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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 morning.

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It is Tuesday, October seventeen,
twenty twenty three. Hello, my

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name is El 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 God's mission, My mission,

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and our caption for today is Abraham's
Call. Abraham's Call. 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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your daily portion dot com. Let's go

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ahead and pray, and then we
will get underway. Father and Heaven,

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thank you for giving us this day
and for the privilege that you have entrusted

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to us to see ourselves vicariously through
Abraham's story. Please help us to be

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not only called, but chosen in
Jesus's name. I pray, Amen and

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Amen again, Abraham's call, Abraham's
call. Let me jump into what the

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lesson writer says, and then we'll
go further, and it says, following

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the call of God, Abraham entered
the land as God had commanded him.

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Can I ask you a question,
please, wherever you are in the world,

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has God ever called you? Do
you remember when Eli was mentoring Samuel.

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It was a whole interesting story because
really Eli wasn't good at mentoring his

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own children, but he was able
to mentor one of the greatest prophets that

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we've ever seen. But that's a
different study, very interesting. But Samuel,

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he was resting at night, they
were sleep and he heard a voice

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and then he gets up. He
runs to Eli and says, yes,

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I'm here. Did you call me? And Eli's like, no, I

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didn't call you, and then it
happened again. And then after that,

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Eli said, you know, when
you hear the voice again, I want

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you to say, speak Lord,
for thy servant heareth. And of course

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Samuel did that, and long story
short, the rest is history. When

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God calls you, are you saying, speak Lord, thy servant heareth.

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When God spoke to Abraham and told
him to leave his life land and go

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to a place that he would tell
him in the future, Abraham heard the

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voice, knew it was God,
and did exactly what God said. This

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is something that we need to begin
doing if we're not already. When God

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speaks. It's not for us to
just be able to hear proverbially, or

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for us to just acknowledge that,
yes, God is wanting something from me.

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No, it is for us to
accept and then do what God says.

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Reading from the Lesson again, However, right from the start, things

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don't seem to go too well for
him. He arrived where God told him

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to go, but according to the
Bible, the Canaanites were then in the

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land pagan's known for their cruelty and
violence. No, no wonder, no

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wonder that right after Abraham got there, the Lord appeared to him to say,

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to your descendants, I will give
this land. No doubt Abraham needed

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the encouragement. Sometimes we need encouragement
when we are listening and doing what God

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has said. Now, let's begin
by reading from the Book of Genesis,

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chapter twelve. The Book of Genesis, chapter twelve, and I'll read verses

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ten through thirteen, and the Bible
reads. And there was a famine in

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the land, and Abram went down
into Egypt to sojourn there. For the

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famine was grievous in the land,
and it came to pass when he was

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come near to enter into Egypt.
Then he said, unto Sarah, his

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wife, behold, now know that
thou art a fair woman to look upon.

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Oh boy, this is not going
well. Say I pray THEE that

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thou art my sister, that it
may be well with me for thy sake,

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and my soul shall live because of
thee. Now listen, listen,

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listen, listen. Abram should have
just simply trusted God. So when he

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said she's my he was really hiding
the fact that she was his wife.

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That's really why it was a lie. She was his wife. He was

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hiding the fact that she was his
wife in order to save his skin,

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to preserve himself at least that's what
he thought he would do. And you

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know his son did that. Like
I don't know if it's forty years later,

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same lie, same for the same
reason. Like ridiculous, right,

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But understand the human tendency to falter
in faith and learn to trust God.

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That is our first our first mindset
right here. Reflect on the moments of

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faltering in faith in your life and
how even a great man like Abraham had

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moments of fear and distrust, and
then renew your commitment. Mm, because

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you know, the Bible says that
Abraham is the father of the was the

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father of the faithful, and we
are heirs according to the promise God gave

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to Abraham when we give ourselves to
God in covenant lifestyle. Yeah, so

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we're not making him superman, Like
we're not making him some fictitious character wearing

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tights flying in the sky up up
in a way, like he's not the

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Incredible Hulk, the Bionic Man,
the six million Dollar Man or whatever they

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call him, Like he is not
a spider man, like Abraham is a

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real He was a real human whom
God called and chose who made mistakes,

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But because he chose to make an
about turn, because he chose to turn

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the shoulder by the Holy Spirit,
because he chose to repent and do exactly

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what God said. The Bible says
it was accounted unto him for righteousness.

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All that Abraham did was to cooperate
with God ultimately, and it was accounted

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unto him for righteousness. So when
we make mistakes and when we sin,

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if we will make an about turn, if we will repent and then agree

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with what God says, then we
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well. Now let's go to the
Book of Genesis, chapter twelve and verse

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six. The Bible reads, and
Abram passed through the land unto the space

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of Sikhim Psychem, unto the land
of Mare, and the Canaanite was then

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in the land. First, recognize
the importance of remaining steadfast when your faith

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is tried. See God calls you, He said, I need you to

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go and do this, And then
all of a sudden, there is this

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big brick wall, Like there is
a brick wall in your relationships. I

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don't know, it could be a
brick wall in your work situation. Or

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your professional life, or you're launching
a business. There's a brick wall,

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but you know that God said do
this. And then all of a sudden

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you see something rise up in front
of you that will be discouraging to you.

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What do you do? Do you
run and hide? Do you turn

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away? Do you second guest?
Do you doubt? Do you say God,

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why did you do this to me? No? When facing hostility and

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adversity, like the Canaanites in Abraham's
time, cling to God's promises and seek

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guidance, remembering that he has a
plan and a purpose in every situation.

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I wish I had the time.
Let's go to verse seven of the same

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chapter. And the Lord appeared unto
Abraham and said, unto thy seed,

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will I give this land? And
there builded he an altar unto the Lord

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who appeared unto him. Acknowledge the
reassurance of God's encouragement. You see again,

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there are times that you will encounter
trials and tribulations after you do what

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God says. What you should do
in those moments is say God, I

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know that you have called me,
I know that you are guiding me.

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I know that you have chosen me
and therefore I'm on the lookout for encouragement.

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But in the meantime, I'm just
gonna follow you. Whether the whether

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thou goest, I will go.
Yes, where thou leadest, I will

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follow. And when trials come,
I know that you are with me.

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But then sometimes, like I say, out of the darkness, God will

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call unto you and say, listen, listen, nothing has changed. This

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mission must not be aborted. We're
running forward and I am with you.

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I'm with you. I want you
to embrace those moments of encouragement when he

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does that, and of course experience
the patience and forgiveness of God. And

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experience the patience and forgiveness of God. Recognize that even in our mistakes and

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moments of weakness, God is patient
and merciful. But of course we don't

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want to take him for granted.
Every wonderful day, Peace, Thanks for

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joining us listening. Friends, Always
remember we cannot live by bread alone,

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but by every word that comes from
the mouth of God. This has been

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your daily portion with el David Harris. Make it a great day. Yeah,