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11 08 2025 Ultimate Loyalty - Worship in a War Zone · 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 Sabbath, November eighth,
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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 Lessons of Faith from Joshua, and our caption
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  Speaker 2: for today is ultimate Loyalty Worship in a war zone.
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  Speaker 2: Ultimate Loyalty Worship in a war zone. 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 welcome to everyone joining us, especially those joining us
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  Speaker 2: for the very first time. Please go over to your
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  Speaker 2: let us know where you are in the world at
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  Speaker 2: your Daily portion dot com. This is one of the
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  Speaker 2: ways that we continue to build faith and fellowship. Let's pray, Father,
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  Speaker 2: thank you for this Sabbath morning. Help us to live
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  Speaker 2: like your children should live. Help us to be faithful
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  Speaker 2: to you no matter what circumstance we find ourselves. In
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  Speaker 2: Jesus' name, I pray Amen and Amen again. Ultimate loyalty.
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  Speaker 2: That's worship in a war zone. So we're gonna go
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  Speaker 2: ahead and begin with our lesson study memory text that
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  Speaker 2: comes in from the Book of Matthew Matthew chapter six,
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  Speaker 2: and I will read verse thirty three. The Bible reads,
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  Speaker 2: but seek ye first the Kingdom of God and his righteousness,
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  Speaker 2: and then God says, in all these things shall be
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  Speaker 2: added unto you. Well, what things Jesus was speaking specifically
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  Speaker 2: of the things that we need. Can you imagine there
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  Speaker 2: are times that we feel like we need water, we
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  Speaker 2: need somewhere to lay our head, We need clothing, food, clothing,
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  Speaker 2: and shelter. You see, Jesus said that after those things,
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  Speaker 2: we're talking about necessities. We're not talking about excess, We're
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  Speaker 2: not talking about things over which people are covetous he's saying,
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  Speaker 2: your necessities. People who are seeking after those things hmmm.
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  Speaker 2: He said, those individuals are gentiles. They're separated from God,
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  Speaker 2: because I will take care of you. You take care
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  Speaker 2: of my things, and I'll take care of yours. Seek
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  Speaker 2: first the Kingdom of God. Seek first his right, pacerighteousness,
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  Speaker 2: and all things needful will be added unto you. So
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  Speaker 2: God will take care of you. I'm tempted to sing
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  Speaker 2: that him be not dismayed where they're be tied. God
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  Speaker 2: will take care of you. And so our first lesson
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  Speaker 2: in this context is coming in from the Book of Exodus,
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  Speaker 2: chapter twelve and verse six, where we will learn that
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  Speaker 2: worship comes before warfare, and the Bible reads and ye
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  Speaker 2: shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the
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  Speaker 2: same month, and the whole assembly of the congregation shall
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  Speaker 2: kill it in the evening. Of course, we're talking about
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  Speaker 2: a specific perse ceremony that God set in place, like
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  Speaker 2: Joshua led God's people into the Promised Land, not as warriors.
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  Speaker 2: It's very interesting to me, but their hearts were renewed.
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  Speaker 2: They were not holding up their swords and shields saying
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  Speaker 2: we have on the conquest over the Canaanites or anybody
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  Speaker 2: else for that matter. They were there with their hearts renewed.
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  Speaker 2: Before conquering Canaan, he commanded circumcision. We read a little
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  Speaker 2: bit about this whole thing here in Exodus chapter twelve.
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  Speaker 2: I should have left, I should have brought more in
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  Speaker 2: there and in the passover acts of worship that re
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  Speaker 2: established covenant loyalty and enemy territory. As in Joshua chapter five,
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  Speaker 2: verses one through twelve. It seemed illogical to pause for
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  Speaker 2: worship while surrounded by danger, But every obedience to God's
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  Speaker 2: priorities secured his protection. So maybe you need to just
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  Speaker 2: pause right now. You feel like you're on the losing team.
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  Speaker 2: How you're on your back foot. You are losing focus
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  Speaker 2: somehow because you seem to be the underdog. Well, God
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  Speaker 2: is saying, invest time in worship. Invest time in worship
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  Speaker 2: before confronting any battle. Worship, and then remember the songwriter.
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  Speaker 2: The songwriter said, don't wait till the battle is over.
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  Speaker 2: You can fight now. I mean you can shout now.
