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10 04 2026 Abraham, Defender of the Covenant · 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 Sunday, October 4, 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 our lesson study series through the I
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  Speaker 2: almost said through the books of. It's not a book.
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  Speaker 2: This time it is the subject, the gift of prophecy.
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  Speaker 2: And our caption for today is Abraham, defender of the covenant. Abraham,
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  Speaker 2: the defender of the covenant. We'll get into that in
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  Speaker 2: just a moment. But before we do, I'd like to
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  Speaker 2: Let's go ahead and pray, and then we will get underway. God,
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  Speaker 2: we thank You for this new work week and the
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  Speaker 2: privilege we have to come into Your presence just one
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  Speaker 2: more time to begin our day. Now, God, will You
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  Speaker 2: teach us to live in the way that Father Abraham
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  Speaker 2: learned to live in He was the father of the faithful,
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  Speaker 2: but it was not without its bumps and bruises. Please
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  Speaker 2: help us to avoid the stuff he didn't avoid and
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  Speaker 2: live for you in our day. In Jesus' name, I pray. Amen, amen,
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  Speaker 2: and amen again. Abraham was a defender of God's covenant.
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  Speaker 2: And so right now, my most important thing or thought
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  Speaker 2: is that God chose Abraham to be an example of
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  Speaker 2: covenant faith. And Abraham did believe God. Like I said,
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  Speaker 2: it was not without its bumps and bruises, but still
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  Speaker 2: he believed God ultimately who counted it to him for righteousness.
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  Speaker 2: When Abraham believed what God said, God said, I am
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  Speaker 2: going to consider you as righteous because you believe me
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  Speaker 2: and I'm grateful. So that same gospel promise is offered
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  Speaker 2: to all of us. It's not something that we have
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  Speaker 2: to keep looking back into ancient history and saying, well,
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  Speaker 2: God did that for them back then. But in 2026,
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  Speaker 2: we should be looking for even more of this because,
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  Speaker 2: quite frankly, even back in the day, the devil had
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  Speaker 2: more power to tempt and to deceive than he did
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  Speaker 2: during Abram's day or Abraham's day. But in 2026, I mean,
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  Speaker 2: it seems like there's nothing left, no stone of deception
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  Speaker 2: left unturned, like the enemy is getting more, or I
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  Speaker 2: should say the restraint upon the enemy is reducing more
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  Speaker 2: and more as we see the Holy Ghost withdrawing in
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  Speaker 2: his power and, I shouldn't say power, in his presence.
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  Speaker 2: In his presence, I take back the power word. I apologize.
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  Speaker 2: That was a a misstatement. But in the same way
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  Speaker 2: that the Bible writers said that in Noah's day, my
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  Speaker 2: spirit will not always strive with men, and then the
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  Speaker 2: people who did not choose God were destroyed in the flood,
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  Speaker 2: we are there again. But it's worse. It's worse now.
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  Speaker 2: That's what I was trying to say when I mixed
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  Speaker 2: up my words. And so, God is saying to us
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  Speaker 2: to see that kind of thing, see that same gospel
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  Speaker 2: promise in And then, and then, as Jesus Christ was
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  Speaker 2: sacrificed in our place, we need to give God his glory.
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  Speaker 2: Give him his glory and live, and live as people
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  Speaker 2: who actually love God. And we are called according to
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  Speaker 2: his purpose. Our first lesson comes in for today from
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  Speaker 2: the Bible book of Hebrews. Hebrews chapter 11 and verse 8.
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  Speaker 2: We'll see something about Abraham early, early. And the Bible reads,
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  Speaker 2: by faith, Abraham, when he was called to go out
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  Speaker 2: into a place where he should after receive for an inheritance,
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  Speaker 2: he obeyed. He went out not knowing whether he went.
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  Speaker 2: So God called him away from his people. And he said,
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  Speaker 2: I need you to leave here and go where I
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  Speaker 2: send you. And I'll reveal that as I send you.
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  Speaker 2: I'll tell you later, but I need you to get
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  Speaker 2: up out of here now and go, Abraham. There are
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  Speaker 2: too many times that God's people in the last days
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  Speaker 2: are waiting for God to give extreme detail before we
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  Speaker 2: start to march. God didn't tell us every single detail before.
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  Speaker 2: for us to march. He said, now when I speak
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  Speaker 2: to you and I say, this is the way, that's
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  Speaker 2: the direction I need you to go. And then along
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  Speaker 2: the pathway, I will give you the specifics. So Abraham obeyed,
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  Speaker 2: he listened, he submitted, and he heeded the call. That's
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  Speaker 2: what the Greek word for obeyed means that was used
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  Speaker 2: in that text. And so Abraham's faith moved his feet.
