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09 28 2025 A New Moses · 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: 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 at
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  Speaker 2: September twenty eight, twenty twenty five. Hello, my name is
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  Speaker 2: El David Harris. I am your host, and this is
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  Speaker 2: your Daily Portion where we give you God's word every
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  Speaker 2: single day and today is no exception. We are continuing
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  Speaker 2: in our Lesson study series, the new one our Lesson
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  Speaker 2: Study series considering Joshua lessons of Faith from Joshua, and
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  Speaker 2: our caption for today is a New Moses, a New Moses.
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  Speaker 2: Before we get into that, I'd like to just say
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  Speaker 2: welcome to everyone joining us, especially those joining us for
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  Speaker 2: and fellowship. Let's go ahead and pray. Father, We thank
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  Speaker 2: you for the opportunity this new week, Lord to come
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  Speaker 2: into your presence. Please teach us how to live godly
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  Speaker 2: no matter what, help us to follow you with all
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  Speaker 2: that we have and all that we are. In Jesus' name,
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  Speaker 2: I pray, Amen and Amen again a new Moses. Okay,
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  Speaker 2: so there's so much I want to say, but there's
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  Speaker 2: not enough time. So let me just say this. Joshua
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  Speaker 2: was the perfect example. If you want to use the
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  Speaker 2: word perfect, I don't have a problem using it. The
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  Speaker 2: perfect example of a human being following and supporting God
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  Speaker 2: through the ministry of another human being. Let me just
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  Speaker 2: say it this way. When Moses was the leader that
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  Speaker 2: God had chosen for the people of God for a
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  Speaker 2: period of time during and after the Exodus, Joshua was
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  Speaker 2: right there. He was a man of faith. He wasn't
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  Speaker 2: the only one, but he was a man of faith
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  Speaker 2: and God, knowing what he would do many many years later,
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  Speaker 2: made sure that Joshua was in Moses's presence at the
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  Speaker 2: times that were most critical for the mission that God
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  Speaker 2: would give to Joshua. And so we begin now in
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  Speaker 2: the story beginning in the Book of Deuteronomy Deuteronomy chapter
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  Speaker 2: Let's go with Deuteronomy chapter eighteen, and I will read
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  Speaker 2: verse fifteen. The Lord, thy God will raise up unto
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  Speaker 2: thee a prophet from the midst of thee of thy brethren,
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  Speaker 2: like unto me, unto him, ye shall hearken. Let's go
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  Speaker 2: to Joshua chapter one, verses one and two, and the
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  Speaker 2: Bible reads, now after the death of Moses. See Moses
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  Speaker 2: is now dead. He had done a wonderful job, an
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  Speaker 2: exceptional job in leading God's people, but he made a
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  Speaker 2: critical error when he struck the rock in anger. On
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  Speaker 2: that second occasion, God told him strike the rock the
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  Speaker 2: first time. This was a symbol of Jesus having to
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  Speaker 2: be smitten, having to be bruised for our iniquities. The
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  Speaker 2: chastisement of our peace was upon him by his stripes.
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  Speaker 2: We are healed. This was the symbol as God gave
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  Speaker 2: water from the rock. But thecond time symbolize God saying listen,
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  Speaker 2: I'm gonna make provision for you. I'm going to give
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  Speaker 2: you the life that is in water, but you don't
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  Speaker 2: have to strike Jesus again. He died once for all,
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  Speaker 2: and in anger, Moses decided to be demonstrative and say,
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  Speaker 2: how long do we have to put up with you?
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  Speaker 2: In all of the wickedness that the people of God
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  Speaker 2: were involved in. They're murmuring, they're complaining all of their repining,
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  Speaker 2: And in that moment, he made it seem that he
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  Speaker 2: was the one that was delivering God's people number one
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  Speaker 2: problem and number two, he made it seem as if
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  Speaker 2: Jesus and I know, I know you're going to have
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  Speaker 2: to study this out, and you should, but as if
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  Speaker 2: Jesus needed to be smitten again. And both of those
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  Speaker 2: put Moses in a position that God had to move
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  Speaker 2: him out of the way so God could show the
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  Speaker 2: people that the real leader is God himself, but he
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  Speaker 2: was using Moses. He moves him out of the way,
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  Speaker 2: and then of course he now installs Joshua. Now, after
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  Speaker 2: the death of Moses, the servant of the Lord, it
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  Speaker 2: came to pass that the Lord spake unto Joshua saying, Moses,
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  Speaker 2: my servant is dead. Now therefore, arise, go over this Jordan.
