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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 Sabbath, December
sixteenth, twenty twenty three. Hello,

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my name is Elle 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, and today our caption
is Esther and Mordecai, Mordecai. Some

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people say kai, some people say
kai. Yeah, you can look it

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up and see how to pronounce that. But I'm thankful that whatever the case,

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we are here together today the Sabbath
morning, and I'm asking you to

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that we're here every single day so
that the word of God can continue to

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be spread into all the world for
a witness. And then and only the

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end shall the end come. Let
me just say shout out to all of

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you who are on any one of
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world, those who are on YouTube, on social media, and in the

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podcast land, and one or two
of you on television. Yes, people

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still watch on television, and yeah, so God is good to us.

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And I'm asking you to continue to
pray for this ministry to thrive and grow

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and prosper. Let's go ahead and
pray, and then we will get underway.

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Father and Heaven, thank you for
this day and the privilege that we

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have to come together. Please help
us Lord, not just to learn intellectually,

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but to learn spiritually so we can
live and do according to your will

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and help others do the same.
In Jesus' name, I pray, Amen

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and Amen again Esther and Mordechai.
Yes. So I'm going to read now

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from the Book of Isaiah, chapter
forty nine and verse six, and then

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invite you that throughout the week you
would read through the Book of Esther and

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see what lessons we can glean considering
the mission of God in the world,

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Like what can we learn from that
story and how we can make an impact

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on planet Earth. Okay, First, here in Isaiah chapter forty nine and

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verse six, the Bible reads,
I will give you as a light to

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the nations, that my salvation may
reach to the end of the Earth.

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Now, of course this is applied
broad of course us God had a particular

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context when he was speaking to the
people here in Isaiah. But the fact

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is that wherever you happen to be, and under whatever circumstance you find yourself,

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if it is positive, if it
is less than positive, God is

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saying that as you yield your will
to him, he wants you to be

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a voice for him wherever you happen
to be. If you're at work,

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if you are at play, you're
at school, you are incarcerated. They

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are people listening right now who are
incarcerated. People who read from magazines that

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are geared toward holiness and connection with
God. You wherever you happen to be.

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You are in the armed forces,
and you are stationed at different places

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around the world, like so many
different scenarios. We could paint here and

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say, Okay, wherever you find
your feet. God is saying, make

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an impact for him, make an
impact for him. It's a privilege,

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He said, freely. You have
received, freely give. And so in

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whatever nation you happen to be,
if it's your home nation, yes or

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no. I have two citizenships.
I would like to have three wherever I

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happen to be in whatever language I
do speak. If I don't speak,

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and there are translators, then that's
the way that God is going to lead

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somebody to God. To you see
where I'm coming from with this, and

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so I'm thankful that God gives us
this. And there were times throughout the

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history of God's people that they were
bound because of their sinfulness. There were

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times that they were bound like in
captivity because of their sinfulness. And as

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God was chiding and chastising them and
then bringing them through their journey their pathway

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toward righteousness, he was still using
them in order to help the nations that

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they were in captivity to, like
Babylon. We'll talk about that tomorrow if

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the Lord spears life. And so
we're going to read now from the Book

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of Esther, the Book of Esther, beginning at verse twenty six of chapter

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nine, Ester chapter nine, beginning
at verse twenty six. And see what

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God can say to us here.
Wherefore they called these days Purim, after

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the name of Purr would normally celebrate. Okay, I'm saying that tongue in

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cheek. Therefore, for all the
words of this letter, and of that

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which they had seen concerning this matter, and which had come unto them,

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the People of God ordained and took
upon them, and upon their seed,

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and upon all such as joined themselves
to them, so as it should not

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fail that they would keep these two
days according to their writing, according to

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the appointed time, every year,
and that these days should be remembered and

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kept throughout the generation every family in
the province, in the province, and

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every city, and that these days
of Puram should not fail a month the

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people of God, nor the memorial
of them that perish for their seed.

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Still reading verse twenty nine, and
Esther, the Queen, the daughter of

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Abbirael and Mordecai the Jew wrote with
all authority to confirm this second letter of

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Purim right, and so let me
go down. Here means broken peace.

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The word Purim means broken peace.
And he sent the letters onto all of

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the Jews, to the one hundred
and twenty and seven provinces of the Kingdom

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of Hezaerus, with words of peace
and truth, to confirm these days of

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Purim in their times appointed according as
MORDECRII the Jew and Esther the Queen had

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enjoined them, and as they had
decreed for themselves and for their seed,

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and for the fastings that there and
their cry last verse and the decree of

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Esther confirmed these matters of Purum.
And it was written in the book so

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much to say, so little time. Let me just begin here with one

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lesson. Lesson number one from chapter
two and verse seventeen. And the King

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loved Esther above all women, and
she obtained grace and favor in his sight

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more than all the virgins, so
that he set a royal crown upon her

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head and made her the queen instead
of vashtime. This shows that God can

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place his people in strategic positions for
the fulfillment of his plans, so God

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can position his people strategically so that
he can have his will done. Remember,

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Thy will be done on earth as
it is in heaven. Right,

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So please again read from the entire
book of Esther and see what you can

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glean. Also, also we can
see that there is an importance in cultural

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sensitivity and wisdom. Morricai and Esther's
ability to navigate the complexities of the Persian

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court while maintaining their own identity teaches
the importance of cultural sensitivity and wisdom in

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unfamiliar and hostile environments. Okay.
Also, in verse fourteen of Esther chapter

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four, the Bible reads, for
if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this

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time long story, then shall their
enlargement and deliverance arise to the people of

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God from another place. But thou
and thy father's how shall be destroyed?

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And who knoweth whether thou art come
to the kingdom for such a time as

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this. We've read that before is
a powerful lesson. This is a powerful

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lesson and standing up for God's people
in the face of personal danger, stand

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with courage, stand up for God's
people like Esther did. You can go

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to your daily portion dot com and
share your understanding and wisdom concerning the story

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in the Book of Esther to fill
in the gaps here, because really we're

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just giving a quick overview this Sabbath
morning. Also, prayer and fasting are

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powerful tools. In verse sixteen,
the Bible reads, go gather together all

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the people of God that are present
and Shoshan, and fast yet for me,

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and neither eat nor drink these three
days night or day. And I

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also and my maidens will also fast. And then of course we're looking for

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favor from the King. So we
see in this story, prayer and fasting

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are also powerful tools. Yeah.
Please read through the whole chapter, the

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whole Book of Esther and share your
insights at your Daily portion dot com.

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Thanks for joining us listening to 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,