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11 02 2024 More Testimonies About Jesus · 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: and receive the power we need to live healthy, 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 Sabbath, November two,
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  Speaker 2: twenty twenty four. 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 exception. We are continuing in our lesson
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  Speaker 2: study series themes in the Gospel of John, and our
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  Speaker 2: caption for today is more Testimonies about Jesus. More Testimonies
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  Speaker 2: about Jesus. We'll get into that in just a moment,
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  Speaker 2: but first I'd like to say welcome to you and
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  Speaker 2: ask you to please go over to your Daily Portion
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  Speaker 2: Daily Portion book, and let us know where you are
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  Speaker 2: in the world at your daily portion dot com. Please,
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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 in their way. Father and Heaven,
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  Speaker 2: thank you for this new day and for the privilege
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  Speaker 2: you have entrusted to us today to open your word,
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  Speaker 2: and for the Sabbath hours sacred and special where we
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  Speaker 2: can connect to you in a way that we otherwise
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  Speaker 2: would not. Father, I pray now that we will be
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  Speaker 2: drawn into your presence and you will enhance our testimony
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  Speaker 2: in Jesus name. I pray, Amen and Amen again more
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  Speaker 2: testimonies about Jesus Christ. So what I'm going to do
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  Speaker 2: is read one of the most pivotal passages that I
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  Speaker 2: refer to you. Like when I'm speaking to you, you're
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  Speaker 2: on the radio all over the world, you're on the
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  Speaker 2: Internet with me, you're on podcasts, on television, et cetera. Right,
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  Speaker 2: And I'm thinking, Okay, how do I make certain that
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  Speaker 2: as many people as possible have the opportunity to connect
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  Speaker 2: with God and for those who are not already saved
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  Speaker 2: to be saved. And so my motto is related to
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  Speaker 2: this passage in the Book of John sorry. The Book
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  Speaker 2: of John, chapter twelve and verse thirty two. The Book
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  Speaker 2: of John, chapter twelve and verse thirty two, and the
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  Speaker 2: Bible reads, and I Jesus is speaking here, and I,
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  Speaker 2: if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw
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  Speaker 2: all peoples to myself. Can I read it again? And I,
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  Speaker 2: if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw
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  Speaker 2: all peoples unto myself. And so, if you're a person
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  Speaker 2: who loves God, I want you to type it in the
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  Speaker 2: chat I Love God. If you are a person who
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  Speaker 2: already loves God, please type it in the chat I
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  Speaker 2: Love God. If you're someone who does indeed love God.
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  Speaker 2: And you have people in your workout community where you exercise,
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  Speaker 2: people in the taxi or in public transportation that you
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  Speaker 2: may encounter on a periodic basis, sometimes even every day,
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  Speaker 2: people at your job, people in your household that are
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  Speaker 2: not yet connected to God, and you're wondering, like, well,
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  Speaker 2: how can I help these people get connected to God?
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  Speaker 2: He said, lift Jesus up. When I say lift Jesus up,
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  Speaker 2: I'm saying, elevate Jesus. With what you say, what you do,
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  Speaker 2: how you live, recommend Jesus in the way, with what
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  Speaker 2: you say how you live and what you do to
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  Speaker 2: wear people. People will say, you know what, I really
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  Speaker 2: want to get to know him too. I want to
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  Speaker 2: get to know the one that you keep recommending to me.
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  Speaker 2: Whenever you have trials and tribulations, if you recommend Jesus
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  Speaker 2: and say, you know, I've been going through some things,
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  Speaker 2: some difficulties, and really and truly I don't like them,
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  Speaker 2: you know, being honest, I don't like them. But you
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  Speaker 2: know what, God has always been with me when I
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  Speaker 2: talk to him. He listened when I ask him for wisdom.
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  Speaker 2: He gives me wisdom when I need relief at just
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  Speaker 2: the right time. Sometime it's not my timing, but at
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  Speaker 2: just the right time. God gives me relief when I
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  Speaker 2: realize that I'm worrying, and I know that worry is
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  Speaker 2: blind and cannot discern the future. But Jesus sees the
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  Speaker 2: end from the beginning. In every difficulty, our Father, our
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  Speaker 2: heavenly Father, has a way prepared to bring relief. Our
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  Speaker 2: heavenly Father has a thousand ways to provide for his
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  Speaker 2: children of which we know nothing. This is the God
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  Speaker 2: that I love. Jesus is loving and he is kind.
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  Speaker 2: God our Father is always protective, and watching over me.
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  Speaker 2: The Holy Ghost is always giving me understanding, leading me
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  Speaker 2: into all truth. When I am feeling confused and without peace,
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  Speaker 2: the Holy Ghost gives me perfect peace. He gives me
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  Speaker 2: comfort when I am comfort less, when I've lost loved
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  Speaker 2: ones and friends. He gives me the comfort that I need.
