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03 02 2025 An Angel Delayed · 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. It's
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  Speaker 2: March two, 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, God's Love and Justice under the caption
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  Speaker 2: an Angel Delayed, an Angel Delayed. Get into that in
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  Speaker 2: just a moment, But first 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 do thank you for this new day and for
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  Speaker 2: giving us answers to prayer. Thank you for listening to
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  Speaker 2: us and giving us the privilege of being called by
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  Speaker 2: your name. In Jesus' name, I pray, Amen and Amen again. Okay,
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  Speaker 2: So let me just say here that sometimes sometimes there
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  Speaker 2: appears to be a delay, or maybe it really is
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  Speaker 2: a delay. Let me start all over. Sometimes there is
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  Speaker 2: a delay on our prayers being answered. And when I
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  Speaker 2: say that, the reason I had to recalibrate is because
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  Speaker 2: God is answering the prayers. But sometimes it takes time
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  Speaker 2: for the answers to get to us. You know, like
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  Speaker 2: when you're mailing something the mail has already been sent.
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  Speaker 2: Like somebody may say the check is in the mail,
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  Speaker 2: could you please pay that invoice? And they say the
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  Speaker 2: check is in the mail, and it's like, Okay, well
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  Speaker 2: they paid it, but I haven't received it yet. And
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  Speaker 2: so the same is the case in the Bible Book
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  Speaker 2: of Daniel, Daniel chapter ten, Daniel, chapter ten, and I
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  Speaker 2: will read beginning at verse one, Daniel, chapter ten, and
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  Speaker 2: I will read beginning at verse one. And it's a
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  Speaker 2: really interesting story because sometimes we get bent out of
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  Speaker 2: shape thinking God is not listening. And the Bible reads.
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  Speaker 2: In the third year of King Cyrus of Persia, a
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  Speaker 2: message was revealed to Daniel, who was called Belt to Shazar.
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  Speaker 2: This message was true and concerned a great war. He
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  Speaker 2: understood the message and gained insight by the vision. In
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  Speaker 2: those days, Daniel was mourning for three whole weeks. I
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  Speaker 2: ate no choice food. This is what Daniel saying. No
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  Speaker 2: meat or wine came to my lips, nor did I
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  Speaker 2: anoint myself with oil until the end of those three weeks.
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  Speaker 2: On the twenty fourth day of the four of the
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  Speaker 2: first month, I was beside the great river the Tigris.
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  Speaker 2: I looked up and saw a man clothed with linen.
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  Speaker 2: Around his waist was a belt made of you faz.
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  Speaker 2: His body resembled yellow jasper, and his face had an
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  Speaker 2: appearance of lightning. His eyes were like blazing torches, His
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  Speaker 2: arms and feet had the gleam of polished bronze. His
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  Speaker 2: voice thundered like the sound of a large crowd. Only I, Daniel,
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  Speaker 2: saw the vision. The men who were with me did
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  Speaker 2: not see it. On the contrary, they were overcome with
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  Speaker 2: fear and ran and hide and ran away to hide.
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  Speaker 2: I alone was left to see this great vision. My
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  Speaker 2: strength was drained from me, and my vigor disappeared. I
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  Speaker 2: was without energy. I listened to his voice, and as
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  Speaker 2: I did so, I fell into like a trance like state,
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  Speaker 2: with my face to the ground. Then a hand touched
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  Speaker 2: me and set me up on my hands and knees.
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  Speaker 2: He said, unto me, Daniel, you are of great value.
