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10 21 2025 The Lord is a Warrior · 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 Tuesday, October
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  Speaker 2: twenty one, twenty twenty five. Hello, my name is Elle
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  Speaker 2: David Harris. I am your host, and this is your
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  Speaker 2: Daily Portion where we give you God's word every single
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  Speaker 2: day and today is no exception. We are continuing in
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  Speaker 2: our lesson study series Lessons of Faith from Joshua, and
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  Speaker 2: our caption for today is the Lord is a Warrior.
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  Speaker 2: Let me just ask you a question. Have you been
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  Speaker 2: coming to the Evening Reflection time? I'm testing this one
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  Speaker 2: out at seven pm Jamaica time to be sure that
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  Speaker 2: this is something that's useful to you. So just say
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  Speaker 2: yes to Evening Reflection. It's seven minutes where we have
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  Speaker 2: a devotional thought that's bringing down the lights of the
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  Speaker 2: day to just kind of settle in with what we
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  Speaker 2: learned in a story and meditation format, and then hopefully
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  Speaker 2: you go down to rest until morning time. You understand
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  Speaker 2: where I'm going with this, so say yes to evening
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  Speaker 2: reflection if that is useful to you. And also also
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  Speaker 2: let me know if I should continue the music the
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  Speaker 2: music teachings on Friday evenings. If so, then type yes
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  Speaker 2: to music. Okay, let's go ahead and pray, and then
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  Speaker 2: we will get underway. Father, We thank you for this
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  Speaker 2: day and for being a warrior. Thank you for taking
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  Speaker 2: care of us, because we can't take care of ourselves.
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  Speaker 2: In Jesus name, I pray Amen, and a man again.
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  Speaker 2: The Lord is a warrior. And so we begin by
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  Speaker 2: reading in the Bible book of Exodus chapter two, and
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  Speaker 2: I will read verses twenty three through twenty five Exodus
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  Speaker 2: chapter two, verses twenty three to twenty five, and the
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  Speaker 2: Bible reads, now it happened in the process of time
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  Speaker 2: that the king of Egypt had died. The children of
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  Speaker 2: Israel groaned because of the bondage, and they cried out,
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  Speaker 2: and their cry came up to God. Because of the bondage.
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  Speaker 2: So God heard they're groaning. You see. The only way
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  Speaker 2: that our God is hearing our groaning. And I want
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  Speaker 2: to paint the picture visually, is if He is near
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  Speaker 2: enough to us that he can hear our groaning. I
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  Speaker 2: know in real life, in reality, it doesn't matter how
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  Speaker 2: deep into the pit that we are, It doesn't matter
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  Speaker 2: how far in the distance we are, the bottom of
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  Speaker 2: the sea, he can hear us. He is there. We
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  Speaker 2: know this. But I want you to paint this visually
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  Speaker 2: to say, since God is hearing the groaning of his
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  Speaker 2: people in one place on planet Earth, among the many, many,
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  Speaker 2: many many people on planet Earth, that means that God
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  Speaker 2: is near to you right now. He is near to
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  Speaker 2: you because he loves you. He heard their groaning, and
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  Speaker 2: then listen to what he did. He remembered his covenant
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  Speaker 2: with Abraham, with Isaac and with Jacob. You see, God
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  Speaker 2: is the promise keeper, the ultimate promise keeper. And God
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  Speaker 2: looked upon his people and God acknowledged them. He's saying, yes,
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  Speaker 2: they are mine, they are mine. Remember in the New Testament,
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  Speaker 2: in the Book of Matthew, where there's some people bragging
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  Speaker 2: about all the good things that they had done, and
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  Speaker 2: the voice of God comes back and says, no, no,
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  Speaker 2: here is what the criteria of relationship is. And yeah,
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  Speaker 2: I knew you depart from me, Ye, workers of iniquity,
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  Speaker 2: I never knew you. Well. Here God is saying as
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  Speaker 2: he is beginning to build a connection with his children,
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  Speaker 2: taking them out of bondage, taking them toward the promise.
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  Speaker 2: Never mind the rest of the story at this moment.
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  Speaker 2: But the Bible says, no, I'm pulling you close to me.
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  Speaker 2: You are mine. In Chapter twelve, verses twelve and thirteen,
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  Speaker 2: for I will pass through the land of Egypt on
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  Speaker 2: that night, and I will strike all of the first
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  Speaker 2: born in the land of Egypt, both manned and beast,
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  Speaker 2: against the gods of Egypt. I will execute judgment we
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  Speaker 2: talked about that last quarter. I am the Lord. I've
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  Speaker 2: marched down through the many gods, that false gods, that
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  Speaker 2: God of Heaven was firing on. And then the Bible
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  Speaker 2: continues verse thirteen. Now the blood shall be a sign
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  Speaker 2: for you and the houses where you are, And when
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  Speaker 2: I see the blood, I will pass over you. That
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  Speaker 2: means God is going to save people based on the blood.
