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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 Sunday, June thirty,
twenty twenty four. 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, our new Lesson study

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series through the Book of Mark,
and our caption for today is the failed

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Missionary. The failed Missionary. We'll
get into that in just a moment,

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but first I'd like to say welcome
to you and ask you to go over

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build faith and fellowship. 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 the opportunity to
pray. Father, please give us the

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mindset of Christ. Teach us how
to work with people for the glory of

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God. Lord, teach us,
please how to be holy in these last

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days in Jesus name, I pray, Amen and Amen again. Okay,

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the failed missionary Now, I just
really want to say, we need to

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be clear whether the missionary that we're
referencing was a failure, yes or no.

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But let me say something. I'm
going to give people a bonus.

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Right. It may be a bonus
for you in terms of ministry. It

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may be a bonus for you in
terms of business if you're a business leader,

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or you're a manager at a company
or something like that where people follow

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you, or that you have direct
reports. Yes, if you don't have

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mission clarity, then you can't have
mission aries. Can I say that to

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our coaching clients if you can't.
If you don't have mission clarity, that

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is a mission that can be communicated
simply and clearly, and you can have

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buy in. If you don't have
mission clarity, then you cannot have mission

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airies. That means the people on
the ground, the boots on the ground,

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the people who will carry out the
mission won't know where to go if

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you don't give a clear, concise
mission and then you live according to the

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same mission that you are sharing.
So that was a bonus. Now,

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the question for me really when you
see the failed missionary is what caused the

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failure and what made that a failure? Like what caused the failure and what

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made what we're reading about like a
failure. So we'll go down to the

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bottom of the lesson for quote in
the Acts of the Apostles book, page

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one hundred and sixty nine, and
it reads, Mark overwhelmed with fear and

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discouragement wavered for a time. Can
I just say for a time? Somebody

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type in the chat please it was
temporary, Mark overwhelmed with fear. Now,

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God has not given us the spirit
of fear. He was overwhelmed with

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discouragement. When we are discouraged,
the Bible says that we are to give

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all of our cares to Him meaning
God, because he cares for us,

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and he wavered for a time in
his purpose to give himself wholeheartedly to the

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Lord's work. Unused to hardships,
he was disheartened by the perils and privations

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of the ways of the way.
Okay, and so now we know what

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the antidote to this failure would have
been. When you have fear, give

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that fear to God. When you
have anxiety, remember the Bible says,

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be anxious for nothing, but in
everything, give thanks, for it is

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the will of God concerning you.
So he could be overwhelmed with fear and

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say, God, here is my
fear. I know that you've not given

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me the spirit of fear, but
of power and of love and of a

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sound mind. When he was discouraged, he could say, but God,

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you promised that you would give me
another comforter, one who is just like

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Jesus. If you, brothers and
sisters are going through any these things,

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then you can just give it to
Jesus and then ask him for the strength

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to not waiver, to not be
overwhelmed, to take his yoke upon you

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and learn of him. He said, his yoke is easy and his burden

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is light. He shall give you
rest. We shall find rest unto our

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soul. So instead of focusing on
Mark's failure, let's focus on God's power

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and favor. May I say that
again, Instead of focusing on Mark's failure,

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let us focus on God's power and
favor. That's the key. And

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so sometimes we identify these things.
We look into the lives of people,

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because that's how a lesson is crafted, and then we look at it and

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then we drill it and then we
move on. But what we need to

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do is see, well, what
is what is God's will here? Like,

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what is his power? Let's see
what makes God look as wonderful as

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he is and as holy and powerful? Blessed be his name, Like let's

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talk about about God. Okay,
And so we have already, so we've

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started there. Now we know what
the uh, what the what the driving

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force was behind what happened with brother
Paul, I mean not brother Paul,

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John Mark. And so we need
to be asking God to help us to

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put on his whole armor. Paul
taught us in the Book of Ephesians chapter

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six that we can put on the
entire armor of God. And I'll read

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it from the New English translation translation. Finally, be strengthened in the Lord.

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So we can find our strength in
the Lord, because he's all powerful.

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Blessed be his name and the strength
of his power. Clothe yourselves with

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the full armor of God, so
that you will be able to stand.

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You see see John Mark in that
moment he ran. But the Bible says

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that we can be able to stand
against the schemes of the devil. For

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we wrestle or struggle, not against
flesh and blood, but against the rulers,

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against the powers, against the world
old rulers of this darkness, against

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spiritual forces of evil in high places. For this reason we take up the

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full armor of God, so that
you may be able to stand your ground

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on the evil day. And having
done everything to stand, what must we

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do? What can we do?
Now? We can stand firm by the

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fastening of the belt of truth around
your waste, by putting on the breastplate

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of righteousness, by fitting your feet
with the preparation that comes from the good

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News or the Gospel of Peace verse
sixteen, And extinguish all of the flaming

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arrows of the evil one, and
take on the helmet of salvation and the

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sword of the Spirit, which is
the Word of God. Verse eighteen and

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final with every prayer and petition.
Pray at all times in the spirit,

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and to do this and and to
this end be alone with all perseverance and

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petitions for all saints. And in
short, in Romans chapter thirteen and verse

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fourteen, the Bible says, but
put you on the Lord Jesus, and

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make not provision for the flesh.
That's even my fears, even when I'm

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discouraged, even when something unexpected happens
in my life or on that ministerial journey.

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Ah. He said, to make
not provision for the flesh to fulfill

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the lusts thereof. God has given
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have to focus our attention on him, Okay. And so with a few

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moments that we have left, I'm
going to give you a couple of tips

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and you can read about them in
your spare time. Deepen your prayer life.

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Deepen your prayer life. From Philippians
chapter four, verses six and seven.

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Also engage in Christian community because we're
not alone. God has also given

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us other humans of like faith.
Where if we are unified with other humans

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of like faith, he has promised
power in our community. So engage in

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community with other believers, and then
reflect on scripture together. When we're together,

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it's not just talking and being intelligent
and intellectual about scripture, but to

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become reflective about about saying Joshua chapter
one and verse eight, and then finally

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commit together to God's purpose as in
Galatians chapter six and verse nine. Be

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committed. He said, whether two
or three are gathered together in his name,

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and of course for his mission there
he is. God is in the

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midst of us. We give God
thanks. We don't have to be fail

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missionary. Thanks for joining us listening
to 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,