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10 05 2025 Second Chance · 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. It
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  Speaker 2: is October five, twenty twenty five. Hello, my name is
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  Speaker 2: El David Harris. I am your host, and this is
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  Speaker 2: your Daily Portion where we give you God's word every
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  Speaker 2: single day and today is no exception. We are continuing
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  Speaker 2: in our lesson study series Lessons of Faith from Joshua,
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  Speaker 2: and our caption for today is Second Chance, Second Chance.
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  Speaker 2: Before we get into that, I'd like to say welcome
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  Speaker 2: to you and ask you to go over to your
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  Speaker 2: us know where you are in the world at your
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  Speaker 2: Daily Portion dot Com. This is one of the ways
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  Speaker 2: that we continue to build faith and fellowship. Let's go
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  Speaker 2: ahead and pray, Father, we thank you for giving us
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  Speaker 2: so many chances. Please teach us not to take you
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  Speaker 2: for granted. In Jesus' name, I pray, Amen and amen again.
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  Speaker 2: Second chance, second chance. And so we're going to the
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  Speaker 2: Book of Joshua, chapter two and verse one. Let's just
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  Speaker 2: go ahead and begin the discussion there. The lesson writer
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  Speaker 2: said to read Joshua to verse one, along with numbers thirteen,
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  Speaker 2: verses one and two, twenty eight and twenty five to
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  Speaker 2: twenty eight, thirty three, and numbers fourteen one through twelve. Now,
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  Speaker 2: this is the question, why would josh Yesha start the
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  Speaker 2: mission of conquering the Promised Land by sending out spies.
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  Speaker 2: That's what we're after here. Why would he do that?
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  Speaker 2: And the Bible reads and Joshua, the son of Noon
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  Speaker 2: sent out of Shittim two men to spy, secretly saying,
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  Speaker 2: go view the land even Jericho. And they went and
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  Speaker 2: went into a harlot's house named Rayhab, and they lodged there.
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  Speaker 2: And then the Bible, of course continues to talk about
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  Speaker 2: that in the rest of the scriptures. And so why
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  Speaker 2: did Joshua do this to learn from the past. To
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  Speaker 2: learn from the past, we have no fear for the future,
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  Speaker 2: except we forget how God has led us in the past.
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  Speaker 2: So Joshua remembered the disaster at Kadesh Barnia in Numbers
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  Speaker 2: chapter fourteen. The people had listened to fear instead of faith.
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  Speaker 2: They saw themselves as tiny little ants, and they saw
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  Speaker 2: the enemies of God as giants. How can I see
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  Speaker 2: myself as a tiny little ant and God is on
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  Speaker 2: my side? You see, that was the mistake that they made.
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  Speaker 2: They listened to their fear instead of their faith. And
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  Speaker 2: this time he sent out two trusted men. Remember the
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  Speaker 2: last time, Joshua and Caleb were the two men that
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  Speaker 2: came back with a holy report, with a faithful report.
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  Speaker 2: And so this time the man of God is saying,
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  Speaker 2: let me send out two dudes that are faithful to God,
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  Speaker 2: and we're going to get the wisdom here to act
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  Speaker 2: in wisdom and faith together. God had already promised the land,
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  Speaker 2: but Joshua still had a duty to prepare strategically, you
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  Speaker 2: know what I'm saying, Like he could have moon walked
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  Speaker 2: into the land, like they could have backflipped into the land.
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  Speaker 2: They could have just run up on the land. They
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  Speaker 2: could have just skipped the going around the walls of
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  Speaker 2: Jericho thirteen times, like they could have done that. Wait,
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  Speaker 2: Minutody just realized that it was thirteen times, not seven. Anyway,
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  Speaker 2: I wish I had the time to deal with that one.
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  Speaker 2: That was like something I had to wrestle with from
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  Speaker 2: the scriptures for a long long time. But they could
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  Speaker 2: have just skipped that right. Well, No, God wanted them
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  Speaker 2: to move strategically. Spying Jericho wasn't about doubting God's promises.
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  Speaker 2: God wanted his people to cooperate with him. Okay, so
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  Speaker 2: to test the readiness of Canaan. This is what was happening.
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  Speaker 2: Joshua wanted first hand knowledge of the land, especially Jericho,
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  Speaker 2: the fortress city guarding the way. Their reconnaissance confirmed both
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  Speaker 2: the fear of the Canaan knights and the opening God
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  Speaker 2: was creating. If you go into Joshua chapter two, verses
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  Speaker 2: nine through eleven, to prepare the people, this is another
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  Speaker 2: thing that God wanted him to do. Prepare the people,
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  Speaker 2: bring back a unified testimony God's faithfulness. In contrast to
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  Speaker 2: those ten dudes, well multiple dudes. When the ten spies
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  Speaker 2: went in with it, and they came back with negativity.
