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12 06 2024 The Light of the World · 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 Friday, December six,
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  Speaker 2: twenty twenty four. Hello, my name is Elle 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 study.
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  Speaker 2: We are finishing lesson number ten in our series Themes
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  Speaker 2: in the Gospel of John, and our caption for today
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  Speaker 2: is the Light of the World, the lie Light of
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  Speaker 2: the World. We'll get into that in just a moment,
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  Speaker 2: but first I'd like to say welcome to you and
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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 and Heaven, thank you
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  Speaker 2: for this day and for the opportunity that you have
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  Speaker 2: given us to experience you. Please on this preparation day,
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  Speaker 2: help us to be preparing our minds and hearts to
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  Speaker 2: connect with you in Jesus name, I pray, Amen and
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  Speaker 2: Amen again the light of the world. Can you imagine
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  Speaker 2: what it would be like if there were no sun light?
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  Speaker 2: And of course that is really a rhetorical question because
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  Speaker 2: the answer is absolutely not. I have a client who
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  Speaker 2: the other week was having some challenges because she lives
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  Speaker 2: in the United States of America in New Jersey, and
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  Speaker 2: a couple of months ago, the quote time changed, and
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  Speaker 2: of course there are some things where the seasons are
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  Speaker 2: concerned and the temperature, etc. Etc. And so that feeling
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  Speaker 2: of having the sun light quote longer in the day
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  Speaker 2: has stopped basically, and she started to already feel the
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  Speaker 2: depression of not having the sun as long as usual.
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  Speaker 2: And I'm like, okay, so this is a teaching tool
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  Speaker 2: for us. When we don't have the sun of righteousness
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  Speaker 2: Jesus Christ in our lives, then the only thing that
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  Speaker 2: can happen is we go down. We may not be
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  Speaker 2: mentally or emotionally depressed, but our lives will be depressed.
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  Speaker 2: We will be suppressed from any kind of success that
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  Speaker 2: lasts throughout eternity. You understand. I know this is a
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  Speaker 2: play on words, but the reality is when we reject
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  Speaker 2: God forbid the light of the world, we are rejecting life. Conversely,
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  Speaker 2: I usually don't like to start with the negative, really,
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  Speaker 2: but conversely, when we embrace the light of the world
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  Speaker 2: Jesus Christ into our lives, then everything that we need
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  Speaker 2: to grow will grow in our experience. And I'm grateful
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  Speaker 2: because God has not left us down here in the darkness.
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  Speaker 2: He's the light of our lives. I'm going to give
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  Speaker 2: you some tools in just a moment, but let me
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  Speaker 2: first read right out of the lesson. Right out of
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  Speaker 2: the lesson, and it reads when Jesus said, I and
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  Speaker 2: the light of the world he was in the court
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  Speaker 2: of the Temples, specifically connected with the services of the
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  Speaker 2: Feast of Tabernacles. Now this is key, this is key.
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  Speaker 2: In the center of this court rolls two lofty standards
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  Speaker 2: supporting lamp stands of great size. After the evening's sacrifice,
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  Speaker 2: all the lamps were kindled, shedding their light over Jerusalem.
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  Speaker 2: This ceremony was in commemoration of the pillar of light
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  Speaker 2: that guided God's people in the desert. Do you see
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  Speaker 2: the imagery here? And was also regarded as a point
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  Speaker 2: as pointing to the coming of the Messiah. And so
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  Speaker 2: here we have it. Now that Jesus is present during
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  Speaker 2: the Feast of Tabernacles. He's the one to whom this
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  Speaker 2: actually points and there are people who reject him. Can
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  Speaker 2: you imagine, like he is the one that this represents.
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  Speaker 2: This should be a cell celebration of his presence, Like
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  Speaker 2: this should be a celebration that finally what we have
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  Speaker 2: been waiting for has happened, and this feast really should
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  Speaker 2: celebrate this should celebrate him. But rather the people still
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  Speaker 2: were satisfied with having an earthly feast of tabernacles and
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  Speaker 2: really couldn't have cared less about the fact that Jesus
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  Speaker 2: was present. Wait a minute now now at evening, when
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  Speaker 2: the lamps were lighted, the court was a scene of
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  Speaker 2: great rejoicing in the illumination of Jerusalem. The people expressed
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  Speaker 2: their hope of the Messiah's coming to shed his light
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  Speaker 2: upon Israel. But to Jesus the scene had a wider meaning.
