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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, November
two, 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 here. Am I send

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me welcome back to that in just
a moment. But first I'd like to

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just say welcome to everyone joining us, especially those joining us for the very

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Let's go ahead and pray, and then

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we will get underway. Father and
Heaven, thank you for giving us the

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privilege of prayer and the opportunity that
we have to open up your word again,

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and for giving us the blessing of
your Holy Spirit. Please teach us

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the same lesson that you taught Isaiah
in his encounter with you. In Jesus's

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name, I pray, Amen and
Amen again. I want to revisit the

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story that we glossed over several days
ago in the Book of Isaiah, because

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that is where we will focus today. I'm glad that the lesson writer saw

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fit to go there, because that
is what was on my mind the whole

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time. Here. Remember, we
went through several excuses that people give to

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make ourselves feel better to not do
what God says to do, especially where

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mission is concerned, going into reaching
people wherever God sends us and bring them

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into a right relationship with Him like
welcoming them into the fellowship, the fellowship

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of Christ. Okay, and so
now we see the antithesis of this though,

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we see what God showed through the
life of Isaiah and quick backdrop before

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I read the details. Yeah,
Aziah died, he served as king for

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a long time, and yeah,
he started to believe the hype about himself

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and then decided that he was a
high priest. He didn't say those words,

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but he decided that he was going
to go into the presence of God

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unwelcomed, unbidden and unbidden and not
equipped to do what God would have his

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priests and high priests to do.
And he goes in there presumptuously and because

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of him believing the hype about himself, believing that in his own strength he

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was strong. Yeah, God smoked
him. Really, he gave him.

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He gave him the undesired outcome for
people who are proud. Yeah, he

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got leprosy and then you know,
the rest is history. He succumbed,

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He succumbed to his own pride,
He succumbed to his own desire to be

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his own God. Like, let's
just call it what it is. And

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so now Isaiah is in vision,
He's in the same place if you want

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to say that. He feels like
got Aziah messed up? And he's like,

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how am I in the presence?
How am I in the presence of

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God, And so the Bible reads
here, beginning at verse one. In

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the year that King Aziah died,
I saw also the Lord sitting upon a

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throne high and lifted up, and
his train filled the temple. Above it

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stood seraphims, each one had six
wings. With twain he did cover his

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face, and with twain he covered
his feet, and with twain he did

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fly. And he cried unto one
another, one cried to another, Holy,

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Holy, Holy, is the Lord
of Hosts. The whole earth is

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full of his glory. And the
posts of the door moved at the voice

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of him that cried, and the
house was filled with smoke. Then said

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I woe is me, for I
am undone, because I'm a man of

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unclean lips, and I dwell in
the midst of a people of unclean lips.

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For mine eyes have seen the Lord, the King, the Lord of

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Hosts. Then flew one of the
seraphims unto me, which had he with

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a live coal in his hand,
which he had taken tongs from off the

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altar. And he laid it upon
my mouth and said, Lo, this

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have touched thy lips, and thine
iniquity is taken away, and thy sin

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is purged verse eight and final,
Also I heard the voice of the Lord

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saying, whom shall I send and
who will go for us? Then said

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I Then said I here am I
send me? And then God gives Isaiah

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the message. And so the precursor
to Isaiah being prepared and ready and willing

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to go and to do God's mission
was that he recognized his humanity one God,

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the Holy Ghost brought him into a
knowledge of the truth, like all

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truth. He gave him the truth
about himself, which is that he was

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undone. He's a man of unclean
lips and came from a people of unclean

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lips. And the truth about God, which is that he's holy and just

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and good like. He is high
and lifted up, and his presence,

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his holiness filled the temple. Yes. And so now with that contrast,

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he needs to be delivered. God
didn't just leave him there. He gave

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him what he needed. He needed
deliverance. And so we should see there

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that we should respond to God's call. God gave him the call. And

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when he heard the call, he
immediately said, I'm willing to go.

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Sign me up, like, sign
me up for the Christian Jewbilee. Sign

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my name on the role. I've
been changed because the Lord has lifted me.

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Now I got to be ready when
Jesus comes. And part of our

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readiness has to do with bringing other
people into the same experience so that they

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too can be ready. And so
Isaiah's willingness is pre looted by an acknowledgment

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of his imperfection and a divine touch
that purged his guilt, thereby equipping him

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for the man I said that already. Okay, here are some challenges and

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some actions. Okay, personal discipleship
ship challenge. Intentionally and consistently, pray

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for ten individuals who have yet to
know Christ. There are people that you

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with whom you work. There are
people with whom you go to school.

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You see and the marketplace when you're
moving about in the taxis, on the

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buses. There are people in the
gyms where you exercise, on the road

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on the way to wherever your final
destination is. Pray for ten individuals,

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and now prioritize these people. We're
not just praying for their salvation, but

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we're also paving a pathway for genuine
relationships and connections to blossom, where conversations

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will will naturally emerge. When I
go into the place that I exercise,

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I do what is uncomfortable for me. I'm an intro. You see me

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on the camera with a microphone.
But I can hide here because you can't

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really touch me here. Yeah,
I can hide behind the lights in the

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camera. I can hide behind the
microphone. But real life people, it

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takes work for me. It takes
a commitment. It takes for me to

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yield my behavior style. The challenges
with my behavior style h and and I

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can now come forward. And so
when I go to the gym, when

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I am in church, whenever I'm
on the road, there are ways that

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I interact with people that engenders a
quality response and relationships can be built.

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And it is against my natural norm, but does it matter No. All

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it means is that I have to
rely on God more and I'm thankful for

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the opportunity. Also also continually deepen
friendships with these people right understand their needs

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and struggles, pray specifically, and
allow God to work through us to meet

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their needs. That's what the lees, possibly becoming a tangible manifestation of God's

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love in their lives. There are
times that people have needs and God is

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saying, well, you're in my
hands and feet. Don't just pray about

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it, be about it. Don't
just talk about it, be about it.

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There are times that you will be
an active, practical, real answer

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to God's to their prayer, and
God will use you to empower them to

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move forward in their lives. So
much more I could say that the bottom

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line is get into the presence of
God today, ask Him to cleanse you

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from all unrighteousness and then to show
you your mission. Feel and cooperate with

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him. Wonderful day, Peace,
Thanks for joining us listening. Friends.

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Always remember we cannot live by bread
alone, but by every word that comes

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from the mouth of God. This
has been your daily portion with El David

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Harris. Make it a great day. Yeah,