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12 10 2025 A Gentle Answer · 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: Welcome to your Daily Portion with your host, author speaker,
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  Speaker 1: Elle David Harris.
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  Speaker 2: Good morning, good morning, good morning. It is Wednesday, December tenth,
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  Speaker 2: twenty twenty five. Hello, my name is Elle David Harris.
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  Speaker 2: I am your host, and this is your Daily Portion
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  Speaker 2: where we give you God's word every single day, and
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  Speaker 2: today is no exact exception. Before we get into our
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  Speaker 2: lesson study series Lessons from Faith of Joshua and our
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  Speaker 2: caption a gentle Answer, I'd like to say welcome to
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  Speaker 2: everyone joining us, especially those joining us for the very
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  Speaker 2: This is one of the ways that we continue to
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  Speaker 2: build faith and fellowship. Let's go ahead and pray, and
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  Speaker 2: then we will get underway. Father, We thank you. Thank
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  Speaker 2: you for this day and getting us midway through our week.
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  Speaker 2: And I know that you already have our entire lives
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  Speaker 2: mapped out. But God, sometimes it's rough on us because
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  Speaker 2: we don't know everything. Help us to know the way,
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  Speaker 2: Jesus Christ, so that we can have our anxiety go
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  Speaker 2: down and we can live in the fullness of faith
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  Speaker 2: and trust in You. In Jesus' name, I pray, Amen,
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  Speaker 2: and a man again a gentle answer. Oh my, yeah.
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  Speaker 2: I will just admit that there are some people that
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  Speaker 2: I've encountered that have no idea what it means to
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  Speaker 2: have gentle answers. Some people just aren't built that way.
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  Speaker 2: And this is why we need the Lord. Okay, and
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  Speaker 2: so I'll get into that in a second, But let
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  Speaker 2: me just read a couple of quotes. First, first from
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  Speaker 2: the Desire of Ages, page three hundred and one, and
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  Speaker 2: it reads, when we are falsely accused or misjudged, Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: that is the challenge. Sometimes the Lord desires us to
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  Speaker 2: reveal the meekness of Christ. When when we are falsely
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  Speaker 2: accused or misjudged. Oh, Silence, patience, and a gentle answer
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  Speaker 2: are often the strongest rebuke. So there are times that
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  Speaker 2: you you are running around chas chasing all of the
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  Speaker 2: ways that you need to defend yourself. At least that's
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  Speaker 2: what you're saying. You're to yourself that you need to
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  Speaker 2: defend yourself. And God is showing us under inspiration that
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  Speaker 2: many times, many times, we have to see ourselves like
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  Speaker 2: Christ like to have power under control. Meekness, silence, patience,
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  Speaker 2: and a gentle answer are often the strongest rebuke. Now
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  Speaker 2: let me go back into the archives again. This one
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  Speaker 2: is from the review in Herald June twelfth, eighteen fifty five. Wow,
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  Speaker 2: that's a long time ago, and it reads, it is
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  Speaker 2: better to suffer wrong than to do wrong. It is
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  Speaker 2: better to suffer wrong than to do wrong. I think
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  Speaker 2: the Bible writer said that in the New Testament. I
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  Speaker 2: think it was Peter. Vindication belongs to the Lord, and
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  Speaker 2: the Christian's duty is to hold fast his integrity in meekness.
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  Speaker 2: That was written by James White. Very very very very good.
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  Speaker 2: And so let's go ahead with the principle. And some
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  Speaker 2: of you are already anticipating it. Our first lesson is
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  Speaker 2: gentleness disarms anger and reveals wisdom. This one is coming
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  Speaker 2: in from the Book of Proverbs, chapter fifteen and verse one.
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  Speaker 2: A soft answer turneth away wrath, but grievous words stir
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  Speaker 2: up anger. So the meaning of soft in this case
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  Speaker 2: is tender or gentle, as we will have said already.
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  Speaker 2: So what happened in our lesson really the context. The
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  Speaker 2: Eastern tribes modeled this principle beautifully. They listened, fully, responded patiently,
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  Speaker 2: remember we were talking about that yesterday, and refused to
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  Speaker 2: mirror the intense accusations brought against them. Their calm explanation
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  Speaker 2: difused tension that could have erupted into civil war. Gentleness
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  Speaker 2: is not weakness. Gentleness is spiritual strength guided by humility.
