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12 13 2024 DON'T be Troubled · 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: Good morning, good morning, good morning. It is Friday, December thirteen,
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  Speaker 2: twenty twenty four. Hello, my name is Elle 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 themes in the Gospel of John, and our
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  Speaker 2: caption for today is don't be Troubled. Don't be troubled.
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  Speaker 2: Before we get into that, i'd like to say welcome
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  Speaker 2: is one of the ways that we continue to build
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  Speaker 2: faith and fellowship. Let's go ahead and pray and then
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  Speaker 2: we will get underway. Father in Heaven, thank you for
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  Speaker 2: giving us this day and for the opportunity for us
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  Speaker 2: to prepare to prepare for the coming of our Lord,
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  Speaker 2: to prepare for the Sabbath that is coming near. I
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  Speaker 2: pray that our minds will be prepared to have a
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  Speaker 2: rich experience with you and then apply what we learn
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  Speaker 2: in our daily lives. In Jesus' name, I pray, Amen
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  Speaker 2: and Amen again. Don't be troubled. I need to share
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  Speaker 2: with you something I've never said out loud to you
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  Speaker 2: as yet. We have the Your Daily Portion Adult Study Guide,
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  Speaker 2: Life Application Companion say that three times. You can find
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  Speaker 2: that on Amazon or at your Daily Portion dot com.
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  Speaker 2: And the concept that we apply every day to four
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  Speaker 2: key areas of our lives where the lesson study is
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  Speaker 2: concerned is to win, to win, and so we're going
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  Speaker 2: to use that concept today. This approach in the spiritual application.
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  Speaker 2: We apply it spiritually, we apply it personally, professionally, and
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  Speaker 2: in our relationships where we're going to focus on winning
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  Speaker 2: or to win from a spiritual perspective today as we
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  Speaker 2: go through the lesson. Now, Jesus gave us a privilege.
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  Speaker 2: He gave us a privilege. He gave us a peak
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  Speaker 2: at the time when the disciples were discouraged, they were troubled,
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  Speaker 2: and he told them, let not your heart be troubled.
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  Speaker 2: It was a command and imperative. If you will let
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  Speaker 2: not your heart be troubled. Ye believe in God. Believe
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  Speaker 2: also and me in my Father's house are many mansions.
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  Speaker 2: If it were not so, I would have told you
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  Speaker 2: I go to prepare a place for you. And if
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  Speaker 2: I go and prepare a place for you, I will
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  Speaker 2: come again and receive you unto myself. That wherever I
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  Speaker 2: am there you will be also. And he said that
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  Speaker 2: he would leave the Holy Spirit. He would send the
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  Speaker 2: Holy Spirit in his fullness like to us down here
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  Speaker 2: on planet Earth. So that whatever Jesus commanded, we can
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  Speaker 2: still learn why, because the Holy Spirit is teaching whatsoever
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  Speaker 2: Jesus commanded. And he promised, I will be with you always,
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  Speaker 2: even to the end of the world. So no matter
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  Speaker 2: what goes on, whatever trial or tribulation is coming on,
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  Speaker 2: if God forbid there is another pandemic, I'm not wishing
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  Speaker 2: that on us, but God got us through. If there
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  Speaker 2: is some other war that we did not want or expect,
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  Speaker 2: God will get us through. If you go through a
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  Speaker 2: challenge in your relationships or personal life, God will get
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  Speaker 2: us through. Don't be troubled because this life as we
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  Speaker 2: know it will soon be done. Finally, Jesus will come
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  Speaker 2: again like he said he would, and receive us unto himself.
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  Speaker 2: And so the lesson writer actually gives us a quote
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  Speaker 2: from the Desire of Ages, page six hundred and seventy one,
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  Speaker 2: and let me read it really quickly. The comforter, this
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  Speaker 2: is the Holy Ghost. The comforter is called the spirit
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  Speaker 2: of truth. His work is to define and maintain the truth.
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  Speaker 2: He first dwells in the heart as the spirit of
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  Speaker 2: truth and thus becomes the comforter. Can you see now
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  Speaker 2: why Jesus would say, don't be troubled. Okay, there is
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  Speaker 2: comfort and peace in the truth, but no real peace
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  Speaker 2: or comfort can be found in falsehood. So there are
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  Speaker 2: people who are willingly ignorant. There are people who have
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  Speaker 2: seared our as with a hot iron by closing our eyes.
