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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 Friday, December twenty nine, 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. We are really
rounding the corner today with our lesson study

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series, God's Mission, My Mission, our caption four. Today, this

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is the final day for this one. Peace restored. Peace restored. And

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yeah, so next quarter, beginning
tomorrow, we're going through the Book of

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Psalms. That's going to be incredible, as you might anticipate. But before

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we get into that all of that, let's please I'd like to welcome you

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to go to your Daily Portion dot
com on this preparation day to please join

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know where you are in the world
at your Daily Portion dot com. This

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is the way to build faith and
fellowship. Let's go ahead and pray and

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then get underway. Father and Heaven, thank you for giving us the privilege

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of opening your word today. Please
give us your holy spirit. Teach us

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the peaceful mindset, that mindset that
is always in agreement with you, so

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that when Jesus comes, you will
be able to take us to Heaven for

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a thousand years and then finally find
give us the New Earth. In Jesus'

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name, I pray, Amen and
Amen again. He's restored. He realized

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when God created Adam and Eve,
the universe was peaceful except for the Devil

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and his evil angels. Like the
Devil in the evil Angels will have already

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made their decision to turn away from
God, and they were stuck that way

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because they refused to repent like their
probation was up. But all humans and

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all holy angels were peaceful toward God. There was no hostility between them.

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But of course the Devil came down
here, he tempts Eve, he deceives

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Eve, let me put it that
way, and Eve falls into sin.

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And then Adam decides to jump into
sin. And now because of Adam's fall

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or jump, as the case may
be. Yeah, now sin has entered

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in upon all humans. And so
we've had to make a decision from that

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time every single day of our lives. Are we going to agree with God?

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That's peace or be hostile toward God
that's enmity? Okay? And so

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God is restoring peace, and we're
going to read about it today, discuss

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it a little bit today. And
from the book Patriarchs and Prophets, page

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three hundred and forty two, it
reads, the Great Plan of Redemption results

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in fully bringing back the world into
God's favor. You could consider us like

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in that discussion about the lost sheep. Uh huh, we could be considered

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like the lost sheep, the one
that went out and got lost. We

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chose to be lost, right,
and so God has been bringing us back

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into his favor. Continuing the quote, all that was lost by sin is

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restored. Not only man, but
the earth is redeemed to be the eternal

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abode of the obedient. Remember,
we talked about that yesterday the Holy City

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New Jerusalem coming down from God out
of heaven. And so that city will

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be in the new Earth. And
finally we will have the earth the way

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that God intended from before there was
a beginning. I'm thankful for that.

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Continuing the quote, for six thousand
years, Satan has struggled to maintain possession

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of the earth. Now God's original
purpose in its creation is accomplished. The

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saints of the Most High shall take
the kingdom and possess the kingdom forever,

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even forever and ever. Of course
I made allusion to that and Daniel chapter

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seven yesterday. That is the end
of the quote. And so how many

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people, by show of virtual hands, like you can just type a one

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in the chat. That's your virtual
hand. How many people are looking forward

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to the day that peace will finally
be restored. Go ahead and type in

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in the chat. You're on Facebook, you're on YouTube, you're run on

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some other platform. If you are
in a podcast, then just go ahead

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and and leave a review and then
type a one in that review. If

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you're yeah, so any way you
can do it, Please type a one

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type of one. You are looking
forward to the day that God restores peace.

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Well, I definitely am. I
would be typing ones all over the

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place if I could do it right
now, yeah, ones. Now I'm

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going to read from a letter three
hundred and ninety published, well, not

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even published. It was an unpublished
letter from nineteen oh seven by E.

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G. White, and it reads, thus, I long to see very

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many laborers at work, for those
who know not the evidences of our faith

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may have received great light through hearing
the Three Angels messages, and now they

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should proclaim these messages in all parts
of the world. I desire to do

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my part. Brothers and sisters,
do you desire to do your part?

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And to open the way for others
to carry the light of truth? The

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Lord help us to put the armor
on the believers are to unite in the

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solemn work of giving the last note
of warning to the world. That is

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the end of the quote. God
has given us a privilege that is so

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incredible. And you want to say, Dave, how incredible is it?

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So incredible that we lock arms and
we are in lockstep with Him to be

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able finally to cooperate with him to
lead our brothers, our sisters, our

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co workers, the people with whom
we exercise, those with whom we take

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public transportation, and people we just
encounter. It seems haphazardly or some kind

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of way, like without even knowing
on the road, God is saying,

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like when you're in the supermarket in
the marketplace, you are shopping online and

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you have to get customer service or
support, like that person in the little

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chatbox may be someone that God is
leading you to assist to get into the

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kingdom. Isn't that wonderful to be
able to have a great relationship in their

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families where they don't have one now? Yep, People to be able to

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overcome and have victory over temptations and
addictions that they have struggled with for years,

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to overcome them mental and emotional torment
that they have been experiencing because of

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abuse from somebody. You see what
I'm saying. People who have been in

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and out and in and out of
prison, Those individuals who are learning now

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to stay out because you are being
used by God to lead them into paths

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of righteousness. And so I just
thank God that he has given us the

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privilege to engage with him. And
so I want you to look at these

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four points and then I'm going to
read a quote that I can't believe was

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not in the lesson. Number one, Embrace restoration, Embrace that we're looking

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forward to that day. Number two. Pursue eternal peace. We want you

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to strive for a future under God's
reign, a kingdom of everlasting peace and

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righteousness. Number three. Engage,
Engage in God's mission. Number four Anticipate,

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I said, anticipate the new Earth. Look forward with hope to the

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new sin free world. God promises
finding comfort and motivation in this vision.

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And now for the quote that I
just literally cannot believe that our brethren missed.

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No shade, No shade, no
shade. Coming in from the book

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Great Controversy. It is the last
paragraph in the last chapter. I wish

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I could read the entire chapter the
Controversy ended, but let me let me

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just read this one. It gets
me all in my feelings, y'all.

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It's a good one. The controversy
is ended, Sin and Sinners. Let

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me go back, Let me go
back. I need to put a little

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effect on this one man before before
we go. Let me find it quickly,

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quickly, quickly. Here it is. The controversy is ended, Sin

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and Sinners. Are no more.
The entire universe is clean. One pulse

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of harmony and gladness beats throughout the
vast creation for Him who created all.

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From Him who created all, flow, life and light and gladness throughout the

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realms of illimitable space, from the
minute just atom to the greatest world.

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All things animate and inanimate, in
their unshadowed beauty and perfect joy, declare

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that God is Love. Have a
wonderful day, Peace. Thanks for joining

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

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

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daily portion with el David Harris.
Make it a great day. Yeah,