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08 31 2025 The Book and the Blood · 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 Sunday, August
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  Speaker 2: thirty one, 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 continuing in our
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  Speaker 2: Lesson study series through the Book of Exodus, and our
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  Speaker 2: caption for today is the Book and the Blood. The
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  Speaker 2: Book and the Blood. We'll get into that in just
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  Speaker 2: a moment, but before we do, I'd like to just
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  Speaker 2: say welcome to you and ask you to go over
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  Speaker 2: your Daily Portion dot com. This is one of the
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  Speaker 2: ways that we continue to build faith and fellowship. Let's
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  Speaker 2: go ahead and pray, and then we will get underway. Father,
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  Speaker 2: Thank you, Thank you for this new day and for
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  Speaker 2: the privilege you've entrusted to us to come together in
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  Speaker 2: this manner. Thank You for the new week. Please help
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  Speaker 2: us to see our response to You in relationship as relational,
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  Speaker 2: not as formulaic, not as a way to prove something
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  Speaker 2: or trying to earn something. In Jesus' name, I pray,
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  Speaker 2: Amen and a man again. I am very systems oriented.
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  Speaker 2: I'm very structure, but I don't believe in structure as
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  Speaker 2: the basis of my relationship with God. Now, when I
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  Speaker 2: say that, I am not saying that I don't believe
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  Speaker 2: in the ten Commandment's law. I am not saying that
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  Speaker 2: I have a problem with the blueprint that God showed
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  Speaker 2: us in his law, statutes and judgments, and in the
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  Speaker 2: sanctuary platform that he showed us and taught us the
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  Speaker 2: plan of salvation. I'm not saying that. I'm saying that
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  Speaker 2: I don't see prayer as something that's obligatory somehow, and
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  Speaker 2: if I tick the box that I've fulfilled that obligation,
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  Speaker 2: then God owes me something not in that way. I
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  Speaker 2: really want to come into his presence with thanksgiving and
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  Speaker 2: with praise, because he's the one who who not only
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  Speaker 2: created me because that was a long time ago, but
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  Speaker 2: he's the one that's keeping me. He's the one that's
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  Speaker 2: giving me the opportunity with all these lights here and
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  Speaker 2: with this my to reach out to you. Every single day.
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  Speaker 2: I said I wanted to change the world for Christ,
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  Speaker 2: and He's given me a platform. And so I see
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  Speaker 2: that as a way to say thank you and to
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  Speaker 2: experience Him so that I can share whatever he puts
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  Speaker 2: in me with my family. He gave me a family
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  Speaker 2: that is holy and a family that is healthy when
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  Speaker 2: I didn't necessarily grow up in a family that was healthy.
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  Speaker 2: And so now I go to God and say, God,
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  Speaker 2: You're so good, Like, how do we even improve this?
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  Speaker 2: Like how can I be How can I demonstrate how
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  Speaker 2: much I appreciate you? Can you show me how to
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  Speaker 2: live in a way that pleases you? And so yes,
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  Speaker 2: with all of the structure that God gives us, he
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  Speaker 2: also gives us the privilege to do this through relationship
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  Speaker 2: and in the Bible, in the Bible Book of Exodus,
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  Speaker 2: chapter twenty four, we see formula. We see structure that
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  Speaker 2: God gave. But again, his purpose was so that He
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  Speaker 2: could dwell among us, not that we could become like
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  Speaker 2: really just good at structure. In Exodus twenty four, beginning
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  Speaker 2: at verse one, the Bible reads, now he said to Moses,
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  Speaker 2: come up unto the Lord, you and Aaron Nadab and
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  Speaker 2: abye you and seventy of the elders of Israel, and
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  Speaker 2: worship from Afar off. So God is welcoming them. He
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  Speaker 2: has given them an invitation into his presence. And the
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  Speaker 2: Bible says in verse two, and Moses alone shall come
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  Speaker 2: near to the Lord, but they shall not come near,
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  Speaker 2: nor shall the people go up with him. So Moses
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  Speaker 2: came and told the people all of the words of
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  Speaker 2: the Lord and all of the judgments. And all of
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  Speaker 2: the people answered with one voice. We read this a
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  Speaker 2: couple of times yesterday, all of what God said, We're
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  Speaker 2: gonna do that. Verse four, And Moses wrote all the
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  Speaker 2: words of the Lord. And he rose early in the
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  Speaker 2: morning and built an altar at the foot of the mountain.
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  Speaker 2: I want you to see the positions here. So where
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  Speaker 2: is he He is at the foot of the mountain.
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  Speaker 2: He's worshiping, building an altar at the foot of the
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  Speaker 2: mountain and twelve pillars according to the twelve tribes of Israel.
