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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 Sunday, November twelve,
twenty twenty three. Hello, my

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name is Elle 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 no

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exception. We are continuing in our
Lesson study series, God's Mission My Mission

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under the caption the Question of Questions. We'll get into that in just a

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moment, but first I'd like to
say welcome to you and ask you to

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go over to your Daily Portion dot
com, join our online community and click

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the box that says where are you
in the world. And also I want

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you to pick up your Daily Portion
book at your Daily Portion dot com this

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is a way that we can continue
to build faith and fellowship. Let's go

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ahead and pray and then get underway. Father in Heaven, thank you for

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this day and for the fact that
you've gotten us into this new workweek.

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Please give us your wisdom and please
fill us with your spirits so that you

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can answer in our spirits the right
way the question of questions in Jesus name,

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I pray, Amen and amen again. Yeah. So I'm thinking that

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there is a question that is among
the top questions that we can all ask.

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And I just want to go ahead
and begin from the Book of Luke.

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The Book of Luke, chapter ten
and verse twenty five, and the

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Bible reads and behold, a certain
lawyers stood up and tented him, saying,

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Master, what shall I do to
inherit eternal life? Yesterday we dealt

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with a question who is my neighbor? But what shall I do to inherit

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eternal life? Quite frankly, brothers
and sisters outside of our existence, like

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the fact that we were born?
Yeah, who is God? How did

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I get here? Right to whom
am I answerable? Yeah? The next

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real question is how do I inherit
eternal life? We know how we were

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born into this life. And of
course now we know that because of Adam's

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sin, this life can be a
mess, and not just a mess that's

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kind of generic. This way that
we were born does not lead to eternity

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with God. We have to be
reborn. And so the great, big

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question, that big pink elephant in
the room is well, how do we

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get there? And let me just
start here by saying we need to take

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action where that's concerned. We need
to always be seeking eternal truths. We

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all need to be seeking a relationship
with God. And I think I just

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kind of tipped my hand. Jesus
did give a story which we read yesterday.

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We won't go through the story again
today, but he gave him the

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principle of love your neighbor as yourself
in action. In action, there was

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a man who was wounded. The
two people who supposedly in air quotes,

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were those individuals were supposedly holy.
They were supposedly a priest and a levite

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like these people served supposedly, if
you want to say, at the table

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and the sanctuary of God. And
these individuals did not show that they had

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eternal life. They didn't because why
they did not manifest the character of God.

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In the case of the Samaritan,
who did not walk by, but

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in fact he picked up the man, he cleaned up his wounds, he

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put him up on his donkey and
took him to a motel. And while

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he was there he left money so
that whatever that individual needed, that the

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innkeeper would take care of him and
said, if there's anything more, put

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it on my tab, I will
take care of it. And there was

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a reward at the end of the
story. The Bible is teaching us that

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we are in a position to be
have eternal life when we yield our will

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to God and allow him to live
his life within us. See the Samaritan,

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let God live his life within him. Jesus's character was lived through that

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Samaritan. Bible says, let this
mind be in you, which was also

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in Christ Jesus. And then,
of course that life is described in the

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later passage. And so right now
we need to take action. Always seek

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to understand the deeper truths about life
and eternity, ask questions, and engage

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in spiritual discussions. See we are
here together, I say, we want

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to build faith and fellowship. We
can do that together. And of course

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Ultimately, we seek God's guidance through
his word and through prayer. Yes,

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even if they challenge your current beliefs, right seek eternal truths. Now,

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let's go to the Book of First
Corinthians, Chapter fifteen, Versus thirty and

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thirty one, and the Bible reads, and why stand we in jeopardy every

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hour? Protest by your rejoicing which
I have in Christ, Jesus our Lord,

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I die daily. See. Paul
demonstrated that his life was not his

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own. He demonstrated that because of
his connection with God, that he gave

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all to the mission of God.
Right, use every opportunity, as Paul

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did, to share the gospel.
Remember, the Gospel is the Great News,

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the great News. It's the power
of God unto salvation. It is

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the power of God, unto salvation
to everyone that believes. So people who

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are lost, as we sing the
song passionately, I was sinking, deep

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in sin, far from the peaceful
shore, very deeply stained within, sinking

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to rise no more than the master, but the master of the sea.

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He heard my despairing cry, and
from the water he lifted me. And

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safe am I. Love lifted me, Love lifted me out of addictions.

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Are you a testament to that love
lifted me out of bad behavior. Love

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lifted me out of inhumanity toward humanity. Love may have lifted people here from

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murderous thoughts and actions. Love may
have lifted you from despondency. Yes,

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love may have lifted you from a
poor view of who you are. Understand

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because you didn't understand that God gave
his gave all of heaven in one gift

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through Christ to save you. So
your esteem was low because you didn't see

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the value of the life of Jesus, who was given for you. You

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see, and so we want to
give God the ability in our lives to

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share himself to other people. Okay, let's read from the Book of First

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Corinthians, chapter fifteen and verse thirty
two, and the Bible reads, if

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after the manner of men, I
have fought with beasts at ephesis, I

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wish I had the time. What
advantageth it me? If the dead rise

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not let us eat and drink,
for tomorrow we die. You see,

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some people live reckless lives. Some
people are not giving their all to God

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because they think it's not of any
values, of no importance. They don't

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see the eternal importance of yielding to
God's will, and so they say,

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well, we might as well just
do whatever we want to do down here.

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I don't like my life anyway,
and whatever I do, like,

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yeah, let me just live it
up and it doesn't matter. Not understanding,

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or maybe they do basically understand,
but just literally don't care. That

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Jesus gave us the example that we
should follow in his footsteps. God expects

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us to actually follow in his footsteps, and so what God wants us to

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do is reflect on the importance of
eternal life. There are people that we

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need to reach out to. Emptiness
in life is what is causing despondency and

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grief and unnecessary pain. And what
God is saying is, please, please

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go ahead and yield your will to
me. That's what God is saying,

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so that I can deliver other people
through your testimony. And finally, and

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finally, engage with sincerity and respect. When we are reaching out to help

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and to serve others, we are
not our own. We represent God himself,

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and by representing God himself, that
means we have responsibility to be saved

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and also to help save others.
Have a wonderful day, peace, Thanks

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for joining us listening. Friends,
Always remember we cannot live by bread alone,

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but by every word that comes from
the mouth of God. This has

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been your daily portion with El David
Harris. Make it a great day. Yeah,