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  Speaker 2: I'm going to slow down right there because somebody's going
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  Speaker 2: to miss it if I don't. Abraham, the faith that
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  Speaker 2: Abraham had— remember, Jesus is the author and finisher of our
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  Speaker 2: faith— the kind of faith that Abraham had caused him to
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  Speaker 2: move his feet. He didn't just think faithful thoughts. He
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  Speaker 2: didn't conceptualize faithful concepts and philosophies. He didn't just teach
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  Speaker 2: faithful lessons like I do on a regular basis. He
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  Speaker 2: obeyed even without knowing the specific pathway or the road ahead.
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  Speaker 2: Real trust in God still steps out on God's word
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  Speaker 2: before all of the answers are in. Y'all let that
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  Speaker 2: settle in, especially people like me who are analytical, who
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  Speaker 2: plan almost everything, or at least I desire to. Well,
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  Speaker 2: the Bible is teaching us, yeah, that that is not
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  Speaker 2: the way that it goes. When God says go, you
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  Speaker 2: move and let him show you what the next steps are.
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  Speaker 2: So today I want you to take one step in
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  Speaker 2: obedience today. Why don't you just start with the last
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  Speaker 2: thing God said and you didn't do yet? Whatever that was,
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  Speaker 2: the last thing that God said and you have not
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  Speaker 2: yet done, then start there. Now, if there's somebody who
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  Speaker 2: has done all that God said, then God is calling
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  Speaker 2: you now further. He's calling you higher. He's taking you
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  Speaker 2: to your next level. And radical obedience, like my sister
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  Speaker 2: friend and coach said, Lisa A. Smith, we coach together.
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  Speaker 2: Lisa A. Smith is the brain and creator of radical obedience.
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  Speaker 2: Look that up, radical obedience. What a treasure that is.
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  Speaker 2: And so take a step today and move forward with
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  Speaker 2: God has already made clear, even if you can't see
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  Speaker 2: exactly where it leads. Now we're going to go into Genesis.
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  Speaker 2: Genesis chapter 22 and verse 8. And I said to
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  Speaker 2: you earlier that, yeah, there are things that Abraham did.
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  Speaker 2: His faith was accounted unto him for righteousness, and it
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  Speaker 2: was not without its bumps and its bruises. Well, this
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  Speaker 2: is one of the bumps and bruises, because Abraham did
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  Speaker 2: that silly thing that his wife Sarah did. contrived, and
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  Speaker 2: he went in unto Hagar. He copulated with her. They
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  Speaker 2: had a child. And it's like, God didn't tell you
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  Speaker 2: to go to Hagar. You already had a wife, and
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  Speaker 2: God told you how in the world you were going
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  Speaker 2: to have this promised son. But y'all went over there.
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  Speaker 2: So one of the tests that you're going to go
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  Speaker 2: through is right here in Genesis 22 and verse 8.
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  Speaker 2: And Abraham said, my son, God, and Abraham said, my son,
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  Speaker 2: God will provide himself a lamb or a burnt offering.
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  Speaker 2: So they both went up together. So as God had
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  Speaker 2: called Abraham to sacrifice his son, Abraham went. He didn't
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  Speaker 2: tell Sarah he was going, took some young men with him,
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  Speaker 2: took everything except what Isaac would have seen as the sacrifice.
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  Speaker 2: And he's like, Daddy, like, I see the wood. Like,
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  Speaker 2: I see how you about to make this fire. I
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  Speaker 2: see everything we need except the sacrifice. And Abraham is like, oh,
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  Speaker 2: God will provide. knowing in his mind that God is
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  Speaker 2: powerful enough to bring Isaac back from the dead because
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  Speaker 2: he fully intended to sacrifice Isaac. But here is the
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  Speaker 2: gospel message. Your life is not powerful enough to save
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  Speaker 2: you from your sins. And so God showed in that
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  Speaker 2: moment that if you will have faith in me, Abraham,
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  Speaker 2: if you will have faith, Isaac, I'm going to show
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  Speaker 2: you the true pathway to salvation. And God provided the
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  Speaker 2: sacrifice so that Isaac could be spared. God is showing
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  Speaker 2: us today. that he's sparing our lives through the sacrifice
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  Speaker 2: of Jesus Christ.
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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 L. David Harris. Make it a great day.