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03 28 2025 Cooperate With God · 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 Friday, March
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  Speaker 2: twenty eight, twenty twenty five. Hello, my name is El
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  Speaker 2: David Harris. I am your host, and this is your
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  Speaker 2: Daily Portion where we give you God's word every single day,
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  Speaker 2: and today is no exception. We are well. We're finishing
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  Speaker 2: up our lessons study series God's Love and Justice, and
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  Speaker 2: our caption for today is Cooperate with God. Cooperate with God.
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  Speaker 2: Before we get into that, I'd like to just say
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  Speaker 2: welcome to everyone joining us, especially those joining us for
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  Speaker 2: you to type it in the chat or any such thing.
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  Speaker 2: I'm saying, there is a number seven that's on your screen.
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  Speaker 2: I want you to click that and also subscribe there.
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  Speaker 2: That is another way that we continue to build faith
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  Speaker 2: and fellowship. Let's go ahead and pray, and then we
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  Speaker 2: will get underway. Father and Heaven, thank you for giving
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  Speaker 2: us the privilege of being able to cooperate with you.
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  Speaker 2: Please help us to do that. In Jesus' name, I pray,
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  Speaker 2: Amen and Amen again, cooperate with God. Okay, So I'm
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  Speaker 2: going to begin by reading by reading from the book
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  Speaker 2: The Desire of Age's page six hundred and forty one.
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  Speaker 2: It's right in the lesson and it reads those who
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  Speaker 2: minister to others will be ministered unto by the Chief Shepherd.
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  Speaker 2: So if you want to know how to have the presence,
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  Speaker 2: the presence of God nearest to you, apart from whether
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  Speaker 2: two or three are gathered together in his name, he's
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  Speaker 2: in the midst apart from he inhabited the praises of
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  Speaker 2: his people. Apart from that, If you want to know
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  Speaker 2: how to have God closest to you, then do what
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  Speaker 2: minister to others. I'm talking about in reality, minister to others.
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  Speaker 2: I don't mean to stage things that look like ministry.
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  Speaker 2: I'm not talking about that formalized stuff that sometimes people
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  Speaker 2: do for the cameras. I'm not talking about that. I'm
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  Speaker 2: talking about what you have done, as you have done
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  Speaker 2: unto the least of these, my brethren, that's what you
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  Speaker 2: have done unto me, that kind of style. When I
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  Speaker 2: was in prison, you visited me when I needed food,
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  Speaker 2: You fed me, when I needed clothing, You clothed me.
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  Speaker 2: When I was alone and fearful, you were there right
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  Speaker 2: by my side to give me company and assurance. You see.
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  Speaker 2: So what we do in terms of ministry puts us
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  Speaker 2: in the position of having God himself, the person of
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  Speaker 2: Jesus Christ, to minister to us. They themselves, we continue,
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  Speaker 2: will drink of the living water and will be satisfied.
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  Speaker 2: Now let me help you understand, if you don't already,
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  Speaker 2: how that works. So when I used to give Bible
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  Speaker 2: studies all the time. I'm talking about one on ones.
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  Speaker 2: I was doing that a lot when I back, probably
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  Speaker 2: about twenty twenty five years ago, just about and I
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  Speaker 2: used to envision it in my mind. I'm talking about
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  Speaker 2: see it in my brain as me going to God
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  Speaker 2: and receiving what he has, and then going to the
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  Speaker 2: people and giving it to them. They need something, going
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  Speaker 2: to God, receive what he has, going to the people,
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  Speaker 2: and then keep that going, keep it going, And now
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  Speaker 2: I become a conduit through whom God's power is flowing.
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  Speaker 2: I want you to see that in your mind. So
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  Speaker 2: what they need, God has it. I don't have it,
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  Speaker 2: so I go to God for it. So I am
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  Speaker 2: staying connected to God and staying connected to the people
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  Speaker 2: who need whatever way God wants to use me, but
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  Speaker 2: they need God. And so now I am a pass through.
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  Speaker 2: And that is the way that all of us are.
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  Speaker 2: If we are willing to become that. I hope somebody
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  Speaker 2: got it. They themselves will drink of the living water
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  Speaker 2: and will be satisfied. They will not be longing for
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  Speaker 2: excitement or exciting amusements, or for some change in their lives.
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  Speaker 2: The great topic of interest will be how to save
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  Speaker 2: the souls that are ready to perish. Social intercourse will
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  Speaker 2: be profitable. The love of the Redeemer will draw hearts
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  Speaker 2: together in unity. When we realize that we are workers
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  Speaker 2: together with God, his promises will not be spoken with indifference.
