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10 25 2023 Abraham’s Mission · Your Daily Portion with L. David Harris

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  Most of us eat every day, some of us too much, because yesterday's
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  food is not enough to supply energy for today's needs. Why then, do
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  some of us expect yesterday's portion of heavenly manna, the word of God to
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  keep us through today's challenges. On this program, we are going to change
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  all of that. Let's experience God's words today and receive the power we need
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  to live healthy, vibrant lives. Welcome to your Daily Portion with your host,
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  author speaker, Elle David Harris. Good morning, Good morning, Good
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  morning. It is Wednesday, October twenty five, twenty twenty three. I
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  was not asleep. Hello. My name is El David Harris. I am
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  your host, and this is your Daily Portion where we give you God's Word
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  every single day, and today is no exception. We are continuing in our
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  Lesson study series, God's Mission, my mission, and our caption for today
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  is Abraham's Mission. Yeah, that makes sense. Abraham's Mission. We'll get
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  into that in just a moment, But first I'd like to say welcome to
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  everyone joining us. I thank you for those who join us every single day.
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  You, like Dave, how come you always shouting out the people who've
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  only who've never come before, and that's you know, for good reason.
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  But let me just say a great big shout out and thank you to people
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  who come in every day and you are also sharing this program. I see
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  it. It's amazing how dedicated you are to the Lord's work in sharing his
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  word throughout the world. So God bless you and keep you. Make His
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  face to shine upon you and give you peace. I say that over my
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  son, that blessing every single morning. Let's go ahead and pray, and
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  then we will get underway. Bather in Heaven, thank you for this day.
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  Please give us your holy spirit, give us your power to accomplish the
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  mission that you have set before us. In Jesus' name, I pray,
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  Amen and amen again Abraham's mission. Now from the Lesson Study, it says,
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  we don't know how many people were living in the cities of Sodom and
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  Gomorrah at the time of this account. But among these thousands of people,
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  it could have been more. Really, but among these thousands of people,
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  only four h let me just pause right here, only four left the city
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  and only three were saved. Oh Lord, did you get that of all
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  of the people in the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. Only four people escaped
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  the destruction of Sodom and Gomorra, and only three of those people were saved
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  because Lott's wife, her heart was still in the city, and so yeah,
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  she didn't make it. The same with the flood in Genesis. We
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  don't know how many were alive then, but we do know that most of
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  them were not saved. Now, let me ask you a question. Is
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  it that and I'm gonna answer it too. Is it that God is making
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  or creating some exclusive club for elite people who can somehow muster up inner energy
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  to be saved. No, that's not the answer. You know what it
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  is Most of us are not about executing on our goals. And you're like,
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  Dave, how do we get into this clinic on business? Now?
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  Listen, human beings naturally are not into executing. We're naturally, for some
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  reason, not about taking action. You notice my language has changed a lot
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  these days. When we are learning from these lessons, we talk about action
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  steps because really a lot of us are comfortable with laying back, learning and
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  eating and ingesting and maybe digesting just a little bit, and then learning and
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  eating and ingesting maybe and digesting a little bit and just rinse and repeat,
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  just constantly taking in but seldom putting out, seldom acting, and I mean
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  in an effective manner. And so the people who would have heard the warnings,
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  the people who would have heard the preaching, the people who would have
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  experienced the Holy Spirit part of me, the Holy Spirit's callings to come and
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  do what God would have them to do, just simply chose not to execute,
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  not to act. And by not acting, we have made a decision
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  that we just literally don't want to do. What God wants is to pardon
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  me to do. Okay, let me begin now with an action step.
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  Right consistently practice hospitality and righteous Let me come back to that. Hebrews chapter
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  thirteen, verses one and two. Let brotherly love continue, be not forgetful
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  to entertain strangers. That is an action step, For thereby some have entertained
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  angels unawares. And I think we saw that in Abraham's case it was two
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  angels and Jesus Christ himself. And so, like Abraham and Lot, make
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  it a habit. Make it a habit. This is an action step.
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  Make it a habit to extend hospitality, uphold righteous behavior, ensuring that your
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  actions and your lifestyle mirror the values of God's kingdom. See that was Abraham's
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  mission to mirror the values of God's kingdom. Go at this second one from
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  Galatians chapter six and verse nine. The Bible reads, and let us not
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  be weary in well doing, for in due season we shall if we faint
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  not. Did Abraham demonstrate any well doing? Did he pray for the people
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  of Sodom and Gomorrah? Did he become weary in his praying? Did he
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  allow trepidation to stop him from continuing with God and saying, God, just
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  please just be patient with me. Can I just ask? I want to
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  negotiate some more. I'd like to ask on the benefit on the behalf of
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  those in Sodom and Gomorrah. Could you just please you? See so,
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  perseverance despite apparent failure is key. Stay faithful to your mission, even if
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  the immediate outcomes are not as anticipated, understanding that the seeds you so today
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  may bear fruit in unexpected ways. Let's go to Revelation chapter twenty two and
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  verse seventeen for another action step, and the Bible reads, and whosoever will
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  let him come take the water of life freely. Now this one is is
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  going to be a trigger for some people. Yeah, we have to allow
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  people to make their decisions. We have to make it clear that we respect
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  other people's choices. Now, Jesus did show us in the Old Testament through
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  a man's testimony. Right, I lay before you two pathways, right,
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  life and death, blessing and cursing. And then God gave you what his
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  goal was, like his intent for your life, for my life. He
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  said, choose life. Choose life. So we want people to choose life.
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  We want to give people the opportunity. We want to continually make the
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  invitation, but we literally can't force anyone. You can take a person to
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  a place to drink when they're dehydrated, but you can't force them. There
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  are people who just will not choose the right path. But we need to
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  respect people's free will in choosing their path while consistently sharing so we don't just
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  leave it up to chance or happenstance, while consistently sharing God's message of salvation
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  and demonstrating his love in your interactions. Okay, and the fourth and final
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  we're getting from the Book of Romans, chapter twelve and verse two, and
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  be not conformed to this world, that means, do not allow this world
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  to squeeze you into its mold, but be ye transformed by the renewing of
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  your mind, that ye may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect
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  will of God. Here is the action step. And environments that may be
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  contrary to Godly principles, continue to stand firm. Stand firm on the principles
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  of God's word, and seek to positively influence those around you. Stand firm
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  no matter what, maintain righteousness in the wickedest environments. Hah, be not
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  squeezed into the world's mold or mindset, but be transformed by the renewing of
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  our mind. So God has given us the power in the mission to not
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  necessarily need to be whisked away from this world. Jesus said, I pray
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  not that they will be taken from the world, but basically that the world
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  won't be taken, that the world will be taken out of their hearts,
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  and that they will make an impact on the world. That is the mission
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  God has given to us, and that was Abraham's mission. Have a wonderful
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  day, peace. Thanks for joining us listening. Friends. Always remember we
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  cannot live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth
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  of God. This has been your daily portion with EL David Harris. Make
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  it a great day, yeah,