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  Speaker 2: So they didn't have to get into a tizzy because wait,
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  Speaker 2: how could you be accusing us of bringing back idolatry?
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  Speaker 2: Where do you get this from? And then dot dot
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  Speaker 2: dot dat back and forth, back and forth, back and forth,
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  Speaker 2: when in fact they chose the right method. So an
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  Speaker 2: action step for me, as I'm learning from this, is
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  Speaker 2: to practice gentleness today. When someone challenges or misunderstands you,
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  Speaker 2: let the Holy Go soften your tone before you speak.
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  Speaker 2: Lesson number two coming in from the Book of Psalms,
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  Speaker 2: chapter thirty seven and verse five, commit thy way unto
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  Speaker 2: the Lord. Trust also in him, and he will bring
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  Speaker 2: it to pass, or he will act in another translation,
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  Speaker 2: on your behalf. If you trust in him, commit everything
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  Speaker 2: to him, including your future. He will act on your behalf.
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  Speaker 2: Who's going to act on my behalf? God? If I
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  Speaker 2: do what, commit my future? Commit everything unto the Lord.
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  Speaker 2: So our lesson number two is God's presence is the
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  Speaker 2: foundation of unity. God's presence is the foundation of unity,
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  Speaker 2: and so the word for commit in this passage it
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  Speaker 2: means to roll upon to and trust completely, to trust
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  Speaker 2: completely again, going back to those Eastern tribes, the Eastern
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  Speaker 2: tribes open their defense by invoking God's name. I wish
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  Speaker 2: I had the time twice with solemn force. Go back
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  Speaker 2: to the text. Their unity with God's people rested not
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  Speaker 2: on the territory, but on shared allegiance to the same God.
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  Speaker 2: Someone recently, while we were drafting a partnership agreement, said
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  Speaker 2: I have no worries about you in this particular context.
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  Speaker 2: He said, because that I know your faith, I know
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  Speaker 2: your faith I know that you value your faith in
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  Speaker 2: God even more than you value this relationship. So we're
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  Speaker 2: safe on our end of this agreement. And I'm like, oh, God,
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  Speaker 2: please make me faithful. Like our brother was saying to me,
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  Speaker 2: the unity of God's people rested not on the territory,
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  Speaker 2: but on the same the shared allegiance to the same God.
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  Speaker 2: When believers anchor identity and decisions in the Lord unit
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  Speaker 2: to become stronger than think about the context of the
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  Speaker 2: lesson than geography, than culture or understanding. So the action
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  Speaker 2: step is to entrust every relational tension to God before
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  Speaker 2: addressing it. Some people are too quick to pick up
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  Speaker 2: your cell phones and what your two thumbs type of response,
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  Speaker 2: I just need to get it out. No, you get
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  Speaker 2: it out by talking to God about it. Get it
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  Speaker 2: out by immediately dropping on your knees and laying it
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  Speaker 2: bare before God and saying, God, what would you have
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  Speaker 2: me to do? You knew that this was going to
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  Speaker 2: happen before it happened. You know what this person is thinking. Please,
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  Speaker 2: will you do what you promised to do? So and
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  Speaker 2: trust all of that to God before addressing it, and
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  Speaker 2: then ask Him to make your words truthful and peace filled.
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  Speaker 2: Our third and final lesson is trust in God allows
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  Speaker 2: you to endure false accusation without retaliation. Going back to
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  Speaker 2: Psalm chapter thirty seven, we'll read part of verse seven
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  Speaker 2: and go back to verse six. I know rest in
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  Speaker 2: the Lord and wait patiently for him. He shall bring
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  Speaker 2: forth thy righteousness as the light. In another translation, it
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  Speaker 2: says he will vindicate you in broad daylight and publicly
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  Speaker 2: defend your just cause. Praise God. So if you're feeling misjudged,
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  Speaker 2: pray before replying. Ask God to vindicate you for his
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  Speaker 2: name's sake and in his time, and protect you from bitterness.
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  Speaker 2: This is good. Make it a great day 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,