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07 10 2025 The Circumcision · 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 2: 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 Thursday, July tenth,
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  Speaker 2: twenty twenty five. Hello, my name is El David Harris.
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  Speaker 2: I am your host, and this is your Daily Portion
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  Speaker 2: where we give you God's word every single day, and
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  Speaker 2: today is no exception. We are continuing in our Lesson
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  Speaker 2: study series through the Book of Exodus, and our caption
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  Speaker 2: for today is the Circumcision. The Circumcision. We'll get into
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  Speaker 2: that in just a moment, but first I like to
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  Speaker 2: say say welcome to everyone joining us, especially those joining
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  Speaker 2: us for the very first time. I'm asking you to
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  Speaker 2: our online community, pick up your Daily Portion Life application guide,
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  Speaker 2: and let us know where you are in the world
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  Speaker 2: at your daily portion dot com. This is one of
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  Speaker 2: the ways that we continue to build faith and fellowship.
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  Speaker 2: Let's go ahead and pray. Father, we thank you for
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  Speaker 2: giving us the privilege of serving you. Help us to
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  Speaker 2: serve you with our whole hearts. In Jesus name, I
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  Speaker 2: pray Amen and Amen again. And so as we begin
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  Speaker 2: our discussion this morning, I need to ask a couple
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  Speaker 2: of a few questions. Number one, what has God told
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  Speaker 2: you to do? What has God told you to do?
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  Speaker 2: And then really the next question is of critical importance
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  Speaker 2: are you doing it? And I have to ask myself
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  Speaker 2: the same thing as I was preparing for you. That
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  Speaker 2: is the point of reflection for me. Am I doing
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  Speaker 2: what God said to do? Because if I'm not living,
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  Speaker 2: as some of the old believers used to say, up
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  Speaker 2: to the light that God has given me, he is
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  Speaker 2: not going to give me more light. I had to
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  Speaker 2: be careful with how I describe the light. I don't
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  Speaker 2: want to say new light. I want to say more light.
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  Speaker 2: He's not going to expand my understanding. He's not going
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  Speaker 2: to expand my responsibility. It may look like it from
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  Speaker 2: an earthly lens, but in reality, from his perspective, he
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  Speaker 2: only will give us what we are responsible to use.
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  Speaker 2: Now that sounds you know, it sounds okay, but really
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  Speaker 2: we need to think of it more seriously. If we're
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  Speaker 2: not living up to the light that God has given us,
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  Speaker 2: that means that we are delaying our obedience. Laid obedience
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  Speaker 2: is dis obedience, and that is not good. That is
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  Speaker 2: not good. Let that settle in. Okay. So when you
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  Speaker 2: have God's rod in your hand, we're talking about Moses's story,
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  Speaker 2: so you know that God gave him a rod and
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  Speaker 2: et cetera. Go in peace, no matter what. Don't backtrack,
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  Speaker 2: don't look at what may be in front of you,
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  Speaker 2: like in terms of your challenges, your fears, your concerns.
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  Speaker 2: When you have the rod of God, that is what
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  Speaker 2: God has called you to do. Now you're not delaying obedience.
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  Speaker 2: You're moving forward in faith. Do not fear, just run forward.
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  Speaker 2: And so let's go with a few lessons here and
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  Speaker 2: then we know, actually you know what. Let's let's go
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  Speaker 2: ahead and read from the Patriarchs and Prophets quote first,
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  Speaker 2: and it reads page two fifty six, two fifty five
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  Speaker 2: and two fifty six on the way from Midian Moses
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  Speaker 2: received a start and a terrible warning of God's displeasure.
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  Speaker 2: An angel appeared to him in a threatening manner, as
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  Speaker 2: if he would immediately destroy him. We've seen the people
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  Speaker 2: of God have these experiences more than once. Yes, an
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  Speaker 2: angel appeared in a threatening manner, as if he would
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  Speaker 2: destroy him. No explanation was given, but Moses remembered that
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  Speaker 2: he had disregarded one How many one of God's requirements?
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  Speaker 2: How many requirements was that the tree of the knowledge
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  Speaker 2: of good and evil? Just one? Don't eat of it,
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  Speaker 2: and in the day that you eat thereof you shall
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  Speaker 2: surely die. One where adultery is concerned with the king David.
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  Speaker 2: How many requirements where murder was concerned. How many requirements
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  Speaker 2: where conspiracy to commit murder? Huh? How many requirements? Just one? Okay?
