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12 04 2025 Joshua and Us · 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 Thursday, December four,
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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 Joshua and Us, Joshua and Us. We'll
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  Speaker 2: get into that in just a moment, but before we do,
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  Speaker 2: the donate button at your Daily Portion dot com. This
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  Speaker 2: is one of the ways that we continue to build
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  Speaker 2: faith and fellowship. Let's pray, Father, thank you for this
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  Speaker 2: new day, this new morning, help us to learn the
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  Speaker 2: lessons that we need to learn, so one day we
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  Speaker 2: will be face to face with you transform us. Please,
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  Speaker 2: in Jesus' name, I pray, Amen and Amen again. All right,
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  Speaker 2: so I'm going to share a quote with you, really
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  Speaker 2: a couple of quotes, really really quickly, and then we'll
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  Speaker 2: jump right in. First comes from James White from Reviewing Herald,
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  Speaker 2: July fifteenth, eighteen sixty two. It was an article and
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  Speaker 2: it reads, the work of Joshua was a shadow of
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  Speaker 2: the work of Christ. We've learned this over and over again,
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  Speaker 2: and the work of Christ continues in God's people. So
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  Speaker 2: this is not something we are intellectually just learning and
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  Speaker 2: understanding that work is happening in us. The work continues
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  Speaker 2: in His people, who must overcome and enter the rest
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  Speaker 2: prepared for them. Remember the people of God, the first
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  Speaker 2: generation of freed slaves coming out of Egypt, None of
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  Speaker 2: them except for Joshua and Caleb went into the rest
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  Speaker 2: like they didn't even go into the earthly promised land.
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  Speaker 2: And so what God is saying is that you were
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  Speaker 2: to learn from that experience, learn from how God had
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  Speaker 2: left his people in the past, but also be transformed
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  Speaker 2: in a way that Joshua and Caleb were transformed to
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  Speaker 2: the degree and learning how to repent, even like Moses,
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  Speaker 2: who did not enter earthly promise, but then who had repented,
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  Speaker 2: and he was resurrected according to the Bible Book of Jude,
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  Speaker 2: and we see in Matthew chapter seventeen that he, along
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  Speaker 2: with Elijah actually lived in heaven. So God resurrected Moses.
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  Speaker 2: And of course that only happens for people who are repentant.
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  Speaker 2: And so this work must continue in our lives and
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  Speaker 2: not just in our intellect. Another quote from the book
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  Speaker 2: Desire of Ages, page three hundred and two. It is
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  Speaker 2: by beholding, and somebody's ready to type in the chat
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  Speaker 2: to finish this, so I'll slow down. It is by
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  Speaker 2: beholding that we become changed. That's it. We become changed.
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  Speaker 2: The more we contemplate the character of Christ, the more
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  Speaker 2: we shall reflect his image in spirit and in life.
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  Speaker 2: The reason why so many people are struggling with their
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  Speaker 2: thoughts and actions is because of what they are beholding.
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  Speaker 2: We God forbid, are beholding. If you're struggling, you can't
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  Speaker 2: keep your mind, You can't keep your mind sharp, Like
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  Speaker 2: you can't keep your mind on things above. You are
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  Speaker 2: always on negative mindset. You are struggling, struggling all the time,
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  Speaker 2: struggling and never attaining to victory. Well, that's because your
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  Speaker 2: focus is on the struggle. Your focus is on things
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  Speaker 2: that break you. Your focus is on unhealed things. Your
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  Speaker 2: mind is still accepting of conversations with people that are
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  Speaker 2: leading you down the wrong pathway. Like I literally cut
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  Speaker 2: myself off from negativity. Somebody starts down that pathway, I'm
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  Speaker 2: not going to rebut it every time. I'm just going
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  Speaker 2: to be quiet, literally nothing to offer, because I am
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  Speaker 2: in that moment unapologetically rejecting the things that do not
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  Speaker 2: align with Philippians, Chapter four and verse eight. Please look
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  Speaker 2: that up, okay? And so by beholding we become changed.
