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Most of us eat every day,
some of us too much because yesterday's food

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is not enough to supply energy for
today's needs. Why then, do some

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of us expect yesterday's portion of heavenly
manna, the word of God to keep

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us through today's challenges. On this
program, we are going to change all

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of that. Let's experience God's words
today and receive the power we need to

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live healthy, vibrant lives. Welcome
to your Daily Portion with your host,

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author speaker Elle David Harris. Good
morning, Good morning, Good morning.

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It is Monday, April twenty nine, twenty twenty four. Hello, my

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name is El David Harris. I
am your host, and this is your

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Daily Portion where we give you God's
Word every single day, and today is

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no exception. We are continuing in
our Lesson study series the Great Controversy.

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Our caption for today is passing on
God's Word before we pray. I'd like

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to just say welcome to everyone joining
us. I'd like to say thank you

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for everyone one who has been supporting
throughout all of these years. We have

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been together for thousands and thousands of
consecutive days. Only by the grace of

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God we are on X. We
are on other social media platforms. We

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are on YouTube, multiple YouTube,
multiple Facebook channels, on the radio,

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two hundred plus stations, on satellite, on your little devices, yes,

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on television. And so this is
only because of the grace of God.

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And so we continue to press forward
because this gospel of the Kingdom must be

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preached into all the world for a
witness. Then and only then shall the

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end come. So let's go ahead
and pray and jump on in here to

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this word. Father, Thank you
for giving us another day. Please help

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us to love you, help us
to serve you, help us to do

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your will, and never give up. In Jesus' name, I pray,

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Amen and Amen again. Okay,
So pass on God's word. Now your

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perspective does matter today because it's like
am I passing away from His word?

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Am I giving it to someone else
as a blessing from me to them,

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pointing them or directing them into a
right relationship with God. Well, let's

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see what we can find in the
word of God and then determine the answer

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here, okay, Because we all
face overwhelming odds at different points in our

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lives. Yes, especially people who
are faithful to God. There are things

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that happen in our lives that we
have to just say, you know what

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this is Because the enemy is out
there, he knows that he has but

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a short time, and he's as
a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour.

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But the fact is, the fact
is that he is as a roaring

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lion. Jesus is the mighty lion
of the tribe of Judah. Yes,

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shout out to Pastor Selvin Stewart here
in Jamaica land we love. He's a

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pastor in the East Jamaica Conference.
One of my good, good, good

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friends from long years that first said
that in my hearing, and I said,

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but, my goodness, the devil
is a counterfeit lion. Brothers and

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sisters, Jesus is the lion of
the tribe of Judah. And if we

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are on God's team, if we
are in connection with God, in right

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relationship with God, there is literally
nothing that the enemy can throw at us

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that we cannot overcome. Why because
Jesus is the one who's taking care of

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all of it. It will be
difficult at times, but we have to

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press, press, press, in
God's word, press and be faithful at

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all times. From the Book of
Second Corinthians, Chapter four. Second Corinthians,

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Chapter four. Beginning at verse one, the Bible reads, Therefore,

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since we have this ministry, this
is what the apostle is saying. Just

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as God has shown us mercy,
we do not become discouraged. When is

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the last time you were discouraged?
Tah, tell the truth, when was

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the last time you were discouraged?
The Bible writer is saying to us,

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under the power of the Holy Ghost, that we don't need to be discouraged.

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I know there are times that I
feel discouraged. I'm talking about me.

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I'm not making up stuff like trying
to be super motivational and say that

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there's no reason. I'm just saying
that the ideal is if we will surrender

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our will to God in a special
way, we can run through every trial

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with courage. We will to be
tired, yes, it will be difficult,

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yes, but we don't need to
lose our courage verse two. But

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we have rejected, we have rejected
shameful hidden deeds, not behaving with deceptiveness

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or distorting the word of God.
But by open proclamation of the truth,

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we commend ourselves to everyone's conscience before
God. We're an open book. You

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hear what this is saying here.
Yes, we can with a clear conscience

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move anywhere around in the world,
in any situation, in our workplace,

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where we play, where we have
our relationships, right in social media.