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  Speaker 2: Let me say it again, don't wait till the battle
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  Speaker 2: is over. You can shout now because you know in
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  Speaker 2: the end you're gonna win. So before confronting any battle,
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  Speaker 2: worship God. Let's surrender to God precede all of your planning,
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  Speaker 2: all of your strategy. Don't work. First, and then take
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  Speaker 2: it to God to say could you put your stamp
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  Speaker 2: of approval on this? No, go to God and say, God,
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  Speaker 2: now I don't know what to do. I am but
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  Speaker 2: a small child. I have no idea how to go
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  Speaker 2: or to come. Will you please show me what my strategy,
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  Speaker 2: what my next move, what my next pause or delay
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  Speaker 2: should be. Will you show me how to do things
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  Speaker 2: in a way that pleases you. Our second left lesson
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  Speaker 2: comes in from Deuteronomy chapter eight and verse eleven. True
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  Speaker 2: faith thrives under pressure. Beware that thou forget not the
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  Speaker 2: Lord thy God, in not keeping his commandments, his judgments,
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  Speaker 2: and his statutes. You see, Joshua built an altar to
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  Speaker 2: the Lord while the war of Canaan still raged. You
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  Speaker 2: can look that up in Joshua chapter eight, beginning at
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  Speaker 2: verse thirty. To worship in wartime required courage and conviction.
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  Speaker 2: It showed that God's people had real strength. It wasn't
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  Speaker 2: in weapons, it was in worship. Likewise, our most powerful
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  Speaker 2: victories come not when life is calm, but when we
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  Speaker 2: trust God amid the chaos. Spiritual loyalty is proven when
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  Speaker 2: faith remains steady in the storm. Shelter, my God is
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  Speaker 2: a shelter in the time of storm. Now let me
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  Speaker 2: just say, let me just say here that sometimes we
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  Speaker 2: become can become forgetful of God's goodness in the past.
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  Speaker 2: And he is saying that if you put on the
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  Speaker 2: entire armor of God, if I were to ask you
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  Speaker 2: to count the implements attached to the armor of God,
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  Speaker 2: I don't know what number. Would you say? How many
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  Speaker 2: implements of war are the armor of God? Is it one?
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  Speaker 2: Is it six? Is it five? Is it more? What
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  Speaker 2: is the number? And I wish I had read the
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  Speaker 2: text so you would have it firm in your mind already.
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  Speaker 2: But there were seven implements of war, the last of which,
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  Speaker 2: the last of which many people overlook. It includes prayer
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  Speaker 2: in all supplications with thanksgiving. God has given us seven
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  Speaker 2: implements of war, so that when we submit to Him
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  Speaker 2: we will win by his grace. The third and final
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  Speaker 2: lesson for today is worship, renews covenant and focus here
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  Speaker 2: from the Hebrews Chapter nine and verse twelve. Hebrews Chapter
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  Speaker 2: nine and verse twelve. Neither by the blood of goats
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  Speaker 2: and of calves, but by his own blood. He entered
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  Speaker 2: in once into the Holy Place, having obtained eternal redemption
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  Speaker 2: for us. You see, Jesus. Jesus has established the covenant.
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  Speaker 2: I spoke to you about this the other day, where
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  Speaker 2: he keeps both sides of the covenant, the God side
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  Speaker 2: and the human side. And he gives us the ability
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  Speaker 2: now to enter into covenant because of his obedience while
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  Speaker 2: he was living in human flesh. And so and so,
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  Speaker 2: I'm grateful that God has given us a way to
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  Speaker 2: have eternal redemption. That's through Christ, for us to have
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  Speaker 2: a in the Kingdom of God. And so I want
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  Speaker 2: you to build an altar, not a real altar, not
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  Speaker 2: a real altar, but a place. I want you to
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  Speaker 2: have a place in your daily life is through prayer,
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  Speaker 2: through scripture, gratitude, and let your worship renew your loyalty
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  Speaker 2: to God. God's people built an altar in Mount Eboll
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  Speaker 2: to read and read the Law aloud in the presence
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  Speaker 2: of the whole nation. In that sacred moment, their focus
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  Speaker 2: shifted from conquest to covenant. Worship renews our focus and
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  Speaker 2: our loyalty even in a war zone. Make it a
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  Speaker 2: great sabbath 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,