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  Speaker 2: When God brings truth to our lives and says this
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  Speaker 2: is the way, walking in it, and we go that
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  Speaker 2: way instead of this way. And so the Holy Spirit
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  Speaker 2: doesn't bring comfort or peace when we embrace falsehood. Let
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  Speaker 2: me continue. It is through false theories and traditions that
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  Speaker 2: Satan gains his power over the mind. Didn't he do
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  Speaker 2: that with Eve in the garden? By directing men to
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  Speaker 2: false standards, he MisShapes the character. Through the scriptures, the
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  Speaker 2: Holy Spirit speaks to the mind and impresses truth upon
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  Speaker 2: the heart. Thus he exposes error and expels it from
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  Speaker 2: the soul. It is by the Spirit of Truth working
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  Speaker 2: through the Word of God, that Christ subdues his chosen
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  Speaker 2: people to himself. Can I say that last part again?
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  Speaker 2: It is by the spirit of truth, speak of the
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  Speaker 2: Holy Ghost working through the Word of God, not separate
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  Speaker 2: from the Word of God, not by some experience that
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  Speaker 2: you can have with God one on one. Sometimes people
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  Speaker 2: are prizing and prioritizing that and thinking that the word
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  Speaker 2: of God is in unimportant. No, it is by the
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  Speaker 2: spirit of Truth working through the Word of God that
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  Speaker 2: Christ subdues his chosen people to himself. I'm grateful, and
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  Speaker 2: I hope you are too. If you're grateful for God's
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  Speaker 2: holy spirit of truth, go ahead and type in the
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  Speaker 2: chat I am grateful, all right, And so what we're
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  Speaker 2: going to do now is apply this spiritually. You know what,
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  Speaker 2: I change my mind. Let's not go with spiritual. We
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  Speaker 2: talk about the spiritual applications all the time. Let's go
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  Speaker 2: to our professional application. Okay, and again, this is the
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  Speaker 2: first time you've heard me call or speak about this
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  Speaker 2: out loud, which is in our companion book. When so,
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  Speaker 2: the W stands for what is important now. So in
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  Speaker 2: our professional settings, especially where discussions of faith or ethics
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  Speaker 2: may arise, grounding your perspective in the spirit of truth
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  Speaker 2: is essential. Have you ever had those quote water cooler discussions? Uh,
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  Speaker 2: that's not it only this not only sets a clear
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  Speaker 2: and strong foundation for ethical discussions or decisions, but also
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  Speaker 2: witnesses to the power of truth over falsehood. The eye.
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  Speaker 2: Now I internalize the insights, so we know what's important. Now,
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  Speaker 2: Now let's internalize the insight. Reflect on whether your professional
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  Speaker 2: no life is influenced more by human standards or spiritual truths.
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  Speaker 2: How can the spirit of truth guide your decisions, your interactions,
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  Speaker 2: your leadership. Consider the impact this shift can have on
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  Speaker 2: your integrity and effectiveness. And now that we have said
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  Speaker 2: what is important and we internalize this is where we
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  Speaker 2: normally get stuck, we need to apply it now. So
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  Speaker 2: the n the next best move this is the action
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  Speaker 2: lead by example in your workplace. It doesn't matter what
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  Speaker 2: by the way, your your role or responsibility is Lead
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  Speaker 2: by example in your workplace by grounding your actions and
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  Speaker 2: decisions on spiritual principles. You can do that quietly, or
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  Speaker 2: you can do that from out front. Encourage open dialogues
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  Speaker 2: about values and integrity, using the Word of God as
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  Speaker 2: a guiding standard. I did not say as a Bible
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  Speaker 2: study at work. I did not say to be overt
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  Speaker 2: in that way. You can. I don't know if that's
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  Speaker 2: something that you would do, but knowing what the Word
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  Speaker 2: of God teaches as a guiding standard to promote a
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  Speaker 2: culture of truth. Every workplace needs a culture of truth.
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  Speaker 2: Brothers and sisters.
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  Speaker 1: Justice.
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  Speaker 2: Every workplace needs equity, justice, righteousness, right. How we treat
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  Speaker 2: one another, how those who are in authority or in leadership,
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  Speaker 2: how we grade or evaluate the work of our employees,
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  Speaker 2: or how employees are paid, or how you treat your
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  Speaker 2: co workers, etc. So to promote the culture of truth, justice,
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  Speaker 2: and then that last big one, compassion. Compassion. I'm thankful
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  Speaker 2: because God has given us a way to win in
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  Speaker 2: all areas of our lives, and today we understand that
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  Speaker 2: we don't need to be troubled. We have Jesus on
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  Speaker 2: our side.
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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 El David Harris. Make it a great day. Yeah,