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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 Monday, November thirteen,
twenty twenty three. Hello, my

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name is El 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. Our caption for today
is Jesus's Method and Response. Jesus's Method

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and Response. We'll get into that
in just a moment, but first I'd

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like to say welcome to you and
ask you to go over to your Daily

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Portion dot com, join our online
community, pick up your Daily Portion book,

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and also please let us know where
you are in the world. There's

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a little form there that says where
are you in the world, And that

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way we can continue to build faith
and fellowship at your daily portion dot com.

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Let's go ahead and pray and then
we will get underway. Father in

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Heaven, thank you for giving us
this new day and for the privilege you

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have entrusted to us to open up
your word. And I'm asking you to

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please fill us with your holy spirit. Teach us Jesus's method and mindset today

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in Jesus name, I pray,
Amen and a man again Jesus's method and

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response. And of course there are
people right now who are a part of

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my saying faith fellowship, who are
listening and hearing in their own minds.

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Right in your minds, I know
you're doing. It is from the book

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Ministry of Healing, about Christ's method
alone which will bring true success. That

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is true, but that's not the
quote that we're going with today. It's

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a different discussion. Now. The
Bible tells us that the lawyer, Remember

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we were talking about it yesterday,
the lawyer came to test Jesus right,

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and so we talked about eternal life. We talked about some other things,

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but he came to test Jesus.
But Jesus knew what his intentions were.

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So this is what we're talking about
today. There are times that people will

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be very inquisitive. There will be
people who are philosophical, really religious,

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like people who want to maybe sometimes
and attempt to spiritually entrap you. I've

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met with. I've encountered some people
standing outside of churches and I'm like,

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wow, why are you here?
People who say that they worship God,

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standing outside of churches while worship is
happening, and trying to try people up

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with all kinds of crazy inquisitive questions
and have all sorts of books tucked up

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under their arms that are not the
Bible, and their arguments are really not

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worship centric, but they're people centric, right, you know, those kinds

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of people. Continuing in the lesson, it says, Indeed, God knows

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the longings and desires of our hearts
more than we ourselves do, and we

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certainly do not know the heart and
motives of those who question us, do

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we. Now this is very important
because many times I have been conducting Bible

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classes and somebody will raise their hand
and say, whatever how they reach you

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know, however they call me,
whatever name they use, and then they

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say, so, if somebody asks
this, then what is my response?

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What should my response be? And
I'm like, well, really and truly

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I'm what people call the Bible guy, right, And yeah, I could

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bury you with a long story of
about what's true concerning the subject of the

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question. But many times, well
all the time, we need to first

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pray and say, God, what
would you have me to say? Right?

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Because sometimes we're so quick to answer
a question because we think it's just

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a question. Right. What day
is the Sabbath? The Bible says that

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the seventh day is the Sabbath of
the Lord died God. Okay, good?

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What happens when people die? The
Bible says that the dead know not

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anything you know? And then we
go down this sort of checklist of responses

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based on the question. And what
God wants us to do is rely on

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him because sometimes the people who are
asking questions don't even really know what they're

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after. If they're trying to be
you know, quirky and like the person

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I described a little earlier, or
if they have a longing deep in their

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soul and they just really don't know
how to communicate it. And so when

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you pray. Somebody may ask one
of those seemingly simple questions, and then

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God, let you know in your
spirit that wait a minute, this person

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has this need, and here is
the answer for that need. And it

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may not have anything to do with
the question. Not trying to overcomplicate it.

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What I'm trying to do is simplified
and say that God knows the longings

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of our hearts, and our responses
should be connected to what God would have

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us to say or not to say. Okay, and so let's get some

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action steps here based on the lesson
study. Today, let's read from the

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Book of Acts, chapter seventeen and
verse eleven. This is describing a set

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of people that we should really model
our lives after. Just to be frank

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and the Bible reads these individuals.
These were the bareans, right, these

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individuals, These were more noble than
those in Thessalonaika in that they reset receive

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the Word with all readiness of heart
and mind. So this is what set

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these individuals apart. These people receive
the Word with thankfulness. These people receive

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the Word with readiness of mind.
Despite what the word was doing. Was

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it correcting, was it instructing,
was it chiding? Was it showing love

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like? Depending on what the situation
was, they still received all with readiness

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of heart and mind. And this
is what they also did, and searched

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the scriptures daily whether those things were
so. So. They didn't just take

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the teachings that they were getting at
face value. They didn't just say Okay,

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because you said it, I believe
it. No, they were searching

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the scriptures and asking God, like, what is it that you would have

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me to do? Is it that
this person that I keep seeing on my

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little phone every day yelling into the
microphone on your daily portion is telling the

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truth? Yes or no? And
if yes, how do I apply it?

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If no, I should shut it? I could shut I should shut

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it off. I should shut it
off, okay. And so the action

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really is to approach the Bible with
an open heart and an open mind,

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ready to seek and find the truth
daily. Yesterday's understanding is not good enough

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for today. Stale and rotten food
from three days ago or four days ago

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is not good for today's meal.
And I'm not saying that the word is

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stale. That's never stale. It's
always quick and sharper than any two edged

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sword, which is why we get
fresh understanding of the same word every single

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day. But the way that we
applied it yesterday to our lives may not

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be sufficient for today, which is
why we wake up every day with a

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prayer on our minds and our hearts
to say, Lord, please give us

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your holy give me your holy spe
spirit. Please teach me your word and

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your way for my life today.
So we examine the scriptures and have an

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open mind to God for how to
live and apply. Okay, the next

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one comes from the Book of Two
Timothy, chapter three and verse sixteen,

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and it's familiar to many, and
it's one of my favorites. All scripture

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is given by inspiration of God,
and it's profitable for doctrine or reproof,

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for correction, for instruction in righteousness. And then the next verse actually gives

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more, but it will just pause
right there. We need to trust God's

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word as a true as the true
foundation. Yes, when you hear a

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voice saying this is the way,
walk ye in it. If the way

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points to the way that the scriptures
say, then you know it's the voice

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of God. Huh. You hear
or experience some I don't know. I

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don't want to really get too mystical
here, but sometimes people have encounters.

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Yeah, and when you have these
encounters, measure it a against the Word.

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Does this align with what God has
already revealed? Yes? Or no.

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If the answer is no, then
you know it is not from God.

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If the answer is yes in all
points, then you move forward in

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faith. Okay, And here are
two two more one from the Book of

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Psalms, chapter one hundred and nineteen, verse one oh five. Your word

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is a lamp unto my feet and
a light unto my path. Know that

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the Word of God will guide us
into light and to truth. So apply,

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apply the biblical teachings, and then
of course seek the Gospel truth with

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everything that you have and everything that
you are. I hope you have a

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wonderful day. See you tomorrow.
Peace. Thanks for joining us listening.

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

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

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l David Harris. Make it a
great day. Yeah,