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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 Friday, July nineteen,
twenty twenty four. Hello, my name

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is El David Harris. I am
your host, and this is your Daily

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Portion where we give you God's word
every single day, and today is no

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exception. We are continuing in our
Lesson study series through the Book of Mark,

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and our caption for today is God
Loves People. I want you to

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emphasize that in your mind. God
loves peace people, and I guess really

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I need to be asking the question
do we We'll get into that in just

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a moment, but first I like
to say yes again, Happy Preparation day,

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and welcome everyone joining us, especially
those joining us for the very first

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time, I'm asking you to please
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com. This is one of the
ways that we continue to pardon me to

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build faith and fellowship. Let's get
into this prayer. Let's pray now,

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and then we'll get underway. Father, thank you for giving us this morning

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and for preparation time to connect with
you in a special way, in a

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unique way for the Sabbath hours that
are approaching. In the meantime, God,

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teach us how to love you.
Teach us, please how to love

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people. In Jesus's name, I
pray, Amen and Amen again. So

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this is a principle I would like
to share with you as we develop our

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thought for today, that when we
accept people, it doesn't necessarily mean that

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we agree with their behavior. It
doesn't necessarily mean that we agree with how

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these individuals live. That's besides the
point. Like when Jesus opens up his

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arms and welcomes us into the opportunity, into the opportunity, this is before

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an individual says yes to him into
an opportunity to be in right relationship with

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God. It's because he accepts us. It doesn't mean he agrees with everything

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that we do. It means that
he's accepting us. And now, once

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we yield our will to God,
holiness is agreement with God. And so

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he opens up his arms and he's
welcoming us into a right relationship with God.

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And as we accept this right relationship
invitation with God, then we are

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in agreement with God. And so
I said, God loves people, And

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the Bible reads in John chapter three
and verse sixteen, beginning at verse sixteen,

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God, for God's soul, loved
the world that he gave his only

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begotten son, that whosoever believeth in
him should not perish but have everlasting life.

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God did not send his son into
the world to condemn the world,

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but that the world through him might
be saved. And I'm so thankful that

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God made himself clear how much he
loves us. And you want to know,

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well, how much does God love
us? He loves us so much

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that he gave us all of heaven
and one gift, the best gift that

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we could possibly receive, in the
person and work and ministry of Jesus Christ.

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So God loves people, And again
I ask the question do we sometimes

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people love Sometimes people who claim to
be God's people love procedures more than we

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love people. Sometimes we love problems
more than we love people. And God

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is saying no, But I gave
I gave you my son so that so

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that you could be saved. People
could be saved, not things could be

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saved. Well, let me get
off my soapbox and jump in to what

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we have to talk about today.
So straight out of the lesson, when

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questioned, is it lawful to heal
on the Sabbath days? See, Jesus

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is about to heal a person.
Jesus answered, what man? What man

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shall there be among you that shall
have one sheep? If it fall into

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a pit on the Sabbath day,
will he not lay hold on it and

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lift it out? How much then
is a man better than a sheep?

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Wherefore it is lawful to do well
on the Sabbath day. This is coming

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out of Matthew chapter twelve, verses
ten through twelve. So the spies dared

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not answer Christ in the presence of
the multitude, for the fear of involving

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themselves in difficulty. They knew that
he had spoken the truth rather than violate

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their traditions, they would leave a
man to suffer. See, they would

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rather see a man suffer. Human
another human who bleeds like we bleed,

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another human who for whom God gave
his son, another human who needs cleansing

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and forgiveness, another human who upon
whom we should show compassion. They would

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rather based on traditions, based on
protocol, they would rather leave that person

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to suffer, while while they would
relieve a brute beast because of the loss

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to the owner if it were neglected. Thus, greater care is given for

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an animal than for a human who
was made in the image of God.

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Did you get that? So God
created male and female in the image of

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God. He made us in his
own image. He breathed his life into

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our nostrils, and we became animated. We became living beings. And we

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are to represent God in the earth. We are to represent God to the

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universe. We're the only ones that
Jesus came in the form of in order

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to save us from our sins.
Can you imagine? And so there are

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other people who claim to be God's
people who would rather save and bend over

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backwards for an animal that was not
created in the image of God. And

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I'm not saying anything negative about animals, but there is a difference. Like

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we have the intelligence that God has
placed in us, we have the creativity

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that God has placed in us.
He has told us and commanded that we

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should be fruitful and multiply and replenish
the earth and subdue it, have dominion

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over it. And David, being
so amazed at how incredible God's view of

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humanity is, he says, what
is man that thou art mindful of him?

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And the son of man that thou
visitest him? Thou hast crowned him

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with glory and honor. Can you
imagine and put under our care and dominion

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all of the works of your hands, and the land and the sea,

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and everything that is on the planet
you have put into our care. What

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is man that thou art mindful of
him? The man that thou visitest him?

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For Thou's created us a little lower
than the angels and crowned us with

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glory and honor. And these people
who say that they're God's people would neglect

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the man that God created? Can
you imagine? God loves people? Let

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me continue, Let me continue,
And it says this illustrates the working of

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all false religions. They originate in
man's desire to exalt himself above God,

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but they result in degrading man,
meaning humans, below the animals. Every

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religion that wars against the sovereignty of
God defrauds man of the glory which was

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his at the creation and which is
to be restored to him in Christ.

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Every false religion teaches its adherents to
be careless of human needs and sufferings and

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rights. The Gospel places a high
value upon humanity as the purchase of the

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blood of Christ, and it teaches
a tender regard for the wants and woes

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of man. The Lord says,
I will make a man more precious than

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find gold, even a man than
the golden wedge of o fear. And

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that's coming from the book Desire of
Ages, pages eighty six and two eighty

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seven. And so I'm thankful that
God has given us the clear example that

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he loves humans that are in His
image, that were created in His image.

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Although we have made a lot of
mistakes, although we have decided to

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walk away from Him and dig great
and demean ourselves, yes, we still

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have a level of God's image and
what he wants to do is restore us

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to the fullness that he intended from
before there was a beginning. And the

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only way that we will be that
way is if we yield our will to

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Him. And by the way,
while you're yielding your will to God,

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please esteem other humans like Jesus does. Thanks for joining us listening. Friends.

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

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comes from the mouth of God.
This has been your daily portion with el

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David Harris. Make it a great
day. Yeah,