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  Speaker 2: In twenty twenty five, you are saved by grace through faith.
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  Speaker 2: Because of being adopted, acknowledged by God, drawn into his presence,
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  Speaker 2: into relationship with him, and because of the ministry of
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  Speaker 2: Jesus Christ and him dying the death that we deserve,
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  Speaker 2: we are able to live the life that he deserves.
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  Speaker 2: And so it says here, I will pass over you,
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  Speaker 2: and the plague shall not be on you to destroy
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  Speaker 2: you when I strike the land of Egypt. And then,
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  Speaker 2: of course in Exodus chapter fifteen, now we see this
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  Speaker 2: rejoicing the song of Moses, and we see the sisters
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  Speaker 2: with Miriam. They are rejoicing in a way that we
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  Speaker 2: are looking forward to rejoice. We can begin now. Don't
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  Speaker 2: wait till the battle is over. We can shout now,
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  Speaker 2: as the songwriter penned Bible teaches us that there is
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  Speaker 2: a song of Moses and the Lamb, as identified in
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  Speaker 2: Revelation chapter fifteen. But we're getting a foretaste of it
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  Speaker 2: in Exodus chapter fifteen. Exodus chapter fifteen, and the Bible reads,
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  Speaker 2: the Lord is a man of war. The Lord is
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  Speaker 2: his name. Pharaoh's chariots and his army he cast into
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  Speaker 2: the sea. Remember God's people, they passed over on dry
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  Speaker 2: ground as he parted the red sea. And now those
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  Speaker 2: who came in after them, The Bible says, they were drowned.
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  Speaker 2: The depths have covered them. They sank to the bottom
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  Speaker 2: like a stone. Your hand, oh Lord, has become glorious
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  Speaker 2: in power, your right hand, oh Lord, has dashed the
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  Speaker 2: enemies and pieces. I need you to remember this. We
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  Speaker 2: talked about this last week, ad infinitum, like over and over.
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  Speaker 2: Remember remember, remember, don't forget, don't forget, don't forget right,
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  Speaker 2: don't forget God. Remember God. Remember that he did this
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  Speaker 2: for these people, and therefore he will do it for you.
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  Speaker 2: There are things in your life that are enemies to
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  Speaker 2: your progress, enemies to your connection with God, enemies to
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  Speaker 2: your holiness. And if you surrender your will to God,
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  Speaker 2: he will cause those to be dashed into pieces. He
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  Speaker 2: will cause those to be sunk, sunk into the depths
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  Speaker 2: of the sea. I believe the Bible says that if
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  Speaker 2: people surrender our will to God, he will cause the
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  Speaker 2: memory of our sinfulness to be cast into the depths
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  Speaker 2: of the sea. And He will not dredge them up,
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  Speaker 2: dredge them up. He will not bring them to mine again.
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  Speaker 2: If we continue to surrender to Him and the Bible
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  Speaker 2: continues for back then in verse seven, and in the
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  Speaker 2: greatness of your excellence, you have overthrown those who rose
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  Speaker 2: against you. You sent forth your wrath. It consumed them
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  Speaker 2: like stubble, and with the blast of your nostrils, the
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  Speaker 2: waters were gathered together. I believe the Bible says that
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  Speaker 2: he breathed his breath into Adam. He breathed his breath
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  Speaker 2: into Eve. They became living souls. I believe that the
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  Speaker 2: Bible is inspired of God, his breathing. God breathed, and
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  Speaker 2: so we have life through his word. We see in
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  Speaker 2: this story where the blast of God's breath his nostrils
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  Speaker 2: caused the river to move so his people could go
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  Speaker 2: forward in safety. The depths congealed in the heart of
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  Speaker 2: the sea. The enemy said, I will pursue whoops, I
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  Speaker 2: will overtake whoops, I divide the spoil. My desire shall
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  Speaker 2: be satisfied on them. I will draw the sword. That
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  Speaker 2: sounds like what the devil did. That's what the devil did.
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  Speaker 2: He had an eye problem when he said he would
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  Speaker 2: be like the most high. Here it goes again. My
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  Speaker 2: hands shall destroy them. You blew with your wind, hallelujah.
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  Speaker 2: The sea covered them. They sank like lead in the
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  Speaker 2: mighty waters. Who is like you among the gods? Who
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  Speaker 2: is like you? Glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders.
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  Speaker 2: You see, we have a decision to make right now. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: nine minutes in some seconds into our program today, we
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  Speaker 2: have a decision to make. Do we want to be
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  Speaker 2: on the Lord's side where he is fighting our battles,
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  Speaker 2: or do we want to be his enemy? It's very simple.
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  Speaker 2: Surrender your will today. Continue to allow God to fight
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  Speaker 2: your battles, and one day the ultimate battle above sin
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  Speaker 2: will be one in your life and you will live
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  Speaker 2: eternally 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,