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  Speaker 2: They will burn in our hearts and kindle upon our lips.
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  Speaker 2: I just really I'm reticent about doing this, but I'm
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  Speaker 2: gonna do it anyway. During the pandemic, my wife and
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  Speaker 2: I started to pray Psalms ninety one. I wish I
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  Speaker 2: had the time to really drill how seriously. We took
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  Speaker 2: the Bible book of Psalms, chapter ninety one and what
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  Speaker 2: God said there, and we begged him. I came into contact,
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  Speaker 2: especially me during the pandemic. I came into contact with
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  Speaker 2: a ton of people during the time that it was
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  Speaker 2: as deadly as it could have been. And the Lord
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  Speaker 2: decided to honor what we asked him. And we continually
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  Speaker 2: asked him, and continually not with an indifference, but continually
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  Speaker 2: went into his presence and said, God, now you said,
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  Speaker 2: then we would go back into Psalm ninety one, and
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  Speaker 2: we would ask him for his covering over David, over Simone,
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  Speaker 2: over Josiah, over Josiah over Simone, over David, and he
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  Speaker 2: chose to say yes. You see, so we saw his
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  Speaker 2: promises as actual promises, and we appropriated, if you want
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  Speaker 2: to say, I don't even know if that's the right
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  Speaker 2: way of saying it, the power that God promised. We said, okay, God,
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  Speaker 2: this is where we are asking you to please. Will
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  Speaker 2: you do it for us? For your name's sake? God?
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  Speaker 2: And he said yes, Okay. To Moses, when called to
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  Speaker 2: minister to an ignorant, undisciplined, and rebellious people, God gave
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  Speaker 2: the promise, my presence shall go with THEE, and I
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  Speaker 2: will give THEE rest. And he said, certainly, I will
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  Speaker 2: be with THEE. When I used to work in the
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  Speaker 2: psych field in the late nineties, I had had enough.
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  Speaker 2: Year one too much, Year two too much, Year three
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  Speaker 2: too much, And I'm going to or at least that's
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  Speaker 2: how I saw it. I'm going to prayer meetings, multiple
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  Speaker 2: prayer meetings on Wednesday evenings, and every time it was
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  Speaker 2: an opportunity to ask for you know, what is it
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  Speaker 2: that you need? What do you want God to do?
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  Speaker 2: I would beg God and have the people pray for
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  Speaker 2: me to get me out of that particular organization in
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  Speaker 2: the field that I loved so much, and every week,
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  Speaker 2: week in and week out for three and a half years,
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  Speaker 2: please get me out, Please get me out. It's too
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  Speaker 2: much for me. And well, instead of getting me out,
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  Speaker 2: God promoted me. I got a promotion, and quite frankly,
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  Speaker 2: I was just like, but God, that is not that's
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  Speaker 2: not what I asked for. I don't want to be promoted.
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  Speaker 2: And I remember, I remember, of course it was as
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  Speaker 2: bad as I had anticipated. The impact of that was
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  Speaker 2: as rough as I anticipated. But it was a blessing.
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  Speaker 2: So many reasons it was a blessing. But to make
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  Speaker 2: a long story short, there's a man named Ralph, and
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  Speaker 2: Ralph was not like any of the other people that
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  Speaker 2: I used to speak to spiritually. And I remember everybody
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  Speaker 2: was promising me that I was going to get out
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  Speaker 2: of some thing, that God was going to do something better,
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  Speaker 2: that he was going to do a new thing, that
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  Speaker 2: kind of stuff, right, and no dis like. If God
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  Speaker 2: told you that, then by all means tell me that.
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  Speaker 2: But Ralph said to me, be a good soldier. It's
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  Speaker 2: going to be rough, it may get worse. God is
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  Speaker 2: with you. Did you hear what I just said? God
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  Speaker 2: is with you, and that was all that I needed
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  Speaker 2: to continue. Finally with the quote, the promise is to
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  Speaker 2: all who labor in Christ's stead for his afflicted and
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  Speaker 2: suffering ones, that he will be with thee. Ask God
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  Speaker 2: how to cooperate with him, and then do it. Thanks
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  Speaker 2: for joining us listening. Friends.
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  Speaker 1: Always remember we cannot live by bread alone, but by
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  Speaker 1: every word that comes from the mouth of God. This
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  Speaker 1: has been your daily portion with el David Harris. Make
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  Speaker 1: it a great day. Yeah,