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06 07 2025 Ruth and Esther · 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: going to change all of that. Let's experience God's words
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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. It's
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  Speaker 2: June seventh, 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
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  Speaker 2: day and today is no exception. We are continuing in
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  Speaker 2: our Lesson study series with lesson number eleven, how to
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  Speaker 2: Study Bible Prophecy, under the caption Ruth and Esther, This
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  Speaker 2: is going to be really good. Good Ruth and Esther.
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  Speaker 2: Before we get into that, I'd like to just say
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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 giving us the opportunity to come
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  Speaker 2: together on this Sabbath morning to listen for your voice
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  Speaker 2: and then do your will. Please help us to actually
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  Speaker 2: do your will in Jesus name, I pray, Amen and
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  Speaker 2: Amen again. There is so much I could say, but
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  Speaker 2: I think this one we need to just jump right
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  Speaker 2: in with two feet to get us started for the
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  Speaker 2: week that's coming. Okay, And so we're going to start
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  Speaker 2: by really focusing on Esther tomorrow, and I think so
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  Speaker 2: tomorrow and the next two days we will be looking
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  Speaker 2: at Ruth more keenly and then circle back to Esther. Okay.
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  Speaker 2: And so let's begin by reading from the Book of Esther,
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  Speaker 2: the Book of Esther, chapter five and verse two, and
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  Speaker 2: the Bible reads, so it was when the King saw
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  Speaker 2: Queen Esther standing in the court, and I want you
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  Speaker 2: to begin to imagine, like see yourself observing the scene
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  Speaker 2: in the court, that she found favor in his sight,
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  Speaker 2: and the King held out to Esther the golden scepter
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  Speaker 2: that was in his hand. What would you have done
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  Speaker 2: in that situation? Then Esther went near and touched the
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  Speaker 2: top of the scepter. Now you realize in those days,
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  Speaker 2: like if even Queen Esther had come into the presence
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  Speaker 2: of the king unbeckoned, unwelcomed, and he did not he
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  Speaker 2: did not extend the scepter, that would have been a
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  Speaker 2: messy scene. But this is what we want to do.
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  Speaker 2: I'm going to read just a part of the text
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  Speaker 2: again from Esther five and two from the New English translation.
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  Speaker 2: She gained his approval, favor approval, She gained his approval.
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  Speaker 2: The King extended to Esther the golden scepter. Now, in
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  Speaker 2: our lives, the question is like, do I ever feel
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  Speaker 2: afraid or uncertain? If I feel afraid or uncertain, it's
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  Speaker 2: not time to retreat. Not as a believer, not as
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  Speaker 2: a child of God. It is not time to retreat.
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  Speaker 2: I want you to really just pause and think about this.
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  Speaker 2: The Bible says in Hebrews chapter four and verse sixteen
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  Speaker 2: that we are to come boldly before the throne of grace,
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  Speaker 2: where we can find grace to help in the time
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  Speaker 2: of need. So we can go to God's throne in
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  Speaker 2: prayer go to God's throne in prayer. One person said
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  Speaker 2: that when we speak to God, we pray to God.
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  Speaker 2: Prayer bring does not bring God down to us, but
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  Speaker 2: takes us up to God, sort of like what Paul said.
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  Speaker 2: We're seated with Christ Jesus in heavenly places, our Father,
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  Speaker 2: who are in heaven hollowed. Be thy name, and then
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  Speaker 2: we continue. The idea is that when we are praying,
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  Speaker 2: we are in connection with God. We are in the
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  Speaker 2: space of approval, We are in the place of favor.
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  Speaker 2: You are his beloved son, You are his beloved daughter
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  Speaker 2: in whom he is well pleased. So he extends, I'm
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  Speaker 2: talking about God now when we are in that kind
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  Speaker 2: of a relationship. He extends his favor to the faithful.
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  Speaker 2: He extends his favor to the faithful. And so in
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  Speaker 2: verse sixteen of Esther Chapter four, I'll read some of it.
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  Speaker 2: It says, so will I go in unto the king?
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  Speaker 2: And if I perish, I perish?
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  Speaker 1: Huh.
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  Speaker 2: So we need to have courage when we're standing in
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  Speaker 2: the gap for others. This is what Esther's ministry was
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  Speaker 2: all about, standing in the gap for others. Her people
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  Speaker 2: were quote scheduled to be destroyed. But she was to
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  Speaker 2: stand in the gap. Now we stand in the gap
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  Speaker 2: for people who are slated to lose their souls because
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  Speaker 2: they have chosen to hate love. They have chosen to
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  Speaker 2: separate themselves when God has been bringing them close to him.
