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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, November
twenty nine, twenty twenty three. Hello,

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

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

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

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Mission, My mission, and our
caption for today is Mission to the Rich,

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Mission to the Rich. We'll get
into that in just a moment,

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but first I'd like to just say
thank you for joining us and ask you

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to click that share button. Also, go over to your Daily Portion dot

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com, join our online community and
let us know where you are in the

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world. There is a little box
in a form right there that says where

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are you in the world? And
pick up the your Daily Portion book at

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your Daily Portion dot com. Let's
go ahead and pray, and then we

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will get underway. Father and Heaven, thank you for giving us this new

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day and for the privilege you have
entrusted to us to serve you and to

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do your will. Please Lord,
teach us our purpose here on planet Earth,

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and teach us how to be of
service to people, even those with

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means. In Jesus's name, I
pray, Amen and DayMen again. I'm

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going to begin today by stating the
obvious, but sometimes we miss it.

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The obvious is that we are all
human beings. Like, go ahead and

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type A one in the chat.
If you are a human being, just

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humor me here. If you are
a human being, go ahead and type

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A one in the chat. Of
course I am a human being. You

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are a human being. And everyone
listening, everyone listening is a human being.

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Yes, there are heavenly agencies,
so of course we're not addressing God's

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holy angels, right, we got
it. So one thing that we all

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have in common is that we're human, and our humanity means that we're vulnerable

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and susceptible to death. All of
us have to breathe. All of us

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need blood coursing through our veins,
oxygenated in healthy blood coursing through our veins.

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We need to eat in order to
have neutrified foods going through our system

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and giving us the vitamins, minerals, nutrients, and other elements in order

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to help us to sustain life.
We're all human, no matter whether we're

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rich or poor, whether we are
from a certain nation, kindred tribe,

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tongue, or people, or another
nation, kindred tribe, tongue or people,

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we are all human. We are
all ah. We are more the

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same or more similar than we are
different. And so, as the lesson

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writer says, the rich and the
poor face the same fate the grave,

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this means that the rich are in
as desperate need of salvation as is anyone

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else. Whenever, whatever else money
can buy, it cannot buy an exemption

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from death. That exemption comes only
as a gift offered freely by Jesus to

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whoever will claim it by faith.
Jesus said it, I am the resurrection

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and the life those who believe in
me. Though he were dead, yet

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shall he live right? And then
he asked his friends. Do you believe

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this at the time when Lazarus would
have died? Okay? And so we

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are more the same or more similar
than we are different. And so I

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want to read from Matthew chapter nineteen, verses sixteen and twenty two. We

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have already established for those who are
joining us for the first time. We've

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established many times that wealth means resources. Assets, money are not our problem,

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right, It is how we use
them. It is what position they

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hold in our lives, whether we
prioritize them above God and the things that

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God says or not. Okay.
So that's what makes the difference, okay.

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And so from Matthew chapter nineteen,
verse sixteen. And behold, one

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came to him and said, good
Master, what good things shall I do

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that I may have eternal life?
Verse twenty two. But when the young

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man heard what Jesus said, Jesus
told him, like, yes, sell

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everything that you have and give to
the poor, and you'll have eternal life.

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You see, love for God and
love for humanity are the full fillment

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of the law, fulfilling of the
law. And in this case, this

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man did not have the kind of
love for God or humanity that would have

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him to walk away from everything.
He said, if you love even father

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or mother more than me, then
you are not worthy of me. So

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the challenge wasn't the money. The
challenge was his perspective. But the Bible

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says, but when the young man
heard that saying, he went away sorrowful,

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for he had great possessions. You
know, we're born with a selfish

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a selfish spirit. Try to pry
something from a baby's hands at a certain

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age, right when the baby starts
to halfway learn to speak and learn the

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term mine in English language, or
like mine, and then you try to

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just easily take it from mine.
It is mine, No, no,

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mine. Yeah. And so what
he was saying is, wait, so

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if I do this, I'm gonna
be poor again. If I do this,

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I'm gonna I'm gonna lose something.
If I do this, then then

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I'll be less. And what the
Bible says, if you recall, I

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think it's in the Book of Proverbs, chapter eleven and verse twenty five.

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It says that the liberal soul shall
prosper. So the more we give,

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then the more prosperous will be.
Now I noticed what I didn't say.

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I didn't say in what way will
be prosperous. But the more we give,

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then the more we are like Jesus
like the more we more godly we

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are if we have surrendered all to
Him. Not just because you're philanthropic,

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does that mean you're godly. I'm
saying if an individual has submitted him and

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herself to God and then are a
giving person, it is a manifestation of

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the character of God. Remember,
for God so loved the world. We

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talked about it yesterday. For God
so loved the world that he gave all

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of heaven and one gift, only
begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him

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should not perish, but have everlasting
life. In another place, I think

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it was Paul. He said,
if God hath given us Jesus Christ,

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his son, how shall he not
also with him freely give us all things.

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So God is liberal. God is
giving, And when we take that

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position, we're good to go.
But when we hold on, when we

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hold on to our wealth, we
hold on to our possessions, we hold

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on to our riches. And you're
like Dave, but I'm not rich,

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I'm not wealthy. Well, whatever
it is that you have, if you

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hold on to it, instead of
surrendering it. Then this is the challenge

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that we will have. Right,
So the rich Young Ruler story speaks volumes

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to me about the challenges that holding
on to wealth can pose. Money and

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possessions, while useful, can become
the primary focus over shattering the eternal values

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and instructing our spiritual journey. Okay, what we need now if we look

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into the Book of Luke chapter nineteen
and verse eight, is something very special.

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What is it? Well, let's
read this real quick. And Zakias

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stood and said, unto the Lord. See, Zachius had means, behold,

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Lord, the half of my goods
I give to the poor, And

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if I take anything from any man
by false accusation, I restore him four

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fold. And so in Zakius's story, I wish I had the time to

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tell it, but you can look
at it in the Book of Luke,

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chapter nineteen. In Zakius's story,
we see that God was able to transform

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someone's heart. See, the rich
young Ruler wanted to hold on to his

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possessions. That's what he knew,
that's what he had espoused, that's what

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he was willing to do, even
though the one the lifegiver was right in

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front of him, telling him what
it is to be like God. But

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see Zachias now, who was also
rich. Some of the money he got

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by let's call it unsavory means.
But as he is having this encounter with

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Jesus, he opens his hands and
so Zakius's story contrasts contrasts starkly with the

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rich young ruler. His encounter with
Jesus was transformative. That's the big word

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heart transformation. The realization that wealth
isn't the be all and end all to

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him led him to generous, generous
restitution. It makes me question if my

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encounters with Jesus also bring transformation.
That's something for me to answer for me

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and then you, for you have
a wonderful day. Thanks for joining us

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listening. Friends. Always remember we
cannot live by bread alone, but by

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every word that comes from the mouth
of God. This has been your daily

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portion with el David Harris. Make
it a great day. Yeah,