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Most of us eat every day,
some of us too much because yesterday's food

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is not enough to supply energy for
today's needs. Why then, do some

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of us expect yesterday's portion of heavenly
manna, the word of God to keep

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us through today's challenges. On this
program, we are going to change all

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of that. Let's experience God's words
today and receive the power we need to

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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 morning.

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It is Friday, November eleven.
No, it isn't ten, twenty

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twenty three. Hello. My name
is El David Harris. I am your

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host, and this is your Daily
Portion where we give you God's word every

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single day, and today is no
exception. We are continuing in our Lesson

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study series through God's mission. My
mission, and our caption for today is

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Christ centered living. Christ centered living. We'll get into that in just a

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moment, but first I'd like to
say welcome, Welcome, Welcome to all

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everyone joining us, especially those joining
us for the very first time. I'm

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are in the world at your Daily
Portion dot com. This is where we

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build faith and fellowship. Let's go
ahead and pray and then we will get

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underway. Father and Heaven, Thank
you for this day. Please teach us

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to live like Jesus lived. In
Jesus' name, I pray, Amen and

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Amen again. All right, So
we're talking about Christ centered living, and

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I want to begin from the book
Christ's object Lessons, page one hundred and

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twenty nine, and it reads,
our life is to be bound up with

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the life of Christ. We are
to draw constantly from him. We are

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to draw constantly from Him, partaking
of him the living bread that came down

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from Heaven, drawing from a fresh
fountain, ever fresh, ever giving forth

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its abundant treasure. So our expectation
is that God will continue to bring showers

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of blessing right the everlasting fountain,
which is Jesus Christ. We will receive

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if our lives, in our own
minds are bound up in Christ. Yes,

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he is our life, but some
of us don't necessarily accept him in

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that way. But let me keep
going. If we keep the Lord ever

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before us, allowing our hearts to
go out in thanksgiving and praise to him,

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we shall have a continual freshness in
our religious life. Is your life

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stale, brothers and sisters, Is
your experience in the faith stale? Just

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be honest. I'm not asking you
to type it in the chatter or anything.

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Don't confess it necessarily. But if
it is, if it is,

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is stale. What we are saying
today is that if we continue to drink

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from God, if we're if we're
continually in his presence, if we are

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continually seeking a way to live according
to His principles and share with others,

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it will be fresh. It says, there will be a freshness in our

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religious lives. Let me keep going. Our prayers will take the form of

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a conversation, okay, Our prayers
will take the form of a conversation with

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God as we would talk to a
friend. He will speak his mysteries to

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us personally. Ooh, and you
want to know, but but but Dave,

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Like, how do I know it's
God when we hear the voice?

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Well, it has to measure up
to the word of God at all times.

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But the but but but inspiration is
telling us that we can expect that

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he will his mysteries to us personally. Isn't that wonderful? Often we will

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come to Often there will come to
us a sweet, joyful sense of the

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presence of Jesus. Often that's what
it says. Often there will come to

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us a sweet, joyful sense of
his presence. Often our hearts will burn

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within us as he draws nigh to
commune with us, as he did with

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Enoch. When this is in truth
the experience of the Christian. There is

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seen in his life a simplicity,
Lord, help us to be simple,

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Ah, a humility, Lord,
teach us humility. M There will be

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a meekness that's power under control brothers
and sisters, and a lowliness of heart

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that show to all with whom he
associates that he has been with Jesus and

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learned of him. Can we just
pause right here and say Amen and give

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God thanks for his love to be
able to position us in this way God

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is saying. God is saying that
this is what he wants to do in

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and through us. It's a blessing. We do not need to fret,

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We do not need to worry.
It is our privilege to have deeper and

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deeper drafts. As we would use
in some of the older language deeper drinks

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of God, so that we can
be closer to Him. Let me read

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from pages sixty seven and sixty eight
of the same book, Christ's object Lessons.

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There can be no growth or fruitfulness
in the life that is centered in

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self. If you have accepted Christ
as a personal savior, you are to

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forget yourself and try to help others. Talk of the love of Christ,

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tell others of his self sacrificing death
on their behalf. As you receive the

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spirit of Christ, the spirit of
unselfish love and labor for others, you

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will grow and bring forth fruit.
Your faith will increase, your convictions,

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deepen your love, be made perfect. Aren't you glad that God has not

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left us alone? By the way, that's the end of the quote,

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and this is the blessing of Christ
centered living. Now, let me just

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give four action steps before we go, before we go that will lead us

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in the right direction. The first
one comes from the Book of Psalms,

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the Book of Psalms, chapter one
hundred and thirty six and verse one,

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and the Bible reads, Oh give
thanks unto the Lord, for he is

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good for his mercy endureth forever.
So we want to immerse ourselves in His

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word, in the presence of God, and give him thanks. We want

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to an engender like we want to
have all the time a heart of gratitude.

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A heart of gratitude. Number two
comes from the Book of James,

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chapter four and verse eight. Very
simple. Draw nigh to God. So

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don't go away from God, like
don't run away from God. Don't separate

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yourselves from God. Draw nigh unto
God, and He will draw nigh unto

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you. And the text talks about
repentance and so forth. But the Bible

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is teaching us that we should be
cultivating a personal relationship with God. Draw

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nigh to him. We can't be
distant from him. We can't be afar

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off from Him and still have a
right relationship with him. God is giving

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us the privilege to be near to
Him, and he has promised that he

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will come near to us. And
the Book of Philippians, chapter two and

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verse three says, let nothing be
done through strife or vainglory, but in

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lowliness of mind, let each esteem
other better than themselves. And so our

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focus should be others focused. We
should put others first. You know.

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The Bible teaches us in Matthew chapter
twenty two that the first and great commandment

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is to love our God with everything
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h and then it says to love
our neighbors as ourselves. So we put

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others first, and then finally finally
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two and verse four. But as
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in trust with the Gospel, even
so we speak not as pleasing men,

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but God which trieth our hearts.
We need to be honest, evaluate our

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motives, evaluate our motives at all
times. We need to know that when

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we are in ministry, we should
assess the reasons behind our evangelism and outreach.

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Is it to build a following?
Is it to build a legacy?

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Is it in order for us to
be if we are in a church structure

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where voting takes place and elections take
place. Is it so that we can

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have a thrust right before it's time
for that so people can think whatever positive

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thing about us. Ensure that your
actions are driven by genuine love and desire

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to spread God's word rather than personal
gain or ambition. We want to give

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God thanks for the privilege for Christ
centered living. Let's 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,