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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 morning.

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It is Sabbath, April thirteen,
twenty twenty four. Hello, my

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name is El David Harris. I
am your host, and this is your

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Daily Portion where we give you God's
word every single day, and today is

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no exception. We are continuing in
our Lesson study series the Great Controversy,

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and we are going through the caption
light Shines in the Darkness. Light Shines

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in the darkness. We'll get into
that in just a moment, but before

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we do, I'd like to say
again Happy Sabbath to everyone joining us,

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especially those joining us for the very
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This is a way that we continue
to build faith and fellowship. Let's go

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ahead and pray and then we will
get underway. Father and Heaven, thank

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you for this day and for the
blessing of the Sabbath hours that you've entrusted

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to us to connect with you in
a special way, and beyond that,

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Lord, to be able to go
from your presence and be of service to

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other people. Please, Father,
fill us with your Holy spirit. In

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Jesus' name, I pray, Amen
and Amen again. Okay, so we're

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looking at the light that shines,
that shines in the darkness. Yes,

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okay, did you notice I added
the word the it's a definite article.

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Well, why does that matter.
We're not just talking about any light.

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We're not talking about the sunlight.
We're not talking about me switching on my

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lights in the studio so that you
can see me. Well, when we

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are having this engagement, we're talking
about the Jesus Christ, the light that

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shines in the darkness. Well,
the darkness of where right does Jesus the

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light shine in the darkness of my
life, my heart. See, when

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we were born, we were born
in sin and shape and in iniquity.

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The question is, do we believe
that Jesus Christ shines in our hearts?

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And if we do believe and have
allowed Him into our lives right our minds,

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then that means our lives will become
light to others, because Jesus said

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that we should let our light so
shine before people, that when they see

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our good works, they will glorify
our Father, which is in heaven.

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And so if people are being transformed, people are being guided toward God in

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a right relationship with Him through our
lives, then that means that the light

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of Christ is in fact and indeed
shining in the darkness of our former lives.

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How about in this world the herald
angels sing Jesus the Light of the

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world. Well, we know that
he is lighting the world right because every

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human being who is born has a
measure of faith just enough to reach out

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to God in the moments that we
finally realize, not remember, but finally

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realize through the power of the Holy
Spirit, that we cannot continue along life's

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pathway the way that it is we
need something different than the way that we

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are, and we're like, well, what is that? We're in the

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darkness like, we're groping around trying
to figure it out, and then the

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light comes on. We hear the
invitation from the Holy Spirit, whether it

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be through an individual who says something
directly to us, someone's kind gestures.

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Right, something happens and we open
up the Bible or some inspired writings and

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we see, wait a minute,
this is the way, and we hear

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from God this is the way.
Walking in it, or we happen to

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go to church or some other Christian
fellowship in God opens up our minds and

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in that moment we become transformed.
In that moment, we decide that we're

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going to serve Him, no matter
what happens, We're going to serve him.

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Jesus the Light of the world.
And so when Jesus shines in me,

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how will I live? That's the
question that I have to think about

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today. When Jesus shines in me, how will I live? I have

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a decision to make all day every
day. Is this action? Is this

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in action? Is it reflective of
the light that Jesus is? And what

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impact will it have on those around
me, okay, and so we have

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laying the foundation. Now we're going
to go into the Book of Exodus,

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chapter thirty four. It's a place
that some of you may have anticipated.

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But let me just share a little
bit here, beginning at verse twenty nine.

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Now, when Moses came down from
the Mount Sinai with the two tables

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of the Testimony, that is,
the ten Commandment stones, the Sapphires Tables

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of Stone in his hand. When
he came down from the mountain, Moses

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did not know that the skin of
his face shone while he talked with him.

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And when Aaron and all the Israelites
saw Moses, the skin of his

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face shone, and they were afraid
to approach him. It was as if

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it was as if the light of
God rubbed off on him, and they

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were like, whoa, that is
too bright verse thirty one. But Moses

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called to them, So Aaron and
all the leaders of the community came back

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to him, and Moses spoke to
them verse thirty two. After this,

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all the Israelites approached, and he
commanded them all that the Lord had spoken

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to him at Sinai. And when
Moses finished speaking with them, he would

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put a veil on his face.
But when Moses went in before the Lord

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to speak with him, he would
remove the veil until he came out.

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Then he would come out and tell
the Israelites what had been communed, or

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communicated what he had been commanded Verse
thirty five. When the Israelites would see

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the face of Moses and the skin
of Moses's face shone, Moses would put

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on the veil on his face again
until he went in to speak unto the

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Lord. Now, Paul said he
needed to do that because the people did

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not they it was because of unbelief. It was because the people themselves were

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not being impacted fully by the light
and power of God, and they wanted

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to hide from the presence rather than
to race the presence like Moses had been

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doing. And so we see a
real life example, living color example of

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what happens when an individual or a
community of believers come into the presence of

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God with our hearts fully fully yielded
to him, with the desire and commitment

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to communicate his word and his will
his love to other people. This is

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the way that we will appear.
Now, I know this was literal in

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this case. Sometimes it's spiritual.
For us. Sometimes it may be literal

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for all I know. But when
we come out of the presence of God

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and reach out into the world in
our communities, at our workplaces, yes,

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at the places where we exercise,
even in the fellowship among believers,

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somebody will notice and say, but
listen, he or she have obviously been

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in the presence of God. And
I am attracted to this if they are

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willing to yield their will to God. Lesson. Writer used the Book of

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John, chapter twelve and verse thirty
five as a focal point, and the

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Bible reads, then Jesus said to
them a little while longer, the light

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is with you. So of course
Jesus is the light. Yes, walk

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while you have the light. So
God has promised us that he will be

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a lamp unto our feet and a
light unto our path. And you would

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say, but Dave, the text
said that thy word is a lamp unto

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thy feet and the light unto thy
path. Well, I think the Bible

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says in the beginning was the word, and the word was with God,

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and the word was God, meaning
Jesus. So Jesus is the light.

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Jesus is the word that lights our
path. So walk while you have the

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light less, darkness overtake you.
You see, He's giving us all the

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opportunity to receive the light thankfully,
yes, with gratefulness, yes, willingly,

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while he's lighting our path. If
we will walk along the journey,

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we will find our way with the
power of the Holy Spirit, into righteousness,

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into right relationship with God, and
into eternity with God. But if

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we choose to close our eyes and
play peekaboo with God, we choose to

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push away the light and shut it
off and find a way to get away

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from the light, and the darkness
will overtake us. He who walks in

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darkness does not know where he is
going. And so we see in the

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Bible's Last book, Revelation, the
devil is pictured as a dragon, a

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serpent who wants to deceive and cause
people to go away from the light.

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God is saying, walk in the
light while it is still shining. Of

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a wonderful day. Thanks for joining
us listening. Friends, Always remember we

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cannot live by bread alone, but
by every word that comes from the mouth

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of God. This has been your
daily portion with el David Harris, make

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it a great day. Yeah,