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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 Sabbath, May fourth,
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 the Two
Witnesses. The Two Witnesses. 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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you and ask you to please go
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and fellowship at your daily portion dot
com. Let's go ahead and pray,

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and then we will get underway.
Fatherine Heaven, thank you for giving us

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this new day and for the privilege
you have entrusted to us to open up

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your word. And I'm asking you
today that you will fill us with your

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holy spirit, give us the fullness
of your power today, help us to

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experience what you have envisioned for the
Sabbath, and then understand your word to

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live it. In Jesus's name,
I pray, Amen and Amen again the

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two witnesses. Now, I just
need to let you know that from now

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until Friday coming, we'll be doing
a good amount of reading from the lesson

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because our study is so then I
don't want to miss I don't want to

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miss anything because this is a heavy
lesson in a good way, in a

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good way. And so, two
Witnesses, let's begin by reading from the

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Book of Psalms, not Psalms Isaiah
Isaiah, chapter forty, and I will

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read verse eight. The Bible reads, the grass withers, the flower fades,

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but the Word of our God stands
forever. I need somebody to type

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in the chat the word, the
word see the word of God stands forever.

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We see cycles in our nature,
right, we see seasons change.

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We see when our children are developing, and then we as adults develop.

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We see these cycles that continue and
things change, and after a while,

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things begin to break down. I
think in science we understand that matter left

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alone breaks down, decomposes, degenerates. Yes, But when it comes to

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the word of God, it never
fades. It never becomes irrelevant. Or

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maybe I should say it in a
positive way. The word of God is

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always relevant. It doesn't matter if
we are babies or if we're one hundred

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and thirty seven years of age.
And you're like Dave, who's one hundred

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and thirty seven. But I think
you get the point. God's word never

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fades when you are trying in triumph. His word stands when you're having trials

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and difficulties. His word stands when
you need wisdom. He said, if

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anybody lacks wisdom, then we should
ask of God and he will give it

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liberally. Yes, and so many
more things I could say. But God's

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word stands forever, no matter what. Now, the lesson writer said,

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through the centuries, God's word has
also been dissected, doubted, and discarded.

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Can I just say right here that
we should never dissect God's word,

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not unless we're dissecting it to say, God, what, how do I

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live these words? How do I
honor you by becoming a manifestation of your

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word in the earth? Like how
you transform my life? And then the

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world can see me as an epistle? I think the Bible writer said known

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and read of all people. Yes, but to dissect it in order to

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put God's word on trial, absolutely
not doubted. Well, there's no reason

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to doubt. Of course, there's
plenty of opportunity to doubt, but there's

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no reason to doubt God's word and
discard it. God forbid, how could

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we discard the words of life?
Jesus asks the question of his, of

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his of his people one time,
will you also leave me? And they

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were like, well where would we
go? You're the one that has the

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word of life. And I would
say, he is the word of life.

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Let me could continue. It has
been chained to chained in monasteries,

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burnt in public squares, and torn
to shreds. Its believers have been ridiculed.

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Have you ever been ridiculed for believing
God's word? Mocked and imprisoned,

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and even martyred. Through it all, God's Word has prevailed. Oh I

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wish I had the time. The
medieval Church persecuted faithful God Bible believing Christians.

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The medieval Church persecuted faithful Bible believing
Christians. Yet God's Word illuminated the

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darkness. Oppression and persecution did not
stop the proclamation of the Word of God.

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As English Bible translator, William Tyndale
was tried for his faith. He

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was asked who aided him most in
spreading God's Word? Are you ready for

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this? He pondered the question and
then answered the Bishop of Durham. The

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magistrates were shocked what Tindale that,
on one occasion the bishop purchased a supply

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of his English Bible translation and publicly
burned them. I bet you weren't expecting

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that. What the bishop did not
know at the time was that he was

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greatly aiding the cause of truth.
He had purchased the Bibles at a much

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higher price than usual, which such
a large With such a large purchase,

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Tyndale was able to print many more
Bibles than were burned. Truth crushed in

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the dust has risen again and again
to shine in all of its brilliance.

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And so what we're going to look
about this week coming is one of the

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most vicious attacks on the scriptures and
the Christian faith. During the French Revolution.

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Blood flowed in the streets of France, the guillotine was set up in

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Paris's public square and thousands were slaughtered. Atheism became the state religion. Nevertheless,

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I want you to hear it in
your brain. Nevertheless, the witness

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of God's word could not be silenced. And so the question really for all

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of us today, now that I
have read all of this, is can

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the witness of God's word in your
life be silenced? What I'm saying is

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there are times that you will go
through challenges because you have decided to follow

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follow Jesus like you have decided to
keep his word rather than to discard it.

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You've chosen peace instead of war,
right. You have chosen to be

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honest in times that if you were
dishonest it would seem it would have benefited

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you. You have chosen to stay
on the Lord's side even though it seems

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that the wicked are prospering. These
witnesses stand up God's word. I will

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call it quickly here I'll just say
it, God's Word, the Old and

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New Testaments of Scripture. These two
witnesses Ah that are overflowing with the with

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the power of the Holy Ghost.
When we especially when we embrace them,

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these stand up for you in all
of your trials and tribulations. They stand

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up for you to guide you toward
the path of righteousness. These two witnesses

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always manifest the love and power of
God, especially in the lives of people

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who will embrace it. And so
we will continue the discussion with just a

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few thought questions. How can the
enduring nature of God's word inspire us in

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times of difficulty? You see,
there are people who have challenges in life

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because they don't know which way is
true north, like, they don't know

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what direction to go into. And
then when somebody tells them a direction,

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then they switch it and say no, no, no, no, no,

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no, not this direction, go
this direction. And then and then

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when it's when it's convenient, then
they switch it again and say, no,

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okay, I remember I said that, but but no, this is

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the direction. But when God's Word
is standing forever, and God is giving

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us the power of his Holy Spirit, and He's whispering this is the way.

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Walk ye in it? This is
the way, walk ye in it.

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Wait a minute, God, what
if I'm going through this trial?

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This is the way? What if
I'm going through that trial? God,

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this is the way. And his
steady word of comfort, his steady word

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of instruction, his steady word of
guidance, his steady word of even chiding

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at times, puts us in a
position that we can be inspired, motivated

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and determined to do what he says. Why because his word doesn't change and

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is always powerful. Peace. Thanks
for joining us listening. Friends, Always

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

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

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Make it a great day. Yeah,