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10 03 2026 The Call of a Prophet · 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, October 3, 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 continuing in our new lesson study series, The
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  Speaker 2: Gift of Prophecy, and our caption for today is The
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  Speaker 2: Call of a Prophet. The Call of a Prophet. of
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  Speaker 2: a prophet. We'll get into that in just a moment,
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  Speaker 2: but first I'd like to say welcome to you and
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  Speaker 2: and then we will get underway. Father, we thank you
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  Speaker 2: for giving us this Sabbath morning and the privilege to
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  Speaker 2: have an experience with you today that we can't have
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  Speaker 2: at any other time throughout the week because only today
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  Speaker 2: is holy, and you've called us to be holy. So, Lord,
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  Speaker 2: please now help us to understand more what you have
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  Speaker 2: poured into your servants, the prophets, and help us to
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  Speaker 2: appreciate their ministry. In Jesus' name I pray, amen. Amen
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  Speaker 2: and amen again. Before I get into the call of
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  Speaker 2: the prophet, I just need to be honest with you.
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  Speaker 2: I cannot even imagine what that was like, like what
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  Speaker 2: it's like to be a prophet when God has told
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  Speaker 2: these men and women what the messages should be. And
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  Speaker 2: sometimes on the other end, it's not a welcoming or
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  Speaker 2: welcomed message. I mean, on the one hand, you have
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  Speaker 2: King David who received message from God through the prophet
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  Speaker 2: Nathan to basically tell him what David already knew. You're
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  Speaker 2: not supposed to take other women, other people's wives, another
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  Speaker 2: dude's wife. You're not supposed to do that. You're definitely
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  Speaker 2: not supposed to conspire against the woman's husband and definitely
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  Speaker 2: not supposed to murder him and bring other people into
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  Speaker 2: all of this mess that you created. And you were
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  Speaker 2: a king, like God had to send somebody to tell
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  Speaker 2: David what he already knew. The kings of old actually
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  Speaker 2: memorized Torah, the entire five first books of what we
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  Speaker 2: now call the Bible, the Old Testament part of the scriptures.
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  Speaker 2: Like they knew this by heart. So it wasn't that
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  Speaker 2: Nathan was coming to tell him anything new. Thankfully, David
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  Speaker 2: did finally yield his will, but that was not always
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  Speaker 2: the case. People would hear prophecies. People would hear direct
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  Speaker 2: messages from God through the prophets and resist steadfastly. And
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  Speaker 2: of course they would reap the reward of their, of
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  Speaker 2: their resistance, which were not consequences that I want in
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  Speaker 2: my life. But throughout history, God has called prophets to, to,
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  Speaker 2: realign his people with his messages for a fallen world.
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  Speaker 2: Though the calling brought sorrow sometimes, sometimes it brought rejection,
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  Speaker 2: and sometimes it brought hardship. But imagine what God goes through.
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  Speaker 2: You think he's just up there chilling in heaven like
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  Speaker 2: nothing's no big deal when he sees people running our
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  Speaker 2: faces into the wall and destroying our lives because we
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  Speaker 2: simply or simply because we will not listen. And so
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  Speaker 2: God still speaks in 2026. through his prophetic voice, and
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  Speaker 2: we are called to heed that voice from God and
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  Speaker 2: to carry the hope it brings to others. And we
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  Speaker 2: have an example of one in Isaiah chapter 6 and
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  Speaker 2: verse 8, the Bible book of Isaiah chapter 6, and
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  Speaker 2: I will read verse 8. Also I heard the voice
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  Speaker 2: of the Lord saying, Whom shall I send, and who
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  Speaker 2: will go for us? Then said I, Here am I,
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  Speaker 2: send me. This was Isaiah's experience in the year that
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  Speaker 2: King Azariah or Uzziah died. After 50 years of successful rule,
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  Speaker 2: of course, He died. But there was a point in
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  Speaker 2: even though he was he was he was a decent
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  Speaker 2: king until he wasn't like until he started to believe
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  Speaker 2: his own press. He started to look at himself in
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  Speaker 2: social media and see what he saw and start. I
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  Speaker 2: don't know why he did that, but he started to
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  Speaker 2: trust in himself. And, you know, when he died, it
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  Speaker 2: was a tragedy for him. It was a tragedy for himself.
