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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 Friday, November
three, 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 under the caption no more
excuses. Let me say it again,

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no more excuses. Brothers insists we
have no more excuses for turning away

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from God's work in our lives.
We'll get into that in just a moment,

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but let me just say welcome to
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go ahead and pray, and then we

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

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day and for the privilege that you
have entrusted to us to do your will.

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Thank you, Father for giving us
your holy spirit. And I pray

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that we will no longer excuse ourselves
from your work. In Jesus' name,

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I pray, Amen and Amen again
more excuses. Let me begin by reading

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from the Advent Review and Sabbath Herald
from get this date August thirty, eighteen

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ninety two. And I want you
to determine that if this is still relevant

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today, and of course I am
saying that it is, That's why I'm

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going to read it to us,
Okay, And it begins the excuses of

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those who fail to do God's work
or this work do not relieve them of

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the responsibility. So even if I
do give myself some kind of excuse,

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it doesn't resolve. It does not
absolve me of my responsibility, and if

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they choose not to do His work, they neglect the souls of whom for

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whom Christ died. Can I just
say right here as I pause that,

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Yeah, if God is sending you
to be of service, to be someone,

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to warn someone, to uplift someone, to help in some way to

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a person who needs God, and
we neglect to do that, we are

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imperiling those individuals. If someone is
drowning and God says, go save them,

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and we refuse to go save them, they drown. Whose responsibility is

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that? There are people drowning in
sin right now. There are people who

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are drowning in financial and relationship woes
right now, people who are drowning in

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a spiritual dissonance problem. They are
in conflict with God, and they need

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you, brother, They need you, sister to assist. And when God

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sends you, if you go anywhere
other than where He sends you, then

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you are putting those individuals at risk. And so God says, you cannot

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absolve yourself of responsibility just by making
an excuse. That just does not work.

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Okay, They neglect their God given
responsibility and are registered, Oh God

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have mercy, are registered in the
books of heaven as unfaithful servants. What

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if I decided, as we pause
again, not to read this part of

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the quote because it makes me uncomfortable. It does make me uncomfortable. It

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makes me uncomfortable to say that people
who neglect their God given responsibility are registered

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in the books of Heaven as unfaithful
servants. I don't like how that sounds.

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I don't like how it feels.
I don't like how I think it

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may make some of you feel.
But that is irrelevant. It is an

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excuse because God's word is straight.
His word is sharper than any two edged

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sword. It searches out our guts. It searches out our guts. The

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intents of our heart are revealed to
God. And so I read it because

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inspiration has been given to us for
our learning and that we would be doing

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God's will. Let me continue the
quote. Does the minister work as did

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the Master, to be a strength
and a blessing to others when he shuts

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or she shuts herself away from those
who need their help. Those who neglect

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personal intercourse with the people. Hmmm, personal, not just behind some camera

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like I'm doing here microphone. You're
hearing me on the radio, you're watching

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on TV, or the internet,
you're hearing on a podcast. Not just

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this. We have to be one
away personal with people, hands on,

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like Jesus was. Those who neglect
personal intercourse with the people become self centered

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and need this very experience of placing
themselves in communication with their brethren that they

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may understand their spiritual condition and know
how to feed the flock of God,

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giving to each his portion of meat
in due season. So if I am

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a loof as a minister, if
you are a loof and disconnected as a

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minister, God is saying that you
won't know how to give the people what

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they need when they need it.
You won't know what the needs are.

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First of all, you will be
so disconnected in the loof that you won't

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be sensitive and know that there is
an urgency in certain matters. And so

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God is saying, come close to
the people who are in need, and

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then God will show you what they
need and then use you in some way

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to give them that need. Continuing
the quote, those who neglect this work

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make it manifest that they need moral
Here is a big word, renovation.

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Can I say that again, those
who neglect this work make it manifest that

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they need moral renovation. But God, I'm shy, but God, I'm

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busy. But God, these people
won't accept me because I don't fit into

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their whatever. These are excuses.
And again, if we find comfort in

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these excuses, then we are demonstrating
that we need moral renovation. And then

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they will see that they have not
carried the burden of their work. That

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is the end of the quote.
So much more I could say, but

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suffice it to say, no more
excuses. Go ahead and type it in

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the chat. If you are on
YouTube or on Facebook, go ahead and

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type it in the chat. No
more excuses. So we want to do

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a few things. We want to
embrace willing obedience. We want to foster

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genuine love for souls. We want
to engage in personal interactions, and then

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also depend upon God for his sustenance
and grace. Let me read a passage

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of scripture. Read a passage of
scripture in James, chapter one and verse

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twenty two. The Bible reads that
we must not be doers of the word

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and not hearers. No pause,
Let me say it again. It says

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that we must be doers of the
word and not hearers, only deceiving ourselves

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Also, the Bible says here that
we, in verse sixteen of Matthew chapter

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five, should let our lights so
shine before people, that they may see

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our good works and give glory to
our Father, which is in heaven.

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Also in Two Corinthians, chapter twelve
and verse nine, when Paul needed assistance,

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he wanted to be delivered from a
certain trial, he called a thorn

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in his flesh. It could have
been blindness. Could have been blindness,

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But the Bible says, when God
said, no, this is not going

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to go the way that you want
it to go, and he said,

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this is what he said. But
he said, unto me, My grace

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is sufficient for you, for my
power is made perfect in weakness. Therefore

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I will boast all the more gladly
about my weakness, says, so that

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in Christ's power may rest upon me. When I am weak, then I

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am strong. Just like Jonah,
we may find it easier to make excuses

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for not participating in mission. Our
motivation for these excuses could be one of

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many. However, our call to
mission is no less specific than was Jonah's

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call. The question is how will
you choose to answer? Will you give

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an excuse or will you say here, am i Lord, Thank you for

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delivering me, Send me a wonderful
rest of your day. Peace. Thanks

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for joining us listening to 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,