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08 21 2024 Can You Drink My Cup · 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 2: Vibrant lives.
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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, August
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  Speaker 2: twenty one, twenty twenty four. 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 through the Book of Mark, and our
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  Speaker 2: caption for today is can you drink my cup? Can
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  Speaker 2: you drink my cup? We'll get into that in just
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  Speaker 2: a moment, but first I'd like to say welcome to
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  Speaker 2: you and ask you to please go over to your
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  Speaker 2: us know where you are in the world at your
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  Speaker 2: Daily Portion dot com. This is one of the ways
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  Speaker 2: that we continue to build faith and fellowship. Let's go
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  Speaker 2: ahead and pray, and then we will get underway. Father
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  Speaker 2: and Heaven, thank you for giving us this new day
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  Speaker 2: and for the privilege that we have to come together
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  Speaker 2: in this manner. So many people all over the world,
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  Speaker 2: on so many different platforms, all focusing on your word. Father.
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  Speaker 2: You said, where two or three are gathered together in
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  Speaker 2: your name, you'd be in the midst of us. So
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  Speaker 2: please be in our midst wherever we are in Jesus' name.
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  Speaker 2: I pray, Amen and Amen again. Can you drink my cup?
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  Speaker 2: So you want to be great? Huh? Yeah, there are
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  Speaker 2: some people who just are obsessed with being great. That's
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  Speaker 2: why social media has so many weird things happening. That's
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  Speaker 2: why YouTube and other online media channels are the way
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  Speaker 2: they are. So many people vying for the news media's
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  Speaker 2: attention and et cetera, et cetera. Right, but Jesus gave
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  Speaker 2: the blueprint for greatness. He gave the blueprint for greatness
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  Speaker 2: where God's people are concerned. Maybe I should have said
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  Speaker 2: that earlier. Yeah, if you're one of God's people and
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  Speaker 2: you want to be great. We're going to talk about
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  Speaker 2: the blueprint today, or at least part of it. Of course,
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  Speaker 2: some of what I'm saying is for effect. But let's
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  Speaker 2: read beginning at verse thirty two of the Bible, Book
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  Speaker 2: of Mark, chapter ten, and the Bible reads, and they
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  Speaker 2: were in the way going up to Jerusalem. And Jesus
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  Speaker 2: went before them, and they were amazed. As they followed,
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  Speaker 2: they were afraid. And he took again the twelve and
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  Speaker 2: began to tell them what things would happen unto him, saying, behold,
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  Speaker 2: we go up to Jerusalem, and the son of Man
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  Speaker 2: shall be delivered unto the chief priests and unto the scribes,
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  Speaker 2: and they shall condemn him to death, and shall deliver
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  Speaker 2: him to the gentiles, and they shall mock him and
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  Speaker 2: scourge him, and shall spit upon him, and shall kill him.
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  Speaker 2: And the third day he shall arise again. And Jane's
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  Speaker 2: and John, the sons of Debety Zebedee, come unto him, saying, Master,
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  Speaker 2: we would that thou shouldest do. We would that thou
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  Speaker 2: shouldest do for us whatsoever we desire. And he said
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  Speaker 2: unto them, well, what would what would ye that I
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  Speaker 2: should do for you? And they said unto him, grant
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  Speaker 2: unto us that we may sit one on thy right
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  Speaker 2: hand and the other on thy left hand in thy glory.
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  Speaker 2: And I'm not gonna lie. I've always seen this negatively.
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  Speaker 2: I've always seen this negatively. And of course there is
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  Speaker 2: the human element. There is the sinful human element we
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  Speaker 2: have to be considerate of. Like we know that there
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  Speaker 2: was something in there. But is it so bad to
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  Speaker 2: want to be at the right and the left hand
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  Speaker 2: of Jesus? Is it so bad really when you think
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  Speaker 2: about it? But what is a person's motive? Jesus is
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  Speaker 2: at the right hand of the Father, right, Okay, so
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  Speaker 2: what is the motive? And that's where we need to
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  Speaker 2: begin our thought process. But Jesus said, unto them, well
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  Speaker 2: you know not what you asked? Can ye drink of
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  Speaker 2: the cup that I drink of and be baptized with
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  Speaker 2: the baptism that I am baptized with? And they say,
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  Speaker 2: unto him, we can whoa wait a minute now, now,
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  Speaker 2: Jesus already checks their discussion by sort of bringing them
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  Speaker 2: into a higher understanding by asking a simple question. But
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  Speaker 2: it wasn't It wasn't simplistic. It was profound. Are you
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  Speaker 2: willing to walk the road that I am to walk. Now,
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  Speaker 2: if they understood the prophecies, they would have paused. The
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  Speaker 2: prophecy said what Jesus would do like he would be
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  Speaker 2: cut off, not for himself, but for the people. He
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  Speaker 2: would die an ignominious death. He would die the death
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  Speaker 2: of the cross. He gave his life freely for this,
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  Speaker 2: for people who would not receive him, people who were
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  Speaker 2: supposed to be his friends, and of course and others.
