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12 23 2024 Keeping Your Eyes on 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 Monday, December
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  Speaker 2: twenty three, twenty twenty four. Hello, my name is Elle
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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 themes in the Gospel of John,
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  Speaker 2: and our caption for today is keeping your Eyes on Jesus.
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  Speaker 2: Keeping your Eyes on Jesus. We'll get into that in
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  Speaker 2: just a moment, but first I'd like to say welcome
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  Speaker 2: to you and ask you to go over to your
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  Speaker 3: Theme.
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  Speaker 2: This lesson study series and let us know where you
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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 and make sure also by the
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  Speaker 2: way you click that number seven to enhance your spiritual
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  Speaker 2: journey with God. Let's go ahead and pray, and then
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  Speaker 2: we will get underway. Father in Heaven, thank you for
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  Speaker 2: giving us this new day, our daily bread. Thank you
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  Speaker 2: for giving us the opportunity to see to see you.
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  Speaker 2: And I know Lord that we're looking forward to the
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  Speaker 2: day that we'll see you face to face. But in
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  Speaker 2: the meantime, God, we thank you, We thank you for
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  Speaker 2: the privilege of being called by your name. Please help
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  Speaker 2: us to live according to your principles. In Jesus name,
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  Speaker 2: I pray, Amen and Amen again, keeping your eyes on Jesus,
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  Speaker 2: And of course my mind immediately goes to the him.
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  Speaker 2: Turn your eyes upon Jesus. And I think I'll share
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  Speaker 2: a little bit of that hymn with you this morning
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  Speaker 2: because it is more than appropriate. Just hold fast, let's
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  Speaker 2: enjoy part of this together as we as we get
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  Speaker 2: this spirit from God.
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  Speaker 4: Oh soul, are you weary.
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  Speaker 3: And true bond? No light in the darkness?
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  Speaker 5: You see there's a light for a look at the
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  Speaker 5: same you and life.
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  Speaker 3: More abundant and free.
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  Speaker 6: Turnores upon Jeevessus, look full in his wonderful face, and
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  Speaker 6: the things over will grow strangelyad in the light.
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  Speaker 3: Of his glory and graves through death into life. Ever
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  Speaker 3: lassting he passed, and we follow him there.
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  Speaker 7: Or a sin no more health.
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  Speaker 8: Don't meanon far more than conquerors we are. Turn your
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  Speaker 8: eyes a Pongeessus, look full in his wonderful face, and
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  Speaker 8: the things of earth will grow strange lead.
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  Speaker 7: In the light of his glory and grace. His words
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  Speaker 7: shall not fail you.
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  Speaker 8: He promist, believe him, and all will be well.
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  Speaker 7: Then go to a world that is dying his perfect
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  Speaker 7: SELFI shun to time.
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  Speaker 4: Turn your eyes a pongee Jus, look full in his wonder.
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  Speaker 3: Full face, and the.
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  Speaker 7: Things of earth will grow strangely dim in the light
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  Speaker 7: of his glory and grace.
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  Speaker 2: That is such a privilege to be able to turn
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  Speaker 2: our eyes upon Jesus, can you imagine? And so we
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  Speaker 2: want to keep our eyes there on Jesus, so that
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  Speaker 2: the things of this earth will grow strangely dim, and
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  Speaker 2: our focus will be Heaven, Word, God, Word, and so
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  Speaker 2: the Bible reads in John chapter twenty one, beginning at
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  Speaker 2: verse twenty John chapter twenty one and verse twenty. Then Peter,
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  Speaker 2: turning about, seeth the disciple whom Jesus loved, following which
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  Speaker 2: also leaned on his breast that suffered, and said, Lord,
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  Speaker 2: which is he that betrayeth thee? Peter, seeing him, saith
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  Speaker 2: to Jesus, Lord, And what shall this man do? Jesus
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  Speaker 2: saith unto him? If I I will that ye tarry,
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  Speaker 2: I will come, what is that to thee? Follow thou me, focus, Peter,
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  Speaker 2: keep your eyes on me, Peter. Why are you worrying
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  Speaker 2: about people who will betray me?
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  Speaker 3: Peter?
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  Speaker 2: If you focus your attention on me, Peter, you won't
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  Speaker 2: need to have to worry about that. Brother, Peter, fill
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  Speaker 2: in your name here. Yes, And then the Bible says
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  Speaker 2: here in verse twenty three, then went this saying abroad
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  Speaker 2: among the brethren that the disciples should not die. Yet
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  Speaker 2: Jesus said not unto him, and he shall not die.
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  Speaker 2: But if I will that ye tarry till I come,
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  Speaker 2: what is it to thee. This is the disciple which
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  Speaker 2: testifieth of these things. I wrote these things that and
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  Speaker 2: we know that his testimony is true. And there all
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  Speaker 2: are also many other things which Jesus did, the which
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  Speaker 2: if they should be written everyone. I suppose that even
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  Speaker 2: the world itself could not contain the books that should
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  Speaker 2: be written. Now we've already said turn your eyes upon Jesus.
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  Speaker 2: We've already said that we are going to we are
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  Speaker 2: going to keep our eyes on Jesus and focus our
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  Speaker 2: minds on Jesus. And that is because he wants us
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  Speaker 2: to see where we want to be, see where we
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  Speaker 2: want to be. We don't want to be betrayers, so
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  Speaker 2: we don't focus on that. We don't want to be
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  Speaker 2: bound by our trials and tribulations, so we don't focus
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  Speaker 2: on that. Like Jesus is restoring Peter right now to ministry,
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  Speaker 2: and he told him follow me in verse twenty. In
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  Speaker 2: verse nineteen of chapter twenty one, it was probably an
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  Speaker 2: actual physical following of Jesus down the beach, and that
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  Speaker 2: was because Peter turns and sees John following Jesus as well,
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  Speaker 2: and he inquires about John. But the Lord, but Lord,
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  Speaker 2: what about this man? See in restoring Peter and reading
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  Speaker 2: from the Lesson to Ministry, Jesus had predicted Peter's manner
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  Speaker 2: of death. It seems that Peter was curious about John's
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  Speaker 2: death as well. Jesus redirects him what to do, what
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  Speaker 2: keep his eyes on him, redirects his attention instead to
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  Speaker 2: the issue of what following him, and not worrying about
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  Speaker 2: what will happen to the other disciple. You see, sometimes
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  Speaker 2: we become distracted by what's going to happen in the
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  Speaker 2: last days, and of course Jesus has given us some
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  Speaker 2: guidance regarding the last days. Sometimes our hyper focus causes
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  Speaker 2: us not to focus on Jesus. We focus on the times.
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  Speaker 2: We focus on the signs of the times. We focus
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  Speaker 2: on the beginnings of sorrows. We focus on what this
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  Speaker 2: beast power is going to do or that beast power
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  Speaker 2: is going to do. Rather than focusing and riveting our
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  Speaker 2: eyes on Jesus, we focus on the winds and the waves.
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  Speaker 2: We focus on the very real trials. And Jesus is like,
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  Speaker 2: no matter what, no matter what, if you focus on me,
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  Speaker 2: I will take you down through the pathways of righteousness,
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  Speaker 2: and I will make you holy so that one day
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  Speaker 2: we will see each other face to face. Turn your
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  Speaker 2: eyes upon Jesus 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.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah,