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10 09 2026 Called to Prophetic Ministry · Your Daily Portion with L. David Harris

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  Speaker 1: Most of us eat every day, some of us too much,
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  Speaker 1: because yesterday's food is not enough to supply energy for
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  Speaker 1: today's needs. Why then do some of us expect yesterday's
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  Speaker 1: portion of heavenly manna, the word of God, to keep
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  Speaker 1: us through today's challenges? On this program, we are going
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  Speaker 1: to change all of that. Let's experience God's words today
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  Speaker 1: and receive the power we need to live healthy, vibrant lives.
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  Speaker 1: Welcome to Your Daily Portion. with your host, author, speaker, L.
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  Speaker 1: David Harris.
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  Speaker 2: Good morning, good morning, good morning. It is Friday, October 9, 2026. Hello,
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  Speaker 2: my name is L. David Harris. I am your host,
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  Speaker 2: and this is your Daily Portion, where we give you
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  Speaker 2: God's Word every single day, and today is no exception.
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  Speaker 2: We are continuing in our lesson study series, The Gift
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  Speaker 2: of Prophecy, under the caption, The Call to Prophetic Ministry.
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  Speaker 2: The Call to Prophetic Ministry. Before we get into that,
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  Speaker 2: I'd like to say welcome to you and ask you
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  Speaker 2: Let's go ahead and pray, and then we will get underway. Father,
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  Speaker 2: we thank you for giving us this day and for
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  Speaker 2: the daily bread that you have prepared for us, for
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  Speaker 2: our nourishment and for your glory. Father, will you please
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  Speaker 2: fill us with your Holy Spirit? Will you give us
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  Speaker 2: your power? And I'm asking you, will you please teach
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  Speaker 2: us how to love you and to serve you? In
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  Speaker 2: Jesus' name I pray. Amen and amen again. A call
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  Speaker 2: to prophetic ministry. So back in the 1840s, the people
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  Speaker 2: of God were disappointed. When I say the people of God,
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  Speaker 2: I'm talking about there were people from a good number
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  Speaker 2: of faith fellowships, some from different, if you want to
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  Speaker 2: use the word we use today, denominations who were all
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  Speaker 2: studying prophecy from the Bible books of Daniel. And now
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  Speaker 2: we know, understanding from Revelation, but they were studying in
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  Speaker 2: Daniel chapter 8 in particular, and they were thought that
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  Speaker 2: they were on the right track, and in fact, we
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  Speaker 2: know now, in retrospect, they were, but they got some
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  Speaker 2: details wrong, and they were disappointed. Those people were disappointed,
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  Speaker 2: and God gave, in that time, he gave young Ellen
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  Speaker 2: Harmon a vision that Jesus was still with his people
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  Speaker 2: and still leading them into a right relationship with him,
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  Speaker 2: that they were on the right track, but they made
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  Speaker 2: an error in that created that disappointment. Now, that situation
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  Speaker 2: put people in a position where they were going to decide, like,
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  Speaker 2: am I going to continue to seek God's face? Am
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  Speaker 2: I going to still study the Word of God? Am
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  Speaker 2: I still going to focus on God? Or am I
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  Speaker 2: going to say, this is rubbish and I'm out of here.
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  Speaker 2: I'm not going to serve God anymore. Unfortunately, some people
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  Speaker 2: chose the latter. but the ones who kept their minds
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  Speaker 2: and eyes focused on God, those individuals were more and
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  Speaker 2: more enlightened and now have arrived at the truths that
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  Speaker 2: we understand concerning the 2300 days prophecy of Daniel chapter 8. Now,
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  Speaker 2: if you are interested in knowing more about this great disappointment,
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  Speaker 2: I'm using a real term here, I want you to
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  Speaker 2: go to amazingfacts.com. I love that. ministry's perspective there, how
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  Speaker 2: they put it together, they package it. Go there, and
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  Speaker 2: then there is a search box. I checked it again
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  Speaker 2: today just to be sure it was exactly where I
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  Speaker 2: thought it was. And when you click in that search box,
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  Speaker 2: type The Great Disappointment, and there are a few lessons
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  Speaker 2: there that will help you understand what happened and then
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  Speaker 2: subsequent understanding that lead us closer to to God, okay?
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  Speaker 2: And so those individuals misread the event, but not the
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  Speaker 2: God behind the prophecy. I'm talking about the faithful ones
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  Speaker 2: who continued with him, that kept studying, I almost said
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  Speaker 2: kept studying, kept studying God's Word and seeking His face.
