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06 21 2026 Living Today · 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, the
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  Speaker 2: twenty first day of June in twenty twenty six. Hello,
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  Speaker 2: my name is El David Harris. I am your host,
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  Speaker 2: and this is your Daily Portion where we give you
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  Speaker 2: God's word every single day and today is no exception.
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  Speaker 2: We are continuing through our final week in our Lesson
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  Speaker 2: study series, growing in a relationship with God, and our
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  Speaker 2: cop for today is Living Today, Living Today. Before we
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  Speaker 2: get into that, I'd like to say welcome to you
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  Speaker 2: and ask you to please go over to your Daily
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  Speaker 2: We can't do what we do without you. Yeah, yeah, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: So let's go ahead and pray and then we will
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  Speaker 2: get underway. Father in Heaven, thank you for the opportunity
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  Speaker 2: to come into your presence today, for the privilege of
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  Speaker 2: being called by your name. I'm asking you to please
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  Speaker 2: give us the fullness of your holy spirit. Help us
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  Speaker 2: to live today knowing that what we live for today
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  Speaker 2: is a manifestation of how we see eternity. Please empower
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  Speaker 2: us in Jesus name. I pray, Amen and Amen again,
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  Speaker 2: living today, living today. Can we just agree right now,
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  Speaker 2: without a whole lot of argument and making up all
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  Speaker 2: kinds of special stuff and presentations like Jesus is literally
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  Speaker 2: on his way. Can we agree that Jesus is on
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  Speaker 2: his way, that he is literally about to come and
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  Speaker 2: pick up his children and get us out of this
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  Speaker 2: planet because the world is moaning and groaning as a
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  Speaker 2: woman in birth pangs, because Jesus is soon to come.
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  Speaker 2: Can we just type in the chat Jesus is on
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  Speaker 2: his way because he in fact is. And the Bible
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  Speaker 2: writer begins in First Peter, chapter four and verse seven
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  Speaker 2: to say simply the end of all things is at hand.
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  Speaker 2: So here's some guidance. Be sober. That's the opposite of
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  Speaker 2: being drunken. We can be drunken by power, we can
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  Speaker 2: be drunken by actual Inebrians, we can be drunken by
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  Speaker 2: the sense that we have forever. Even in some Christianize
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  Speaker 2: speaking communities, people think that we have a thousand years left.
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  Speaker 2: Can you imagine They try to prove that from the scriptures.
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  Speaker 2: Some of them believe that we have seven years, based
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  Speaker 2: on some starting point that they manufactured. And I won't
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  Speaker 2: go into those lies. But the Bible is teaching us
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  Speaker 2: that the culmination of all things is near, and he
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  Speaker 2: gives us the markers to let us know what that means.
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  Speaker 2: And he said be self controlled and sober minded for
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  Speaker 2: the sake of prayer. Watch unto prayer, brothers and sisters.
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  Speaker 2: In Matthew chapter twenty four and verse six, the Bible reads,
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  Speaker 2: and ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars,
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  Speaker 2: but the end is not yet. Yes, those were the
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  Speaker 2: beginnings of sorrows. Can we agree that all of this
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  Speaker 2: stuff has intensified to fever pitch to the degree that okay, yeah, Jesus,
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  Speaker 2: if you don't come here soon, we are going to
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  Speaker 2: destroy ourselves as human beings. I think that's an easy assessment.
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  Speaker 2: We don't need a whole lot of convincing, okay. And
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  Speaker 2: so God is wanting us to be clear minded. That
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  Speaker 2: means that we don't jump at everything that bumps in
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  Speaker 2: the night. We don't act as if it's going to
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  Speaker 2: be a million years before Jesus comes. But we also
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  Speaker 2: don't cry wolf. We listen for the voice of God.
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  Speaker 2: When when the Bible writers said that that these things
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  Speaker 2: shall not come upon you unawares, it's because we have
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  Speaker 2: the privilege of listening for God's voice and studying what
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  Speaker 2: he has shown us to say, oh, wait a minute,
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  Speaker 2: we are nearing home, brothers and sisters, like this is it?
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  Speaker 2: Like we are We are on the precipice of eternity
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  Speaker 2: with God. And that means that there is a work
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  Speaker 2: for us to do, a very specific and clear work
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  Speaker 2: in spreading this Gospel of the Kingdom into all the
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  Speaker 2: world for a witness so that the end can come.
