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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 Tuesday, November fourteen,
twenty twenty three. Hello, my name

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

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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

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mission, and our caption for today
is to inherit eternal life, to inherit

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eat eternal life. We'll get into
that in just a moment, but first

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I'd like to say welcome to you
and ask you to go over to your

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Daily Portion dot com join our online
community. Also, let us know where

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you are in the world. Pick
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at your Daily Portion dot com.
And as I say every day, 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 we
will get underway. Father in Heaven,

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thank you for your word. Thank
you for teaching us every single day what

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is truth and how we must live. Thank you for the privilege of connecting

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with you. Now, Please teach
us how to live, how to live

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in accordance with your principles. In
Jesus' name, I pray amen and amen

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again to inherit eternal life. Now. A few days ago we talked about

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the question of questions, right,
how shall I inherit eternal life? Like?

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How do I get that? God? Like? How do I get

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that? And of course the lawyer
was all mixed up and spiritually mixed up

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and really not focusing in the areas
that he should focus. And Jesus brought

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him to the place where he had
to face that and determine which way he

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would go. So we're going to
talk about that a little bit better this

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time now. And let me just
say at the outset here, don't just

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talk b I want you who are
watching to look at the television behind me.

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Look at that to be is the
answer. You see that to be

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not just to talk, not just
to act right, but to actually be,

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that is the answer. There are
too many times that we become so

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philosophical that we become satisfied with just
speaking, just speaking. Yeah, we'll

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get into that in just a moment. Let me read from the lesson study.

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The lawyer had asked Jesus this question, right, and he gave himself

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the answer, love the Lord your
God with all your heart, and love

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your neighbor as yourself. What was
the response of Jesus? He said,

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you have answered rightly. So in
this case, and for those who were

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just this is your first time,
you can scroll back to lessons before so

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you can hear what this whole conversation
was about. But in this case,

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Jesus is saying, yes, those
words that you said, those are true.

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Those words that you just recited are
true. Now it's time to live

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it. Right. You said the
right words. He realized that there are

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people who and maybe some of you, yeah, who know the right words

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but don't live them. You know
what's right? King David knew that it

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was right to be holy and to
not commit adultery. Right, He knew

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that he should leave Bathsheba alone.
As soon as he saw the woman.

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Maybe he didn't even know who she
was, he saw her up on her

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wherever she was bathing. He was
on his platform looking down at her,

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and he sees her in her nakedness. It was in that moment that he

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knew that he knew that he should
what turn away, make a covenant with

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his eyes, that he would not
look on a woman to us like he

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knew that? But what did he
do? Something totally different? Yeah?

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And then of course later on,
like over a year later, he repented

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fully. Okay, Jonah knew that
when God said go to Nineveh, that

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was where he should have gone.
But what did Jonah do? He turned

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the opposite direction, got into a
ship and went on his way to Tarshish.

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Hmm. He knew the right way, he heard the right way,

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and if you quizzed him and asked
him what is the right way, he

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likely would have given you the right
answer. But what did he do?

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How did he live? Was he
being right or was he just speaking the

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right words? You see? And
so that was the same case here.

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Jesus went on to challenge the man
to do something about it. By saying

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do this and you will live.
You got the answer right on the on

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the spiritual quiz that you tried to
give me, mister lawyer. But now

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I want you to live it.
Now, I want you to live it.

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So that is our first really action
step. Live the truth that you

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know. Live the truth that you
know. Okay, and that's for all

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of us. Now, let's go
to the Book of Luke, chapter ten

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and verse twenty seven again and read
it a little more slowly. And he

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answering said, thou shalt love the
Lord thy God. Wait a minute,

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so I get to love God?
Yes, Bible says that we love him

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because He first loved us, so
he is the cause of our ability to

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love him. Right, Thou shalt
love the Lord thy God with all thy

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heart and with all thy soul,
and with all thy strength, and with

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all thy mind, and love thy
neighbor as thyself. And so what God

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wants us to do is love wholeheartedly. Intentionally focus on cultivating passionate love for

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God and genuine love for people around
you. There's somebody in need, demonstrate

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love. If there is someone that
you have a or friendship or somehow an

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acquaintance with, and things are not
perfect in your relationship. And then you

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see that they have a need.
Love says, go and supply the need.

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Don't hold a grudge, don't hold
whatever the challenges that you have with

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that person against them. Right,
love in tentionally. And here comes another

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one from the Book of James,
chapter two and verse seventeen. The Bible

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reads, even so, faith,
if it hath not works, is dead

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being alone. I'm going back to
my first point. Don't just talk about

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it, be about it right.
Don't just profess your faith. Let the

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kind of faith that you have.
Let the power that comes through and buy

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faith guide your actions every day,
making sure they align with God's teachings.

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Remember, the Bible says that if
what you do is not of faith,

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it is sin. Yeah, okay, good. Let's go to Luke chapter

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ten and verse twenty eight. A
few words. Do this. What's the

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this? Love god fully, love
humans fully as yourself. Do this and

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live Okay. The action is follow
God's commandments and teachings, like do what

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he has taught, do what he
has said, like live according to the

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principles that you see in his word. Do that follow us teachings consistently,

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not just when it is convenient or
easy. I wish I had the time,

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not just when it is convenient and
easy. All right, here's another

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one straight out. Let's see James
Chapter two, verses fifteen and sixteen,

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and the Bible reads, if a
brother or sister is naked, I gave

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you a primer on that and destitute
of daily food, but you do not

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give them the things which are needed
for the body. What does it profit?

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Yeah? So God is saying that
we should, we should. Let's

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call it. Let's call it prioritize
a giving spirit. Right, prioritize a

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giving spirit. People have needs.
God has given you what they need.

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Then you are the conduit through which
they will receive the blessing embrace that God

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has entrusted these things to you so
that you can be a giving person.

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Okay, recognize the needs of others
and take proactive steps to help, whether

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through acts of service, donation,
or simply being present. Do you realize

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that there are some people who have
needs and all they need for you in

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that moment is to listen and to
be there for them. M All right,

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thank you. This is one of
the ways to inherit eternal life of

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a wonderful day. Be like Jesus
today peace. Thanks for joining us listening

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to friends. Always remember we cannot
live by bread alone, but by every

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word that comes from the mouth of
God. This has been your daily portion

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with El David Harris. Make it
a great day. Yeah,