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11 03 2026 Literary Assistants · 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 Tuesday, November 3, 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, and our caption for today is Literary Assistance.
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  Speaker 2: literary assistance. Of course, I'm going to like this one
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  Speaker 2: a lot. Before we get into that, I'd like to
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  Speaker 2: Let's go ahead and pray, and then we will get underway.
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  Speaker 2: Father in heaven, thank you for giving us this opportunity
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  Speaker 2: to see how you use multiple people to get your
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  Speaker 2: work forward, how to get your message across, and help us, Lord,
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  Speaker 2: to embrace whatever part we play in the process. In
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  Speaker 2: Jesus' name I pray, amen and amen again. I would
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  Speaker 2: consider myself, I never use those words because that's not
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  Speaker 2: how we say it in the publishing industry, but I am,
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  Speaker 2: to some people, literary assistant. I am a literary assistant too.
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  Speaker 2: I call myself really a penman myself. Others in the
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  Speaker 2: industry call it ghostwriter. So whatever the author is trying
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  Speaker 2: to convey, I get that all out of their minds,
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  Speaker 2: out of their minds. If it's a man, if it's
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  Speaker 2: a woman, if it's a group, a company of a
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  Speaker 2: certain type, then I get that out of their minds.
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  Speaker 2: And then we put that on paper. We put it
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  Speaker 2: in paper. I'm old enough, or should I say advanced
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  Speaker 2: in age enough to or seasoned enough to remember when
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  Speaker 2: we used to use typewriters and then word processors, and
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  Speaker 2: then we got these big fancy computers. But in any case,
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  Speaker 2: we're really scribes, people who do the kind of stuff
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  Speaker 2: that I do, We're scribes. And so in the Old
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  Speaker 2: Testament and New Testament times, God's messengers often relied on
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  Speaker 2: trusted people similar to me to put their inspired thoughts
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  Speaker 2: into written form from Baruch who wrote for Jeremiah, to Tertius,
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  Speaker 2: who was the penman for the Book of Romans, for Paul.
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  Speaker 2: Do you see this? So for people who feel like
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  Speaker 2: if there is another writer involved in the process with
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  Speaker 2: the author that somehow it makes it less authentic, well,
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  Speaker 2: we have history to demonstrate the opposite. So this reminds
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  Speaker 2: us that it is the thoughts that are inspired. Remember,
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  Speaker 2: the Holy Ghost would inspire the holy men. And as
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  Speaker 2: God breathed on them in their thoughts, then those words
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  Speaker 2: became a living instrument because of God's impression.
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  Speaker 1: Yes.
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  Speaker 2: And so this reminds us that it's the thoughts that
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  Speaker 2: are inspired. faithfully carried through willing human helpers. So we're
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  Speaker 2: going to see a little example of this in Jeremiah
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  Speaker 2: chapter 36 and verse 18. Jeremiah chapter 36 and verse 18.
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  Speaker 2: People are like, what? I'm sure the Old Testament Bible
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  Speaker 2: writers wouldn't have used the term ghost writer, but it's
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  Speaker 2: the same concept, same concept. And the Bible reads, then
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  Speaker 2: Baruch answered them all. He pronounced all these words unto
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  Speaker 2: me with his mouth, and I wrote them with ink
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  Speaker 2: in the book. Okay? Baruch answered, yes, they came from
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  Speaker 2: his own mouth. I'm reading it from another translation so
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  Speaker 2: you can get the real message here. I'm not sure
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  Speaker 2: that it was clear, clear, clear in the King James
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  Speaker 2: in this case. And it says, yes, They came from
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  Speaker 2: his own mouth. He dictated all these words to me,
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  Speaker 2: and I wrote them down in ink on a scroll.
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  Speaker 2: So that means that he speaks. Jeremiah gave utterance to, uh-huh,
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  Speaker 2: and then the brother penned it, and it was the
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  Speaker 2: same message. So Jeremiah spoke God's words, and Baruch faithfully
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  Speaker 2: wrote them down. He accomplished his purpose through partnership, joining
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  Speaker 2: the prophet and the scribe in one work. Joining the who?