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  Speaker 2: As the radiant lamps of the temple lighted up all
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  Speaker 2: about them, So Christ, the source of spiritual light, illumines
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  Speaker 2: the darkness of the world. Yet the symbol of was imperfect.
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  Speaker 2: That great light which was which his own excuse me,
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  Speaker 2: had set in the heavens, was a truer representation of
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  Speaker 2: the glory of his mission. It was morning, the sun
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  Speaker 2: had just risen above the Mount of Olives, and its
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  Speaker 2: rays fell with dazzling brightness on the marble palaces and
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  Speaker 2: lighted up the gold of the temple walls. When Jesus
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  Speaker 2: pointed to it and said, I I am the light
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  Speaker 2: of the world. And so and that's the end of
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  Speaker 2: the quote. And I'm grateful because Jesus often used what
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  Speaker 2: was right in front of him in order to illustrate
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  Speaker 2: God's points, to illustrate the transformational truths that we have
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  Speaker 2: The privilege of espousing, of holding on to Jesus. Being
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  Speaker 2: the light of the world puts us in a position
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  Speaker 2: that we can no longer have to walk around in darkness.
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  Speaker 2: How are we supposed to relate to our spouses? How
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  Speaker 2: should we relate to those that we work with? What
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  Speaker 2: is our relation to finances? How can we develop personally?
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  Speaker 2: How can we develop in other key areas of our life?
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  Speaker 2: God is there through Christ to show us that his light,
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  Speaker 2: the light of life, can illumine every single quarter of
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  Speaker 2: our understanding. And I'm grateful because it's not just an
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  Speaker 2: intellectual pursuit. It's not just that our understanding will be increased.
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  Speaker 2: It is that He will transform us by the light
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  Speaker 2: in the same way, well really and finitely more. But
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  Speaker 2: in the way that the heavenly light or the light
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  Speaker 2: in the sky called the sun enhances how our seasons go,
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  Speaker 2: how it causes our plants and vegetation to grow, How
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  Speaker 2: it impacts our mental health. How the UV rays are
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  Speaker 2: there to sterilize things that need to be sterilized. Can
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  Speaker 2: I continue so? Jesus, the light of the world is
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  Speaker 2: here to cleanse us from all unrighteousness, to cause us
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  Speaker 2: to grow in the areas that we are weak, which
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  Speaker 2: would be like everywhere. And I'm grateful. I'm grateful, and
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  Speaker 2: I say I'm grateful a lot because I am like
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  Speaker 2: I entertain and embrace a mindset of gratefulness because God
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  Speaker 2: is good. And so here are seven tips. Number one.
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  Speaker 2: Number one, illuminate or illumine your surroundings with kindness. This
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  Speaker 2: is something that Jesus has manifesting the second and great
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  Speaker 2: commandment to love our neighbors as ourselves. We can illumine
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  Speaker 2: the surroundings we have with kindness. Let your light so shine,
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  Speaker 2: the Bible says before men, that they may see your
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  Speaker 2: good works and glorify your Father, which is in heaven.
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  Speaker 2: Number two. We can seek the guidance or the light
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  Speaker 2: or the brightness of scripture. In Psalm chapter one, nineteen
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  Speaker 2: verse one oh five, the Bible reads, your word is
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  Speaker 2: a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path.
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  Speaker 2: And so God has positioned us to not only see
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  Speaker 2: the light from the heavenly bodies, but to see the
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  Speaker 2: Word of God as a light to every pathway that
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  Speaker 2: we must traverse, the pathway to success, the pathway to holiness,
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  Speaker 2: the pathway to heaven, eternity with God, the pathway to
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  Speaker 2: assist people who are in need. God, who should I
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  Speaker 2: be helping today? Here is a light, Read the word,
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  Speaker 2: connect with God, and let the light of the world
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  Speaker 2: illuminate your mindset so you can have the greatest possible
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  Speaker 2: impact on planet Earth 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,