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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

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keep us through today's challenges. On
this program, we are going to change

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all of that. Let's experience God's
words today and receive the power we need

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to 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

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morning. It is Wednesday, October
twenty five, twenty twenty three. I

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was not asleep. Hello. My
name is El David Harris. I am

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your host, and this is your
Daily Portion where we give you God's Word

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every single day, and today is
no exception. We are continuing in our

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Lesson study series, God's Mission,
my mission, and our caption for today

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is Abraham's Mission. Yeah, that
makes sense. Abraham's Mission. 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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everyone joining us. I thank you
for those who join us every single day.

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You, like Dave, how come
you always shouting out the people who've

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only who've never come before, and
that's you know, for good reason.

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But let me just say a great
big shout out and thank you to people

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who come in every day and you
are also sharing this program. I see

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it. It's amazing how dedicated you
are to the Lord's work in sharing his

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word throughout the world. So God
bless you and keep you. Make His

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face to shine upon you and give
you peace. I say that over my

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son, that blessing every single morning. Let's go ahead and pray, and

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then we will get underway. Bather
in Heaven, thank you for this day.

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Please give us your holy spirit,
give us your power to accomplish the

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mission that you have set before us. In Jesus' name, I pray,

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Amen and amen again Abraham's mission.
Now from the Lesson Study, it says,

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we don't know how many people were
living in the cities of Sodom and

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Gomorrah at the time of this account. But among these thousands of people,

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it could have been more. Really, but among these thousands of people,

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only four h let me just pause
right here, only four left the city

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and only three were saved. Oh
Lord, did you get that of all

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of the people in the cities of
Sodom and Gomorrah. Only four people escaped

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the destruction of Sodom and Gomorra,
and only three of those people were saved

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because Lott's wife, her heart was
still in the city, and so yeah,

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she didn't make it. The same
with the flood in Genesis. We

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don't know how many were alive then, but we do know that most of

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them were not saved. Now,
let me ask you a question. Is

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it that and I'm gonna answer it
too. Is it that God is making

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or creating some exclusive club for elite
people who can somehow muster up inner energy

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to be saved. No, that's
not the answer. You know what it

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is Most of us are not about
executing on our goals. And you're like,

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Dave, how do we get into
this clinic on business? Now?

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Listen, human beings naturally are not
into executing. We're naturally, for some

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reason, not about taking action.
You notice my language has changed a lot

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these days. When we are learning
from these lessons, we talk about action

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steps because really a lot of us
are comfortable with laying back, learning and

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eating and ingesting and maybe digesting just
a little bit, and then learning and

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eating and ingesting maybe and digesting a
little bit and just rinse and repeat,

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just constantly taking in but seldom putting
out, seldom acting, and I mean

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in an effective manner. And so
the people who would have heard the warnings,

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the people who would have heard the
preaching, the people who would have

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experienced the Holy Spirit part of me, the Holy Spirit's callings to come and

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do what God would have them to
do, just simply chose not to execute,

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not to act. And by not
acting, we have made a decision

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that we just literally don't want to
do. What God wants is to pardon

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me to do. Okay, let
me begin now with an action step.

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Right consistently practice hospitality and righteous Let
me come back to that. Hebrews chapter

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thirteen, verses one and two.
Let brotherly love continue, be not forgetful

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to entertain strangers. That is an
action step, For thereby some have entertained

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angels unawares. And I think we
saw that in Abraham's case it was two

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angels and Jesus Christ himself. And
so, like Abraham and Lot, make

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it a habit. Make it a
habit. This is an action step.

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Make it a habit to extend hospitality, uphold righteous behavior, ensuring that your

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actions and your lifestyle mirror the values
of God's kingdom. See that was Abraham's

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mission to mirror the values of God's
kingdom. Go at this second one from

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Galatians chapter six and verse nine.
The Bible reads, and let us not

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be weary in well doing, for
in due season we shall if we faint

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not. Did Abraham demonstrate any well
doing? Did he pray for the people

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of Sodom and Gomorrah? Did he
become weary in his praying? Did he

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allow trepidation to stop him from continuing
with God and saying, God, just

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please just be patient with me.
Can I just ask? I want to

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negotiate some more. I'd like to
ask on the benefit on the behalf of

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those in Sodom and Gomorrah. Could
you just please you? See so,

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perseverance despite apparent failure is key.
Stay faithful to your mission, even if

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the immediate outcomes are not as anticipated, understanding that the seeds you so today

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may bear fruit in unexpected ways.
Let's go to Revelation chapter twenty two and

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verse seventeen for another action step,
and the Bible reads, and whosoever will

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let him come take the water of
life freely. Now this one is is

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going to be a trigger for some
people. Yeah, we have to allow

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people to make their decisions. We
have to make it clear that we respect

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other people's choices. Now, Jesus
did show us in the Old Testament through

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a man's testimony. Right, I
lay before you two pathways, right,

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life and death, blessing and cursing. And then God gave you what his

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goal was, like his intent for
your life, for my life. He

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said, choose life. Choose life. So we want people to choose life.

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We want to give people the opportunity. We want to continually make the

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invitation, but we literally can't force
anyone. You can take a person to

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a place to drink when they're dehydrated, but you can't force them. There

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are people who just will not choose
the right path. But we need to

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respect people's free will in choosing their
path while consistently sharing so we don't just

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leave it up to chance or happenstance, while consistently sharing God's message of salvation

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and demonstrating his love in your interactions. Okay, and the fourth and final

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we're getting from the Book of Romans, chapter twelve and verse two, and

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be not conformed to this world,
that means, do not allow this world

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to squeeze you into its mold,
but be ye transformed by the renewing of

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your mind, that ye may prove
what is that good and acceptable and perfect

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will of God. Here is the
action step. And environments that may be

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contrary to Godly principles, continue to
stand firm. Stand firm on the principles

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of God's word, and seek to
positively influence those around you. Stand firm

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no matter what, maintain righteousness in
the wickedest environments. Hah, be not

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squeezed into the world's mold or mindset, but be transformed by the renewing of

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our mind. So God has given
us the power in the mission to not

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necessarily need to be whisked away from
this world. Jesus said, I pray

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not that they will be taken from
the world, but basically that the world

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won't be taken, that the world
will be taken out of their hearts,

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and that they will make an impact
on the world. That is the mission

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God has given to us, and
that was Abraham's mission. Have a wonderful

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day, peace. Thanks for joining
us listening. Friends. Always remember we

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cannot live by bread alone, but
by every word that comes from the mouth

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of God. This has been your
daily portion with EL David Harris. Make

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it a great day, yeah,