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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 Monday, October
sixteen, twenty twenty three. Hello,

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my name is El David Harris.
I am your host, and this is

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your Daily Portion where we give you
God's Word every single day, and today

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is no exception. We are continuing
in our Lesson study series. God's mission,

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my mission, and our caption for
today is becoming a blessing to the

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whole world. Becoming a blessing to
the whole world? Are you being a

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blessing? And we'll get into that
in just a moment, But first I

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like to say welcome to everyone joining
us, especially those joining for the very

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first time. Please go over to
your Daily Portion dot com. Join our

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online community and also pick up the
Your Daily Portion book. Let us know

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where you are in the world.
And there's a little form there that says

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where are you in the world,
and that way we can continue to build

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faith and fellowship at your Daily Portion
dot com. Let's go ahead and pray

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

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us this privilege to come together and
to be a blessing to the world.

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Please, Father, be a blessing
to us and help us to live according

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to your principles. In Jesus's name, I pray, Amen and a men

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Again. I did ask you quickly
a moment ago. Are you being a

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blessing to the whole world? And
you might be saying, I don't have

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access to the whole world, Well
that's true in a sense. I mean

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wherever you happen to be, wherever
I happen to be. If I am

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being a blessing, you're being a
blessing. And then the hundreds or thousands

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of people just on your Daily Portion
alone are being a blessing. And the

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many, many different parts of the
world that you are. Then we as

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a collective of God's people, as
a movement are a blessing. You get

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where this is going. Yeah,
so becoming a blessing to the whole world.

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Let's begin, of course, with
the Book of Genesis Genesis chapter twelve,

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verses one through three, and the
Bible reads, Now the Lord said,

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unto Abram, get thee out of
thy country. See that's a small

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place that is based on his past, his lineage. It's based on what

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he is familiar with, and from
thy kindred, like, move from there

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and from thy father's house. So
God is saying, move from what is

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familiar, Move from what is comfortable, what is predictable, Move from that,

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and then I want you to go
unto a land. Well what land,

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God, It's a land that I'm
going to show you. So he

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didn't even tell him where he's going. He said, move from there,

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and then go unto a land that
I will show you. And then something

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miraculous is about to happen with Abram, and from thy father's house unto a

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land that I will show THEE,
and I will make of THEE a great

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nation. Now how is he going
to do that? Later in the story,

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you recognize that Abram and Sarah have
no way to have children, right

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there's a there's a problem with their
bodies due to age. There's there's a

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problem with their bodies due to age, and therefore they cannot have a baby.

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Except that God said that he would
make of them a great nation.

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And I will bless thee what another
blessing in miracle, and make thy name

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great, and thou shalt be a
blessing. So when God blesses you,

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when he moves you out of that
space of comfortability, when He transitions your

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life, look out for blessing.
I'm not saying as if God owes you

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a blessing. But God makes promises, and guess what. God always keeps

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his promises. And he said,
I'm going to make of you a great

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nation. I am going to bless
you. I'm going to make your name

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great, and then you're going to
be a blessing. And the Bible continues,

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and I will bless them that bless
THEE. I will curse him that

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curseth THEE. And in THEE shall
all of the families of the earth be

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blessed. Can I just ask you
a question. It's a simple question,

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all right. Did you come from
a family. I'm not asking if you

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liked your family. I'm not asking
if you knew your mommy or you knew

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your daddy. I'm not asking if
you were a no lead only child.

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Did you come from a family.
If it's only you and mommy, then

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the answers yes. And then there
are people who came before her. We

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call them ancestors, right, progenitors. Yeah, those individuals are part of

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your family. Did you come from
a family? Good? And the Bible

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says that in Abram situation, all
families, that's including yours. Yeah.

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If you're from Mombasa, that means
your family. If you're from Jamaica,

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that's your family. Like if you
are from Guala Lumpur, then that is

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your family. Like if you are
from Kenya and some city in Kenya,

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then that is your family. It
doesn't matter where you come from or what

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family you're a part of. The
Bible says that all families in Abram Abraham

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shall all of the earth be blessed. So if God can do that through

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Abram, what can he do through
you? What can he do through you?

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So obey God's call with unwavering faith
is our action item on that one

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follow God's direction even when the destination
is unknown. Trusting his plan and promise

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to bless you and then make you
a blessing to other people. So many

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other things that we can learn here. Hold on to God's covenant promises.

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Based on Genesis chapter seventeen and verse
nineteen, the Bible reads, and God

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said, Sarah, thy wife,
shall bear thee a son. Indeed,

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and thou shalt call his name Isaac, and I will establish my covenant with

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him for an everlasting covenant, and
with his seed after him. So we

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are all included, especially spiritually.
Bible says, if you are baptized into

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Christ, you are abraham seed and
heirs according to the promise, what promise

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that you will all be blessed,
that God is going to give you a

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land that flowed with milk and honey
and so more. And then the action

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is to trust in the assurance of
God's covenant, remembering his promises to be

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with you and to bless you and
be a blessing to the world through you.

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Now there is the fullness of this
promise in Isaiah chapter nine and verse

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six, where the Bible reads,
for unto us a child is born,

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unto us a son is given,
and the government shall be upon his shoulder,

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and his name shall be called what
Wonderful counselor the Mighty God, the

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Everlasting Father. I can't wait,
I wish I had the time. Really,

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the Prince of Peace. This is
obviously speaking of the Messiah who was

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to come, Yeshua Shua, some
call him Jesus. We know exactly who

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we're talking about, the one who
was to come, the one whom is

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the Son of God and God,
the Son, the second person in the

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Godhead. And so knowing that Jesus
Christ is the promise of God, the

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ultimate promise, all of heaven in
one gift right, the fullness of the

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representation of the Godhead, bodily like, he is all and in all.

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He's the one who created the heavens
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all that in them is. And
then he rested on the Sabbath day that

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he also blessed and sanctified. Right, So, this same Jesus who was

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to come, Prophetically, we anticipate
the fulfillment of God's promise of a savior,

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and that means that we need to
live in hope of the assurance that

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he's going to come back. He
kept his promise to come as savior,

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and to save his people from our
sins. And so that means that he's

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going to keep his promise that in
due time, like when it is just

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the right time, he's going to
do what He's going to come back,

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and every eye shall see him.
The Bible says that to the who lookto

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look for him, he will appear
a second time without sin, unto salvation.

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God is going to Jesus, Christ
is going to return, and then

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of course put an end to sin. And so that is the ultimate promise

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and ultimate fulfillment. And then we
move out in faith, trusting in God's

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guidance from Hebrews chapter eleven and verse
eight. By faith, Abraham, when

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he was called to go out into
a place which he should after receive for

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an inheritance, obeyed and he went
out, not knowing whether he went embraced

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the unknown once God is in it
with faith. Have a wonderful day,

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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
el David Harris, Make it a

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great day. Yeah,