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  Speaker 2: The everlasting Gospel must be preached in to all of
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  Speaker 2: the world must be and it's our privilege to do so. Okay,
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  Speaker 2: so the signs of the times are calling for spiritual
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  Speaker 2: alert ness. A serious world requires a serious walk with God,
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  Speaker 2: so we don't have to frighten each other into this reality.
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  Speaker 2: It's true, right, Yeah, a serious world requires a serious
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  Speaker 2: walk with God. Now what does that mean in terms
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  Speaker 2: of our action for today? Set aside focus time. I'm
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  Speaker 2: going to say this to you until I'm blue in
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  Speaker 2: the face because this is what I need to do
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  Speaker 2: as well. For prayer and remove distractions so you can
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  Speaker 2: connect deeply with God. Is it your devices that are distractions?
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  Speaker 2: Most of you are elders. So is it other people
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  Speaker 2: who are distractions that have needs and you just really
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  Speaker 2: want to attend to their needs. I know that you
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  Speaker 2: have grand and great grandchildren who need some things, but
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  Speaker 2: I want you to find the time make a space
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  Speaker 2: where not even they're knocking at your door, they're buzzing
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  Speaker 2: of your phone. Ah, none of that will impact the
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  Speaker 2: moments that you have by yourself with God. Set aside
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  Speaker 2: some time for prayer, and remove the distractions so you
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  Speaker 2: can connect deeply with God. Our second lesson is coming
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  Speaker 2: in from James chapter four and verse fourteen, where the
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  Speaker 2: Bible reads, for what is your life is it even
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  Speaker 2: a vapor that appeareth for a little time and then
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  Speaker 2: vanish away. Let me read it another way. You do
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  Speaker 2: not know about tomorrow. What is your life for you
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  Speaker 2: are a puff of smoke that appears for a short
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  Speaker 2: time and then vanishes. Yeah, we're temporary as we are
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  Speaker 2: on planet Earth. Like these bodies are not eternal bodies.
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  Speaker 2: These bodies break down. Yeah, these bodies deteriorate. We are
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  Speaker 2: subject to the possibility of losing our lives and resting
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  Speaker 2: in the grave while living while we are on planet Earth.
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  Speaker 2: And so so that means we need to invest the
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  Speaker 2: time that God gives us, whatever moments He's entrusted to
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  Speaker 2: us this Sunday morning, we need to invest those wisely
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  Speaker 2: in doing what God has called us to do. The
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  Speaker 2: Bible reads in Hebrews chapter thirteen and verse five, I
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  Speaker 2: will never leave THEE. So we're not fearful because our
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  Speaker 2: lives are like a vapor, like a puff of smoke.
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  Speaker 2: We know that He's with us. I will never leave THEE,
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  Speaker 2: nor will I forsake THEE. I will never leave you.
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  Speaker 2: I will not abandon you. And so life is brief
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  Speaker 2: and uncertain. Yes, I'm not saying that as like some
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  Speaker 2: new teaching or to frighten you to death. But God's
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  Speaker 2: presence is steady, and He's made promises to be with us.
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  Speaker 2: Bible says the Bible writer David said, I've been young
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  Speaker 2: and I've been old, but never have I seen the
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  Speaker 2: righteous forsaken nor his seed begging bread. And so this
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  Speaker 2: reality calls for daily surrender. What is the action step
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  Speaker 2: apart from surrender? We already know this. Live today intentionally,
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  Speaker 2: and I will really just segment it. Live this moment
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  Speaker 2: intentionally until the next moment that God hopefully will entrust
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  Speaker 2: to you, until the next moment, not even minute, not
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  Speaker 2: even second, not hour, not day, not week, not month,
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  Speaker 2: this moment. Live this intentionally, and make sure your relationship
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  Speaker 2: with God is active and not assumed. We're not taking
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  Speaker 2: anything lightly here, brothers and sisters, nothing for granted. Our
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  Speaker 2: third and final lesson comes in from the Bible Book
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  Speaker 2: of Psalms, Chapter eighty, verse is three and nineteen. The
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  Speaker 2: Bible reads, turn us again, Oh God, and cause thy
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  Speaker 2: face to shine, and we shall be saved. Turn us again,
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  Speaker 2: oh Lord, God of Hosts, cause thy face to shine,
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  Speaker 2: and we shall be saved or delivered. Yes, God needs
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  Speaker 2: to restore us, and we're asking him to restore us.
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  Speaker 2: Let your face shine in our lives so we can
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  Speaker 2: become like you intended from before there was a beginning.
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  Speaker 2: Because we have veered off track. God, we are living
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  Speaker 2: today knowing that eternity is right at the door. Make
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  Speaker 2: it a great Sunday. 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,