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  Speaker 2: You see, as we elevate and recommend Jesus, and of
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  Speaker 2: course by extension God our Father, by extension God the
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  Speaker 2: Holy Ghost, then in our daily lives, he will guide
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  Speaker 2: people to himself. Okay, and so we're going to share
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  Speaker 2: a few principles, so I don't really go into the
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  Speaker 2: particular stories of the week. We're going to share some
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  Speaker 2: principles today to help us to elevate Jesus in our lives.
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  Speaker 2: Number one, I need you to do exactly what I
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  Speaker 2: need me to do. Live out his teachings. Live out
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  Speaker 2: his teachings in your life. And so the Bible reads
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  Speaker 2: in Matthew chapter five and verse sixteen. Let your light
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  Speaker 2: so shine before men, why that they may see your
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  Speaker 2: good works and glorify your Father, which is in heaven.
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  Speaker 2: We see. Sometimes we hide. We hide the things that
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  Speaker 2: we can be of service to people with. Sometimes we
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  Speaker 2: hide because either we're shy or we think that we'll
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  Speaker 2: bring glory to ourselves if we are helpful in an
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  Speaker 2: open and meaningful way. But what God is saying is no,
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  Speaker 2: you don't have to perform. Don't worry about that part.
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  Speaker 2: But what I need you to do, though, is when
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  Speaker 2: it's an when you have an opportunity to shed light
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  Speaker 2: in a situation, when somebody is having a skirmish right
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  Speaker 2: in front of you, if you are able to cut
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  Speaker 2: down the controversy, you're there to let your light so shine.
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  Speaker 2: When people are having difficulties financially, if you are able
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  Speaker 2: to lend a helping hand or some valuable advice practically speaking,
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  Speaker 2: then lend a helping hand. You are shedding light hih.
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  Speaker 2: When somebody needs food or clothing or shelter, and you
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  Speaker 2: can facilitate that someone needs healing, You can pray for
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  Speaker 2: them or also facilitate some of the treatments that they
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  Speaker 2: may need. Let your light so shine if you have
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  Speaker 2: a word or a smile hauh on, behalf of Jesus.
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  Speaker 2: Let your light so shine in front of these people,
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  Speaker 2: so that when they see you, they want to get
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  Speaker 2: to know the one that you love. Okay, So that's
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  Speaker 2: the first one. Live out the teachings of God. Now
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  Speaker 2: we can share and must really and truly share our
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  Speaker 2: personal testimonies. This is one of my favorite, especially considering
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  Speaker 2: what we're going to talk about over the next several days.
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  Speaker 2: And the Bible reads here that we in Revelation chapter twelve,
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  Speaker 2: verse eleven, that there are some people in our religious past,
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  Speaker 2: our spiritual history. This was their reality, and they God's people,
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  Speaker 2: the ones who lived at a certain time in history,
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  Speaker 2: those who were cut from the same cloth of every
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  Speaker 2: holy individual who has ever lived on planet Earth. Right,
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  Speaker 2: those individuals overcame him, meaning the devil, by the blood
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  Speaker 2: of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony.
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  Speaker 2: M And they loved not their lives even to the
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  Speaker 2: point of death. Can I say it again? And they
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  Speaker 2: overcame the devil by the blood of the Lamb and
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  Speaker 2: by the word of their testimony, and they loved not
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  Speaker 2: their lives even to the point of death. So, whatever
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  Speaker 2: your trials are, whatever it is that you go through,
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  Speaker 2: make sure that you live your testimony. Make sure you
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  Speaker 2: don't hide it from people. Talk about the goodness of God,
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  Speaker 2: talk about how He gets you through or out of trials.
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  Speaker 2: Right talk about how he has delivered you from certain
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  Speaker 2: mindset woes that have been binding you, how he's delivered
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  Speaker 2: you from relationships or was kind enough to give you
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  Speaker 2: the kind of relationship that you want. You live a
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  Speaker 2: blissful marriage, share that testimony with people you see, and
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  Speaker 2: then finally, finally engage in acts of kindness. In John
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  Speaker 2: chapter thirteen and verse fifteen, the Bible says that Jesus
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  Speaker 2: gave us he lived his example before us so we
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  Speaker 2: could do the kinds of things that he did. And
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  Speaker 2: of course he relieved suffering any time he was able to,
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  Speaker 2: and was kind as much as he needed to be.
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  Speaker 2: Make it a great Sabbath. We'll talk to you tomorrow peace.
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  Speaker 2: Thanks for 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,