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04 04 2025 Cooperation with God · 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 Friday, April four,
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  Speaker 2: twenty twenty five. Hello, my name is El 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 how to study Bible Prophecy. We're rounding out
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  Speaker 2: the week under the caption Cooperation with God. Cooperation with God.
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  Speaker 2: We'll get into that in just a moment, but first
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  Speaker 2: I'd like to say welcome to you and ask you
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  Speaker 2: to please go over to your Daily Portion dot com.
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  Speaker 2: Please join our online community. Please pick up the Your
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  Speaker 2: Daily Portion Life Application Guide. It's related to this quarterly
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  Speaker 2: and we'll use it today and also let us know
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  Speaker 2: where you are in the world at your daily portion
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  Speaker 2: dot com. This is one of the ways that we
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  Speaker 2: continue to build faith in fellowship. Let's go ahead and pray. Father,
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  Speaker 2: we do thank you for bringing us thus far into
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  Speaker 2: this year. Thank you for being so kind and blessing us.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you for giving us the privilege to cooperate with you,
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  Speaker 2: help us to actually do it. Please, in Jesus' name,
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  Speaker 2: I pray, Amen and Amen again. Do you cooperate with God?
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  Speaker 2: I said, do you cooperate with God? I'm not giving
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  Speaker 2: the real definition of the term, but I'm seeing operate
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  Speaker 2: operation in the term cooperation that means you have to operate.
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  Speaker 2: That means you have to actually work, like do something.
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  Speaker 2: Cooperation with God is doing what God is doing. You
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  Speaker 2: see where I'm going with this. The Bible teaches us
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  Speaker 2: that God will lead us and guide us on the
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  Speaker 2: paths of righteousness. Pathways are not intended to be slept
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  Speaker 2: on or just laid on. God wants us to walk
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  Speaker 2: on the pathway in righteousness to wherever He is guiding us.
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  Speaker 2: And that's in every aspect of our lives. There are
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  Speaker 2: times that we are reading Bible prophecy, and we're not
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  Speaker 2: looking for a way to operate. Sometimes we are looking
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  Speaker 2: for a way to give details about certain events that
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  Speaker 2: are in the past. And I get it, there is
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  Speaker 2: a need for that. There are historical approaches to looking
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  Speaker 2: at some of these prophecies understood. But God wants us
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  Speaker 2: to operate in twenty twenty five, how does God want
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  Speaker 2: me to operate with him? Cooperate with him? And so
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  Speaker 2: the lesson writer actually uses a quote from the book
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  Speaker 2: The Great Controversy, pages three hundred forty one and three
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  Speaker 2: hundred forty two, and it reads, ministers and people declared
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  Speaker 2: that the prophecies of Daniel and Revelation were incomprehensible mysteries.
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  Speaker 2: And this was written way back, way back in the
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  Speaker 2: eighteen hundreds. And I can say in twenty twenty five
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  Speaker 2: people are still saying that. People are still saying it's mysterious.
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  Speaker 2: The Bible teaches us though in the Revelation the name
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  Speaker 2: is a giveaway, like it's a spoiler alert. God said
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  Speaker 2: very clearly in the Revelation that it is the manifestation,
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  Speaker 2: the revelation of Jesus Christ, and there is a blessing,
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  Speaker 2: a threefold blessed to those who read here and understand
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  Speaker 2: the words that are written therein. Okay, so it doesn't
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  Speaker 2: need to be an incomprehensible mystery that doesn't make sense.
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  Speaker 2: Let me continue the quote. But Christ directed his disciples
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  Speaker 2: to the words of the prophet Daniel concerning the events
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  Speaker 2: to take place in their time, and said, whoso readeth,
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  Speaker 2: let him understand. This is out of Matthew chapter twenty
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  Speaker 2: four and verse fifteen. And the assertion that the revelation
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  Speaker 2: is a mystery not to be understood is contradicted by
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  Speaker 2: the very title of the book, the Revelation of Jesus Christ,
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  Speaker 2: which God gave unto him to show unto his servants
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  Speaker 2: the things which must shortly come to pass. Here it
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  Speaker 2: is again, blessed is he that readeth, and they that
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  Speaker 2: hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things
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  Speaker 2: which are written therein. Why because the time is at hand.
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  Speaker 2: This is coming from Revelation chapter one, Versus one through three.
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  Speaker 2: And so we see the operation, the cooperation that God
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  Speaker 2: wants with and from us. It says that we are
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  Speaker 2: to keep the things that are written therein. We're receiving
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  Speaker 2: the threefold blessing. If we're surrendering to him right, we're hearing,
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  Speaker 2: we are reading, and therefore he is also empowering us
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  Speaker 2: to keep cooperate, to keep the things that are written
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  Speaker 2: therein in this time, the time is at hand. In
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  Speaker 2: view on continuing the quote of the testimony of inspiration,
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  Speaker 2: how dare men teach that the revelation is a mystery?
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  Speaker 2: It is a mystery beyond the reach of human understanding.
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  Speaker 2: It is a mystery revealed. It is an open book.
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  Speaker 2: Can I say it again? In view of the testimony
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  Speaker 2: of inspiration? That's the power of the Holy Ghost and
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  Speaker 2: Jesus's words themselves. How dare humans teach that the revelation
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  Speaker 2: is a mystery beyond the reach of human understanding? It
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  Speaker 2: is a mystery revealed an open book. God is giving
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  Speaker 2: us the blessing of peering into the open book, being
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  Speaker 2: blessed by the open book, and to be able to
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  Speaker 2: actually move in accordance to the will of God in
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  Speaker 2: this same open book. That's not a quote, that's me
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  Speaker 2: saying it. Now. Let me continue, Let me continue. The
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  Speaker 2: study of the revelation directs the mind to the prophecies
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  Speaker 2: of Daniel and both present most important instruction given of
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  Speaker 2: God to humankind concerning the events to take place at
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  Speaker 2: the close of Earth's history. I'll just pause. Right there,
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  Speaker 2: are we living in the last days, brothers and sisters life,
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  Speaker 2: Is this the end toward the end of time, the
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  Speaker 2: close of this Earth's history? And the answer is absolutely yes,
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  Speaker 2: because God has made himself very clear about what it
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  Speaker 2: would look like at the time right before Jesus appears. Yes,
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  Speaker 2: says it was in the time of Noah, as it
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  Speaker 2: was during the time of Latin Sodom and Gomorrah and
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  Speaker 2: that whole fiasco. There we see how it was right
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  Speaker 2: before the flood that came upon the earth. During Noah's time,
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  Speaker 2: their imaginations were always evil, continually, only evil continually. Have
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  Speaker 2: you watched the news lately? I wish I had the time.
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  Speaker 2: But what I want to do now is stop stating
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  Speaker 2: what I consider to be the obvious. I want now
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  Speaker 2: to apply. We're cooperating. Remember, I want to apply. I
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  Speaker 2: want to apply this one in relationships. What Yeah, applying
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  Speaker 2: this kind of a thing into relationships?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah?
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  Speaker 2: Do people talk about that? Not often? So let's go
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  Speaker 2: with the win approach. If this is your first time
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  Speaker 2: interacting with our life application guide, we use a win
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  Speaker 2: approach in four key areas. But win win an acronym W.
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  Speaker 2: What is important now? This is what's important. Now. Share
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  Speaker 2: the blessings of prophetic understandings with others. It's a blessing.
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  Speaker 2: Share it that way. Strengthen relationships by discussing God's plans
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  Speaker 2: for humanity, encouraging those who may feel overwhelmed or confused
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  Speaker 2: by current events. People watch the news and start to
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  Speaker 2: get really anxious. So encourage those I internalize the insight.
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  Speaker 2: Think about how prophetic insights can provide hope and clarity
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  Speaker 2: to those who are around you. How can your knowledge
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  Speaker 2: of God's word bring encouragement and unity to your family, friends,
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  Speaker 2: and your church community. You see sometimes the way that
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  Speaker 2: some people teach prophecy or share prophecy, it's not to unify,
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  Speaker 2: it's to cause all kinds of problems. But how can
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  Speaker 2: we do this and end? What is the next best move?
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  Speaker 2: This is the operation point. Organize a small group. If
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  Speaker 2: this is your style, this is your gift you're calling
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  Speaker 2: or join a Bible study. This is one, but even
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  Speaker 2: more advanced than this one. To explore prophecy together. Use
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  Speaker 2: these opportunities to uplift and educate one another while building
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  Speaker 2: deeper connections through shared spiritual growth for the whin y'all
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  Speaker 2: in our relationships. Make it a great day, Peace. Thanks
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  Speaker 2: for joining us listening to friends. Always remember we cannot
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  Speaker 2: live by bread alone, but by every word that comes
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  Speaker 2: from the mouth of God. This has been your daily
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  Speaker 2: portion with El David Harris. Make it a great day.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.