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

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

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

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

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

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to 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

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morning. It is Friday, October
twenty seven, twenty twenty three. Hello,

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

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

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today is no exception. We are
continuing in our Lesson study series. God's

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mission, my mission, and our
caption for today is rescue the perishing.

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Rescue the perishing. We'll get into
that in just a moment, but first

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welcome to everyone, and let's go ahead

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and pray and then get underway.
Father and Heaven, thank you for giving

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us this new morning and for the
privilege we have to pray. Please give

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us the spirit of Christ in rescuing
the perishing. In Jesus name, I

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pray, Amen and Amen again.
You know, the Bible says very clearly

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that Jesus came to seek and to
save that which was lost. It also

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says in the Book of Matthew the
first chapter that Jesus came to save his

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people from their sins, and so
rescuing the perishing is an overarching theme where

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God is concerned. Remember that passage
in John chapter three and verse sixteen.

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Some of us have taken it for
granted because we've said it a million times.

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It says, for God's so loved
the world that he gave his only

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begotten son that whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have everlasting life.

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God did not send his son into
the world to condemn the world,

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but that the world through him might
be saved. And I'm thankful that God

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has invested so much in saving me. So what little I have I need

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to dedicate to Him so that I
can at least hope for someone else to

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be saved through my influence. That's
the case with you. God said that

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through Paul. He said that for
we give, He's given us. He's

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given us the ministry of reconciliation.
Like freely we have received, Jesus said,

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freely, we have the opportunity to
give. I'm going with just a

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little bit from the hymn number three
hundred and sixty seven in the Seven Day

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Adventist hymnal and it reads, I'm
not going to sing it today. Rescue

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the perishing, care for the dying, Snatch them in pity from sin and

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the grave weep or the erring one, lift up the fallen, tell them

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that Jesus. Tell them of Jesus
the Mighty to save, Rescue the perishing,

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care for the dying. Jesus is
merciful, Jesus will save. And

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then the final final stands up rescue
the perishing. Duty demands it. Strength

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for thy labor, the Lord will
provide. Back to the narrow way,

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patiently win them. Tell a poor
wanderer, a savior has died. Rescue

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the perishing. Can you hear it? Brothers and sisters, care for the

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dying. Jesus is merciful. Jesus
will save, and that is our privilege.

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I'm reading now from the book Patriarchs
and Profits, page one hundred and

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forty, about the man who had
that moniker, if you want to say,

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it was his focus when he was
interceding for the inhabitants of Sodom and

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Gomorrah Abraham, and it reads us
and I quote love for perishing souls inspired

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Abraham's prayer. While he loathed the
sins of that corrupt city, he desired

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that the sinners might be saved.
His deep interest for Sodom shows the anxiety

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that we should feel for the impenitent. Did you get that? Let me

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go back, Let me go back. His deep interest for Sodom shows the

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anxiety that we should feel for the
impenitent. And you're like, but Dave.

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The Bible says that we are to
be anxious for nothing, but in

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everything give thanks. What is the
will of God concerning us? Well,

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that's true. We're not worried about
ourselves because we know God It's taken care

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of us. Right. Yeah,
be not dismayed with air. Betide God

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will take care of you. But
there are people who are dying. Can

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you see somebody bobbing up and down
in a tumultuous storm in the sea and

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not think God, please deliver them? When you feel that you are so

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far from them, And even if
you could jump into the raging sea and

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swim out to them, you wonder, can I do I have the capability

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to do anything to save this person
who is about to drown? And so

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when we see people who are not
willing to yield their will to God,

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they are in a tumultuous storm,
they are drowning, they aren't taking on

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water, and it's not looking good. And so in those moments we should

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be pressing God, pressing God giving
him the permission. If you want to

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say, to show mercy to them, we are interceding for them. If

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you ever walk the streets, just
going about your daily duties, going to

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the supermarket, going to school,
to work, to play, and then

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see people that you can see obviously
are not connected to God. You know,

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I'm going to make it a commitment
in my mind that if I am

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going to the gym, that I
need to be praying for people in my

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mind, in my mind praying,
God, spare this one from the sins

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that so easily beset her. Say
this one, God from the sins that

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so easily beset him, and then
see what God will do. Yes,

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And so we should cherish hatred for
sin, but pity and love for the

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sinner. And you see the difference
there, brothers and sisters. There are

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times that you hear of the sinful
lifestyles of people that you encounter. Are

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you hating them or are you hating
the sin? Are you showing love to

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them? Are you showing love for
the sin? You see, there is

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a fine line. There are times
that we are in company of people who

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are impenitent, They are not yielding
their will to God, and we have

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to make a decision. Will we
do as they do in order to hopefully

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quote win them to Christ? And
of course the obvious answer is no.

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And okay, we'll look at it
from another perspective, when those individuals are

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perishing, should we just walk on
by and say, oh, well,

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I cannot keep company with sinners.
Well, of course, the answer obviously

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again is no. So we keep
company with those individuals in order to be

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an influence for holiness, an influence
for God, an opportunity for us to

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point them in the direction of Christ
through our interaction. God said, let

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your light so shine, brothers and
sisters, before people, that they may

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see your good works. And then
glorify your Father, which is in heaven.

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Abraham. According to the quote,
every day the probation the every day,

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the probation of some is closing.
Every hour. Some are passing beyond

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the reach of mercy. And where
are the voices of warning and entreaty to

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bid the sinner flee from his from
this fearful doom? Where are the hands

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stretched out to draw him back from
death? Where are those who, with

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humility and persevering faith, are pleading
with God for him? Let me continue

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the quote. The spirit of Abraham
was the spirit of Christ. Did you

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get that? That can be your
testimony right now, brothers and sisters.

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The spirit of Abraham was the spirit
of Christ, the son of God,

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it is himself the great intercessor on
sinner's behalf. He who has paid the

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price for its redemption, shows the
worth of the human soul with an antagonism

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into evil. Excuse me, such
can exist only in a nature spotlessly pure

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christ manifested toward the sinner of love, which in finite goodness alone could conceive.

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Rescue the perishing brothers and sisters,
and call to God for the dying,

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because Jesus is merciful and He's ready
to save. Have a wonderful day,

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peasts. Thanks for joining us listening. Friends. Always remember we cannot

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live by bread alone, but by
every word that comes from the mouth of

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God. This has been your daily
portion with l David Harris. Make it

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a great day. Yeah,