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10 04 2024 Walk by Faith · 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,
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  Speaker 1: Elle David Harris.
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  Speaker 2: Good morning, Good morning, good morning. It is Friday, October fourth,
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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 Walk by Faith. I just want
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  Speaker 2: to say it a little bit more slowly, walk by Faith.
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  Speaker 2: We'll get into that in just a moment, but first
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  Speaker 2: I'd like to say welcome to you and ask you
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  Speaker 2: to please go over to your Daily Portion dot com,
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  Speaker 2: please join our online community, pick up the Your Daily
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  Speaker 2: Portion book, and most importantly, I need you to click
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  Speaker 2: that number seven. I have something that is transformational for
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  Speaker 2: you behind that number seven. Okay, so click the number seven.
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  Speaker 2: In particular, this is one of the ways that we
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  Speaker 2: continue to build faith and fellowship. Let's go ahead and pray,
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  Speaker 2: and then we will get underway. Father and Heaven, Thank
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  Speaker 2: you for this day. Thank you for loving us so
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  Speaker 2: much and giving us the opportunity to open up your
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  Speaker 2: word again. And I pray that we will literally walk
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  Speaker 2: by faith and not by sight. In Jesus' name, I
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  Speaker 2: pray Amen and Amen again, walk by faith. I'm thankful
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  Speaker 2: because God has given us all a measure of faith.
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  Speaker 2: And when I say us, I'm not talking about every believer.
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  Speaker 2: I'm saying every human being who has ever been born
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  Speaker 2: has received at least a measure of faith. And of
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  Speaker 2: course we have the opportunity and privilege to improve upon
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  Speaker 2: that faith. And when I say improve, I'm saying, exercise
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  Speaker 2: the little measure that God has given to us. And
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  Speaker 2: then thank you, by God's grace. If we are doing
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  Speaker 2: exactly how God would intend for us, then our faith
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  Speaker 2: will grow to where our faith will lay hold upon
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  Speaker 2: the power of God and we will become holy. We
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  Speaker 2: will become holy, we will become children of God and
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  Speaker 2: do God's will, okay, And so we walk by faith
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  Speaker 2: and not by sight. Jesus is the author and the
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  Speaker 2: finisher of our faith. And so this is the baseline
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  Speaker 2: of what we will discuss today. Now we're going based
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  Speaker 2: on some of the stories that we have read this week.
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  Speaker 2: The lessons we will read from the book The Desire
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  Speaker 2: of Ages, page two hundred eight. The Desire of Ages,
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  Speaker 2: page two hundred and eight, and it reads, Jesus had
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  Speaker 2: given him, that is, the paralyzed man no assurance of
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  Speaker 2: divine help. We were reading about a man at the
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  Speaker 2: pool of Bethesda, and of course some others have received
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  Speaker 2: this kind of experience with Christ. The man might have
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  Speaker 2: stopped to doubt and lost one chance, his one chance
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  Speaker 2: of healing. But he believed Christ's word, and in acting
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  Speaker 2: upon it he received strength. Did you hear that? Let
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  Speaker 2: me say it again. He believed Christ's word. Sometimes we
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  Speaker 2: say we believe, but we don't do what he did. Next,
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  Speaker 2: it says, but he believed Christ's word and in acting
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  Speaker 2: upon it. So in the moment that we say in
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  Speaker 2: our minds, we confess with our mouths whatever it is
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  Speaker 2: we have this inclination to believe God's word, we must
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  Speaker 2: act upon it. We act upon it because God's biddings
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  Speaker 2: are enablings. When he says, you know, opens up an
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  Speaker 2: opportunity for filling the blanket, doesn't matter what it is,
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  Speaker 2: and then we don't act upon it, then that just
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  Speaker 2: demonstrates we don't actually believe. And then the power that
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  Speaker 2: God wants to flood into our lives cannot come. Why
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  Speaker 2: not because we're not acting upon what we believe. Do
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  Speaker 2: you act upon what you believe in terms of positive
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  Speaker 2: and holy relationships with people? Do you act upon what
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  Speaker 2: you believe? In terms of how you conduct business and
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  Speaker 2: do your work from day to day? Do you act
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  Speaker 2: upon what you believe or what you know God's will
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  Speaker 2: is for your health and so forth. So now he
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  Speaker 2: receives his stre but he only receives it once he
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  Speaker 2: acts upon what he believes. That is, by faith, continuing
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  Speaker 2: the quote, through the same faith, we may receive spiritual healing.
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  Speaker 2: By sin, we have been severed from the life of God.
