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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 Tuesday, June four,
twenty twenty four. Hello, my

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name is Elle 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 death in
the New Testament. Death in the New

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Testament. We'll get some hope out
of this in just a moment, but

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be before we do. I'd like
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way that we continue to build faith and

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

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Father, Thank you for giving us
hope, hope beyond the grave. Thank

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you for giving us an opportunity in
our lives today to live according to your

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principles. Thank you for loving us
so much that we don't have to worry

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about what happens when we die.
We can just know that if we die,

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we'll rest and then one day we
will be raised into everlasting life.

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Help us to maximize our time with
you today. In Jesus' name, I

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pray, Amen and Amen again death
in the New Testament. Okay, And

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so I wanted to give you some
encouragement based on what the lesson writer pointed

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out here from the Book of John
chapter eleven. So listen here the story.

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Lazarus was very sick. That's a
friend of we could say, a

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friend of Jesus's right, So he
was very close to Lazarus. Lazarus and

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his two sisters Mary and Martha,
and they sent a message to Jesus and

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said, Jesus, your friend is
sick. Jesus, your friend is sick.

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And of course they expected that Jesus
would drop whatever he was doing and

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go to where Lazarus was, because
they didn't want Lazarus to die, like

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whoever wants our loved ones to die? And so they went to where Lazarus

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was, or he went eventually to
where Lazarus was. But it was days

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later. It wasn't the first day, it wasn't the second day, it

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wasn't the third day. It wasn't. Oh wait a minute, it was

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after three days, after three days. And so now Lazarus has already died,

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and he's starting his body, excuse
me, is starting to decompoey.

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And so now we enter into the
conversation here from the Book of John,

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chapter eleven, and we'll read beginning
at verse eleven. These things said he,

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And after he said, unto them, our friend Lazarus sleepeth. He's

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speaking to his disciples. But I
go that I may awake him out of

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sleep. So he said, what, I'm going to awake him out of

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sleep? So the Bible teaches that
he was dead, but Jesus called it

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a sleep, and he, Jesus
has the power to do what wake people

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up. Okay, Then his disciples
said, well, Lord, if he

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is sleeping, he shall do well. See, they thought that he meant

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like like I went to bed last
night, like I went to bed Monday

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night, and now it's Tuesday.
They were talking about, like, well,

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if he was sleeping Monday night,
just leave him alone, if he's

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resting, And Jesus is like,
okay, let me explain it to you.

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How beit Jesus spake of is what
death? But they thought he had

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been speaking of taking of rest in
sleep. Then said Jesus unto them,

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plainly, just so you understand,
brothers and brothers, Lazarus is dead.

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Then the Bible continues. Then said
Martha, unto Jesus, Lord, if

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thou hadst been here, my brother
had not died. Now she's in distress,

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like, Jesus, you're late,
Like why are you so late?

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We sent a message that our brother
Lazarus was dying and sick, and I

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know that you love him. That's
why we sent the message that said,

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you, like Jesus, the one
whom you love is sick. But it

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says here, it says here.
But I know that even now, whatsoever

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thou wilt ask of God, God
will give it thee Jesus said, unto

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her, your brother shall rise again. And then she thought she understood.

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She was just like, yeah,
I know, I know in the future,

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in the future. But Jesus gave
her something fresh. Martha said,

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unto him, I know that he
shall rise again in the resurrection at the

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last day. But Jesus gave her
something that I need you, brothers and

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sisters, to hold on. To
hold on to it now when you have

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lost someone that you love, you've
lost another brother or sister in the faith,

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and you are discouraged. Jesus said
unto her, I am the resurrection.

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You see. He didn't say you
have to wait until sometime in the

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future to recognize my power. You
understand, he said, I am the

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resurrection and the life he that believeth
in me, though he were dead,

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yet shall he live. Let me
say something to you right now, brothers

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and sisters. Jesus wasn't saying to
her that every single individual who passes away,

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He's going to raise them immediately.
But I can say to you on

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this day in twenty twenty four that
if your faith is dead, Jesus can

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raise that faith today. Man,
say that again, if your faith is

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dead, Jesus can raise that faith
today. If you yield your will to

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him. Ah. If you are
having so much discouragement in your relationships and

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you're willing to work with God,
you know God can raise your broken relationships

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from the dead. Ah. If
there are people in your church fellowship who

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have lost their way, Jesus is
able today. Jesus is able today if

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they yield their will to him to
raise them from spiritual death, today,

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not tomorrow, not the next day. As he is standing here today spiritually

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speaking. Because he did say,
whether two or three are gathered together in

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his name, there he is in
the midst of us. The Bible says

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that He inhabiteth the praises of his
people. So if you praise the Lord,

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if you're gathered together, even virtually, in the presence for the purposes

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of worshiping God he promised his presence, he can raise all of these things.

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Right now, we know that in
the story of Lazarus, he actually

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raised Lazarus from the dead. He
told them to go roll away the stone.

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They gave him reasons why they shouldn't. He said, roll you away

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the stone, and then he called
unto Lazarus by name, Lazarus, come

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forth. And Lazarus, still bound
still mummified, he came forward. And

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then the Bible says Jesus speaking,
loose him and let him go. He

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wants to loose you today, brothers
and sisters, anything, any doubts,

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any worry, He wants to loose
you from that, anything that has bound

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binded you in terms of sin and
reckless living. He wants to deliver you,

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unbind you, loose you and let
you go. If your mindset is

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broken and dying, he wants to
loose you today and let you go.

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So by faith, I want you
to look at that story in John chapter

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eleven, and some spare time today
and see how God is able to raise

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those who are even dead, even
dead. And first Thessalonian chapter four,

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let's get back to the direct thing
that we're talking about, Verses sixteen and

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seventeen. The Lord himself shall descend
from heaven. This is at the second

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coming of Jesus Christ with a shout
yes, with the voice of the archangel,

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with the trump of God, and
the dead in Christ shall what rise

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first. This is the resurrection of
holiness, like of eternal life. This

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is that resurrection for people who love
God. The Bible continues, Then we

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which are alive and remain shall be
caught up together with them, caught up

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when together with them. So that
means that nobody who died is already up

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in heaven unless God raised them from
the dead. You understand. So your

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sister, your mommy, your auntie, your friend, your uncle, some

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person you've never met but you heard
of that was holy. None of them

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are in heath right now unless God
raise them from the dead. That's what

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happens. For people to get to
heaven who have passed away. Jesus has

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to raise them from the dead.
And this is the resurrection at the last

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Day. We're reading about now in
particular, and it says that we which

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are alive and remain shall be caught
up together. Thank God, it's going

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to be a reunion with them in
the clouds to meet the Lord in the

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air, and we shall be ever
with the Lord. In One Corinthians,

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chapter fifteen, the Bible teaches us
and the closing verses beginning at just about

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verse fifty, that at the second
coming, the same time, God's people

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will be raised incorruptible, and we
will be immortal then and only then.

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Thank thanks for joining us listening to
friends. Always remember we cannot live by

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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 great

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day. Yeah,