten and
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  Speaker 2: verse fourteen. We're jumping in. We're jumping right in Joshua
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  Speaker 2: chapter ten and verse fourteen, where the Bible reads, and
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  Speaker 2: there was no day like that before it or after it,
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  Speaker 2: that the Lord hearkened unto the voice of a man,
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  Speaker 2: for the Lord fought for his people. For the Lord
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  Speaker 2: fought for his people. And so and so let me
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  Speaker 2: go to Joshua chapter five and verse fourteen. And he said, nay,
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  Speaker 2: but as of the host of the Lord, am I
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  Speaker 2: now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the
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  Speaker 2: earth and did worship and said unto him, what saith
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  Speaker 2: my Lord to his servant. What I need you to
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  Speaker 2: do is realize that Joshua encountered the commander of the
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  Speaker 2: Lord's army. He was face to face to what we
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  Speaker 2: believe is the pre incarnate Christ, meaning before Jesus took
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  Speaker 2: on human form, before he took on human form, and
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  Speaker 2: he gave his life for us. We believe that in
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  Speaker 2: this moment, Jesus Christ, Jesus Christ, back in the days
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  Speaker 2: of Joshua, appeared. He appeared to Joshua, and he is,
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  Speaker 2: of course the true leader of the heavenly hosts. We
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  Speaker 2: have no indication that there is some angel in heaven,
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  Speaker 2: a Sarah or Cherabim or Cherub. We have no indea
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  Speaker 2: that any of them are the leader of the hosts
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  Speaker 2: of heaven. But Jesus Christ is Let me just continue.
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  Speaker 2: So the battle of Canaan wasn't just the people of
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  Speaker 2: God's fight. It was part of the greater war that
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  Speaker 2: we call the Great controversy, the war between good and evil.
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  Speaker 2: God himself in the flesh, God in the flesh stood
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  Speaker 2: before Joshua. Maybe I shouldn't have said in the flesh,
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  Speaker 2: God himself, as he somehow condescended to Joshua. He was
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  Speaker 2: standing right there with him, confirming that the victory is
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  Speaker 2: not by human might. Can I just say, not by
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  Speaker 2: mike nor by power, but by the spirit of God.
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  Speaker 2: Can I say that the Lord fights your battles? Can
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  Speaker 2: I just say, don't wait till the battle is over.
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  Speaker 2: You can shout now, because we know in the end
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  Speaker 2: we're gonna win. When the commander of the Lord's army
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  Speaker 2: is on our side. And the Bible continues that he
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  Speaker 2: is confirming that victory is coming through the divine presence.
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  Speaker 2: And as we read again, As we read again, now
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  Speaker 2: Joshua having this encounter with God, is saying, what seth
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  Speaker 2: my Lord unto his servants? So what I want you
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  Speaker 2: to do? I remember reading from a book that was
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  Speaker 2: written in the eighteen hundreds that we should practice the
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  Speaker 2: visible presence of God. I'm saying knowing that at all
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  Speaker 2: times we are in God's presence. So recognize Christ as
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  Speaker 2: the true commander of your battles. Are you battling with
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  Speaker 2: your own mindset? Christ is the commander of that battle.
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  Speaker 2: Are you battling with pains from things that happened to
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  Speaker 2: you when you were a child? God and Christ is
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  Speaker 2: the fighter and commander of your battles. Are you struggling
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  Speaker 2: with something that someone said to you and it's replaying
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  Speaker 2: over and over in your mind and it's limiting you.
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  Speaker 2: God in Christ is the commander of your battles, So
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  Speaker 2: submit to his authority. It's very simple. Submit to his
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  Speaker 2: authority before seeking his power. Have you gone to God
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  Speaker 2: seeking his hand and saying, God, I need you, I
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  Speaker 2: need you to do a certain thing. I need you
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  Speaker 2: to act in a certain way. On my behalf. Have
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  Speaker 2: you first sought his presence? Though? Have you first submitted
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  Speaker 2: yourself to his authority, saying you're the Lord of my life,
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  Speaker 2: and not just asking him for favors like some people
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  Speaker 2: in that fairy tale Santa Claus concept leaving cookies for
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  Speaker 2: the guy who's sliding down the chimney in the red suit. Huh.