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  Speaker 2: Our souls are paralyzed, our of ourselves. We are no
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  Speaker 2: more capable of living a holy life than was the
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  Speaker 2: impotent man capable of walking. Remember the dude couldn't walk
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  Speaker 2: thirty and eight years. Thirty eight years he couldn't walk.
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  Speaker 2: How old are you like? If you want to put
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  Speaker 2: it in the chat, go ahead, Yeah, go ahead and
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  Speaker 2: put it in the chat, like, I'm approaching fifty one.
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  Speaker 2: In just about ten days, I'll be fifty one. So
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  Speaker 2: for most of my lifetime, this brother could not walk.
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  Speaker 2: Of ourselves, we are no more capable of living a
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  Speaker 2: holy life than was the impotent man capable of walking.
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  Speaker 2: Let these desponding, struggling ones look up. The Savior is
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  Speaker 2: bending over the purchase of his blood. That's us saying,
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  Speaker 2: with inexpressible tenderness and pity, wilt thou be made whole.
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  Speaker 2: He bids you a rise in health and peace. Do
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  Speaker 2: not wait to feel that you are made whole. Come on,
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  Speaker 2: do not wait to feel that you are made whole.
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  Speaker 2: Believe his word and it will be fulfilled. Did you
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  Speaker 2: hear that? Don't wait till you feel it. Don't wait
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  Speaker 2: till you feel like you're going to be successful. Don't
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  Speaker 2: wait until you feel like your relationships can turn for
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  Speaker 2: the better. Don't wait until you can feel like you
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  Speaker 2: can make more intelligent and wise decisions in your business
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  Speaker 2: and work dealings. Don't wait until you feel anything. I
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  Speaker 2: need you to do what this man did. Do not
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  Speaker 2: wait till you feel that you are made whole. Believe
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  Speaker 2: his word. Believe his word and it will be fulfilled.
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  Speaker 2: I said, believe his word and it will be fulfilled.
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  Speaker 2: Put your will on the side of Christ. Will to
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  Speaker 2: serve him. Ooh, I love it. Will to serve him.
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  Speaker 2: And in acting upon his word you will receive strength.
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  Speaker 2: I think I've read that before, Like is there an
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  Speaker 2: echo in here? You will receive strength, whatever may be
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  Speaker 2: the evil practice the master passion, which through long indulgence
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  Speaker 2: binds both soul and body. Like we have habits, human
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  Speaker 2: beings have habits, there are sin habits that you have
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  Speaker 2: been bound by. And I don't want to go through
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  Speaker 2: a detailed list of things that you may have done
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  Speaker 2: that is against God's will. The Bible is teaching us,
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  Speaker 2: and inspiration is teaching us. No matter what it is,
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  Speaker 2: No matter what it is, Christ is able and longs
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  Speaker 2: to deliver. He will impart life to the soul that
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  Speaker 2: is dead in trespasses. According to Ephesians, chapter two and
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  Speaker 2: verse one, he will set free the captive that is
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  Speaker 2: held by weakness and misfortune and the chains of sin.
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  Speaker 2: So what I'm doing today is inviting all of us,
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  Speaker 2: whether you are a believer thank God, or somebody who
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  Speaker 2: well for whatever reason, you've been watching or you are
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  Speaker 2: watching or listening today for the first time and you
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  Speaker 2: have tried to figure it out on your own all
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  Speaker 2: of this time, God is giving us the opportunity to
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  Speaker 2: walk by faith and so act on faith, not assurance.
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  Speaker 2: I just want to say it that way, walk by
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  Speaker 2: faith and not assurance. There are times that we are
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  Speaker 2: wondering if this is gonna work. Is it gonna work?
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  Speaker 2: Don't wait until you feel completely assured that it'll work, Okay.
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  Speaker 2: I also want you to consider this text in Matthew
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  Speaker 2: chapter nine, verse twenty two. But Jesus turned him about.
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  Speaker 2: And when he turned him about, and when he saw her,
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  Speaker 2: he said, daughter, be of good courage or comfort. Thy
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  Speaker 2: faith hath made thee whole, And the woman was made
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  Speaker 2: whole from that hour. In another time that Jesus healed someone,
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  Speaker 2: he wanted the person not to be the woman not
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  Speaker 2: to be discouraged. He wanted her to be encouraged that
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  Speaker 2: no matter all of the things that she has done
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  Speaker 2: in the past, and failed to affect her healing. She now,
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  Speaker 2: she now will be made whole. So spiritual healing, physical healing,
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  Speaker 2: and all kinds of healing come by faith. So walk
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  Speaker 2: by faith and not by sight, and then God will
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  Speaker 2: come through for you in a miraculous way. Make it
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  Speaker 2: a great day.
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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.