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  Speaker 2: Our first lesson. You thought that was the lesson, that
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  Speaker 2: was the get just to get us started. Our first
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  Speaker 2: lesson is the church engages in spiritual warfare. Notice I
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  Speaker 2: said spiritual. So please don't get into that extremist foolishness
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  Speaker 2: that people are doing on planet Earth. We're not talking
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  Speaker 2: about that. The Bible says, for we walk in For
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  Speaker 2: though we walk in the flesh, we do not war
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  Speaker 2: after the flesh. So that means put your armaments down, y'all,
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  Speaker 2: we're not fighting holy wars on planet Earth. Do not
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  Speaker 2: do that. We do not war after the flesh. For
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  Speaker 2: the weapons of our warfare are not carnal. That means
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  Speaker 2: not tanks, that means not guns, that means not ammunition,
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  Speaker 2: that means not incendiary devices. That means not arming yourself
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  Speaker 2: and walking through the streets as supposedly the people of God.
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  Speaker 2: That is not what we're talking about. The weapons of
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  Speaker 2: our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to
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  Speaker 2: the pulling down of strongholds. God has shown us in
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  Speaker 2: the Book of Ephesians, chapter six, what the armor of
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  Speaker 2: God looks like. Seven implements of spiritual warfare over sin
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  Speaker 2: in our own lives. And so the Greek word for
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  Speaker 2: warfare the Greek word for warfare stratia, meaning military campaign
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  Speaker 2: or service. Joshua's battles foreshadowed the people of God's spiritual
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  Speaker 2: conflict in our day right now against sin and evil.
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  Speaker 2: Our victories don't come by physical weapons. I've made that
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  Speaker 2: point already, but through faith, through truth, through prayer, through
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  Speaker 2: allowing God to transform us through the power the Holy Ghost.
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  Speaker 2: So identify that is the action step. Identify one spiritual
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  Speaker 2: battle that you're facing, just one. Are you lusting a
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  Speaker 2: lot or I shouldn't even say a lot? Are you lusting?
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  Speaker 2: Are you seeming not to be able to overcome your appetite?
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  Speaker 2: Is it that you're stress eating? Is it that relationship
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  Speaker 2: where somebody's texting you in the middle of the night,
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  Speaker 2: You're answering it, and it's throwing your whole spiritual experience
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  Speaker 2: off with God. Whatever it is, identify that and confront
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  Speaker 2: it using God's word and prayer. Whatever God has said
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  Speaker 2: about it. I want you to accept that. Do not
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  Speaker 2: embrace whatever your brain or the devil or those tempters
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  Speaker 2: out there are saying about it, trusting His strength to
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  Speaker 2: give you the what the victory. Let's run to our
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  Speaker 2: lesson number two. Our inheritance is reserved in heaven. Praise God.
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  Speaker 2: Our inheritance is reserved in heaven. The Bible reads in
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  Speaker 2: First Peter chapter one and verse four to an inheritance incorruptible.
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  Speaker 2: There is an inheritance that is imperishable and undefiled, that
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  Speaker 2: fateth not away, reserved for you in heaven. God has
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  Speaker 2: an inheritance for you in heaven. The devil can't impact it,
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  Speaker 2: no mouth can can deteriorate it, No thief can break
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  Speaker 2: in and take ah. There's no storm that can blow
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  Speaker 2: it away. It is reserved for you in heaven. And
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  Speaker 2: that term, that term for inheritance means a possession or
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  Speaker 2: a heritage. Joshua divided the earthly land among the people
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  Speaker 2: of God. Jesus grants his people an eternal inheritance that
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  Speaker 2: cannot be corrupted or taken away. This promise anchors our
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  Speaker 2: hope during every struggle. So what's the action? Keep your focus?
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  Speaker 2: Keep your focus heaven word. I wrote a book many
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  Speaker 2: years ago, Focus Heavens. Hashtag Focus Heavens. In your view,
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  Speaker 2: life feels heavy down here, Remind yourself daily that your
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  Speaker 2: eternal inheritance is secure already in Christ. And finally, I've
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  Speaker 2: already made the point, but I'll say it one more
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  Speaker 2: time for memory, for repetition. Lesson number three, by beholding Christ,
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  Speaker 2: that is to appreciate worship and model. After his lifestyle,
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  Speaker 2: we become changed into his image. Make it 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 L. David Harris. Make it a great day. Yeah.