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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, May
ten, twenty twenty four. 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 the Great Controversy.

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Our caption for today is the Truth
has Benefits. Ah, the truth

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has benefits. All I could say
the truth has its benefits. We'll get

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into that in just a moment,
but let me just say, first of

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ways that we continue to build faith
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and then we will get underway.
Father and Heaven. Thank you for

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this new morning and for the privilege
you have entrusted to us to prepare for

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the time of the Sabbath. That
especially enriches our lives because we're able to

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walk away from all of the things
of the world for just twenty four hours

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and focus solely on You. Please
help us to live according to the principles

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we learn in the time of preparation
and during the Sabbath. And let us

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see the benefits of your word today
while we're studying together. In Jesus name,

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I pray he Amen and Amen again. The truth has its benefits now

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let me read really quickly from the
book that not the desire of ages,

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that's where my mind is, but
really the Great Controversy, page two hundred

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and eighty six, where it reads
when France publicly rejected God and set aside

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the Bible. We're talking about way
back in the seventeen hundreds. If you

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are coming in for the very first
day, here wicked men and spirits of

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darkness exalted in their attainment of the
object so long desired, a kingdom free

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from the restraints of the love of
God. Can I just pause right here.

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Yeah, it's a foolish desire for
us to say we want to be

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disconnected from God, the one who
is life right, the one who gave

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everything for us so we could be
saved, the one who has empowered people

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to walk away from that hopeless life
that has no real purpose into a life

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full of purpose. Come on,
yeah, sort of like the prodigal son

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who decided he wanted to be separated
from his father's law. Well, we

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see where that got him, And
so God is giving us the privilege not

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to do that again. But the
people there desired I'm going back into the

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quote a kingdom free from the restraints
of the law of God, the restraining

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spirit of God, which imposes a
check upon the cruel power of Satan.

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Did you get that? So when
God gives us these rules and guidelines,

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he gives us these principles, He
gives us these relationship guard rails. It

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is to put a check on the
devil's power in our lives. Let me

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continue. It was in a great
measure removed, and he whose only delight

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is the wretchedness of men was permitted
to work his will. Those who had

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chosen the service of rebellion were left
to reap its fruits, until the land

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was filled with crimes too terrible for
pen to trace, Oh My, From

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devastated provinces and ruined cities, a
terrible cry was heard, a cry of

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bitterest anguish. France was shaken as
if by an earthquake. Religion, law,

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social order, the family, the
state, and the church all were

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smitten down by the impious hand that
had lifted against the law of God.

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Listen, listen, I understand like
I'm a human and humans like, for

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instance, I would prefer to go
much faster than the speed limit. Sometimes

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I feel like it limits my creativity
and my growth. Okay, I'm saying

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that tongue in cheek, But the
fact is I would rather put my foot

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to the ground and drive as fast
as possible to get where I'm going,

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and by the way, to stay
awake. That's how I was, you

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know, thirty and odd years ago, when I was a young driver,

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I just pushed my foot down and
went as fast as possible and not recognizing

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that. Well, the speed limit
in many places and cases is something that

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is protective against injury and death.
Yeah, mass death and injuries and some

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other things, right, And that's
one of the simplest laws that we can

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keep, like driving close to the
speed limit. I said close to the

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speed limit. Oh my, maybe
I should have said speed limit. But

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the fact is that sometimes people find
what God says to be inconvenient. I

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wish I had the time. But
we see in the case of the time

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right before the flood, during Noah's
Day, and we see what happened during

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this period of time during France's rejection
of the word of God and exaltation of

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what they considered to be reason.
We see what that got them in both

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cases. And so sometimes we don't
even need to look into history. We

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can just look into our own lives. When I walk away from the principles

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of God, what is the outcome? What is the outcome? What are

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the pros and cons of walking away
from God? Come on, now,

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I think it's very simple to identify
that the light of God and his word

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is the only way that makes any
sense. The truth has its benefits.

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Now I am understating, but I
have picked three categories of our lives where

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the truth manifests its benefits. Right, and the first one I want to

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highlight is in finances. In finances, in the Book of Luke, chapter

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sixteen, verse ten, the Bible
reads, the one who is faithful and

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very little is also faithful in much. The one who is dishonest and very

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little is also dishonest in much.
And you might be saying, well,

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what does that mean? That means
that God will entrust more and more responsibility

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where finances and business and productivity are
concerned. If we will just simply surrender

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our will to him and be faithful
to him. If we have little and

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we're faithful with little, he will
increase it incrementally as he sees fit.

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I wish I had the time,
but you see the principle. There also,

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the Bible says here in the Book
of Hebrews, chapter thirteen and verse

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five, let your conversation or your
conduct be free from coveteousness, and be

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content with such things as he have. For he hath said, I will

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never leave thee nor forsake thee.
And so contentment contentment doesn't mean just being

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okay with the status quo. The
Bible is teaching us that when God causes

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us to abound, like when we
can be wealthy like Abraham or Job right,

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then we are content. If God
forbid we go down like Job did

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for a period of time where he
seemed to have lost everything except his connection

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with God. But it seemed that
he had lost everything materially. He said,

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naked came I into this world,
and naked shall I depart Ah?

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And he said, blessed be the
name of the Lord. And so contentment

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doesn't mean just status quo, and
it's not a big deal. It just

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means that in whatever way God sees
fit for my life to be, then

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I am content, okay. And
then of course generosity generosity every man according

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as he purposes in his heart.
So let him give not grudgingly or of

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necessity, because God loves a cheerful
giver. That's from Two Corinthians, Chapter

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nine and verse seven. Do I
need to really talk about the spirit ritual

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growth that we experience by embracing the
word of God. I think I do.

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I should not take it for granted. Ah and tewod Timothy chapter three,

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verses sixteen and seventeen. It says
all scripture is given by inspiration of

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God, and it's profitable for doctrine
that's understanding from the Bible teachings, for

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reproof, for correction, for instruction, and righteousness. That the Man of

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God and women of God, of
course, may be perfect throughly furnished unto

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all good works. I wish I
had the time to get into relationships and

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and but the truth is, there
are so many benefits that if we had

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five hours to discuss them, we
would not be able to cover. The

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truth has its benefits. Live there. Thanks for joining us listening. Friends.

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Always remember we cannot live by bread
alone, but by every word that

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comes from the mouth of God.
This has been your daily portion with el

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David Harris. Make it a great
day. Yeah,