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  Speaker 2: Then he sent young men of the children of Israel
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  Speaker 2: who burnt offerings and sacrificed peace offerings of the oxen
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  Speaker 2: to the Lord. I want you to see this position
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  Speaker 2: as the alter court. I wish I had the time.
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  Speaker 2: I know we don't have the blueprint for the sanctuary
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  Speaker 2: historically yet at this moment. But God is showing his
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  Speaker 2: people something verse six. And Moses took half of the
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  Speaker 2: blood and put it in the basins, and half of
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  Speaker 2: the blood he sprinkled it on the altar, and took
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  Speaker 2: the book of the Covenant and read it in the
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  Speaker 2: hearing of the people, and said all they said, all
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  Speaker 2: that the Lord has done. That said, that's what we're
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  Speaker 2: going on do and be obedient. And Moses took the
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  Speaker 2: blood sprinkled it in on the people. This is the
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  Speaker 2: blood of the Covenant which the Lord has made with you,
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  Speaker 2: according to all these words. And so they sealed their
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  Speaker 2: relationship by blood. I think Jesus gave his blood for us.
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  Speaker 2: I think the Bible says, for God so loved the
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  Speaker 2: world that he gave his only begattum Son. Not just gave,
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  Speaker 2: but Jesus died for us that whosoever believe in him
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  Speaker 2: won't perish but have everlasting life. And so now we
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  Speaker 2: see this covenantal experience and even some of the details
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  Speaker 2: playing out right in front of us in real time.
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  Speaker 2: And so now at the base of the mount, they're
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  Speaker 2: worshiping and giving sacrifice. The appropriate parties are worship and
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  Speaker 2: they're worshiping, and the appropriate parties are giving sacrifice, and
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  Speaker 2: God says, I'm going to have Moses come as near
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  Speaker 2: as possible to me. So in the outer court, if
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  Speaker 2: you want to say, they're giving sacrifice and they're worshiping. Yes,
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  Speaker 2: Moses at some point is going to go up into
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  Speaker 2: the cloud with God. And in the interim space there's
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  Speaker 2: going to be some men who are eating and drinking
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  Speaker 2: in the mount, but not in the final station where
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  Speaker 2: God is going to commune with Moses. So we're starting
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  Speaker 2: to see the blueprint for the sanctuary early in this discussion,
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  Speaker 2: as God is about to give him the good stuff. Now,
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  Speaker 2: let me just read from the book Selected Messages, Book one,
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  Speaker 2: page three hundred and eighty eight. Somebody's eyes just opened,
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  Speaker 2: like what, Yes, Yes, we'll continue in the days to come.
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  Speaker 2: And it reads the only way in which men will
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  Speaker 2: be able to stand firm in the conflict is to
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  Speaker 2: be rooted and grounded, where in Christ. They must receive
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  Speaker 2: the truth as it is in Jesus. And it is
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  Speaker 2: only as the truth is presented in connection with Jesus
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  Speaker 2: that it can be of any value to us. So
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  Speaker 2: all of the details, I'm detail oriented, excruciating details. I
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  Speaker 2: love them. However, the details will not save us. The
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  Speaker 2: micro details will not save us. Will learn from them.
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  Speaker 2: Some of us will, even God forbid, become proud because
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  Speaker 2: we are able to give very good responses related to
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  Speaker 2: the details that some people didn't see. Like this morning,
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  Speaker 2: I showed you a little bit of the sanctuary blueprint
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  Speaker 2: before we get the sanctuary. It's like whoa, and you
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  Speaker 2: can cheer in applaud but that ain't gonna get you
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  Speaker 2: no closer to God. My ability to see that is
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  Speaker 2: not getting me closer to God. It's just the privilege
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  Speaker 2: that God has given us through Christ, that we will
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  Speaker 2: actually begin to live in covenant with Him. And so
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  Speaker 2: the first one, the covenant lesson for today, pardon me.
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  Speaker 2: The covenant is not only a regular kind of a contract,
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  Speaker 2: it's relationship built on God's word. Our second lesson. The blood,
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  Speaker 2: in this case symbolizes dependence on divine power because the
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  Speaker 2: life is in the blood. God gives us our lives.
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  Speaker 2: And then, finally, relationship with God must be personal and oh,
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  Speaker 2: by the way, experienced every single day, every single day,
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  Speaker 2: every night. This week, I want you to speak to
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  Speaker 2: God as personally as possible. Don't make it a script, though,
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  Speaker 2: talk to him about your actual day.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks for joining us listening.
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  Speaker 2: 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.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah,