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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 Friday. It's preparation day, June fourteenth, twenty twenty four.

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Hello, my name is Elle David
Harris. I am your host,

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and this is your Daily Portion where
we give you God's word every single day,

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and today is no exception. We
are continuing in our Lesson study series

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the Great Controversy. Our caption for
today is Stand Firm. I want you

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to stand firm. Yes, 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 please go

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world at your Daily Portion dot com. This is one of the ways that

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we continue to build faith and fellowship. Let's go ahead and pray and then

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we will get underway. Father in
heaven, thank you for giving us this

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day. Please teach us to stand
for truth, stand firm according to your

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word. In Jesus' name, I
pray, Amen and Amen again. Okay,

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So we if you were reading through
the lesson study manual, the booklet

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or quarterly then you would have gotten
them some heavy stuff this week concerning history

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and Bible prophecy, and it's like, wow, what do we do now?

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It seems so heavy. The prognosis
seems grim, right, But the

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reality is that every single trial and
tribulation that you've ever been through means that

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God actually brought you through him because
you went through them. He's like,

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what what did you just say?
Yes, everything that you've been through God

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brought you through. And so God
is going to do it again, and

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for the big one, He's going
to do it again, and that will

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be it. That will be his
final answer. No more trials, tribulations,

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no more death, dying, crying
or pain. For the former things

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will have been passed away finally,
we're looking forward to that day. But

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in the meantime, I want you
to do what Paul said when he was

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teaching us about the whole armor of
God, putting on the Lord Jesus Christ,

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and then and then not making provision
for the flesh to fulfill the lust

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thereof He said stand. He said, stand firm. That's what he said.

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He taught us to stand firm through
the power the Holy goes God is

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saying for you in twenty twenty four
and beyond stand firm, stand firm,

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three young men, did that?
Let me talk about it in just a

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moment. Let's read from the Book
of Daniel, chapter one, in verse

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eight, a few basic words.
It says, but Daniel, that's a

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conjunction, so it negates whatever came
before. The people wanted Daniel to do

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something that would have been defiling to
his character. But Daniel purposed in his

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heart that he would not defile himself. He purposed in his heart that he

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would not defile himself. The details
we don't need to get into today,

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but the fact is that they wanted
Daniel to defile himself and to prepare himself

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for service to the king. And
he was like Nah, I'm good on

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that. Let me do something that
is in service to the King of the

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universe, and then it'll benefit the
king on planet Earth. And thank God

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Daniel stood. In fact, in
another instance, the Bible teaches us that

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his three friends Ah Hannanayah, Michael, and Azariah, those three friends stood

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up for Jesus. They stood up
for Jesus when King nebicud Nezar decided that

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he was going to be a pope
to the people and that he was going

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to be the one that they venerated
and somehow they were to worship and erected

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an idol to himself in the plane
of Dura. He said, at which

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time you hear the music, and
then he gives the how the music will

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play. He said, I need
you to bow bow to the image of

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nebuicud Nezer. And the Bible says
that they did not bow. Everybody else

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who was there bowed. Thank God, Daniel wasn't there bowing. Whoever else

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was there, they bowed, even
the people who were supposed to lead the

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people of God. Oh, I
think there's an echo in here. For

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the last three days, we scratch
the surface. But there will be people

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who claim to be God's people who
will bow in the same way to the

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same image. Principally that leads people
away from God. The Bible says that

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the people there said, wait a
minute, King, you have some people

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that you've brought close to you.
These are captives from Israel, Hebrew captives,

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let me put it that way.
And they have not bowed to your

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image. And so the Bible says
that Nebuchadnezzar sent for them. He sent

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for them and said, wait a
minute, now, what is this that

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I'm hearing. Ah, I heard
that you did not bow to my image.

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What's going on? And they said, oh, King, live forever.

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HM. We are not careful to
answer you in this matter, but

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we know this. Our God can
deliver us, because he gave them an

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opportunity to bow, or else they
would die. He said, our God

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is able to deliver us, but
if he doesn't choose to deliver us,

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we still will not bow. We're
gonna stand firm. King. The Bible

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says that the king, when they
did not bow, he caused his men

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to heat the furnace seven times hotter
than it already was. Those men actually

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died, who did the king's bidding
to heat up the furnace, and then

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they threw those young men down into
the furnace, the Bible says bound.

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The Bible says that they went in
s three and then God made himself visible

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through the person of Christ before he
was born to Mary. The Bible says

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the king, looking into those flames, he said, wait a minute,

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did we not throw in three?
But now how do I see four loose

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and walking in the midst of the
flames? And so the Bible teaches us

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that that fourth one who caused these
young men to stand firm was Jesus Christ

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himself. He was one like the
son of God. This is what the

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king saw even back then then he
said, what I'm seeing here is the

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fourth looking like the son of God, or a son of the Gods in

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his way of saying it. And
so I'm thankful that God has not left

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us, even in the trials that
we will experience here in the near future.

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I don't know when it's gonna happen, but it's going to come,

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and it's going to come suddenly.
When this same kind of scenario is presented

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to us, we must stand and
not bow down, Stand firm and not

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bow down. In fact, the
Bible says in Matthew chapter four and verse

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ten, quoting Jesus, as he
was given an opportunity to bow to the

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enemy, he said, thou shalt
worship the Lord thy God, and him

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only shalt thou serve. When people
give you an opportunity to bow to the

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enemy by gossiping, do not bow. Stand firm on God's word. When

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people give you an opportunity to bow
to the enemy by backbiting and being envious

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and jealous and pola tricking inside and
outside of the church, when they give

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you an opportunity to bow to that
image of self reliance, I need you

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to stand firm, everybody, and
worship the Lord. And him only shalt

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thou serve. You're tempted to bow
to your intellect, bow to your religious

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training, bow to those who employ
you. I need you to stand firm

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on God's word when you're tempted to
bow by being angry toward people who disrespect

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you. Remember remember this is the
way that they treated the prophets who were

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before you. Rejoice and be exceeding
glad for great as your reward in heaven,

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for so persecuted they the prophets which
were before you. So worship the

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Lord God, and worship him only
now. The Bible says in Romans chapter

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twelve and verse two. Don't be
conformed to this world, but be transformed

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by the renewing of your mind.
Do not let the world squeeze you into

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its mold, but stand firm.
Conform to not the world, but be

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transformed by God. Be transformed by
God in order to endure the trial that

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is before them. I'm reading a
quote from the book Great Controversy, page

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five hundred and ninety three. They
must understand the will of God, that's

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me, that's you, brothers and
sisters, as revealed in his word.

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They can honor him only as they
have a right conception of his character,

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his government, his purposes, and
act in accordance to them. None but

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those who have fortified the mind with
the truths of the Bible will stand through

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the last great conflict. Fortify your
life and mind in a relationship with God

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through his word. Stand firm.
Have a wonderful day. Peace. Thanks

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for joining us listening. Friends.
Always remember we cannot live by bread alone,

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but by every word that comes from
the mouth of God. This has

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been your daily portion with el David
Harris, make it a great day. Yeah,