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09 26 2026 The Creator Speaks · 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 Sabbath, September 26th, 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 beginning in our brand new lesson study series,
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  Speaker 2: The Gift of Prophecy. And our caption for today is,
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  Speaker 2: The Creator Speaks. The Creator Speaks. Well, when He speaks,
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  Speaker 2: are you listening? Am I listening? Yeah, before we get
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  Speaker 2: into that, I'd like to just say welcome to everyone
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  Speaker 2: joining us, especially those joining us for the very first time.
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  Speaker 2: I'm asking you to please go over to yourdailyportion.com. Will
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  Speaker 2: you please, please go ahead and click that button, begin
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  Speaker 2: the assessment where it says, stop guessing what to do
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  Speaker 2: with your life. Discover God's design for your life. Once
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  Speaker 2: you invest a few minutes here, you will come away
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  Speaker 2: with a personal blueprint, a clear picture of how God
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  Speaker 2: gifted you And, of course, the word behind each gift. Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.
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  Speaker 2: And please, if you are so inclined by God, please
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  Speaker 2: contribute to your daily portion ministries because we are a
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  Speaker 2: listener and viewer supported ministry. Let's go ahead and pray
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  Speaker 2: and then we will get underway. Father in heaven, please,
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  Speaker 2: will you give us that connection with you, that connection
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  Speaker 2: with you that your people over the years had started
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  Speaker 2: to take for granted and then lose. Help us to
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  Speaker 2: have the fullness of this connection and listen when you
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  Speaker 2: speak and do. In Jesus' name I pray.
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  Speaker 1: Amen.
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  Speaker 2: Amen and amen again. The Creator speaks. Are you listening?
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  Speaker 2: That is the question that I have immediately. Are you listening?
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  Speaker 1: Hmm.
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  Speaker 2: And that's the question to me. And so God created
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  Speaker 2: all of us for face-to-face communion with him. It wasn't
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  Speaker 2: until Adam and Eve sinned, but Adam in particular, that
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  Speaker 2: when God came into the Garden of Eden like he
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  Speaker 2: did customarily, we read in the Bible book of Genesis
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  Speaker 2: that he would come and be there in the cool
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  Speaker 2: of the day, a certain time of day. They knew
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  Speaker 2: that God was going to come and visit them. And
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  Speaker 2: the Bible says that after Adam sinned, God came down
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  Speaker 2: as per usual, but he had to say, Adam, where
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  Speaker 2: are you? It wasn't that God didn't know where he was,
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  Speaker 2: but Adam, yeah, Adam needed to know where he was.
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  Speaker 2: And so what God was doing was putting Adam in
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  Speaker 2: a position as the one who represented the human race.
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  Speaker 2: God created him first and then Eve. Now he's going
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  Speaker 2: to Adam to give him a point of reckoning. to
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  Speaker 2: say there is something broken and you need to know
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  Speaker 2: what that is. Remember how wonderful it was just yesterday,
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  Speaker 2: just yesterday when we had communion with each other, where
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  Speaker 2: we could walk and talk with one another and whatever
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  Speaker 2: else God and Adam and Eve did. Do you remember
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  Speaker 2: how that was? Now something is broken and I need
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  Speaker 2: you to know what it is so I can restore it.
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  Speaker 2: And so God made us for face-to-face fellowship with him.
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  Speaker 2: And he has never stopped speaking to bring you home,
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  Speaker 2: to bring me home, where we will no longer need
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  Speaker 2: to bow our heads and some people close their eyes.
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  Speaker 2: We won't be saying to our children, clasp your hands
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  Speaker 2: and sit still. We won't be doing any of that
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  Speaker 2: because it'll be a natural interaction. And God is saying
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  Speaker 2: that in the meantime, I need you to speak to
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  Speaker 2: me as me. to a friend. Every word that he
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  Speaker 2: sends through his word, through nature, through prophets, and supremely
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  Speaker 2: through Jesus Christ the Son carries one purpose. What is
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  Speaker 2: that purpose? To restore His almost effaced image or shattered
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  Speaker 2: image in you, Christ in you, the hope of glory.