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  Speaker 2: They have chosen to break God's law when he has
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  Speaker 2: given his law as a covenant to be written in
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  Speaker 2: their hearts, in our hearts and on our minds, so
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  Speaker 2: that we can be his children. And so we stand
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  Speaker 2: in the in the gap. I will go in unto
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  Speaker 2: the king. This time we're talking about king of the universe.
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  Speaker 2: And even though okay, in this case, of course the
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  Speaker 2: Bible is saying it'll violate the law, that's not the
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  Speaker 2: case with God. And if I perish, I perish. I
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  Speaker 2: think it was Moses who said, God, now you can't
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  Speaker 2: destroy your people. You can't destroy your people. Destroy me,
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  Speaker 2: block me out of the book, blot me out of
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  Speaker 2: relationship with you, because your people, if you bring them
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  Speaker 2: out of captivity and you destroy them, then all of
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  Speaker 2: the nations will say that you were not able to
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  Speaker 2: keep them. It will tarnish your name. So Moses took
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  Speaker 2: on that same mentality that Esther had and so we
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  Speaker 2: need to commit to stand for the truth. We need
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  Speaker 2: to stand for truth, and even when it's uncomfortable, let
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  Speaker 2: love for others override fear for your own safety. You
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  Speaker 2: go into God's presence, you intercede for them, You go
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  Speaker 2: back into the lives of the people who need help,
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  Speaker 2: and then whatever happens after that, that's really God's business.
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  Speaker 2: It's not our business. It's not our business. Let's continue. Ecclesiastes,
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  Speaker 2: chapter three and verse seven. There is a time to
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  Speaker 2: keep silent, and there is a time to speak. We
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  Speaker 2: need to be praying for a discernment at all times.
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  Speaker 2: In times of moral collapse or in spiritual crisis, silence
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  Speaker 2: can be betrayal. You are working in some agency. You're
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  Speaker 2: working in some agency where the laws not the laws,
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  Speaker 2: but the rules have changed drastically. Some of those realities
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  Speaker 2: actually our ethical problems. Some of them may even rise
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  Speaker 2: to the level of moral problems. While you are still
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  Speaker 2: there with the little bit of time you have left.
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  Speaker 2: Maybe you've not gotten a letter that says you have
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  Speaker 2: the opportunity to retire, but you're there right now. In
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  Speaker 2: those moments, once in a while, silence may be betrayal
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  Speaker 2: of God. There are times to speak, there are times
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  Speaker 2: to be silent, but be willing to be God's voice
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  Speaker 2: when your people need it the most. Ooh, somebody just
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  Speaker 2: heard that. In Revelation, chapter twelve and verse one of
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  Speaker 2: the Bible reads, and there appeared a great wonder in heaven.
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  Speaker 2: You're a great wonder. By the way, if you're people
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  Speaker 2: of God, a woman clothed with the sun. I'll leave
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  Speaker 2: it right there. So as a part of God's people,
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  Speaker 2: remember that how you live, how you serve, just like
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  Speaker 2: with Esther, how you live, how you serve, how you
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  Speaker 2: intercede reflects the character of God through the Bride of Christ.
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  Speaker 2: Do I look like how God wants me to look
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  Speaker 2: when I am interceding for people? You know, there are
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  Speaker 2: some people I've been in systems. Let's just say where
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  Speaker 2: the political process was so overwhelming that when people would intervene,
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  Speaker 2: or people would intercede, it wasn't because it was something godly.
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  Speaker 2: It was to get their own means, It was to
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  Speaker 2: get their own ways. It was what they desired, but
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  Speaker 2: not what God necessarily desired. And so when we intercede,
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  Speaker 2: we intervene it is to reflect the character of God.
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  Speaker 2: We are the bride of Christ like a queen in
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  Speaker 2: covenant with the king. I think somebody got it. I
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  Speaker 2: think somebody got it. There's so much more that we can, will,
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  Speaker 2: and must learn from the stories of Ruth and Esther.
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  Speaker 2: But suffice it to say we represent God and all
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  Speaker 2: that we say, all that we do, and we can
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  Speaker 2: do it because God gives us the grace and power
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  Speaker 2: to do so. Make it a great salad of peace.
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  Speaker 2: Thanks 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,