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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 Tuesday, October
twenty four, twenty twenty three. Hello,

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

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is your Daily Portion where we give
you God's Word every single day, and

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today is no exception. We are
continuing in our Lesson study series. God's

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mission, my mission, and our
caption for today is Abraham's Spirit of Prayer.

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Abraham's Spirit of Prayer. We'll get
into that in just a moment,

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but first I'd like to say welcome
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daily portion dot com. Let's go ahead

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

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you for giving us this new day
and for the privilege we have to pray.

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Please teach us more about connecting with
you through prayer. Looking at Abraham's

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story in Jesus' name, I pray
Amen and Amen again Abraham's spirit of prayer.

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Now I'm going to read from the
Lesson and then quote from Patriarchs and

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Profits, page one hundred and forty, and it reads Abraham had learned to

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love of the inhabitants of Sodom and
Gomara. So can I just say for

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just a moment here that there are
times that we are in situations where people

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don't love God and we indoctrinate our
brains to despise or dislike because after all,

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we're supposed to come apart, come
out from them, and be separate.

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Right, Yeah, Well that is
not the intent. Like God showed

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us through his gift of Jesus Christ, that Jesus came to seek and to

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save the lost. And so there
is not a hatred for people who don't

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know or love God. In fact, the love of God that constraineth us

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constraineth us to love people into the
kingdom. You see where this is going.

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So we don't love the world or
the things of the world, but

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we do love the people, because
we love the sinner, but not the

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sin. You see where this is
going. And so Abraham. Abraham had

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learned to love the inhabitants of Sodom, Gomara, and the cities close by.

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This is why his prayer was honest, and sincere he already had fought

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against the kings, who had defeated
the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah. After

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Abraham's victory, Bera, the son
of the king of Sodom, came to

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meet Abraham with Melchizedek. Beira asked
to have his people returned to their homes.

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Give me the persons, but take
the goods for yourself. And that's

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from Genesis chapter fourteen, verse twenty
one. This is an indication of the

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love of this king for its people. Since one of the great characteristics of

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Abraham was love. He loved the
kings of Sodom and Gomorrah and prayed for

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them and their people. Love for
the perishing souls inspired Abraham's prayer. That

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last sentence came from patriarchs and prophets, page one hundred and forty. Okay,

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so love for the perishing souls inspired
Abraham's prayer. Do you love those

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who are losing their lives because they're
not connected with God? That's a question

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necessarily for you to answer for me, because it's not my business. But

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that's the question, like, do
you love people who have not connected with

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God or have somehow disconnected from God? Do you love them enough to lead

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them to God? Do you love
them enough to lead them to Christ?

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That's the question. God loved us
so much that he gave us his only

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begotten son. Jesus did not die
for righteous people, for scarcely for a

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righteous person would one dare to die. But when while we were yet sinners,

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Christ died for the young God.
You see where this is going.

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And so if we are going to
follow the example of Jesus Christ, then

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we can see in the ministry of
Abraham love for people who do not love

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God, and that love must be
transformative. Jesus is love for us is

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transformative. He loves us where we
are, but he loves us enough not

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to leave us where we are.
Yeah. Okay, so let's go with

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an action step, right, embrace
a loving attitude in your prayers. Let

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me read from Genesis chapter eighteen and
verse seventeen, and the Bible reads,

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and the Lord said, shall I
hide from Abraham that which I will do?

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So, develop a genuine love and
concern for others in your prayers,

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interceding for their needs and challenges when
they are not of where this is incredible

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because God is welcoming us into the
intercessory role. Okay, let me say

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it another way. God is welcoming
us in to the role that Jesus has

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in a lot of ways as our
intercessor. He is the mediator of the

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covenant, like he is the one
who gave himself in order to give us

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the opportunity to be saved. Yeah. And so when we intercede, we

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are accepting the spirit of Christ looking
out for the well being of those who

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would otherwise be destroyed if they do
not repent. You see where this is

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going. Okay, here's another one
from verse twenty seven of Genesis chapter eighteen,

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and Abraham answered and said, behold
now I have taken upon me to

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speak unto the Lord, which am
but dust and ashes. So the first

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one we were talking about, embrace
a loving attitude in your prayers. And

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that's because God came to Abraham and
told him what he was about to do,

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and that was something that was untenable
to Abraham. He was like,

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no, but God, are you
going to do this this way? And

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then he begins to reason with God
intercede, right, and so in humility,

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now as we see here, behold
now I have taken upon me to

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speak unto the Lord. We don't
rush into God's presence. We don't make

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it seem as if we can kick
down his door and speak to him any

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old kind of way, because we're
speaking as to a friend. No,

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we're speaking as to a friend who
is the creator of the universe, like

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the one who is all powerful,
all knowing, blessed be his name.

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Like, we aren't going in there
acting like we're speaking to someone we can

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boss around. So Abraham went into
this situation with humility. But guess what,

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we can approach this with humility,
but we persistently advocate for others humility,

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yes, persistence, yes, yes, We're not afraid to go back

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to God and say, but God, could you please, for your own

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name's sake, do this thing that
honors and glorifies you and benefits other people.

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Now, when God answers and he's
clear, then we move on.

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That's a different discussion, right,
show steadfastness in your requests even when answers

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are not evident. Yeah, let's
continue. Number three, intercede consistently for

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individuals. The Bible reads and James
chapter five and verse sixteen, the effectual

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fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth
much. Have you been fervent in your

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praying? Have you been effectual in
your praying? The effectual fervent prayer of

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a righteous man availeth much. Pray
consistently and specifically for individuals you've interacted with

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and you've ministered to, asking God
to work in their hearts and their situations,

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and of course, draw inspiration from
Jesus's intercessory role. Who is it

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that condemneth? The Bible asks,
is it Christ that died? Yea rather

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that is risen again? Who is
even at the right hand of God who

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also maketh intercession for us? From
the Book of Romance, Chapter eight,

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verse thirty four. Knowing that Jesus
is there interceding on the behalf of us,

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He's there also intervening in the affairs
of people who do not know or

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love God, then that should inspire
us to act. Inspire us to act,

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except now the spirit of Abraham's type
of praying every wonderful day. Peace.

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Thanks for joining us listening. Friends. Always remember we cannot live by

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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 great

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day. Yeah,