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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 Monday, July twenty two, twenty twenty four. Hello. By

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name is El 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 series through the Book of

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Mark and our caption for today is
Jesus's Interpretation Jesus's Interpretation. We'll get into

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that in just a moment. I'd
like to say welcome to you and ask

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one of the ways that we continue
to build faith and fellowship. Let's go

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ahead and pray, and then we
will get underway. Father and Heaven,

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thank you for giving us this new
day and for the opportunity that you have

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given to us to do your will. Father, Please give us your holy

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spirit teach us how to love you
and to do everything that makes you happy.

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Father, please give us a dependence
upon you. In Jesus's name,

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I pray, Amen and Amen again. Jesus's interpretation. Now, I just

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have to admit to you that we
don't have to look at Jesus to interpret

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anything. He's the one who's teaching, right. So I know we have

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to use English language and that's kind
of what we're stuck with. But the

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fact is this is not left up
to interpretation. And then we look at

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Jesus's interpretation. No, what did
Jesus mean when he said what he said?

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And that's it. Okay. I
wish I had the time to really

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deal with with this caption, but
don't let me get you distracted. Jesus

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was teaching something very clear from the
parables, okay, And so I will

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read here in Mark chapter four and
we'll read it over and over. I

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know Mark chapter four, verses thirteen
through twenty, and the Bible reads,

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and he said, unto them,
know ye not this parable? And how

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then will ye know all parables?
The sower soweth the word. And these

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are they by the wayside, where
the word is sown. But when they

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have heard, Satan cometh immediately and
taketh away the word that is sown in

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their hearts. So we can see
here that the word was actually sown in

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the people's hearts, but Satan took
it away. Why was he able to

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take it away? Why was he
able to take it away? That's a

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question. Let me keep going verse
sixteen. And these are they, likewise,

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which are sown on stony ground,
who, when they have heard the

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word, immediately receive it with gladness. So again, the word actually took

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lodgment in the heart of the people, well sort of. It says they

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received it with gladness verse seventeen.
And they have no root in themselves,

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so endure, but for a time
afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for

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the world's sake, immediately they are
offended. And offended means to offend.

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That verb means to go away from
So if we are offended, that means

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we turn our backs on God and
leave him. That's what that basically means.

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Verse eighteen. And these are they
which are sown among thorns. As

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such, hear the word, and
the cares of this world, and the

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deceitful of riches, and the lusts
of other things entering in choke the word,

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and it becometh unfruitful. So again
the word goes in. But then

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something causes the people to lose the
word. And these are they which are

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sown in good ground, such as
here the word receive it, and it

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brings forth fruit, some thirtyfold,
some sixtyfold, and some an hundred.

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And so Jesus is telling us,
Well, let me ask you, when

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the word is properly implanted or planted, it must bear fruit. Let me

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say that again slowly. When the
word is properly planted, it must bear

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fruit. Well, mean, what
does it mean to be properly planted?

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If God is the one planting,
then it has to be properly planted.

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Oh well, the soil has to
be amended, The soil has to be

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turned, The soil needs to be
neutrified and ready to receive that the soil

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needs to be tilled. It needs
to be good soil, not too thirsty,

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not too much like clay, just
right with the right everything mix,

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which I've had to learn to do
over the years because I'm a city boy.

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But I learned. I learned.
I had to learn over the years.

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And so what God is teaching us
is that he wants us to bear

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fruit. So what is the difference
between the fruit less soil? That is

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our hearts? Now, our hearts
are an extension of who we are.

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It's the root of who we are. Maybe that's a better way of saying

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it. So what makes the difference
between the fruitful soil and the fruit less

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soil? Because really, at the
end of analysis, it doesn't matter if

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at one point it worked and then
it just goes away. Now we're talking

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about the word of God, okay, and so the different soils are based

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on obviously the different listeners. Everyone
hears the word. All of the types

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of soil have the seed sown in
them, but the reception is different,

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or receptivity. What happens when the
soil, when the seed and the soil

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come together. That's what we need
to be asking ourselves and answering God,

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or asking God really and ourselves and
answering God. What is happening? When

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I receive the soil? When I
receive the Word, what do I do?

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What do I do? Do I
allow the cares of this life to

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cause a problem? Do I allow
a lust for things in this world to

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cause a problem? Do I allow
other things to cause a problem? Or

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do I just receive this with thanksgiving
and ask you to grow it? And

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so the soil does matter, according
to the lesson writer. It grows and

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produces abundant crop when it is the
right soil. The soil matters. Well,

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how how do we become receptive soil? And why do we need to

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become receptive? Well, Jesus,
the Word wants to become part of us

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so that we can become part of
him. May I say that again?

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God wants us to become a part
of him, so that he wants his

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word to become a part of us, so that we can become a part

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of him. I think Jesus said
it better when he said, abide in

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me. And if my word abides
in you, then you can ask what

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you will and it shall be done. Unto you So God wants us to

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become so close to him that we
are abiding. We are abiding, and

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when we abide in Him, than
the fruit of this relationship sprouts and springs

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and continues to replicate and propagate.
And I'm thankful because he made it simple.

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He made it simple. He said
that he would take out from us

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a stony heart. He said he
would take that from us, and he

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would put in us a heart of
flesh, so that we could be just

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like him and receive his word.
So let me give you just a few

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things that we need to think about. One, be open to receive his

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word. Well, it seems that
everybody was open, but that's not enough.

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Number two, Stay vigilant against spiritual
threats. Stay vigilant against spiritual threats.

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Don't just be open, don't just
receive, but now stay vigilant.

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Number three, develop a depth in
your faith. That is, allow God

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to develop depth in your faith.
If you need faith and you ask God

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for faith or patience or something like
that, then there's a trial that comes.

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Don't run away from the trial,
don't distance yourself from the trial,

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but say, God, help me
to get through this trial. And then

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we go with number four, prioritize
spiritual over material concerns. Do not allow

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the things of this world to shield
your eyes from the things of God.

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Do not allow the things of this
world to overshadow the things of God.

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And then finally, just continue to
pray. Ask God to put you in

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a position where His word matters more
to you than anything else in this world.

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I hope that makes sense. Make
it a great day, peace.

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

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

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