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09 12 2025 Life Application at Lunchtime Edition · 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: Hello, Hello, Hello, it is Friday, September twelve, twenty twenty five. Hello,
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  Speaker 2: my name is Elle David Harris. I am your host,
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  Speaker 2: and this is your Daily Portion. This is the Lunchtime
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  Speaker 2: Life Application Edition, and 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 through the Book of Exodus,
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  Speaker 2: and our caption for this afternoon is is the Danger
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  Speaker 2: of Idolatry. The Danger of Idolatry. And for those who
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  Speaker 2: are still getting used to this program and you're wondering,
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  Speaker 2: well what this is In the morning, you've already watched
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  Speaker 2: me and we actually went through the lesson study. But
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  Speaker 2: now we are simply applying it, applying it. Let me
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  Speaker 2: fix the audio on that video broadcast. We're applying it
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  Speaker 2: now in four key areas. And I'll keep explaining that
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  Speaker 2: until it sets in. Okay. And so for a couple
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  Speaker 2: of weeks we are going to test this out at
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  Speaker 2: lunchtime and see if you all are being benefited by it,
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  Speaker 2: then we'll continue. Otherwise we'll just continue with what we
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  Speaker 2: know has been working for the last many years. Okay,
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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: thank you for this day of preparation and for the
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  Speaker 2: time that people are stealing away now in prayer and
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  Speaker 2: considering more things about connecting with you. Please please please
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  Speaker 2: take us into your presence on this day of preparation.
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  Speaker 2: And Jesus name I pray and amen and amen again. Okay,
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  Speaker 2: and so we're going to begin as per usual with
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  Speaker 2: our spiritual application. And by the way, if you don't
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  Speaker 2: have the spirit the life application God, go to your
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  Speaker 2: Daily Portion dot com and pick it up. Okay. What
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  Speaker 2: is important now? We're winning together, when we're getting the win. Okay,
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  Speaker 2: what is important now regarding this lesson regarding the danger
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  Speaker 2: of idolatry? God, alone deserves our full attention, devotion, and worship. Okay,
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  Speaker 2: we're applying this spiritually. Think about it, God alone. Is
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  Speaker 2: there something in the way where you are worshiping something else,
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  Speaker 2: putting something or someone else in place of God or
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  Speaker 2: in priority above God. You have to think that through,
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  Speaker 2: internalize the insight. When health takes the throne, idolatry begins.
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  Speaker 2: I'm going to say it one more time. Hopefully you
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  Speaker 2: have the book and you can read along. When self
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  Speaker 2: takes the throne, idolatry begins. Creation is good, but it
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  Speaker 2: cannot replace the Creator. Did you get that? So the
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  Speaker 2: trees and the bushes, and the mountains and the valleys,
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  Speaker 2: the things that God entrusts into our care, the people,
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  Speaker 2: the animals, even some of the resources, our bank accounts,
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  Speaker 2: our investments, that cannot replace the Creator. Only God can
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  Speaker 2: fill the place that rightly belongs to Him in the heart.
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  Speaker 2: Idolatry brings excuse me, judgment because it separates us from
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  Speaker 2: His life giving experience or presence. What is the next
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  Speaker 2: best move? Examine your heart in areas where personal desire
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  Speaker 2: or creative created things have replaced God, and then repent.
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  Speaker 2: That is, to turn the shoulder, turn the shoulder and
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  Speaker 2: intentionally center your worship on him alone. Repent and intentionally
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  Speaker 2: center your worship on him alone. Let's move to personal application.
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  Speaker 2: You can tell that I am resisting the urge to teach.
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  Speaker 2: We're going to just simply read this and you are
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  Speaker 2: going to apply it. Here we go, personal application. What
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  Speaker 2: is important now Sin must be dealt with firmly to
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  Speaker 2: avoid greater corruption. That means no delay, right, delayed obedience
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  Speaker 2: is disobedience. Internalize the insight. Moses acted decisively because rebellion
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  Speaker 2: unchecked grows. You may see that in your professional life.
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  Speaker 2: I'm not going to fast forward to that yet. But
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  Speaker 2: wherever rebellion is, we have to star right here, right here,
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  Speaker 2: I'm talking about in my own life. This is a
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  Speaker 2: personal application. God's justice always operates with mercy, but mercy
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  Speaker 2: does not ignore persistent sin. And Jesus said it on
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  Speaker 2: the mount with Moses. He announced himself the Lord, the
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  Speaker 2: Lord God, and started to teach the attributes of his character.