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Outside of social media, we can
say that we have a clear conscience before

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God if we're covered in His righteousness, yes, number three, verse three.

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But even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled only to those

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who are perishing, among whom the
God of this age has blinded the minds

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of those who do not believe,
so they would not see the light of

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the glorious gospel of Christ, who
is the image of God. You see,

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there are people right now that are
walking around in darkness, trying to

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find their way, just bumping into
things all over, bumping into things in

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relationship, like bumping into things in
terms of spiritual growth and development, bumping

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into things in all kinds of different
areas in our lives, only because we

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don't embrace Christ. You see,
when we embrace Christ in these last days

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especially, then we have embraced wisdom. We have embraced by the way the

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Bible teaches us in Proverbs chapter eight. If you study it closely, in

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First Corinthians Chapter one, verses thirty
and beyond that Jesus Christ literally is our

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wisdom. And if anybody lacks wisdom, we ask of God, and He

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will give wisdom liberally to us.
And so we don't need to stumble around

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in darkness. When we have wisdom, we don't need to stumble around in

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darkness. If we are yielded to
God's word and his will, the glorious

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light of Jesus Christ, the power
of God unto salvation, should be in

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our lives verse five. For we
do not proclaim ourselves but Jesus Christ as

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Lord, and ourselves as your slaves
for Christ's sake. For God, who

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said let light shine out of darkness, is the one who shined in our

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hearts to give us the light of
the glorious knowledge of God in the face

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of Jesus. And so all we're
doing is sharing what God has shared with

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us. We're only purveying the light
that God or cony saying the light that

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God has given to us. Every
single day we open up our eyes and

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minds and hearts toward God to receive
the light of righteousness through Christ, so

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that whatever challenge we face is it
in our relationships. Is it in our

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businesses, our workplaces. Is it
in trying to find work? Is it

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in what we do when we exercise, or how we eat or don't eat,

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drink or don't drink, in some
other area of our health, mental

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emotional development, personal development. In
all of these areas, God is saying

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that if we receive His word by
faith against all odds, we'll be just

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fine. We'll be just fine.
And so here's a thought question. How

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does understanding our ministry as a mercy
from God change our perspective on service?

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You see, the Bible writers said
that basically we have this ministry and we

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have received mercy, we faint not
listen. I have been an evangelist for

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all kinds of evil. Back in
the day before I got baptized, I

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used to lead people all kind of
foolishness and evil. But today it is

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a privilege for me to guide people
along the pathway that God is guiding me

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on, into paths of righteousness where
we don't have to be alone anymore.

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We can lean on the power of
God to deliver us through everything until Jesus

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comes. What role does sincerity play
in sharing the Gospel sincerity. There are

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times that people are hiding behind walls
while we're trying to tell the truth about

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the Gospel. And it's just like, Yeah, you're hiding while you're trying

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to tell the truth about the gospel. Youth and young people come to you

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for guidance, and you want to
make it seem as if you've never fallen.

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Hah, You've never jumped into sin. And what God is saying is

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that if we sincerely tell the truth
Ah, the truth as it is in

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Christ, and even share our own
testimonies ways that God has delivered us from

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sin, ah, the ways that
God has delivered us from broken and limited

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and limiting mindsets. Yes, if
we can be honest and sincere and not

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deceitful in any of that, then
people will see our good works and glorify

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our Father which is in heaven.
Yes. And so I want to share

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one last thing. What does it
mean to proclaim Jesus Christ as Lord in

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our lives and ministries. It's not
about me, it's not about you.

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It's about Christ in you, in
me, the hope of glory. And

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if that's our focus, we're passing
the word of God effectively. Peace.

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Thanks for joining us listening. Friends. Always remember we cannot live by bread

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alone, but by every word that
comes from the mouth of God. This

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has been your daily portion with El
David Harris. Make it a great day. Yeah,