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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 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 L David Harris. Good
morning, Good morning, Good morning.

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It is Sabbath, September nine,
two twenty three. 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 with lesson number twelve in

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the Book of Ephesians, and our
caption for today is the Call to Stand.

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Pardon me, the Call to Stand. We'll get into that in just

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a moment, but first I like
to say welcome to you and ask you

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for a witness, so that we
can usher in the coming of our Lord

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and savior, Jesus Christ, your
daily portion dot com. Let's go ahead

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and pray, and then we will
get underway. Father in Heaven, thank

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you for giving us this new Sabbath
morning and for the privilege we have to

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stand to stand. Father, please
help us to stand in Jesus name.

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I pray, Amen and amen.
Again. Let me just ask you while

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I look for this passage of scripture, like, how often do you ask

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God to help you to stand,
to stand, and to do and to

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live according to His will? Do
you ask Him to help you to stand?

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You know? The Bible reads here
in the Book of Ephesians, chapter

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six, pardon me, Verses ten
and eleven. Finally, my brethren,

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be strong in the Lord, Thank
God, be strong in the Lord.

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I want you to be encouraged by
this and in the power of His might.

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Put on the whole armor of God. For what reason, Paul,

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So that you will be able to
stand against the wiles of the devil.

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There are so many people, and
I shouldn't say so many people. Everyone

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has fallen or jumped into sin at
some point in our lives. I said,

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everyone has fallen or jumped into sin
at some point of our lives.

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That doesn't mean that we must do
it continually. It doesn't mean that we

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are still doing it. Most are. But God is saying to us,

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in order to stand so you're not
falling or jumping into sin, you have

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to put on the entire armor of
God. What does falling into sin look

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like? Eve was deceived at the
tree. She went for the bait that

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the devil gave her through this wily
serpent. Right, he was the wily

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foe disguised as a serpent. She
was deceived. She fell into sin.

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Adam was not deceived. Adam saw
exactly what happened to Eve, and when

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she offered him the fruit. When
I say saw, he could see when

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she had come to him, and
they experienced this moment together, and she

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offered him the fruit, that forbidden
fruit. He knew exactly what was going

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on, and yet he still ate
of the tree that God said don't eat.

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In that case, he jumped.
You know that lying is wrong.

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If you lie, you jumped David
King. David knew that it was sin.

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To what have intercourse with Bathsheba that
was not his wife, to conspire

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and then to actually murder, to
murder her husband. He knew that was

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wrong. He jumped into sin and
he let others into sin with him.

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Yeah, so there is a difference
between falling into sin and jumping into sin.

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But even still, when we encounter
those God is saying, we need

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to learn how to agree with him, that is, confess yes, and

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to forsake, that is, to
what repent, forsake those sins, and

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put on the entire armor of God
so we can stand against the schemes of

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the devil. Now, let me
read from today's lesson. Bleary eyed,

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the servant stumbles out of his lodgings
and sees an alarming sight, large well

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equipped and hostile army with troops,
horses, chariots everywhere. Speaking with the

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prophet Elisha, he stammers out the
news along with his harried question, Oh,

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sir, what will we do now? Elisha responds, do not be

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afraid, for there are more on
our side than on theirs, a response

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that fails to register in the face
of his servant, and so Elisha,

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pulling him close, praise for him, Lord open his eyes and let him

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see. Can I just say this, there are times that we need our

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eyes open. We need to have
the eye of faith that sees things as

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God sees them. We need the
eye equipped with faith and the Holy Spirit

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to see things as God sees them. And so, continuing the prophets,

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prayer is answered. Immediately, the
servant steps into the ramparts again, but

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this time the veil between the seen
and unseen lifts. He now sees not

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one army, but two. The
Lord opened the young man's eyes, and

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when he looked up, he saw
that the hillside around Elisha was filled with

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horses and chariots of fire. According
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fifteen through seventeen, all that we
would have eyes to see as God sees,

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we would face the day with courage. Can I just say that?

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There are times that we are bound
by our own limiting beliefs, bound by

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our own inability to grasp God through
faith. We have chosen many times to

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close our eyes to the vantage point
of God. We have not been willing

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to see as God sees. And
so what God wants us to do here

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when we are preparing to stand against
the wily foe the devil is to stand

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with God's vision, stand with his
power, Stand knowing that those who are

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with us are more than those who
are against us, knowing that greater is

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he that is in me than he
that is in the world. And so

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we will do this even in more
detail. I won't give away my thoughts

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for the next couple of days here, but I do want to read the

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whole armor of God concept right here
from verse twelve beginning at verse twelve of

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Ephesians chapter six, and then I
will drill it in the next coming days.

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If the Lord spares life for we
wrestle not against flesh and blood.

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You thought that your trials were based
on that worker at that co worker that's

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annoying to you doing evil towards you
were We wrestle not against flesh and blood,

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but against principalities, against powers,
against the rulers of the darkness of

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this world, against spiritual wickedness in
high places. Wherefore, take unto you

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the whole armor of God. How
much of the armor, the entire armor

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of God? Why should we take
on the whole armor that ye may be

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able to withstand in the evil day? And having done all to stand.

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God is giving us, through brother
Paul, under the inspiration of the Holy

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Spirit, to do what stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth.

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So what is important here that we
are protected with truth? Let's keep

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going and having on the breastplate of
righteousness, what else righteousness? And your

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feet shod with the preparation of the
Gospel of peace? What else our feet

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shod with the preparation of the Gospel
of peace. I think the Bible writers

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said, how glorious or beautiful are
the feet of those who run and take

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the good news of God to others? Our feet will take us there above

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all taking the shield of faith.
What else do we need? We need

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faith in order to do what,
brother Paul, wherewith ye shall be able

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to quench all the fiery darts of
the wicked, and take the helmet of

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salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God.

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So we have our heads covered with
salvation. We have the sword of the

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Spirit, which is the Word of
God. And many people think that this

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is the end of the armor.
But God says also that we need to

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be praying always in the spirit.
Seven implements of war covered with God,

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Peace, Thanks for joining us listening. Friends, Always remember we cannot live

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by bread alone, but by every
word that comes from the mouth of God.

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This has been your daily portion with
L. David Harris. Make it

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a great day.