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06 10 2026 The Road to Emmaus · 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 Wednesday, June tenth,
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  Speaker 2: twenty twenty six. 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 about how to have a right relationship with God,
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  Speaker 2: and our caption for today is the Road to the
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  Speaker 2: Road to Amaus. That's a real place. There was an
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  Speaker 2: interesting experience for some of the followers of Christ there.
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  Speaker 2: Before we get into that, I'd like to say welcome
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  Speaker 2: Let's go ahead and pray, and then we will get underway. Father,
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  Speaker 2: We thank you for this new day and for the
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  Speaker 2: privilege we have to come into your presence. Please help
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  Speaker 2: us to when you are near, help us to see you,
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  Speaker 2: help us to recognize your handiwork, your movements. Help us
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  Speaker 2: to always be aware of your presence, His Father, in
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  Speaker 2: Jesus' name, I pray, Amen and Amen again the road
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  Speaker 2: to mas So Jesus had already given his life for us.
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  Speaker 2: The Bible says that he laid down his life, and
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  Speaker 2: he laid down his life so that he died the
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  Speaker 2: death that we deserve, so we can live the life
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  Speaker 2: that he deserves. We can have the reward that he
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  Speaker 2: is deserving of. You understand. So Jesus gave his life.
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  Speaker 2: And then there came a point where his disciples, even
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  Speaker 2: the ones whose names we don't know, some of them
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  Speaker 2: were very discouraged. I think I would say all of
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  Speaker 2: them were discouraged because they're like, wait a minute, how
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  Speaker 2: can our savior be crucified? Like how could it be
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  Speaker 2: that Jesus died even though the prophecies foretold Jesus said
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  Speaker 2: what was going to happen, and that he would not
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  Speaker 2: remain in the tomb. But the fact is that they
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  Speaker 2: were distraught. Jesus had been tried, he had been mocked,
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  Speaker 2: he had been beaten, and his bruised body was hanging
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  Speaker 2: on across before he breathed this last breath, and it
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  Speaker 2: seemed that Jesus was in despair as he cried out
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  Speaker 2: to his father about why is it? Why are you
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  Speaker 2: forsaking me? What have I done to be forsaken? And
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  Speaker 2: so for some that was the final thing that they
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  Speaker 2: remembered from the week prior. It's like, what in the
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  Speaker 2: world is going on? What's going on? And so some
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  Speaker 2: of Jesus's followers were disappointed and discouraged and this and
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  Speaker 2: discome fitted. They were confused. But the long story short
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  Speaker 2: is that when Jesus had already risen, Jesus had already
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  Speaker 2: begun his new or the new phase of his mission,
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  Speaker 2: which is a long story, but I'll just leave that there.
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  Speaker 2: He was walking on a pathway, a real live road
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  Speaker 2: next to some on the Bible would say, were his
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  Speaker 2: disciples his followers, and they were discouraged, and Jesus is saying,
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  Speaker 2: I see that you're discouraged. What's going on? And they're
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  Speaker 2: looking at him like what like were you are you
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  Speaker 2: hiding under a rock? Like what do you mean? What's
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  Speaker 2: going on? Don't you realize what happened to Jesus? Then
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  Speaker 2: the Bible says basically that Jesus taught them from the scriptures,
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  Speaker 2: beginning at the beginning of the then known scriptures right
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  Speaker 2: through to the completion of the then known scriptures, the
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  Speaker 2: things concerning himself. He taught them the gospel of Jesus Christ.
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  Speaker 2: He taught them about himself through the scriptures or the
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  Speaker 2: scrolls that they had at that time. And then he
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  Speaker 2: opened up their eyes. And then at some point now
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  Speaker 2: he's no longer there, uh, And they're like, wait a minute,
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  Speaker 2: did not our hearts burn within us as he walked
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  Speaker 2: with us along the way. And so for me it's
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  Speaker 2: ominous because there are times that people don't realize that
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  Speaker 2: Jesus is right there in our times of difficulty. Jesus
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  Speaker 2: is right there in our times of triumph, Jesus is
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  Speaker 2: there as long as we welcome him. There there are
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  Speaker 2: times that, even like I said, in that moment, Jesus
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  Speaker 2: felt forsaken where he could not sense the presence of
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  Speaker 2: his father. So he knows what it's like when human
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  Speaker 2: beings cannot really sense the presence. And so let me
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  Speaker 2: start with our lesson number one. Before I start preaching.
