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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, July
twelve, twenty twenty four. Hello,

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

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your Daily Portion where we give you
God's word every single day, and today

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is no exception. We are continuing
in our Lesson study series through the Book

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of Mark, and our caption for
today is be amazed by God, but

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not surprised. Be amazed by God, godd but not surprised. We'll get

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into that in just a moment,
but first I'd like to say welcome to

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This is one of the ways that
we continue to build faith and fellowship.

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Let's go ahead and pray, and
then we will get underway. Father and

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Heaven. Thank you for giving us
this new day. Thank you for the

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opportunity to prepare in a special way
for the Sabbath time. Father, I

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pray now that you will give us
your mindset in Jesus name. I pray

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Amen and Amen again. Now I
know that this may be word play for

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some of you, because you're like, Okay, I looked up amazed.

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If you're like a you know,
a very technical minded person, technically minded

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person, you're like I looked up
a maze. I looked up surprised,

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And they're synonyms of one another.
And I'm like, yeah, but there

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nuances. So to be amazed by
God is to be in awe of Him

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in the way that I'm using it, Okay, to be in awe of

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him, to say, wow,
God is God is incredible. Look at

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his power, look at his love, look at his character. It is

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and I don't want to use the
word all over again, but amazing,

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Like you are in awe of God
that is what I'm saying. I am

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I'm welcoming people to see how great
he is and be in awe of him,

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whether he does another thing for you
in this life or not, that

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you would be in awe of him. Reverentally, you're in awe of God.

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But I don't want you to be
surprised like when he's good to you.

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I don't want you to be like
I can't believe this. He loves

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me. No, that is not
That is not the message that a believer

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should have. We should be,
we should be in awe of him.

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It's incredible that he would be so
kind. Behold what manner of love the

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Father hath bestowed upon me, that
I should be called the child of God?

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Like, Oh, my goodness,
beloved, Now are we the sons

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and daughters of God? But it
does not yet appear what we shall be?

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What do tell yes that? Let
me just say, like, now

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we're the children of God, and
it doth not yet appear what we shall

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be. But we know that one
day, when he appears, we will

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be like him. It's not a
surprise, Brothers and sisters, like he

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told us that we would be like
him. It's not a surprise. Brothers

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and sisters. He told us that
he loves us. It's not a surprise,

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but it does not yet appear what
we shall be. But one day,

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when he shall appear, we will
be like him, for we shall

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see him as he is. And
when we see him face to face.

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Are you looking forward to the day
that Jesus reveals himself? Are you looking

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forward to the day that we see
the face of God our father? Are

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you looking looking forward to the day
that you experience the Holy Spirit in the

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fullness and those angels who excel in
strength that He has assigned to us.

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Yes, ministering spirits, are you
looking forward to the day? Well,

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I hope so. And if and
when you see him, I said,

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only if, because you have to
make a decision, just like I need

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to make a decision, and you
see him, you shouldn't be like I

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can't believe that I see him?
Why not? Why can't you believe it?

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Like he said that he would come
back, Jesus said, when I

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will come again, and I'm going
to receive you unto myself that where I

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am there ye may be also.
So be amazed by God, be in

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awe, but don't be surprised because
you just need to believe what God said,

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like he said that he would appear
again. He said He's going to

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come back for you and everything else
that he gives you as a blessed gift,

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like every good and perfect gift comes
from God. And when He gives

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those to you and you receive those
showers of blessings right that you don't have

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room enough to receive, don't be
surprised, man like, be amazed,

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but not surprised. I think I've
sufficiently made the contrasting point, so you

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can see where my mind is right
here, okay, And so I'm going

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to begin by reading by reading straight
from the lesson writer's quote here the Desire

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of Ages, pages two fifty five
and fifty six. Jesus in the synagogue

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spoke of the kingdom he had he
had come to establish, and of his

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mission to set free the captives of
Satan. So be amazed that he would

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do this, but don't be surprised. Of course he's coming to do that.

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He was interrupted by the shriek and
terror. A madman rushed forward from

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among the people, crying out,
let us alone, Wait a minute,

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let us alone, Yeah, let
us alone. What have we to do

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with THEE thou, Jesus of Nazareth, art thou come to destroy us?

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I know THEE who thou art the
Holy One of God. All was now

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confusion and alarm. The attention of
the people was diverted from Christ and his

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words were unheeded. You see,
the devil when he comes into the mix,

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he comes into the congregation of the
people. I have been in situations

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in West Kingston here in Jamaica,
like in church multiple weeks in a row,

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where this kind of thing very similar
to this, this same kind of

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thing had happened in church, and
it's like what in the world. It

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was a distraction. The intent was
to divert the minds of the people from

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Christ, and of course it kind
of worked, and his words were unheeded.

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Let me continue the quote. This
was Satan's purpose in leading his victim

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into the synagogue. See, the
devil didn't send him there so that the

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dude could get delivered. Huh No, But Jesus rebuked the demon. I

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just say that anytime, anytime someone
who is bound by the devil comes into

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the presence of God, and in
this case, that is exactly what happened,

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then there is a great possibility that
that person will be delivered. Now,

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it's up to a lot of things
that I just don't have the time

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to get into here. But if
you are, if someone goes into the

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presence of God, then God can
deliver them. Well, let me just

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continue, Let me continue. And
when the devil had thrown him into oh,

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let me say, he said,
Jesus rebuked the demon and said,

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hold thy peace. You don't get
to talk here no more. I'm adding

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that you don't get to speak here
anymore. You don't get to distract the

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people anymore. You don't get to
cry out anymore. Hold your peace,

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Jesus said, and come out of
him. So Jesus was not playing.

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He created those those angels that had
fallen. He created those angels who chose

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to fall. So that devil is, that demon is a fallen angel,

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like they know him. That's why
he said it. That's why the devil

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said it. And it says,
be quiet, like hold your peace,

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shut up, come out of him. And when the devil had thrown him

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in the midst he came out of
him. Why because he couldn't help it,

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Like Jesus be amazed by God,
like you shouldn't be surprised. Don't

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clutch your spiritual spiritual pearls like,
don't be confused about what just happened.

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The devil had to do exactly what
Jesus said, because Jesus said it.

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You get that because with authority he
does these things. Let me continue and

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the Bible continues. Thrown him in
the midst he came out of him and

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hurt him. Not he who had
conquered Satan in the wilderness of temptation was

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again brought faith to face with his
enemy. Jesus conquered the devil in the

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wilderness temptations because Jesus was fully connected
with God, our Father. He was

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full of the Holy Spirit. And
I thank God so we can see this,

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and it says here the demon exerted
all of his power to retain control

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of his victim. To lose ground
here would be to give Jesus the victory.

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But the Savior spoke with authority and
set the captive free. We should

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not be surprised by this, because
if we read further in the scriptures,

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in the Book of Luke, chapter
four, beginning at verse fourteen, right

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through the verse twenty two, Jesus
was a fulfillment of the prophecy that said

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that he would set the captives free. Be amazed by God, but not

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

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

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This has been your daily portion with
El David Harris. Make it a

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great day. Yeah,