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  Speaker 2: Joshua was building Israel's confidence before the conquest. So what
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  Speaker 2: is the lesson? Number one? Faith works in preparation. The
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  Speaker 2: Bible reads in Proverbs chapter twenty one and verse thirty one,
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  Speaker 2: somebody just heard me. Faith works in preparation. The horse
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  Speaker 2: is prepared against the day of battle, but safety is
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  Speaker 2: of the Lord. So we prepare fine, but our safety
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  Speaker 2: is in the Lord. Do your part in planning, but
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  Speaker 2: God is the one in whom we rest for the outcome.
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  Speaker 2: Go ahead and lock your doors. Go ahead and observe
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  Speaker 2: the speed limit. Don't go over it too far because
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  Speaker 2: it's there's danger on the other end. Read the signs
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  Speaker 2: on the roads, that's say the bridget or detour or
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  Speaker 2: street closed or road closed, or don't back up, or
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  Speaker 2: this will shread your tires. But trust God, okay for
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  Speaker 2: the outcome. Lessen number two, don't repeat the past mistakes.
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  Speaker 2: I did say to you. There is no need to
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  Speaker 2: fear for the future, but to forget except that we
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  Speaker 2: except we forget how God has led us in the past.
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  Speaker 2: And so in Hebrews chapter three and verse nineteen, the
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  Speaker 2: Bible records, so we see that they could not enter,
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  Speaker 2: that is the promise, because of unbelief. Those millions of people,
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  Speaker 2: including Moses and Aaron, besides Joshua and Caleb, that first
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  Speaker 2: generation of freed slaves from Egyptian captivity, all perished in
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  Speaker 2: the wilderness because of unbelief. So we learn from yesterday's failures.
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  Speaker 2: We make today's decisions based on faith and not based
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  Speaker 2: on fear, not based upon failure lesson number three. In
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  Speaker 2: this case and final, God honors courage and obedience from
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  Speaker 2: Joshua chapter one and verse nine. Be strong and of
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  Speaker 2: good courage, Be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed. For
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  Speaker 2: the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
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  Speaker 2: Did not Jesus say, Lo, I am with you all way,
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  Speaker 2: even unto the end of the age. Did he not say,
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  Speaker 2: through the man of God Paul, that he has not
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  Speaker 2: given you the spirit of fear, but of power and
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  Speaker 2: of love and of a sound mind. Did he not
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  Speaker 2: teach us to be of good courage too? So step
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  Speaker 2: into opportunities you might want to march into. You might
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  Speaker 2: want to run into these opportunities with boldness, knowing that
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  Speaker 2: God has already gone before you. God has already gone
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  Speaker 2: before you, and so we're going to make some parallels.
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  Speaker 2: If you scroll down in your lesson. Scroll down in
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  Speaker 2: your lesson, it says, what parallels do you discover between
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  Speaker 2: the second chance given to God's people as a nation
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  Speaker 2: and to Peter as an individual. We're not going to
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  Speaker 2: be able to read the passages because we don't have
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  Speaker 2: enough time, but let me just show what some of
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  Speaker 2: those parallels would be. Both failed at the edge of
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  Speaker 2: the promise. Jesus was about to give his life for
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  Speaker 2: the people of God. He was giving his life also
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  Speaker 2: for the entire world, so that whosoever believeth in him
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  Speaker 2: would not perish but have everlasting life. And God Christ
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  Speaker 2: told Peter that he was going to fail if he
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  Speaker 2: would not yield his will. He said, but I have
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  Speaker 2: prayed for you that your faith fail you not. But Peter,
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  Speaker 2: he was to do it, was just too proud God,
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  Speaker 2: I'm not going to do that. What you mean well?
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  Speaker 2: Both failed at the edge of promise. Israel failed at
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  Speaker 2: Kedosh Barnia when unbelief crept in before entering Canaan. Peter
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  Speaker 2: failed in the courtyard when fear kept him from confessing Christ.
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  Speaker 2: Both moments seemed final, but God gave them another chance.
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  Speaker 2: Both were restored through grace. Yes, there was grace in
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  Speaker 2: the Old Testament. The Bible says that Noah found grace
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  Speaker 2: in the eyes of the Lord. Israel was led again
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  Speaker 2: to the border of the Promised Land under Joshua, this
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  Speaker 2: time to victory. Peter was led back by Jesus himself,
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  Speaker 2: who gave him three opportunities to confess his love for him,
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  Speaker 2: matching his three denials. And there is so much more
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  Speaker 2: I could say, but no time. Listen. God is so
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  Speaker 2: faithful that he gives us the chances we need to repent. 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,