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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, October six,
twenty twenty three. 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. God's Mission,

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My Mission, God's Mission, My
Mission. We'll get into that in just

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a moment, but first I'd like
to say welcome, Welcome, Welcome to

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everyone joining us, especially those joining
us for the very first time. I

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want you to please go over to
your Daily Portion dot com, pick up

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the Your Daily Portion book, and
also let us know where you are in

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the world. And that's a way
for us to continue to build faith and

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fellowship and also to let me see
on a map how far and why the

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Gospel is being spread from your vantage
point. Okay, so go again to

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your Daily Portion dot com and join
our online community. And yeah, let's

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grow together. Let's go ahead and
pray and then get underway. Father and

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Heaven, thank you for this day
and for the time of preparation that you

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have entrusted to us. Please help
us to prepare for Sabbath in the way

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that we prepare for the coming.
In Jesus's name, I pray, Amen

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and Amen again. Not by actident. You see, God saves us through

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Christ, yes, and all that
He has put into place, through the

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plan of salvation, not by accident. He did not stumble into the situation.

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He was not surprised when Adam and
Eve sinned, even though they had

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the choice not to sin. They
had the choice excuse me to be faithful.

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But since they chose not to be
faithful. And God knows everything,

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and his mind is eternal, He
is eternal. He had a plan already

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in place, from before there was
a world, from the foundations of the

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world. He had this plan in
place, and unfortunately, unfortunately Adam and

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Eve positioned God to where something had
to happen or else they would die.

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But isn't it wonderful that the plan
of salvation is beautiful? The plan of

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salvation is powerful. God is able
to save to the utter mode those who

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are called by him. Why because
Jesus ever lives to make intercession for us.

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And so when you are making poor
decisions, like right now, maybe

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you're thumbing through something else while God
is trying to speak to you through his

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word this morning, and God is
saying, I have a plan for that.

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Maybe, maybe, just maybe you're
still trying to overcome a hangover from

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last night or just a few hours
ago. Yes, And God is saying,

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well, I have a plan for
that. Even though your mind is

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not quite crisp or clear because of
the alcohol that's still lingering on your breath

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and in your mind. Maybe you
made a decision two days ago that is

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impacting you today in a negative way. God has a plan for that.

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You're worrying about the future. God
has the plan for that, and what

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He wants to do in your life
and in mind right now is for us

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to surrender. And once through his
power we surrender, he will unleash a

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whole new level of power that will
deliver you from any sin, every temptation,

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every trial at the appropriate time,
and ultimately He will make you holy,

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and then of course you will be
in eternity with him. So let's

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talk about the eternal blueprint of redemption. From the book Romans, chapter sixteen

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and verse twenty five. Romans,
Chapter sixteen and verse twenty five. This

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is not an accident. What God
has done for you and for me is

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not an accident. And the Bible
reads now to him who is able to

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establish you in accordance with my gospel, the message I proclaim about Jesus Christ,

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in keeping with the revelation of the
mystery hidden for long ages past.

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God is able to establish you according
to the Gospel. What is the gospel

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that is to be be preached into
all the world. Well, I think

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the Bible, says Paul speaking,
I am not ashamed of the gospel,

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for it is the power of God
unto salvation to everyone that believes, to

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the jew first, and also unto
the Greek meaning. Of course, at

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that time there was a context for
that. But this means for everyone from

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those who were born quote into the
family of God long story, just by

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the faith of Abraham, long story, the bloodline of Abraham, and then

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everybody else, anybody according to so
many passages. But I'm thinking of Isaiah

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chapter fifty six, verses one through
five, where God says anybody who keeps

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covenant with Him will be saved full
stop. And so the eternal blueprint for

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redemption is that through Christ, according
to that power of God. Unto salvation

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according to the mystery that is in
that plan and how Jesus became human and

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theeds God all at the same time, God, the Son I don't fully

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understand, and no human does.
But according to that mystery long hidden from

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ages past, God has the eternal
blueprint for salvation. And that sounds good

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and philosophical. But fill in your
name here, fill in your name here.

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He is able to save you at
this moment in time six minutes into

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our broadcast, because he loves you. Bible says, for God's so loved

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the world that he gave his only
begotten son, that whosoever believeth in him

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should not perish, but have everlasting
life. And so how does understanding God's

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eternal blueprint of redemption reshape your perspective
on his character and his plans for humanity.

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How does that reshape the fact that
he had you on his mind from

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eternity past, and that he would
save you as long as you simply surrender

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to him. How does that reshape
your perspective on his character. There are

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people who are thinking that he is
a tyrant in the sky looking for someone

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to destroy. No, no,
no, no, no no no no.

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The plan of salvation is about saving
as many people as will be saved.

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Here's another one assurance of Christ's presence
in the mission, and we're going

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to take this from the book Acts
of the Apostles, page twenty nine.

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I want you to hear it.
Christ did not tell his disciples that their

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work would be easy. I will
be with you, always, helping you

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to perform your duty, guiding,
comforting, sanctifying, sustaining you, giving

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you success in speaking words that shall
draw the attention of others to Heaven.

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That's the end of the quote.
Question, how does this assurance embolden your

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faith to dive into God's mission?
Remember, he did not promise that it

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would be easy. I think there
is a song that says I won't give

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up now. Hmm. I've come
too far from where I started from.

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Nobody told you, Nobody told me
the road would be easy, But I

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can't. I have to continue to
believe that He has brought me this far,

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but he has not brought me this
far to leave me. So how

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does that embolden your faith? Knowing
that He's with you on the mission,

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knowing that even though the road will
be tough, he will continue to go

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with you so that you can accomplish
whatever He has called you to do?

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Is that something that encourages you?
Does it make you more courageous? Does

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it make you smile? Laugh?
Does it cause you some sort of emotional

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like now you're in tears because you
just simply can't believe that God could be

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so good to you. Something really
to think about, something to think about,

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all right? And so I want
you to contemplate too. When God

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asks you, like he did Adam, where are you? After maybe you've

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done something that you shouldn't have,
or you've avoided doing something you should have.

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When God says where are you?
Where are you? What goes through

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your mind? You feel like He's
coming down to punish you. What goes

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through your mind? Are you?
Are you trying to figure out, well,

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what is the shoe going to drop
now? Or do you see it

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as God would have you to see
it, that He wants you to know

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where you are and where He is
so that He can save you from all

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sin. Yeah. I have a
wonderful rest of your days. Thanks for

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joining us listening to 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,