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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, March
one, twenty twenty four. Hello,

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my name is Elle 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 Psalms, and our caption for
today is the Mystery of Godly Nests.

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The Mystery of Godly It's a great
mystery. Let me just type or write

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this. Yep, it's a great
mystery. Because well, I'll get into

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it after we after we pray,
but before I do, I'd like to

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say welcome to you all and ask
you please if you've not already done,

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Daily portion dot com. Let's go
ahead and pray and then we will get

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underway. Batherin Heaven, thank you
for this day and for the privilege that

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you have given us to open your
word, and I'm asking you to please

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give us a holy mindset, give
us reverential awe of you, and teach

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us how to love you with all
of our hearts. In Jesus' name,

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I pray, Amen and Amen again. I just need to say that sometimes

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people like me are tempted to teach
you a lot of things, like speak

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a lot of very fancy words,
and maybe those in theological seminaries would find

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interest, and then those who like
to study and to learn would be like

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Wow, that was incredible. And
then at the end of all things,

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you didn't get anything of meaning or
of import Why because we were not able

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to apply it. We did not
move into the space of worship and transformation

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that the Holy Ghost is promising when
we are are bound together with God and

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Jesus is abiding in our lives and
we have submitted our wills to God,

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you see. And so I do
not want to teach something philosophical. What

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I want is for God to transfer
form all of us, including me.

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While I am here. I am
not a sage, as my friend Norman

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I call him Jonathan would always say, like, not a sage on the

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stage. But we want to be
people who are being transformed even in the

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moment that we are sharing, you
understand. So this is about God speaking

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to us together and at the same
time and transforming our lives into the image

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of Jesus Christ. Okay, And
so I want you to have that context

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whenever I am sharing with you.
We're going to begin by reading from the

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book The Desire of Ages, pages
twenty four and twenty five, and it

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reads by his humanity, we're speaking
about this mysterious blessing of Godliness, by

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his humanity. Christ touched humanity by
his divinity. He lays hold upon the

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throne of God. May I say
it this way the God with us concept

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and if we have time, will
go back to that is in Jesus.

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Jesus taking on human form, even
though he pre existed his body, even

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though as the Son or as God
the Son, he has been in eternity.

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He is eternity in the past,
and he created us when he took

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on human form as a human,
he lays hold on us so that he

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can save us. And as and
as God the Son, he can lay

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hold upon the throne of God,
and so he literally becomes Jacob's ladder.

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He literally becomes the connection between Heaven
and Earth so that God can get glory

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by saving us from our sins.
Okay, I know I said a whole

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lot here, but this is this
is a mystery. Even Paul says,

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so coming coming back to you,
and the quote continues. As the son

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of Man, he gave us an
example of obedience. As the Son of

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God, he gives us power to
obey. So we can see what Jesus

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did when he lived on planet Earth
in following what his father had taught him

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through the power of the Holy Spirit
in the same way that you and I

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can and must once we are born
again. And so Jesus showed us what

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it looks like to serve God wholeheartedly
and again that only can happen when we

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surrender our will to God. May
I ask you a question, because I

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know that I'm speaking quickly. Have
you surrendered your will to God? Have

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you said today God, No matter
what, I want to follow you,

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Lord, I believe, but help
my unbelief. I want to serve you

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today. I want to do what
you'd have me to do. I want

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to think in the way that you
would have me to think. I want

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to be a representative of your goodness
in my little corner on planet Earth,

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wherever you happen to live. Okay, And so that is an example of

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how Jesus lived his life on a
daily basis. And then as the son

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of God, he gives us the
power to obey, and so his holy

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divine nature now empowers us to actually
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as a human being. Okay,
Okay, let's continue the quote. It

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was Christ who, from the bush
on Mount Horrab spoke to Moses, saying,

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I am that I am. Did
you get that? That was clear?

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But let me say it again.
It was Jesus who, from the

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bush on Mount Horeb spoke to Moses
and said, I am that I am.

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And so in Exodus, where the
Bible says, Moses asks the question,

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whom shall I say when I go
to the children of Israel? Sent

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me unto you? And he said, thus shalt they'll say unto the children

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of Israel. I Am had sent
me to you. And so Jesus is

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the one who is delivering the people
of God from Egyptian captivity, through the

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wilderness, through the Red Sea,
through the Jordan River, through Jericho into

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Canaan. You understand. I want
you to understand who Jesus is and then

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begin to worship and say, God, why would you yield your will?

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Jesus? Why would you yield your
will to become as a human being in

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order to save somebody like me,
somebody who continues to break my promises,

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somebody who always says, Lord,
if you get me from this problem,

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then I'll serve you. And then
I drop the ball again, the one.

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Why would you do this for me? When I have lied so many

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times, when I have done all
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When I have cursed you to your
face, as Jesus was on the cross,

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wagging our little fingers at him and
say, come down from the cross

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now, and then we will save
you. Why would you Why would you

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say, God, please, please, do not lay this at their charge.

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They don't know what they do.
Why would you do that? God?

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How would you do that? Well, it's a mystery. Why Because

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God loves us? And then it
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So when he came in the likeness
of men, that is humanity,

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he declared himself the I am Ah, the child of Bethlehem, the meek

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and lowly Savior, is the God
manifest in the flesh. In One Timothy,

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chapter three and verse sixteen. That
is great as the mystery of godliness.

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The God took on human form.
And to us, he says,

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I am the good Shepherd, I
am the Living Bread. I am the

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Way, the Truth, and the
life. All power is given unto me

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in heaven and in earth. The
Bible says, I am the assurance of

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every promise. I am do not
be afraid, and I'm going because I

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have so much in my notes that
I want to share with you, and

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that's the end of the quote.
By the way, I'm going to put

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it into our community. I'll put
seven seven very very serious takeaways from the

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Bible based on what we're talking about
today. Let me just go back to

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these allusions to I am huh.
I am the assurance of every promise.

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I am. Do not be afraid. You realize that because we are connected

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to Jesus, we don't need to
be afraid. Do you realize He is

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being the living bread that we don't
have to worry about our bread and water.

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We don't have to worry about the
Word of God coming into our lives.

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I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. Because Jesus

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is this, we can be saved, and we can be saved today.

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We do not have to wait.
I have a wonderful day. 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,