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  Speaker 2: And the little ball on the back of his hat
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  Speaker 2: in the knapsack that supposedly is watching you while you're sleeping,
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  Speaker 2: and he knows when you're awake. Apparently, according to the
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  Speaker 2: fairy tale, this is not the way God is. What
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  Speaker 2: we need is to suit. It's simple, yield our will
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  Speaker 2: to God and he will give us his power lesson
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  Speaker 2: Number two comes in from tewod Kings, chapter six and
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  Speaker 2: verse seventeen, and the Bible reads, and Elisha prayed, Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: we've seen this before. And Elisha prayed and said, Lord,
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  Speaker 2: I pray thee open his eyes. So there was a
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  Speaker 2: servant that did not understand that those armies down there,
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  Speaker 2: those armies down there are powerless against God. Please open
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  Speaker 2: his eyes, open his eyes that he may see. And
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  Speaker 2: the Lord opened the eyes of the young man, and
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  Speaker 2: he saw and Behold, the mountain was full of horses
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  Speaker 2: and chariots of fire round about Elisha. Do you realize
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  Speaker 2: that when you are resting in your bed, when you're
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  Speaker 2: awake and moving around in your home, when you are
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  Speaker 2: on the road doing whatever it is that you do,
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  Speaker 2: as long as you are surrendered to God, that you
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  Speaker 2: have a retinue of angels. You have angels who excel
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  Speaker 2: in strength. I don't know if they have horses and chariots.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know. All I know is the angel of
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  Speaker 2: the Lord in Campeth round about those who fear God,
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  Speaker 2: who love God, as in the story of Elisha and
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  Speaker 2: that servant, And so live with the awareness. I want
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  Speaker 2: you to be aware. I want you to know at
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  Speaker 2: all times, when you're thumbing through those videos on your phone,
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  Speaker 2: while you're watching me online or listening on the radio,
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  Speaker 2: whenever you're doing at work, the conversations that you're having
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  Speaker 2: when someone whoops is gossiping, Ah, whenever you're in church
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  Speaker 2: experiencing worship in a congregational sense, and when you're in
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  Speaker 2: that space where nobody else is. I have a little
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  Speaker 2: studio here nine foot by five nine foot by six foot,
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  Speaker 2: and it has a steel door and of course block
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  Speaker 2: and rebar and sound equipment and materials. If I close
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  Speaker 2: the door, God is still in here with me. So
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  Speaker 2: whatever I do, whatever I think, whatever conversations I have
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  Speaker 2: with clients, or if I ever have time for conversations
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  Speaker 2: with friends by telephone or on the Internet, then I
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  Speaker 2: need to know that God is present. He's present, and
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  Speaker 2: he's of course wanting us to pray with faith, knowing
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  Speaker 2: that God's forces surround and sustain you. Lesson number three
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  Speaker 2: and final coming in from Exodus, chapter fourteen and verse fourteen.
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  Speaker 2: In another place, God said this, the Lord shall fight
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  Speaker 2: for you. The Lord shall fight for you, and ye
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  Speaker 2: shall hold your peace. There are times that God doesn't
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  Speaker 2: need you to speak. He has no desire for you
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  Speaker 2: to speak. He wants you to just hold fast and
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  Speaker 2: be quiet, stand still and see the salvation of the Lord.
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  Speaker 2: You don't have to defend yourself. You don't have to
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  Speaker 2: give a reason for what you are or are not
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  Speaker 2: going to do. There are times that God just wants
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  Speaker 2: you to hold fast and watch him work. Before the
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  Speaker 2: strategy of battle came the posture of worship. You see Joshua,
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  Speaker 2: he fell on his face, he removed his sandals, He
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  Speaker 2: acknowledged God on holy ground. God's presence is the first
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  Speaker 2: step to victory. You need victory in your life. You
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  Speaker 2: need victory over those things that you don't want to
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  Speaker 2: mention right now. Ah. Then worship is the first step.
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  Speaker 2: The wars of life are won when the heart bows
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  Speaker 2: before the commander of the heavenly host, the commander of
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  Speaker 2: the universe. Begin every battle with worship. HM. Make it
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  Speaker 2: a great day. 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.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.