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10 03 2025 The Personal Nature of Faith · 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,
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  Speaker 1: Elle David Harris.
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  Speaker 2: Good morning, Good morning, Good morning, it is Friday. It's
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  Speaker 2: October three, twenty twenty five. Hello, my name is El
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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 day,
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  Speaker 2: and today is no exception. We are continuing in our
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  Speaker 2: lesson study series lessons of Faith from Joshua, and our
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  Speaker 2: caption for today is the personal nature of the personal
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  Speaker 2: nature of faith. 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: ask you to go over to your Daily Portion dot com.
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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, thank you for this
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  Speaker 2: time of preparation, help us to live in preparation for
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  Speaker 2: the coming of Jesus. In Jesus name, I pray, Amen
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  Speaker 2: and Amen again. I want you to take this personally,
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  Speaker 2: take it personal, take this personal. But what I want
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  Speaker 2: you to take this concept, this principle of faith personal. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: I don't want you to talk about it in the sense,
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  Speaker 2: at least not in this moment, moment, for these ten
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  Speaker 2: minutes that we will invest together. I don't want you
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  Speaker 2: to be talking about faith in like what other people
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  Speaker 2: should do and can do and can experience. I want
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  Speaker 2: you to experience God's faith personally and have that in mind,
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  Speaker 2: like how can I be as close to God as
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  Speaker 2: possible and lay hold upon His power by faith? Because
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  Speaker 2: really that's what faith is about. Faith is about actually
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  Speaker 2: having a vehicle to get to the power of God
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  Speaker 2: and then and closing our hands and fingers around it
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  Speaker 2: and grasping this faith so that this faith or power
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  Speaker 2: excuse me, can be a part of our lives. Okay,
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  Speaker 2: and so the word of God is personal personal. The
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  Speaker 2: book Desire of Ages, pages three ninety and three ninety
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  Speaker 2: one says more than this, but it says in his
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  Speaker 2: promise and warnings, Jesus means me, God's soul loved the
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  Speaker 2: world that he gave his only begotten son. That's to
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  Speaker 2: be applied to me. The word of God received into
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  Speaker 2: the soul, molds the thoughts and enters into the development
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  Speaker 2: of character. So when God loves the world, the Bible
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  Speaker 2: is teaching me that he loved me so much that
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  Speaker 2: he gave Okay, so you get it now. We are
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  Speaker 2: anchoring this reality in our cells, not just for the
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  Speaker 2: whole world. The Bible says in Hebrews chapter four and
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  Speaker 2: verse twelve, for the Word of God is quick and powerful,
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  Speaker 2: and is the discerner of the thoughts and intents of
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  Speaker 2: the heart. Oh, can we bring it a little bit closer,
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  Speaker 2: discerner of the intents of my heart. I want you
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  Speaker 2: to focus on you this morning or evening, as the
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  Speaker 2: case may be. Ah, For the Word of God is living,
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  Speaker 2: inactive and full of power, exposing and judging the very
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  Speaker 2: thoughts and intentions of my heart from the amplified version
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  Speaker 2: of the Bible, in fact in sync and second, excuse me, Timothy,
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  Speaker 2: Chapter three, verses sixteen and seventeen. The Bible reads all
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  Speaker 2: scriptures given by inspiration of God. We should be seeing
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  Speaker 2: this as all scriptures given by inspiration of God to me,
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  Speaker 2: to me that the Man of God, the Woman of
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  Speaker 2: God may be perfect, So I may be perfect. Let's
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  Speaker 2: not put it out in the stratosphere and not out
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  Speaker 2: in the atmosphere. Weigh out in space or in cyberspace,
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  Speaker 2: as the case may be, that I may be perfect
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  Speaker 2: thoruly furnished unto all good works. This is what the
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  Speaker 2: Bible is teaching us, and so and so the Bible
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  Speaker 2: teaches us that there are no limitations in this case. See,
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  Speaker 2: when we have the kind of faith that Jesus is
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  Speaker 2: the author and finisher of there are no limitations. Faith
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  Speaker 2: opens the door for anyone to receive eternal life. When
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  Speaker 2: I say no limitations, I'm saying sometimes we say the
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  Speaker 2: sky is the limit, and I'm like, ah, yeah, well,
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  Speaker 2: there are things above the sky, there are things beyond
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  Speaker 2: the sky. So the sky is a limitation to people
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  Speaker 2: who believe that. I believe that as limitless as God is,
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  Speaker 2: the reality is for me too. There's nothing hindering my
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  Speaker 2: prosperity or success except whatever God's will is for me. Okay,
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  Speaker 2: So the sky is not the limit for you. God
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  Speaker 2: wants to teach us to live and be alive and
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  Speaker 2: be full of vitality, just like his word is in
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  Speaker 2: Hebrews four and verse twelve.