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  Speaker 2: I'll read what I had sort of cited here from Luke,
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  Speaker 2: chapter twenty four and verse twenty seven. The Bible reads,
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  Speaker 2: and at beginning at Moses and all prophets, he expounded
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  Speaker 2: unto them in all scriptures the things concerning himself, the
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  Speaker 2: things concerning himself. Jesus explained their situation through scripture. Their
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  Speaker 2: confusion came from an incomplete understanding. So Jesus did in
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  Speaker 2: the same way that God sent Gabrielle to Danielle in
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  Speaker 2: Daniel chapter ten. He sent the angel to encourage Danielle,
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  Speaker 2: to tell him that he has beloved of God and favored,
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  Speaker 2: and to give him skill concerning the thing over which
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  Speaker 2: he contend of. I think it was the seventy the
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  Speaker 2: captivity that Jeremiah had prophesied about. Jesus was giving them
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  Speaker 2: a complete understanding of where the world was and the
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  Speaker 2: experience that they were having trying to reconcile this. And
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  Speaker 2: so what is the practice? Now return to the scriptures today.
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  Speaker 2: We can go right there, because that's what Jesus did.
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  Speaker 2: He took their minds to the scriptures. Gabriel took Daniel's
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  Speaker 2: mind into the mindset of God our Father, and then
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  Speaker 2: taught him, gave him skill concerning the prophecy that he
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  Speaker 2: was struggling over. So just go straight there, brothers and sisters.
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  Speaker 2: Return to the scriptures and allow God's word to reshape
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  Speaker 2: how you see your situation, whatever your trials are, whatever
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  Speaker 2: your level of confusion is, whatever it is, God has
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  Speaker 2: already given an answer in principle or in direct teaching,
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  Speaker 2: and under the Holy Spirit, he will open up his
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  Speaker 2: eyes and show you the things concerning Jesus Christ. Our
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  Speaker 2: lesson number two comes in from what I just said
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  Speaker 2: again from Luke chapter twenty four and verse thirty one.
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  Speaker 2: And their eyes were opened and they knew him, and
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  Speaker 2: he vanished out of their sight. God is teaching us
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  Speaker 2: that He is present with us, and there are times
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  Speaker 2: that we don't discern his voice. We don't discern his presence,
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  Speaker 2: but he is still with us, and so he's making
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  Speaker 2: himself known. Recognition came when their eyes were opened. Are
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  Speaker 2: you walking around covering your eyes? Are you covering your
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  Speaker 2: eyes because you're afraid of concerning the trials that you're
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  Speaker 2: facing right now? Are you covering your eyes because you
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  Speaker 2: don't like the way life is going right now? Because
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  Speaker 2: you're anticipating something that may be on the horizon. But
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  Speaker 2: you're not a prophet. You don't know, but you're you're fearful,
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  Speaker 2: so you're covering your eyes. I'm asking you now to
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  Speaker 2: uncover your eyes and ask God to give you a
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  Speaker 2: clear vision of his thoughts concerning you. They are thoughts
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  Speaker 2: of peace, They are thoughts of power. They are thoughts
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  Speaker 2: of favor and not of fear, not of destruction. God
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  Speaker 2: has thoughts toward you that you need to recognize. Jesus
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  Speaker 2: was present the entire time. Jesus is present right now,
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  Speaker 2: Brothers and sisters. He's seated firmly next to you, or
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  Speaker 2: you or lifting you up in any case. He is
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  Speaker 2: with you if you are his child. So ask God
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  Speaker 2: today to open your eyes so you can recognize him,
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  Speaker 2: recognize his presence in your current situation. Let me read
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  Speaker 2: as we come to a swift close from the book
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  Speaker 2: The Desire of Ages, page seven hundred and ninety six,
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  Speaker 2: where it reads Jesus walked with them as a stranger,
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  Speaker 2: that he might reveal himself to them through the scriptures.
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  Speaker 2: My God, I'm grateful that Jesus is on our road
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  Speaker 2: to wherever he is leading us on the paths of righteousness.
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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,