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  Speaker 2: the people of God. And now Isaiah is in vision
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  Speaker 2: experiencing worship in a way that he had never experienced
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  Speaker 2: because God ushered him into the throne room in vision
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  Speaker 2: with angels who were worshiping him. And as he was
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  Speaker 2: cleansed through that process, the Bible says that now we
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  Speaker 2: hear the voice of God calling out to say,' Who
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  Speaker 2: shall we send for us now?' All of this worship
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  Speaker 2: going on till the pillars of heaven are shaking. And
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  Speaker 2: Isaiah is like, woe is me for I am undone.
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  Speaker 2: I come from, I'm a man of unclean lips and
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  Speaker 2: I come from a people of unclean lips. And the
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  Speaker 2: Bible says after his cleansing, he was ready, ready, ready
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  Speaker 2: to go and say, okay, well, I understand what it's like.
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  Speaker 2: How to be a worshiper. I know what it's like
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  Speaker 2: to be transformed when I should have been destroyed. I
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  Speaker 2: know what it's like to receive God's mercy, so send me, God.
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  Speaker 2: Send me. But let me just say, the message that
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  Speaker 2: that brother got wasn't a welcome message among the people
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  Speaker 2: that he had to go. He was ready to go,
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  Speaker 2: and God used him. And so that means to send forth,
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  Speaker 2: to commission. When God sent him, he commissioned him to
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  Speaker 2: do his work. And so God still asks, whom shall
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  Speaker 2: I send? Yeah, right now, God is still asking, whom
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  Speaker 2: shall I send? Waiting for a heart that is ready
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  Speaker 2: to answer, right? When you have met his love, then
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  Speaker 2: here am I, send me, becomes the response. God is love.
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  Speaker 2: When you have encountered God in all of his loving
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  Speaker 2: kindness and his tender mercy, in all of his goodness
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  Speaker 2: without any restraint, with all of the wisdom that he
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  Speaker 2: gives and all of the blessings that he bestows, and
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  Speaker 2: he calls out and he says, whom shall I send?
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  Speaker 2: The only logical answer, quite frankly, is that I will go. Like,
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  Speaker 2: who's asking? God is asking. Yeah, sign me up. I'll
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  Speaker 2: do whatever you have called me to do, God, by
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  Speaker 2: your grace. And so we offer ourselves. That is the
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  Speaker 2: action today. I want you to Type amen in the chat.
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  Speaker 2: If you are offering yourself today with a willing yes,
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  Speaker 2: asking God to send you wherever he needs your voice,
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  Speaker 2: wherever he needs your hands, your feet, wherever he needs
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  Speaker 2: your heart, wherever he needs for you to go, we
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  Speaker 2: are saying, here am I, send me. If that's your
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  Speaker 2: commitment to God, don't say it just because I'm saying it.
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  Speaker 2: Type an amen in the chat. So let it be.
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  Speaker 1: Mm-hmm.
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  Speaker 2: Our second lesson comes in from 1 Kings 19, verse 11.
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  Speaker 2: And the Bible reads, And he said, Go forth and
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  Speaker 2: stand upon the mount before the Lord, and behold, the
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  Speaker 2: Lord passed by. And so now we see the man
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  Speaker 2: of God being called, the prophet of God being called
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  Speaker 2: to take a stand and remain firm as God is
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  Speaker 2: passing by. Do you realize that when God is calling you,
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  Speaker 2: you have to stand firm in what he is teaching?
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  Speaker 2: Can you realize that when the winds of doubt start
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  Speaker 2: to blow, when the trials and tribulations of this life
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  Speaker 2: start to blow, when the waves and seas seem to
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  Speaker 2: overcome and fully encompass your life, you have to stand firm.
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  Speaker 2: Stand before the Lord upon the mountain of We shall
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  Speaker 2: look to the Lord the hills from whence cometh our help.
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  Speaker 2: Where is our help coming from? Our help comes from
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  Speaker 2: the Lord. And so you stand on that mountain, figuratively speaking,
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  Speaker 2: Mount Zion. You stand and you stand firm knowing that
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  Speaker 2: God is the one calling and he's the one that
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  Speaker 2: will give you the courage and the faithfulness to move forward.
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  Speaker 2: So stand firm for God and his truth in one
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  Speaker 2: situation today. where it would be easier to stay silent
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  Speaker 2: and run away. Stand firm by faith. Make it a
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  Speaker 2: great day.
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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 L. David Harris. Make it a great day.