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  Speaker 1: Right.
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  Speaker 2: He his word is not static, it's alive. It changes
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  Speaker 2: everything it touches. So if God's life his word is
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  Speaker 2: in my life, then I should be able to help
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  Speaker 2: anybody that I touch. Are you able to help anyone
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  Speaker 2: that you touch? Help them in what way? Connect them close,
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  Speaker 2: get them, help them to get closer to God. To
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  Speaker 2: show what the example of God's life in glory looks
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  Speaker 2: like on planet Earth. Like Joseph, everything he touched prospered.
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  Speaker 2: Uh like Abigail, who represented the character of God in
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  Speaker 2: diplomacy and being a good intermediate person to make sure
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  Speaker 2: that people wouldn't destroy themselves when when relationships go wrong.
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  Speaker 2: You see, there are so many examples of people who
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  Speaker 2: live the Word and it becomes alive in them so
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  Speaker 2: that everything they touch is influenced by God. From the
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  Speaker 2: SDA Bible Commentary, Volume five, page ten point thirty. It
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  Speaker 2: reads only when the promises and warnings of scripture are
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  Speaker 2: made personal. When the whosoever becomes me, can the Gospel's
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  Speaker 2: transforming power be fully realized. Whosoever believeth in him should
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  Speaker 2: not perish, but have everlasting life. Oh, if I receive him,
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  Speaker 2: I will not perish. I will receive everlasting life. Now
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  Speaker 2: from the book Christ's Objects, Christ's Object Lessons, page one
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  Speaker 2: hundred and thirteen. The Bible is not to be studied
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  Speaker 2: as a common book. The Holy Spirit must bring its
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  Speaker 2: truths home to the soul. Only then will it mold
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  Speaker 2: the life. There's so many more quotes that I could share,
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  Speaker 2: but let me just share a couple of applications. A
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  Speaker 2: couple of a few applications. One is spiritual. Personalize every
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  Speaker 2: promise when you read whosoever say your own name. When
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  Speaker 2: you read John three sixteen, for God so loved David
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  Speaker 2: or ld LDH whatever I call myself when nobody is looking, hah,
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  Speaker 2: that He gave his only begotten son, that whoso oh
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  Speaker 2: that LD. When I believe, then I will receive everlasting life.
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  Speaker 2: When you read fear not receive it for your own
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  Speaker 2: current situation. Are you encountering a health challenge. Are you
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  Speaker 2: in fear of losing your your bread and butter because
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  Speaker 2: the economy is going really weird? Are you in fear
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  Speaker 2: of losing a relationship you have cherished for many years
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  Speaker 2: and you want God to mend it? Then when you
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  Speaker 2: read fear not receive it in your current situation. Personal,
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  Speaker 2: This is an approach personal. Let the Word reshape your thoughts.
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  Speaker 2: Use scripture to retrain how you see yourself, your future,
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  Speaker 2: your worth in relationships. Extend the personal nature of God's
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  Speaker 2: word to others. Speak God's truth into their lives with
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  Speaker 2: gentleness and power, and then we'll come down with professional.
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  Speaker 2: Let the principles of truth govern how you lead, how
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  Speaker 2: you serve and decide. Let the Word be your standard,
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  Speaker 2: not the culture, not the preference, not this is the
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  Speaker 2: way we've always done it, but God's word, and you
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  Speaker 2: will be successful. Make it a great day. We'll see
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  Speaker 2: you on the Sabbath if the Lord spares life. 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,