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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 Monday, November
six, 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. Pardon me,
ah, but we are going into our

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lesson study continuing in the series God's
Mission My Mission under the caption a Prophetic

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Foundation. Prophetic Foundation. We'll get
into that in just a moment, but

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first I'd like to say welcome to
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Let's go ahead and pray, and
then we will get underway. Father

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and Heaven, thank you for giving
us this new day and for the privilege

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we have to consider your word again. Please teach us to embrace the blessing

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of prophecy and to know that the
same God who did in the past as

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you promised, is the one who
will fulfill the promises of the future.

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In Jesus' name, I pray,
Amen and Amen again a prophetic foundation.

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Let me ask you a question,
why are some of us? Well,

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I'm not, but why are some
of you perhaps afraid of the promises of

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God? Why are some of you
afraid of the promises of God? There

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are so many things that God has
said, what happen in your life personally

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and in the lives of His people, And sometimes people are afraid. You're

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like, but that doesn't make sense, Dave. We'll get into that in

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just a moment. Let me begin
right here. Let me get this thing

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to show up right here. We're
going to read from the Book of Luke,

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chapter twenty four, and I think
it will make sense. Beginning at

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verse thirty six and the Bible reads, And as they thus spake, Jesus

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himself stood in the midst of them
and said, unto them, peace be

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unto you. But they were terrified
and affrighted, and supposed that they had

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seen a spirit. Now let me
ask you a question. If Jesus is

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the one speaking, If Jesus promised
that he was going to take his life

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again on the first day following his
crucifixion, right, so on the Friday

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he gave his life. On the
Sabbath he rested according to the commandment,

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and then on the first day of
the week, Jesus takes his life back

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up like he said that he would. And now he is appearing to his

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people. Why were they afraid after
he kept his promise? Why were they

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afraid after he kept his promise?
How come when Jesus would show up at

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different other times walking on the water, the people were afraid? Like?

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Why were they afraid when Jesus simply
kept his promise? And I know you

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can come up with all kinds of
logical answers, but it's something we need

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to consider. If you know the
voice of Jesus, you know his presence,

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and he shows up, why be
afraid? Verse thirty eight, and

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he said, unto them, why
are you troubled? See it's not my

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question, it's it's his question.
And why do thoughts arise in your hearts?

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Behold my hands and my feet.
That it is I myself. Handle

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me and see for a spirit hath
not flesh and bones as ye see me

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have. And when he had thus
spoken, he showed them his hands and

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his feet. And while they yet
believed not for joy and wondered, he

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said, unto them, have ye
any meat? So now he's talking about

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food, Keep going, keep going, keep going verse forty two. And

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they gave him a piece of broiled
fish and of a honeycomb, and he

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took it and did eat it before
them, And he said, unto them,

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these are the words which I spake
unto you while I was yet with

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you. Remember, I made you
these promises that all things must be fulfilled,

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which were written in the Law of
Moses, and in the Prophets,

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and in the Psalms concerning me.
They then opened he their understanding and they

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might understand the scriptures. And he
said, unto them, rise, oh

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sorry, He said, unto them, thus it is written, and thus

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it behooved Christ to suffer and to
rise from the dead the third day,

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and that repentance and remission of sins
should be preached in his name among all

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nations, beginning with Jerusalem. And
ye are witnesses of these things. I

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kept my promise, Jesus is saying. And behold, I send the promise

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of my father upon you, and
I want you to tarry ye in the

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city of Jerusalem until ye be endued
with power from on high. Jesus kept

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his promise that he would take his
life up again. He kept his promise,

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and he appears to them. And
now he is making another promise that

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if you will just wait in Jerusalem
at the way, in the way that

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I say, I want you to
be unified. I want you to come

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together and be unified under my mission. Hah. I'm going to send you

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another comforter. I'm going to send
you the Holy Spirit. Why are some

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of us afraid of God's promises?
Interesting? The lesson writer said, it

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is interesting that at first the disciples
did not believe out of fear. Then

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after seeing Jesus and being assured that
he indeed was alive, they did not

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believe for joy. So that's good. They were like, whoa, is

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this really happening? Even though he
promised, but it seemed daunting to them.

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They saw him die, they saw
him be crucified, They saw him

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in a position where it look like
he was not as powerful as they knew

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in their hearts that he was.
It is there ever a time in your

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life that God has made promises to
you and it seems daunting, like,

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well, well, maybe he's not
going to keep his promise. Maybe maybe,

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Boy, I'm having so many problems. How could it be that God

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is going to do what he said? Because look at how many things I'm

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facing here? And then God comes
through and it's incredulous, like, whoa

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is God actually going to do this? Yes, He's going to keep his

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promises. Have you ever felt that
something was too good to be true?

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This was the experience of the disciples
and others in the upper room. Now,

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let me just go ahead as we
normally do, and share a couple

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of action steps. First of all, I want you to think about the

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tangible proof of the resurrection. So
Jesus shows up and he says, behold

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my hands and feet that it is
I myself, Handle me and see me

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for a spirit hath not flesh and
bones, as ye have seen me have

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action. Step number one is that
you should embrace Jesus in whatever way he

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manifests himself when he keeps his promise
to you, embrace him. Embrace it,

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don't run. Don't be so amazed
that you disbelieve him. Ask God

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to give you the kind of faith
that is an expectant faith. When you

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pray and you hope, and you
lay hold on the promises of God,

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expect him to come through, so
that when he does come through, you're

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not astonished and amazed and afraid.
Okay, tangible proof of his resurrection.

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He did what he said he was
going to do. And then I want

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you to embrace the empowerment that he
gives for his mission. It says,

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and behold, I send the promise
of my Father upon you, but terry

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ye in the city of Jerusalem,
until ye be endued with the power from

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on high Verse forty nine of Luke
chapter twenty four. So I want you

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to embrace the empowerment that he gives
you for his mission. When he says,

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lo, I am with you all
way, even unto the end of

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the earth, embrace the power.
Don't say, but I don't know.

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How can I speak to these people? I don't know will they accept the

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message? God? I don't know
if I should. Maybe you could get

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somebody else. I'm not as gifted
or talented as Person X or person Why.

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I don't know. Am I the
one that's supposed to do this?

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God is saying to embrace the empowerment
that comes from His Holy Spirit to do

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the mission that He has called and
equipped you to do. I want you

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to embrace this power and then walk
in faith. Have a wonderful day,

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Peace. Thanks for joining us listening
to friends. Always remember we cannot live

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

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This has been your daily portion with
El David Harris. Make it a

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great day. Yeah,