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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, November
four, 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, and our caption for
today is motivation and preparation for Mission.

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Motivation and preparation for Mission. Oh
we'll get into that in just a

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moment, But first I'd like to
say welcome to everyone joining us, especially

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those joining us for the very first
time. Please go over to your Daily

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the lesson study and again at your
daily portion dot com. Let's go ahead

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

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you for giving us this new day
and for the privilege you have entrusted to

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us to open your word. Please
teach us to live the words that we

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read in your Word. In Jesus'
name, I pray, Amen and Amen

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again. Motivation and preparation for mission. Of course, of course, the

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goal always is to have the right
motivations, the right motivations. We shouldn't

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be doing things selfishly. We should
not be engaging in God's mission hoping to

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get some kind of brownie points or
reward. Ah. But we know that

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that is not always the case.
There are people who do things for the

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wrong reasons. We'll address some of
that in just a moment. Let's begin,

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though, from the Book of Luke. The Book of Luke, chapter

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twenty four and verse forty four,
and the Bible reads, these are the

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words which I spoke to you while
I was still with you, that all

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things must be fulfilled, which are
written in the Law of Moses and the

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Prophets and the psalms concerning me.
Of course, Jesus was having an encounter.

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He staged with some men on the
world toms, and the blessing is

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that after a while he opened up
their minds and understanding so they could discern

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that this was indeed Jesus, having
been resurrected. He kept his promise.

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He said, I will lay down
my life that I may take it again.

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I have this commandment of my father. So he did that, and

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having done that, now he is
revealing himself to these children of God.

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He said, these are the words
which I speak while I was still with

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you, that the things must be
fulfilled which were written in the Law of

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Moses and the prophets and the psalms
concerning me. Now this is saying that

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the word of God that we see
in those cases, in the scrolls,

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in the scriptures in our Bible today, these are all about Jesus. And

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I say that again the word of
God, who is Jesus, according to

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John Chapter one is also is also
about Jesus. He went all the way

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back to the Law of Moses.
That's the first five books of the Bible,

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the prophets Major and minor, and
then the psalms like he encompassed the

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entire scripture in order to demonstrate it's
all about Him and if we get that,

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if we get that, then we
will live the mission of Jesus Christ.

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Now let me share again as normal
some action steps, some action steps.

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Let's go first to first first Thessalonians
chapter two and verse four, and

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the Bible reads. But as we
were allowed of God to be put in

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trust with the Gospel, that's you
and me too. Yes, even so

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we speak not as pleasing people,
but God which trieth our hearts. We

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want to ensure that we have the
right motives. Can I say that we

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can surrender our will to God,
deal with that in our prayer time with

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God, and say, Lord,
give me the right motives, give me

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holy motives when I'm doing what you
have called me to do. So analyze

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your motives in mission work, ensuring
they stem from a genuine love for souls

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and obedience for Christ, not ambition
or personal gain. There are people who

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vie for positions in church, in
church government, if you want to say,

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the leadership structure, wanting to be
the VP of this, president of

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that, the director of this,
associate director of that or some other new

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position that has been invented for whatever
reasons. And what God is saying is

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you should be happy that I have
entrusted the great News that leads men,

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women and children into right relationship with
Me. You should be motivated by the

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fact that you were once lost yourselves, and now you are entrusted with the

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ministry of reconciliation, so that so
that I can be one with these people,

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just as I have made you one
with me. Oh wait a minute,

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the question is are we still one
with God? Yeah, if we

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have the wrong motivations, are we
still one with God? That's another discussion.

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But ensure sincere and holy I will
add motivations from the Book of Two

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Timothy, chapter two and verse fifteen. The Bible says, study to show

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thyself approved unto God, a workman
that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly

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dividing the word of truth. While
we are being motivated in the right way,

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we need to be grounded in true
understanding of the scriptures, the understanding

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that God has prescribed from his word
through the Holy Spirit. So immerse yourself.

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Immerse yourself in the study of the
scriptures to understand the prophetic and self

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vific role of Christ and be equipped
to share it with others. Immerse yourself

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in the study of God's word so
that you can see Christ as he is

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clearly represented in the scriptures, so
you can be equipped to do God's will.

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You see, we would see Jesus
like That should be our response every

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day, all day long. When
we are in nature and we see how

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the trees and the lilies, and
the sky and all other things in nature

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are formed, we should be we
should be saying, we will see Jesus

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in everything that we see. In
our relationships, we should be looking for

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Jesus, whether to manifest him to
others or to receive his touch, so

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that we can manifest his grace to
others. Okay, And so we immerse

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ourselves in the scriptures, not just
to be intellectually stronger, not just to

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be able to spout and to recite
more passages, but so that we can

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see and then, having divided the
word of truth, be able to share

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the truth that is God's Word,
the truth that is Jesus himself, with

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as many people as possible, and
then of course praying for power and direction.

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According to Acts, chapter one and
verse eight, the Bible says,

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but ye shall receive power after the
Holy Ghost is come upon you, and

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ye shall be my witnesses. Notice
that the being your God's witnesses comes after

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they receive the Holy Ghost as power, and ye shall be my witnesses,

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both to me in Jerusalem, that's
near to you, Judea, a little

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bit farther out from you, Samaria, a little bit more far a,

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if that's a way to say it, out from you and then into the

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uttermost parts of the world. So
engage in earnest prayer and ask God for

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the outpouring of his Holy Spirit.
I ask God multiple times a day for

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his Holy Spirit. I am not
satisfied with a double portion of his spirit.

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I am not satisfied with a triple
portion of his spirit. I am

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satisfied with the fullness. In these
last days, the latter reign the fullest

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dissemination of power that he has ever
done in the history of this world.

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We are sitting right upon that time
where He wants to blow in with the

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reins of his spirit, so that
we can finish the work that He has

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given us to do and be also
empowered for the trouble that will come right

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before Jesus does return, so we
pray earnestly for the outpouring of the Holy

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Ghost and for God's direction in our
mission endeavors. Don't just invent new stuff

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to do. Ask God which he
would have you to do, and then,

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by all means and his strength,
go forward. Have a wonderful day.

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Peace. Thanks for joining us listening. Friends. Always remember we cannot

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live by bread alone, but by
every word that comes from the mouth of

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God. This has been your daily
portion with el David Harris. Make it

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a great day. Yeah,