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  Speaker 2: The Bible teaches in another version you are. You are
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  Speaker 2: highly favored in Heaven. Understand the words that I am
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  Speaker 2: about to speak to you. So stand up, for I
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  Speaker 2: have now been sent to you. When he said this
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  Speaker 2: to me, I stood up, shaking. Then he said to me,
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  Speaker 2: don't be afraid, Daniel, for from the very first day
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  Speaker 2: you applied your mind to understand and to humble yourself
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  Speaker 2: before God. Your words were heard. Did you get that
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  Speaker 2: part of the message. He said, from the moment that
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  Speaker 2: you set your mind and you humbled yourself before God,
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  Speaker 2: what you were praying was heard. It's three weeks. Daniel
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  Speaker 2: is praying three weeks. He is fasting three weeks. He
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  Speaker 2: is in what I would consider to be distressed. But
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  Speaker 2: I can be corrected. If you have a better word,
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  Speaker 2: type it in the chat. But for the three weeks,
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  Speaker 2: he was likely wondering, like, when is God going to
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  Speaker 2: answer my prayer? But what did the angel say? The
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  Speaker 2: Angel said, the Angel said, from the moment that you
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  Speaker 2: began to humble yourself and to yield yourself in this
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  Speaker 2: reality toward God. The answer was it was on the
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  Speaker 2: way verse thirteen. But the Prince of the Kingdom of
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  Speaker 2: Persia withstood me and one and twenty days. But lo, Michael,
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  Speaker 2: one of the chief princes, that's Jesus. I really don't
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  Speaker 2: have the time to prove it. But Michael is Jesus,
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  Speaker 2: one of the chief princes, came unto me, and I
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  Speaker 2: remained there with the kings of And I remained there
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  Speaker 2: with the kings of Persia. Now I am come to
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  Speaker 2: make thee to understand what shall befall thy people in
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  Speaker 2: the latter days. For yet the vision is for many days. Wow,
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  Speaker 2: so much to say there I rushed through it, but
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  Speaker 2: so much to say, so little time. There are times,
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  Speaker 2: just like the song says, he may not come when
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  Speaker 2: you want him, but he's always on time. The Angel
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  Speaker 2: made it very clear that the moment that Daniel was
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  Speaker 2: beginning to petition God and to humble himself, the answer
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  Speaker 2: was there. The check was in the mail. But Gabrielle
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  Speaker 2: got hung up in traffic. He got hung up in
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  Speaker 2: supernatural or celestial traffic. The devil and his evil angels
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  Speaker 2: are still fighting, and for whatever reasons I don't know,
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  Speaker 2: God allows this battle. It's a struggle all day and
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  Speaker 2: all night. There is a struggle all day and all night.
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  Speaker 2: This struggle is happening, and yet God, of course always prevails.
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  Speaker 2: Can you just type it in the chat God wins,
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  Speaker 2: God wins. Type it in the chat God wins. Now,
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  Speaker 2: the question is is God winning in your life? And
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  Speaker 2: it's not a matter of God's strength, it's a matter
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  Speaker 2: of our cooperation. It's a matter of our participation in
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  Speaker 2: the process. God wins for twenty one days, and you
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  Speaker 2: have been in this situation before. For twenty one days.
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  Speaker 2: He was in distress for twenty one days. Daniel was
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  Speaker 2: having challenges in his mind, hoping that God would come through,
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  Speaker 2: and he was not aware that God had already come through.
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  Speaker 2: So I need you, brothers and sisters with me to
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  Speaker 2: be patient. Be patient with God, be patient knowing that
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  Speaker 2: He has everything under control. And the spirit realm is
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  Speaker 2: always at war, at least until Jesus comes. But God
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  Speaker 2: wins in a certain sense. The lesson writer says, understanding
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  Speaker 2: these limits that God God, Well, let me just say,
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  Speaker 2: understanding these limits might not be hard if we grasp
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  Speaker 2: the idea already talked about that God works only by love,
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  Speaker 2: and that love, not coercion, is the foundation of his government.
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  Speaker 2: The lesson writer is speaking about the contrast between the
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  Speaker 2: way God moves. He limits himself by holiness and by love,
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  Speaker 2: like that is his nature the devil. He'll use anything,
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  Speaker 2: anything you can see, in anything you can't see, as
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  Speaker 2: long as God allows it, He'll use anything. But God
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  Speaker 2: has only love, not coercion, only the beauty of his
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  Speaker 2: government by which to work. Continuing the quote, this idea
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  Speaker 2: that God works only through the principles emanating from love
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  Speaker 2: can help us better understand the controversy there are times
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  Speaker 2: that there seems to be a delay, but God always
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  Speaker 2: has your best interest at heart. If there is just
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  Speaker 2: one takeaway today, one takeaway point. The takeaway is continue
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  Speaker 2: to press God in prayer. He will answer, but you
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  Speaker 2: just be patient. Peace.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks for joining us listening. Friends. Always remember we cannot
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  Speaker 1: live by bread alone, but by every word that comes
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  Speaker 1: from the mouth of God. This has been your daily
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  Speaker 1: portion with El David Harris. Make it a great day. Yeah,