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  Speaker 2: And so we go back to the very beginning in
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  Speaker 2: Genesis chapter 1, and we'll read verse 27 so we
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  Speaker 2: can get a feel of what happened. So the Bible reads,
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  Speaker 2: so God created man, humankind, in his image. In the
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  Speaker 2: image of God created he him, male and female created
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  Speaker 2: he them. So the Bible is teaching us that God
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  Speaker 2: had everything good in his mind when he created us,
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  Speaker 2: both male and female. Male, the sterner attributes of God's character. Female,
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  Speaker 2: the more nurturing attributes of God's character. And they too,
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  Speaker 2: even as they were perfect, Even before they committed a sin,
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  Speaker 2: the two of them would together form the image of God.
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  Speaker 2: Do you understand? They twain, they two would. became one,
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  Speaker 2: and that together was the manifestation of the image of God,
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  Speaker 2: not only as in male and female, but also as
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  Speaker 2: in Deuteronomy chapter 6 and verse 4. Hear, O Israel,
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  Speaker 2: the Lord our God is one Lord. That is a term,
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  Speaker 2: a special term right there, that one Lord is a
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  Speaker 2: special term that is very similar to Him creating male
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  Speaker 2: and female and putting them together to become one flesh. Ikraud.
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  Speaker 2: It means basically that they were equal. Not identical, but equal. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
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  Speaker 2: One Lord, and then you love him with all that
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  Speaker 2: you are and all that you have. I'm trying to
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  Speaker 2: stay focused here. And so that word for image in
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  Speaker 2: the text in Genesis 1 means a representation, a resemblance
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  Speaker 2: that reflects the original. Ah, it reflects the original. So
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  Speaker 2: God fashioned you to carry the very likeness of God
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  Speaker 2: and to walk with him out in the open. No
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  Speaker 2: need for praying. No need for wondering if God is
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  Speaker 2: hearing or listening. Just as we are known right now,
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  Speaker 2: being able to interact with God, that design still stands,
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  Speaker 2: of course, and God still longs to see it restored
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  Speaker 2: in you, to be restored in In you. So what
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  Speaker 2: does God want from us today? So much, but let
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  Speaker 2: me keep it simple. Set aside unhurried time. We're not rushing,
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  Speaker 2: just God and you. Unhurried time to meet with God
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  Speaker 2: as with one who bears his image. Yes, speaking, listening
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  Speaker 2: as a child would a father that the child believes
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  Speaker 2: loves him, loves her. Our second lesson comes in from
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  Speaker 2: Genesis chapter 3 and verse 9, where the Bible reads,
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  Speaker 2: And the Lord God called unto Adam, I said that
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  Speaker 2: a little bit earlier, and said unto him, Where are you?
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  Speaker 2: Where are you? Where are you? Okay, and so, and so,
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  Speaker 2: and so, when sin sent Adam into hiding, God made
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  Speaker 2: the first step to get him. God could have just
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  Speaker 2: let Adam come up with an idea to be connected
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  Speaker 2: back to God. But he could see, and he would
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  Speaker 2: have known because he's omniscient, he would have known, he
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  Speaker 2: could see that if you leave it up to Adam,
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  Speaker 2: if you leave it up to Eve, then the people
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  Speaker 2: are never going to get connected. So the Bible says
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  Speaker 2: that Adam was hiding, he was naked, he was ashamed,
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  Speaker 2: and then he started blaming Eve for his own indiscretions.
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  Speaker 2: There are some men today that are doing the same thing.
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  Speaker 2: And then Eve, of course, she did what a lot
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  Speaker 2: of the serial killers did back when I was a
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  Speaker 2: young boy in the 70s and 80s and blamed it
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  Speaker 2: on the devil. The devil made me do it. And
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  Speaker 2: so God decided that he was going to go and
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  Speaker 2: seek the sinner. And his voice is always the voice
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  Speaker 2: of the father who wants his child saved. Adam, where
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  Speaker 2: are you? Come out from under the bed, Adam. Come
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  Speaker 2: out from in the bushes, Adam. Come out of the closet, Adam.
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  Speaker 2: Don't run away from me, Adam. I need you to
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  Speaker 2: be in my presence because out there by yourself, you're
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  Speaker 2: not going to make it. You're not going to make it.
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  Speaker 2: So when you sense yourself pulling away from God, answer
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  Speaker 2: his call by coming out into the open with an
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  Speaker 2: honest word about where you truly are. That's called confession,
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  Speaker 2: by the way, brothers and sisters. So much to say.
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  Speaker 2: so little time. But God, when the Creator speaks, are
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  Speaker 2: you listening? And remember, to listen and to do should
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  Speaker 2: be synonymous. 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 L.
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  Speaker 2: David Harris.
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  Speaker 1: Make it a great day.