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

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healthy, vibrant lives. Welcome to
your Daily Portion with your host, author

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speaker L. David Harris. Good
morning, good morning, good morning.

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It is Sabbath, September thirty two, twenty three. Hello, my name

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is L. 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 beginning our
new lesson study series. God's Mission,

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My Mission, God's Mission, My
mission. Now, let me just say

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that I walked you up to today
by accidentally saying that we're going to start

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in the Gospel of John. That's
actually a year from now. I won't

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get into that, but yeah,
that was my bad, My bad,

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my bad. God's Mission, My
Mission. Our caption for today is God's

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Mission to us. Part one I
hope you are doing well this Sabbath morning.

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If there's anybody coming in for the
very first time, please please type

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in the chat first time or type
of one in the chat, and let

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us welcome you and give thanks for
your presence, and more than that,

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give thanks for the blessing that you
will be to the world. Okay,

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it is an opportunity for us to
continue to grow in faith and fellowship,

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and I do not take that privilege
lightly. Let's go ahead and pray.

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Pardon me, and then we will
get underway. Father in Heaven, thank

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you for giving us the privilege of
being called by your name, for the

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love that you have given to us
thus far in our lives. I pray

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that you will give us of the
fullness of your wisdom and understanding and a

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commitment to your service in Jesus name, I pray amen and Amen again.

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So we're talking about God's mission to
us. I said to us, I

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did not say through us as yet. Right. So, sometimes God's people

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and that would be like all of
us. Right, Sometimes God's people rush

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out into his quote mission to quote
save others. Before we are settled in

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our relationship with God. Let me
just say that one more time. Sometimes

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God's people. That means all of
us who are God's people, not just

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Sometimes we rush out into God's quote
mission to quote save other people before we

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settle into our relationship with God.
Some are still hiding in the bushes.

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We're gonna put some context on that
in a moment. But some people are

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still hiding in the bushes while attempting
the mission of God in our lives.

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Come out of the bushes first,
Come out of the bushes first. Now,

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the Bible reads here in the Book
of Genesis, chapter three, Genesis

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chapter three and verse nine. Then
the Lord God called unto Adam and said,

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unto him, where art thou?
Where are you? Adam? What

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was the mission? What was the
mission? And why was Adam hiding in

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the bushes? Can we just tell
the story very quickly? God created everything

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on planet Earth. It was good, good, and very good. And

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the evening in the morning went straight
through to the sixth day, and then

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God rested on the seventh day.
Wherefore the Lord bless the Sabbath day and

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he hollowed it. I am so
thankful. Now everything is good, good,

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very good. God has created everything
and every and including the helper who

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was meet for Adam, and now
they are living blissfully in their garden Eden

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or Eden Garden home. And God
had been giving them clear instructions about life

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and liberty in the pursuit of spiritual
happiness, Yes, in the pursuit of

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happiness on planet Earth. And one
of the things that would preserve such a

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reality was there was a tree in
the midst of the garden. You will

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not eat of that tree, but
if in the day you do eat of

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it, you will surely die.
And to make an incredibly long story short,

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the Bible says that Eve was at
the tree, that same tree that

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God forbade eating from, and the
devil, disguised as a serpent, came

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to her and said, yea hath
God said that thou shouldst not eat of

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every tree of the garden. And
she said, no, we can't eat

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from the trees of the garden.
But of this tree in the midst of

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the garden. God had said that
we should not eat of it, neither

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shall we touch it lest we die. And then the devil said, you

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shall not surely die, for God
doth know that if you eat from this

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tree, you will be like him. You will be as gods knowing good

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and evil. And then the Bible
says, when Eve saw, can I

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just say right here that when we
are on a mission for God, we

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must only see what God sees.
We must only envision what He envisions for

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us. Can I just say that
if we are in disalignment with God's vision,

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then our mission is going in the
wrong direction. And so when she

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Eve saw that the tree was good
for food, it was pleasing to the

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eyes, and a tree to be
desired to make one. Why she did

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eat, and she gave unto her
husband with her, and he did eat,

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and of course both of their eyes
were open, and everything after that

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just seemed to be spiraling under control. And then God came into the garden

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as he often did, but this
time he's calling unto Adam, Adam,

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where are you? Where are you? Adam? You are on a mission,

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Adam. I created you for my
glory. Adam. You are my

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representative in this part of the universe. Adam, where are you? And

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Adam not understanding fully because he chose
to go against God, that he was

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off track, off of his mission. He's hiding in the bushes. He

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said, I was naked. I
was fearful. I was hiding. I'm

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hiding. I'm in the bushes.
God, who told you that I was

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naked? Adam, did you eat
from the tree that I commanded that you

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should not eat of it? And
then being off mission? Off point,

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off standard, Adam, he said, the woman that thou gavest done to

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me, she did give to me, and I did eat. And God

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identified in this moment, Adam,
you're out of sync with me. You

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are off the mission, and you're
blaming others. Adam, you're blaming others

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or being off mission. Can I
just say again, what is the mission?

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The mission begins with God himself.
God gives us our marching orders when

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he brought the universe into existence,
and then he later created humanity in his

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image and after his likeness, God
began the mission. And in the scriptures

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we see God who intentionally reaches out
and desires to be with his children.

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Adam was in the bushes when he
was supposed to be about his father's business.

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He was hiding when he was supposed
to be free in the spirit,

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free in God, to explore and
to do what God had said. There

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were many people today on this Sabbath
in twenty twenty three who were still attempting

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to do God's mission while we are
hiding in the bushes. Can I just

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say a few things right before we
come to a swift close. We need

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to acknowledge God's pursuit of us.
Yes, God, I see that you

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are after me. I'm willing to
come out of the bushes. God,

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I am going to repent if you
will give me the strength. I confess.

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You are right. God, you
are in pursuit of me, and

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I'm not going to run any longer. How is God reaching out to you

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amidst your flaws, in your mistakes, brothers and sisters. That's a real

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question. And then, of course
another thing that we need to do is

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delve deeply into our origins. God
said, let us make us humans,

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let us make God. God said, let us make man in our image

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and after our likeness. And so
since we are after God's likeness and in

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God's image, then the mission must
not be aborted. The mission must not

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be relegated to the bushes. The
mission must always run forward and then experience

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the promise of God's presence. God
came looking for Adam because God wanted him

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back on track. God came looking
for Adam because he wanted all humans to

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know I love you despite what you
do. You have to get back on

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track God's mission to us. Part
one. Let's see what God has to

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say tomorrow. Peace. Thanks for
joining us listening to friends. Always remember

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

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mouth of God. This has been
your daily portion with L. David Harris.

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Make it a great day.