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  Speaker 2: But the Bible is teaching us that his people said, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: sure we could do that. We could do that, no problem,
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  Speaker 2: no problem. And so and they said we can. And
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  Speaker 2: Jesus said, unto them, ye shall indeed drink of the
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  Speaker 2: cup that I drink of, And with the baptism that
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  Speaker 2: I am baptized with all ye shall be baptized. So
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  Speaker 2: you're gonna go through it. You don't understand what you're
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  Speaker 2: saying right now, y'all, but you are going to go
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  Speaker 2: through it. There will be trials and tribulations. People will
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  Speaker 2: speak all manner of evil against you, falsely for my sake.
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  Speaker 2: They will revile you, they will persecute you, They will
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  Speaker 2: even murder some of you. Hmm. Well, anyway, that's what's
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  Speaker 2: gonna happen. You will be baptized in the way I'm
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  Speaker 2: baptized Verse forty. But to sit on my right hand
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  Speaker 2: and on my left hand is not mine to give,
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  Speaker 2: but it shall be given to them for whom it
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  Speaker 2: is prepared. And when the Ten heard it, they began
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  Speaker 2: to be much displeased with James and John. See, these
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  Speaker 2: guys were not displeased because they were humble. The Ten
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  Speaker 2: were humble, and they thought that that James and John
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  Speaker 2: were proud. No, that's not why these guys were like,
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  Speaker 2: wait a minute, what about us? Like? What about us?
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  Speaker 2: We can we sit at the right hand of God? Like?
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  Speaker 2: Can we be on the right and left hand? Can
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  Speaker 2: we be those guys who stand like terrabim with Jesus? Well, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: motive matters. But Jesus called them to him, said, unto them.
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  Speaker 2: You know that they which are accounted to rule over
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  Speaker 2: the gentiles, exercise lordship over them. And they're great ones,
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  Speaker 2: exercise authority upon them. But so shall it not be
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  Speaker 2: among you. So if you're looking for authority, if you're
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  Speaker 2: looking for somebody to look at you and to congratulate you,
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  Speaker 2: if you are looking to politrick your way into a
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  Speaker 2: church position or in government position, if that is your goal,
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  Speaker 2: so that you can be seen as high and mighty,
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  Speaker 2: so people can yield to you when you step up
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  Speaker 2: in the place. That is not what God's people are
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  Speaker 2: to be looking after. He said, so shall it not
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  Speaker 2: be among you? I hope God's people are listening. There
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  Speaker 2: are too many people who are seeking prominent positions, even
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  Speaker 2: in the body of Christ, so that we can be chiefest,
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  Speaker 2: so that we can be highest, so that we can
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  Speaker 2: be seen as great, so that people can bow and
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  Speaker 2: scuffle and move out of the way when we come
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  Speaker 2: into the place. And God said, that is not the
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  Speaker 2: way it's supposed to be with you, And whosoever of
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  Speaker 2: you will be the chiefest shall be the servant of all.
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  Speaker 2: Are you vying for the attention of the people so
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  Speaker 2: you can be the servant of all? So that you
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  Speaker 2: can gird yourself with a towel and wash each other's feet,
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  Speaker 2: so you can say, what may I do for you
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  Speaker 2: to enhance your life spiritually, professionally, personally in relationship matters?
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  Speaker 2: Are you looking for an opportunity to bless somebody? Is
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  Speaker 2: that what you wake up within your mind? And whosoever
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  Speaker 2: of you shall be the chiefest, shall be the servant
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  Speaker 2: of all where the son of Man came un came,
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  Speaker 2: not to be ministered unto, but to minister. And it
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  Speaker 2: doesn't stop there. That's already a big one. That's already
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  Speaker 2: a big one. Not sit on platforms, minister, we're talking
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  Speaker 2: about roll up our sleeves and well, forget the sleeves,
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  Speaker 2: get dirty, yes, and do whatever it takes in order
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  Speaker 2: to serve people. This is what Jesus did. But he
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  Speaker 2: also gave his life a ransom for many. Do you
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  Speaker 2: want to be great? Like follow share, hit the notification bell?
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  Speaker 2: Do you want to be great to have a million
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  Speaker 2: followers and viewers. I'm not talking about me. I'm saying
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  Speaker 2: the proverbial me. If you want to be great, become
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  Speaker 2: the chief servant wherever you are, Brighten the corner where
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  Speaker 2: you are, be the chief servant, and then you will
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  Speaker 2: be great. Make it a great day, peace. Thanks for
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  Speaker 2: joining us listening. Friends.
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  Speaker 1: Always remember we cannot live by bread alone, but by
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  Speaker 1: every word that comes from the mouth of God. This
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  Speaker 1: has been your daily portion with el David Harris. Make
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  Speaker 1: it a great day. Yeah,