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  Speaker 2: So this transition from Moses to Joshua was explicitly tied
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  Speaker 2: to the promise that God would not leave his people
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  Speaker 2: leader less. I need somebody to get this right now.
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  Speaker 2: There are some of you in churches around the world
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  Speaker 2: that have all kinds of criticisms, and you feel discouraged
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  Speaker 2: based on your view of how leadership should be versus
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  Speaker 2: how you see that it is in your church community
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  Speaker 2: or even on a global scale. You have a view.
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  Speaker 2: You have decided that leadership looks a certain way, and
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  Speaker 2: you have taken it up, taking it upon yourselves. God
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  Speaker 2: forbid to strike the rock because you're frustrated. You have
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  Speaker 2: stricken the rock the second time. Because you're frustrated. You
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  Speaker 2: think that God is sleeping. But I assure you the
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  Speaker 2: Bible says God does not slumber, He does not sleep,
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  Speaker 2: He will not leave his people leader less. And so
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  Speaker 2: it is not incumbent upon you to take the reins
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  Speaker 2: into your own hands and go on the internet and
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  Speaker 2: on media and criticize and find that fault that you
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  Speaker 2: feel justified in finding in order to esteem yourselves as leaders.
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  Speaker 2: Let me just say that one more time, very simply
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  Speaker 2: God is still in control. Whatever we have to deal
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  Speaker 2: with in terms of leadership, we need to deal with
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  Speaker 2: it internally. It is not an open battle for all
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  Speaker 2: of the world to see, because that does not glorify God.
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  Speaker 2: God wants us to come into his presence and say, God,
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  Speaker 2: now what do you want us to do? And he
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  Speaker 2: will raise up a leaders among his people until Jesus comes.
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  Speaker 2: Do not misinterpret or read into what I'm saying. Just
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  Speaker 2: listen to it for what I said. And so uh,
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  Speaker 2: there are so many, so many words that we need
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  Speaker 2: to use here, Like now the prophet that is the
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  Speaker 2: term prophet in Hebrews speak spoken of in the text,
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  Speaker 2: that is the spokesman for God. So Joshua in this
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  Speaker 2: moment of ministry becomes the spokes men for God. And
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  Speaker 2: then kan kame o me okay I mispronounced it, but
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  Speaker 2: it doesn't matter like unto me that word ka mo
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  Speaker 2: me I got it right this time means like unto me,
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  Speaker 2: we're stressing the continuity. So God is saying, there was
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  Speaker 2: a mantle. I placed it upon Moses and of course
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  Speaker 2: Aaron by extension. But now they are moved out of
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  Speaker 2: the way, and that is the continuity. I'm instilling by
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  Speaker 2: putting you, the spokesperson, the prophet from among the people
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  Speaker 2: of God into place. Are you now a part of
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  Speaker 2: God's continuity plan where maybe some people have gone off
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  Speaker 2: the scene because they are elders and they have passed away,
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  Speaker 2: or they are out of energy, or if God forbid,
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  Speaker 2: somebody has passed away, or if double God forbid, somebody
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  Speaker 2: has lost faith, and you are there to take up
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  Speaker 2: the mantle. Because God is keeping his plan continuous, his
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  Speaker 2: will will be done. Ask him, ask him, and then
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  Speaker 2: of course he wants all of us to shah mah,
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  Speaker 2: shama here, shamah here, and obey here, and obey not
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  Speaker 2: just here. This is what Joshua was to do. And
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  Speaker 2: of course he was the servant, the servant of God.
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  Speaker 2: He was to be courageous. And so Joshua's opening frames
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  Speaker 2: him as a divinely appointed leader, continuing God's presence among
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  Speaker 2: his people. Now the continuity is in leadership. God's people
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  Speaker 2: were not abandoned. By echoing Deuteronomy, the text reassures the
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  Speaker 2: people that God's covenant guidance did not die with Moses,
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  Speaker 2: that Golden Calf incident was a real thing. God did
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  Speaker 2: not need Moses to be the leader. Joshua was not
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  Speaker 2: another man's idea, but God's chosen servant. There is so
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  Speaker 2: much more that we can say, but let me just
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  Speaker 2: say this. God is always in control. He will not
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  Speaker 2: leave his people leaderless. 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.