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  Speaker 2: When our understanding falls short, though, this is the lesson
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  Speaker 2: for all of us, because not all of us were
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  Speaker 2: called to the prophetic ministry like Ellen was. But For
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  Speaker 2: those of us who are living in the last days,
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  Speaker 2: when our understanding falls short, God is still faithful and
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  Speaker 2: is still working out his plan. So what I need
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  Speaker 2: you to do is when your expectations of God are disappointed,
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  Speaker 2: when you've written your prescription, which you shouldn't, when you've
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  Speaker 2: written your prescription for God, which you shouldn't, and things
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  Speaker 2: don't go in quite the way that you had planned,
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  Speaker 2: trust God and trust that he is faithful. I know
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  Speaker 2: it's Sabbath. And sometimes you think that it's like a
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  Speaker 2: safe space where nothing can go wrong because we are
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  Speaker 2: in that special time with God. But you may get
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  Speaker 2: a flat tire today. You may get a phone call
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  Speaker 2: that something is not quite right with the health of
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  Speaker 2: someone you love. Something may happen to your body or
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  Speaker 2: you'll experience a trial, a temptation, a tribulation. And when
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  Speaker 2: those things happen, are you going to focus on those
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  Speaker 2: things or are you going to focus on him? Are
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  Speaker 2: you going to trust in your own plans? Are you
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  Speaker 2: going to trust in Him? You see, the great disappointment is,
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  Speaker 2: you know, a lesson for how we study the Word
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  Speaker 2: and how we remain on path with God. But it
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  Speaker 2: also informs what happens when things in our lives seem
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  Speaker 2: to be going haywire, and it causes a disturbance in
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  Speaker 2: our lives. Focus on God and not on our disappointment.
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  Speaker 2: Do not abandon your hope in God. Our next lesson
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  Speaker 2: comes in from Hebrews chapter 12 and verse 2. Hebrews
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  Speaker 2: chapter 12 and verse 2, where the Bible reads, We
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  Speaker 2: are looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith,
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  Speaker 2: who for the joy that was set before him endured
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  Speaker 2: the cross. You see, Jesus endured trials too. He endured tribulations.
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  Speaker 2: He even endured disappointment when he was on the cross
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  Speaker 2: crying out to God our Father, why have you forsaken me?
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  Speaker 2: That was a moment of disappointment for Jesus, but he's
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  Speaker 2: the one that gives us, he gives us our faith,
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  Speaker 2: and he finishes our faith, despising the shame, it says,
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  Speaker 2: of Jesus, and is set down at the right hand
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  Speaker 2: of the throne of God. So we can see that
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  Speaker 2: when we look away from all else, and look toward
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  Speaker 2: and fix our gaze toward Jesus, that's what that Greek
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  Speaker 2: term that has to do with fixing our eyes on
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  Speaker 2: him means, then we are in the right place. And
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  Speaker 2: so the vision's promise that they were studying in Daniel
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  Speaker 2: chapter 8 in verse 14, that promise was simple. Those
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  Speaker 2: who kept their eyes fixed on Jesus wherever he went,
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  Speaker 2: they were safe. And this same Jesus is still ahead
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  Speaker 2: of us in 2026 and going into our year 2027,
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  Speaker 2: if the Lord spares life and delays his coming, he's
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  Speaker 2: still ahead of his people and he is still leading
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  Speaker 2: us into right relationship with him. He's still leading us
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  Speaker 2: into heavenly places. He is still leading us ultimately to
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  Speaker 2: where the Bible says that the meek will inherit the
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  Speaker 2: earth a thousand years after Jesus comes. Yes, we will
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  Speaker 2: inherit the new earth that God has prepared for us.
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  Speaker 2: if we keep our eyes focused on him. And so
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  Speaker 2: the action step in that regard is like the hymn
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  Speaker 2: writer penned, really. Turn your eyes upon Jesus, look full
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  Speaker 2: in his wonderful face, and the things of earth will
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  Speaker 2: grow strangely dim in the light of his glory and grace.
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  Speaker 2: So turn your eyes away from your fears today, away
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  Speaker 2: from your trials, away from your tribulations, and fix them
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  Speaker 2: on Jesus, who was leading the way to righteousness and
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  Speaker 2: ultimately into his presence. And so this young woman, Ellen,
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  Speaker 2: that we've been talking about a couple of times over
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  Speaker 2: the last two weeks, was a fearful 17-year-old at some
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  Speaker 2: point and was laid hold of by God and sent
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  Speaker 2: as his messenger. You see, God still calls the unlikely.
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  Speaker 2: The young woman actually She actually couldn't go back to
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  Speaker 2: school when she was a young little girl because someone
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  Speaker 2: threw a stone and impaired her health. It hit her
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  Speaker 2: in the face and impaired her health. And God called
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  Speaker 2: her aside and then equipped her to do a special
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  Speaker 2: ministry where she had to trust in God and God alone.
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  Speaker 2: So say yes to God today when he's calling you
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  Speaker 2: to something, trusting him that he will supply all of
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  Speaker 2: your need. when you feel like you're unequipped. Make it
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  Speaker 2: a great day.
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  Speaker 1: Peace. Thanks for joining us, listening friends. Always remember, we
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  Speaker 1: cannot live by bread alone, but by every word that
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  Speaker 1: comes from the mouth of God. This has been your
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  Speaker 1: daily portion with L. David Harris. Make it a great day.