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  Speaker 2: And he said, but will in no wise, even though
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  Speaker 2: he talked about his mercy, he said, but will in
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  Speaker 2: no wise clear the guilty. Okay, and then and then
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  Speaker 2: allow sin to spread, allowing sin to spread would have
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  Speaker 2: destroyed the entire nation and then end the next best move.
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  Speaker 2: Stay alert in areas of compromise in your life where
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  Speaker 2: God convicts respond immediately to avoid deeper patterns of sin.
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  Speaker 2: When God is coming through the Holy Ghost and saying
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  Speaker 2: this is the way, walky in it, God is telling
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  Speaker 2: us that we need to immediately respond Again, delayed obedience
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  Speaker 2: is disobedience. Let's move to relationships application w What is
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  Speaker 2: important now? Real love includes truth and accountability. Are you
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  Speaker 2: being accountable to your spouse, accountable to your children, accountable
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  Speaker 2: to your parents if necessary? In relationships at work or
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  Speaker 2: other places? Are you being accountable? Real love includes truth
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  Speaker 2: and accountability. Are you being truthful? Internalize the insight. Moses's
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  Speaker 2: love for the people did not blind him to the
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  Speaker 2: danger of their rebellion. There's some of you, God forbid,
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  Speaker 2: but some of you who turn your back or turn
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  Speaker 2: away from the reality of what's going wrong. Because we
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  Speaker 2: say we love the people, we don't want to discourage them,
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  Speaker 2: so we just kind of, you know, skirt over or
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  Speaker 2: whatever the things that are not going right. Well, this
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  Speaker 2: is saying I am saying Moses's love for the people
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  Speaker 2: did not blind him to the danger of their rebellion.
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  Speaker 2: This is what love really looks like. Loving others means
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  Speaker 2: calling them to repentance when necessary and not excusing their sin.
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  Speaker 2: Oh he's just growing up, he's youthful, and you know
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  Speaker 2: how youths are, or some other excuse that maybe you, ladies,
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  Speaker 2: may give for your husband's poor behavior. Or even in reverse, men,
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  Speaker 2: you're saying that because she's going through this or that,
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  Speaker 2: then her poor or even evil behavior is acceptable. No, no, no, no,
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  Speaker 2: no no. God is able to do exceeding abundantly above
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  Speaker 2: all we can ask or think according to the power
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  Speaker 2: that work is within us. So even in the case
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  Speaker 2: of having difficulty with victory, God is able to do
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  Speaker 2: something special there. Okay, and so the next best move
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  Speaker 2: is lovingly speak truth into one relationship today where spiritual
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  Speaker 2: accountability is needed. I'm going to be at the Lord
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  Speaker 2: Spaar's Life Diamond Akers tomorrow on the Sabbath to and
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  Speaker 2: Simone and I are going to in the afternoon do
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  Speaker 2: I wouldn't call it a seminar, but we're going to
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  Speaker 2: interact with the people about these relationships, marit to ones
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  Speaker 2: in particular, and hopefully you can come out there and
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  Speaker 2: I'll be preaching in the morning too, Okay, professional application.
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  Speaker 2: What is important now? Leadership carries the weight of moral responsibility,
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  Speaker 2: internalize the insight. Leaders cannot ignore rebellion or sin in
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  Speaker 2: the community they serve. When I was a young leader
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  Speaker 2: in I mean many many years ago, twenty some years ago,
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  Speaker 2: I was a manager in the mental health field, and
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  Speaker 2: quite frankly, nine of my eleven staff needed to be fired.
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  Speaker 2: I just I don't have any other way of saying that.
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  Speaker 2: And because I thought I was giving mercy, I let
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  Speaker 2: them stay. But they really poisoned the organization. So leaders
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  Speaker 2: cannot ignore rebellion or sin in the community they serve.
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  Speaker 2: Hard decisions must sometimes be made to protect the whole,
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  Speaker 2: and then the next best move. As we come to
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  Speaker 2: a swift close, pray for courage to address situations of
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  Speaker 2: compromise or rebellion in your leadership sphere with wisdom, grace
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  Speaker 2: and firmness. God has not left us alone to grow
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  Speaker 2: in these four key areas. Ask Him to teach you
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  Speaker 2: how to grow, and we absolutely will make it a
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  Speaker 2: 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 El David Harris. Make it a great day. Yeah,