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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 Thursday, October
nineteen, twenty twenty three. 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. God's mission,

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my mission, and our caption for
today is starting from where you are,

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Starting from where you are. We'll
get into that in just a moment,

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but first I'd like to say welcome, welcome, Welcome to you,

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Welcome one, welcome all, and
a great big shout out to those who

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are coming in for the very first
time. Please go over to your Daily

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Portion dot com. Join our online
community. Pick up the Your Daily Portion

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book and also fill out the form
that says where are you in the world.

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I love to keep track of that
because we know then that the Gospel

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is being spread throughout the world,
and we can know from what vantage point

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If you will just simply fill out
that little form. Thank you. Let's

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

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Heaven. Thank you for giving us
this new day and getting us closer to

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the time of Sabbath, the time
of rest. I pray God now though,

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that you will give us wisdom about
how to start where we are and

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whatever station of our lives. Starting
right where we are, simply and with

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you in Jesus name, I pray, Amen and Amen again. Do you

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remember a song Brighten the Corner,
Brighten the corner where you are? It's

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by Ella Fitzgerald. I didn't even
know that. That's something I learned this

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morning, and it reads I'll give
you some of the lyrics. When we

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were young. This is something they
gave us. Don't wait until some deed

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of greatness you may do. Don't
wait to shed your light afar to the

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many duties ever near you. Now
be true Brighten the corner where you are,

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bright in the corner where you are, Brighton the corner where you are.

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Someone far from harbor, you may
guide across the bar bright in the

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corner where you are. Do you
remember that song just above the clouded skies

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that you may help to clear?
Let not narrow self your way the bar,

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though into one heart alone may fall
your song of cheer. Brighten the

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corner where you are here. For
all your talent, you may surely find

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a need here reflect the bright the
en shining star, even from your humble

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hand. The bread of life may
feed. Brighten the corner where you are,

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right in the corner where you are, Say brighten the corner somewhere else,

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didn't say, unless God leads you
to somewhere else. But then you'd

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be there again. Like so it'd
be like where you are now. Yeah,

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bright in the corner. But so
we have to start from where we

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are and not be looking for something
else to do. Focus, be present

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in the moment. I think they
say in pop culture. Now yeah,

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and so our Step number one comes
from the Book of or Action. Step

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number one comes from the Book of
Acts, chapter one and verse eight,

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and the Bible reads but ye shall
receive power after that the Holy Ghost has

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come upon you, and you shall
be witnesses unto Me, both in Jerusalem

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right where you are, and then
in all Judea you can go farther,

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and in Samaria even farther and unto
the uttermost part of the earth. So

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what God is saying to us in
this moment is to be a witness in

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our immediate environment. I'm talking about
share the Gospel and my immediate surroundings like

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home first, like my son Josiah, my wife Simone, are supposed to

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hear and experience the power of God
unto salvation from me in this household.

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Why, because that's the corner I'm
in. I'm literally in the corner of

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a house right now like this.
My studio is in a corner. It's

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a nine foot by five foot box. It is my vantage point is it

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is the place from which this word
comes. But by the way, it

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can't start here and go to the
othermost parts of the world if I don't

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actually start here, I have a
family start there, and then comes the

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workplace. Well, I don't have
a workplace. I'm an entrepreneur, but

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I do have people that I experience
every day, sixty people, real life

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people every day except for Sabbath,
that we pour into every single day.

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In a community. So for me, that would be my workplace. And

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then local community where are we living? Right? Where am I living?

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My local community? And remember,
like for me, my local community is

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also the gym that I exercise in. It's in the same city. Yeah,

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I'm gonna drop my son off to
school, Simona and I do,

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and then we go to a gym
that's right there. It's only ten fifteen

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minutes from home, and it is
our community. So we have to remember

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that Jesus has empowered us to be
his witnesses where you are. That was

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an incredible song. The second step, the second action step, comes from

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the Book of Revelation, chapter fourteen
and verse six, and the Bible reads

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and saw another angel fly in the
midst of heaven, having the everlasting Gospel

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to preach unto them that dwell upon
the earth, and to every nation and

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kindred and tongue and people. So
we need to embrace this challenge. It

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is a challenge of crossing cultural and
social boundaries to share the gospel of Jesus

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Christ. There are people who reach
out to me from all over the world.

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I remember a woman named Sachiko Nakamura. Sachiko is from what part of

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Japan a Hakkaido. She was from
Hakaido, and I remember when I first

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started broadcasting, I had a one
hour talk program where I interviewed people.

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We would discuss the word. We
would discuss how great things God was doing

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in their lives in terms of testimony, incredible, it was wonderful words of

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life. Years ago. I'm talking
about years there was no such thing as

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social media right at the time.
And well, somehow Sachiko heard my program

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way over there in Japan, and
she told me her experience, and she

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said, you're my new pastor.
You're my new pastor. Because of the

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experience she was having. I tried
to get her plugged into the church over

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there. I did my best,
it just didn't work out. And so

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yeah, it started where I was
and I think I was in Maryland at

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the time, broadcasting from Maryland,
and there was no, like I said,

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social media, So it wasn't even
video, was all audio, and

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it went through the whole Salem network
Salem Communications Network at the time. And

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God said, well, from your
vantage point in Ann Arundel County, Maryland.

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You are going to share the word
of God, and by the way,

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in a culture that you don't understand, in a people you don't really

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understand, person whose second language is
English, first language is Japanese. You

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are going to brighten your corner,
brighten from your corner, and then move

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out into the world. And so
God wants us to be comfortable with moving

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out and then overcoming that that familiarity
problem. What would I say to Sachiko?

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What would I say to the people
who reach out to me from multiple

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countries on the continent of Africa and
multiple places in cities in India, Like,

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those are not places I've ever lived. There are places I've never been.

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But the word of God cuts through
all of that, and God says,

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familiarity has nothing to do with this
mission that I have given you reach

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out to diverse groups of people.
Our action step number three is from again

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the Great Commission, this time Matthew
eight twenty eight, verse nineteen. Go

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ye therefore and teach all nations,
baptizing them in the name of the Father

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and the Son and of the Holy
Ghost. Yes, identify the unreached,

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or what people call undeserving people,
groups or communities right in your area.

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Boy, I could speak long on
that and make efforts to reach out to

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them with the message of Christ's love
and salvation. Yeah. Lord has blessed

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me to have influence over all kinds
of quote bad people. I'm talking about

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people who do certain kinds of crimes
like it's crazy, But he gives me

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influence and authority to share His word
with them real life people. God is

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good. Start from where you are. Have a wonderful day. Peace.

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Thanks for joining us listening to 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,