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  Speaker 2: The author or prophet and the scribe in one work.
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  Speaker 2: So I want you to think, are you a scribe?
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  Speaker 2: You may not be, but you may be someone's support.
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  Speaker 2: So I want the people who are support-type people to
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  Speaker 2: to support someone else's God-given work today, offering your help
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  Speaker 2: so their calling can go further. And think about it,
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  Speaker 2: that may be your calling. That support part is possibly
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  Speaker 2: your calling. Take the assessment that I mentioned to you earlier,
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  Speaker 2: and that may emerge, like you may see that very,
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  Speaker 2: very clearly. Okay, and so I'm going to read about
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  Speaker 2: the other brother that I mentioned earlier from Romans chapter
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  Speaker 2: 16 and verse 22. Romans chapter 16 and verse 22. I, Tertius,
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  Speaker 2: who wrote this epistle, salute you in the Lord. And
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  Speaker 2: you're like, what? Wait a minute.
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  Speaker 1: Wait, wait.
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  Speaker 2: Wait, I thought you were talking about Paul. I thought
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  Speaker 2: Paul wrote Romans. Well, he's talking about the penman in
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  Speaker 2: this case. So, Tertius... wrote down Paul's inspired words. So,
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  Speaker 2: the inspiration comes through the Holy Spirit to Paul. Paul
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  Speaker 2: uses someone to help him get this out, right? He
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  Speaker 2: was a quiet helper in the making of that scripture. So,
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  Speaker 2: God honors the faithful, often unseen service that carries his
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  Speaker 2: message to others. And I want to say that I
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  Speaker 2: wrote a book. I wrote a book for two really
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  Speaker 2: influential brothers. And the blessing is that we all prayed
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  Speaker 2: through that process. And I am grateful because I am
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  Speaker 2: seeing the fruit of some of that great work. And
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  Speaker 2: it was all due to us asking God to do
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  Speaker 2: what no human could possibly do. You understand what I'm saying?
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  Speaker 2: So by the Holy Spirit, We all work together more
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  Speaker 2: than 28 hours of time over a long period of time.
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  Speaker 2: I can't even begin to tell you how long it took.
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  Speaker 2: But over that period of time, and now the output
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  Speaker 2: is something that God has already stamped his approval on. Now,
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  Speaker 2: of course, I'm not talking about prophecies. I'm not talking
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  Speaker 2: about scriptures. We're not going to that level. But what
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  Speaker 2: I am saying is that I know what that process
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  Speaker 2: is because I've been intimately involved in that. for many years. Okay,
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  Speaker 2: so we know that that's what he did. And then
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  Speaker 2: serve God. That's what we really need to get to here.
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  Speaker 2: Serve God faithfully today in a task not one, no,
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  Speaker 2: no one may notice. So there are some things that
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  Speaker 2: people may not notice, right? One or two or five
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  Speaker 2: or 20 of the tasks that God has entrusted to
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  Speaker 2: you There are some of them that nobody will notice.
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  Speaker 2: And God is saying, I want you to be faithful
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  Speaker 2: to that task, whether your name's ever in lights or not,
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  Speaker 2: whether anybody will ever recognize you, give you a plaque
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  Speaker 2: or some other thing that a lot of people like
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  Speaker 2: to see on their walls. God is saying, I want
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  Speaker 2: you to commit to that and trust that God sees
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  Speaker 2: and uses the hidden service. Very interesting. Very interesting today.
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  Speaker 2: Literary assistance.
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  Speaker 1: Hmm. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Thank God for them.
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  Speaker 1: Make it a great day. Peace. Thanks for joining us,
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  Speaker 1: listening friends. Always remember, we cannot live by bread alone,
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  Speaker 1: but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.
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  Speaker 1: This has been your daily portion with L. David Harris.
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  Speaker 1: Make it a great day.