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  Speaker 2: And so Moses remembered that he had disregarded one of
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  Speaker 2: God's requirements. Thank God for the Holy Ghost. He had
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  Speaker 2: neglected to form perform the right of circumcision upon his
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  Speaker 2: young son. He had failed to comply with the condition
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  Speaker 2: by which his child could be entitled to the blessings
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  Speaker 2: of God's covenant with Israel. And such a neglect on
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  Speaker 2: the part of their chosen leader. You know, the Bible
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  Speaker 2: says to whom much is given, much is required. Leaders
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  Speaker 2: God's people, leaders of God's People, leaders in the House
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  Speaker 2: of God. I hope you're listening. And of course I
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  Speaker 2: can't turn my mic up without also turning up my
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  Speaker 2: headphones because I need to be listening as well. Of course,
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  Speaker 2: and so and so so the leaders in Israel. Such
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  Speaker 2: a neglect on the part of their chosen leader, God
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  Speaker 2: could not lessen the four of the Divine Precepts upon
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  Speaker 2: the people's Eporah, fearing that her husband would be slain slain,
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  Speaker 2: performed the rite herself, and the Angel then permitted Moses
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  Speaker 2: to pursue his journey. Can I just say, isn't it
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  Speaker 2: a blessing to have your wife who is keen on
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  Speaker 2: the voice of God, even if it's in a desperate moment.
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  Speaker 2: Thank God? Thank God. In his mission to Pharaoh, Moses
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  Speaker 2: was to be placed in a position of great peril.
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  Speaker 2: His life could be preserved only through the protection of
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  Speaker 2: holy angels. But while living in neglect of a known duty.
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  Speaker 2: Are you listening? He would not be secure, for he
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  Speaker 2: could not be shielded by the angels of God. And
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  Speaker 2: so really, the guidance for this moment for all of
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  Speaker 2: us is to make sure or we keep our record
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  Speaker 2: clean with God. I did not say clean ourselves up.
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  Speaker 2: I mean if you confess your sins. God said to
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  Speaker 2: all of us he is faithful, He is just to
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  Speaker 2: forgive us our sins and to cleanse us all righteous
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  Speaker 2: from all unrighteousness. He also said that those who who
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  Speaker 2: cover our sins will not prosper. You see, So we
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  Speaker 2: want to go to God and agree with him and say, God,
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  Speaker 2: let me have the power of your holy goost, so
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  Speaker 2: I can do what you have called me to do.
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  Speaker 2: So any neglect puts us at great peril. Ah. This
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  Speaker 2: is a truth that so few people really want to hear.
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  Speaker 2: But you know what, it's not about what we desire. Really,
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  Speaker 2: It's about what God desires in our lives, and He
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  Speaker 2: will give us both to will and to do of
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  Speaker 2: his good pleasure. Let's apply this in our professional lives. Okay,
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  Speaker 2: we're using that win approach WI win. It's a framework.
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  Speaker 2: What is important now neglecting even small areas of integrity.
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  Speaker 2: Think about how you use money, Think about your responsibilities professionally,
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  Speaker 2: think about your influence professionally. Even in quote small areas
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  Speaker 2: of integrity can weaken your leadership influence. God calls leaders
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  Speaker 2: to model full obedience. I internalize the insight Moses's private
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  Speaker 2: neglect could have undermined his public authority. We've seen that before.
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  Speaker 2: Leaders must first be obedient in private before leading in public.
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  Speaker 2: I remember speaking to a group of leaders back in
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  Speaker 2: twenty thirteen, and I just knew that this would have
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  Speaker 2: been received. Well, I was wrong. I was wrong, And
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  Speaker 2: some really in that moment made it seem as if
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  Speaker 2: the story of Jonah was a good mod like, well,
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  Speaker 2: God used Jonah, and it was like, okay, so are
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  Speaker 2: you saying that the model of disobedience going the wrong direction,
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  Speaker 2: being upset with God for being godly and all of
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  Speaker 2: these things is a model of good behavior? Come on?
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  Speaker 2: And yeah, it took us some years to get through
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  Speaker 2: that challenge. But the fact is that private obedience is
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  Speaker 2: key before public leadership. And then and what is the
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  Speaker 2: next best move? Review your professional life for any neglected
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  Speaker 2: responsibilities or ethical lapses, correct them swiftly to ensure your
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  Speaker 2: leadership remains under God's full protection. Oh my, I'm grateful
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  Speaker 2: that the Holy Ghost is here to help us 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,