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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 Sunday, June
sixteen, 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, the Great

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Controversy. We are at lesson number
twelve of thirteen under the caption Loyalty to

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God and His Words Word Loyalty to
God and His Word. We'll get into

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that in just a moment, but
first I like to say welcome to you

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and thank you for coming in,
and for those who are joining for the

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very first time, special special welcome
and yeah welcome to a new work week.

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Al we ask God for his grace
and power to do his will this

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week, and to keep him very
close as we study his word. Let's

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go ahead and pray, and then
we will get underway. Father in heaven,

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thank you for giving us your word, and I pray that we will

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be loyal to you. Teach us
what it's like to be your friend.

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Teach us what it's like to yield
our will to you in all things In

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Jesus name, I pray Amen and
Amen again. Loyalty to God and his

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word. Well, I'm very grateful
that God has given us his word.

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In fact, one preacher said many
years ago, a very good pastor and

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leader, he said, some of
you keep talking about you have the truth.

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You have the truth, but does
the truth have you? And then

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of course we went into the scriptures
to see what Jesus would have said,

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like what does the Bible say about
what truth is? And of course we

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read in the New Testament that Jesus
said, I am the Way, the

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Truth, and the life. Nobody
comes to the Father except through me,

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meaning Jesus, right, So he's
the truth. And then of course the

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same at the same time and Jesus
is now toward the end of his days

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on planet Earth, and he is
praying to his father, and we see

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it recorded in John chapter seventeen,
and he said, Father, sanctify them

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God's people by thy truth. Thy
word is truth. I'm going to read

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that again. And so we see
that the word of God is truth.

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And then the Bible writer, the
Psalmist, said that God's commandments are truth.

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And so we want loyal to God
through his word. Jesus Christ,

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who is the truth, his word
is truth. We know his commandments,

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the Ten Holy Commandments written and blazoned
by the finger of God on those sapphire

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stones, taken straight from the throne
of God. I wish I had the

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time the same. God wants us
to be loyal to his word, to

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him, to his commandments in these
last days, okay, And so we

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will begin our discussion right there.
And so we begin in the Book of

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Proverbs, the Book of Proverbs,
to enhance our loyalty to God during these

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last days. And we read in
chapter twenty three and verse twenty three,

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by the truth and sell it.
And the New English translation it says,

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acquire the truth and sell it,
not do not sell it. Okay,

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So by the truth and sell it
not also wisdom and instruction and understanding.

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Let me read it from the net. Acquire truth and do not sell it.

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Don't get rid of it, don't
let it go. Don't let the

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truth go. We already identified what
truth is, wisdom and discipline and understanding.

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Keep this, yes, without money
and without price. The prophet Isaiah

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said, so hold on to these. Hold on to these the truth,

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hold on to wisdom, hold on
to discipline, godly discipline and understanding.

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So we want to make the investment, make the under the investment. Understand

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that the Bible and spiritual disciplines that
we learn from the Bibles are of more

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value than anything else in the world. Yeah, okay, let me run

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in here before I start preaching.
So we go to John chapter eight and

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verse thirty two, where the Bible
says, and ye shall know the truth

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and the truth. I'll make you
free if you know the truth. What's

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the truth? Jesus is the truth. His word is truth. His ten

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commandments are truth. If you know
the truth, that is an intimate experience

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with truth. That is not an
intellectual understanding. It is intimate connection with

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God through his word. Which is
truth. Jesus is truth. His commandments

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are truth. And when we have
this and we don't let it go,

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we will be free, free from
what like, free from sin, will

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be free from anything that would have
bound us before, anything like worry and

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doubt. I remember years ago I
memorized something very important that says, worry

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is blind and cannot discern the future. But Jesus sees the end from the

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beginning. Our heavenly father has a
thousand ways to provide for his children,

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of which we know nothing. And
so freedom means I don't have to worry.

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I don't have to worry about what
I'll put on, or what I'll

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not have to eat, or where
I'll live or anything like that. I

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don't have to worry about what war
is taking place in what country, even

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if it's my own. Yes,
it can be a harrowing experience, but

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I don't have to worry. I
don't have to worry about whether God is

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going to reject me or accept me. No, because there's no condemnation for

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those who are in Christ Jesus,
I don't have to worry about the judgment

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that is taking place that will soon
be concluded, because why Because why.

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Like Jesus said, if you're perfected
in love, then perfect love casts out

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fear, and fear hath torment.
And those who are perfected in love have

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boldness in the day of judgment.
Okay. And so the truth will make

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you free from the rum bottle.
Truth will make you free from sexual indiscretions,

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like the truth will make you free
from worrying about whether you know enough

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to get through the last days.
This is not an intellectual reality. We

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don't know enough to get this the
last days. We are connected to God

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enough to get through the last days. We remain in connection with God,

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you see, And so we need
to seek personal liberation in spiritual truths.

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Of course, we allow God to
guide our decisions and free us from sin

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and bondage. Okay, all right, So we go now to the book

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of Second Peter, chapter one and
verse nineteen, where the Bible reads we

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have also a more sure word of
prophecy. God has given us a word.

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He's given us a word in these
last days. After Jesus went back

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to heaven, after they saw him, those apostles, disciples and others saw

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him and experienced him, and they
slept sometimes in the same quarters they prayed

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and did good holy work together.
They ate together, they drank water and

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whatever else they drank together. They
experienced one another. And there are some

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people who say, well, I
wish I could have had that experience.

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And what God is saying to us
in this last day is that even though

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they had that experience and it was
enriching to them, praise God. But

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He's saying that in this day we
have even a more short word of prophecy

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then that experience where unto ye do
well and take heed, Yes, as

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unto light that shineth in darkness until
the day dawn and the day star arise

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in your hearts. Let me read
it another way. Moreover, we possess

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the prophetic word as altogether a reliable
thing. Yes, you do well if

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you pay attention to this as you
would to a light shining in a murky

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place, until the day dawns and
the morning star rises in your heart.

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And so we study Bible prophecy with
all of our heart, knowing that God

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is guiding us because he said he
would do nothing important except he first reveal

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it to his survey the prophets.
So He has given a revelation to his

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people in the last days, and
He's given three blessings to accompany the revelation,

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and all we need to do is
be his servants, remain his servants.

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Why because the time is at hand. So we study these prophecies and

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enhance our understanding of God's plans.
We give God thanks along the journey,

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allowing these insights to illuminate our steps
along the journey, so we can be

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loyal to God in this last day. Yes, only as we accept,

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embrace, love, and continue to
move in His word. Make it a

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wonderful day. Peace. Thanks for
joining us listening. Friends. Always remember

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we cannot live by bread alone,
but by every word that comes from the

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mouth of God. This has been
your daily portion with el David Harris.

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Make it a great day. Yeah,