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Speaker 1: Most of us eat every day, some of us too much,

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because yesterday's food is not enough to supply energy for

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today's needs. Why then, do some of us expect yesterday's

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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

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to change all of that. Let's experience God's words today

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and receive the power we need to live healthy, vibrant lives.

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Welcome to Your Daily Portion with your host, author speaker,

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Elle David Harris.

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Speaker 2: Good morning, Good morning, Good morning. It is Friday, August two,

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twenty twenty four. Hello, my name is El David Harris.

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I am your host, and this is your Daily Portion

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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

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study series through the Book of Mark, and our caption

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for today is Listen for God's Voice. Listen for God's Voice.

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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

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to please go over to your Daily Portion dot com.

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Please join our online community, pick up the Your Daily

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Portion book, and let us know where you are in

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the world. At your Daily portion dot com. This is

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a way that we continue to build faith and fellowship.

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Let's go ahead and pray and then we will get underway.

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Father in Heaven, thank you for this day and for

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giving us this time of preparation for the Sabbath that

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is coming. Father, thank you for this time of preparation

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for the second coming of Jesus. And I just pray

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that we will capitalize on it and that we will

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be holy in your sight. In Jesus name, I pray

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Amen and Amen again. Listen for God's voice. And when

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I was creating the caption, I was thinking I could

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say listen to God's voice, listen to God, but I

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deliberately said it this way, listen for God's voice because

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I I want you to visualize, like envision being in

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anticipation of his voice. You're somewhere and you're waiting for guidance,

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but you don't yet have the guidance. You are somewhere,

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you're at home, you're on the road, you're at work,

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you're at play, you're at the gym exercising, you're on vacation,

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you're in the taxi. It doesn't matter where you are.

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And I want you to poise yourself in your mind.

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I want you to position yourself in your mind to

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be waiting for and hoping for God to speak to you,

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like we're listening for his voice, We're awaiting his command,

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we are awaiting his instructions for him to say this

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is the way. Walk in it. Listen for God's voice.

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And now let me talk about prayer for just a

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moment as well, because a young man when he was

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in theological training, when I worked in university work, I

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remember him preaching to us on a Wednesday assembly and

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he said that there are far too many people that

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when we pray, and I want people to get the visual,

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I'll have to say it in a way that the

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people on the radio will get it. When we pray,

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we say, Lord, speak to me. And during this time

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of silence those who are listening and not able to

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see me, I covered both of my ears quickly, Lord

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speak to me. Close, cover my ear. And that was

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symbolic to him as not just rejection. That is that's

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the easy one, like we know that. But no, it's

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like the people we pray and talk to God and

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talk to him and talk to him and talk to him. Amen,

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and then we run away and go into our daily whatever,

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thankful that God has put us into a position where

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we can hear his voice. We can listen for his

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voice and receive his instruction. We want to be prayerful

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and listen during prayer so we can do what God says.

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We're prayerful. We're listening in prayer so we can know

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and do what God has said. Okay, and so from

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the lesson writer the Desire of Ages, page three sixty

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three reads, Thus in all who are under the training

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of God is to be revealed a life that is

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not in harmony with the world, it's customs or its practices.

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And everyone needs to have a personal experience. In obtaining

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a knowledge of the will of God, we must individually

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hear Him speaking to the heart. Did you get that?

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We must individually hear Him speaking to the heart when

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every the other voice is hushed, and in quietness we

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wait before him. The silence of the soul makes more

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distinct the voice of God. He bids us be still

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and know that I am God Psalms, chapter forty six

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and verse ten. Here alone can we truly rest. And

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this is the effectual preparation for all who labor for God.

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Amid the hurrying, throng and the strain of life's intense activities.

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The soul that is thus refreshed will be surrounded with

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an atmosphere of light and peace. The life will breathe

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out fragrance and will reveal a divine power that will

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reach men's hearts. That's the end of the quote. God

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is saying to us that we need to quiet ourselves.

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And I don't mean in a creepy way like some

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people will show us on the internet or in some

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strange religious practice. I don't mean that. What I'm saying

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is we need to know that God is able to

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get his message through when we are a captive audience.

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We need to shut off the television, shut off those

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enabled devices. We need to shut off our thoughts about

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who knows what that's going on, and make ourselves receptive

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to God's voice. We may meditate, but not just meditate

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by emptying our minds. That is not the kind of

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meditation that Christians do. I'm talking about the kind of

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meditation that is listening for God's voice. Meditate, like David said,

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upon the word of God. You could be meditating and saying,

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but Lord, you said that I as one of your children.

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I am like a tree planted by the rivers of waters.

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What does that mean? And we're listening for God's voice? Now,

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what does it mean God, that you prepare a table

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before me in the presence of mine enemies? What does

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it mean? God? Now I'm listening for God's voice when

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you say, behold what manner of love the Father hath

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bestowed upon us? That we should be called the sons

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of God, the children of God beloved? Now we are

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the sons of God. And it doesn't yet appear what

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we shall be, but we know that when you appear, God,

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we shall be like you, for we shall see you

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as you are. That everybody who has this hope in

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us we must purify ourselves even as you are pure.

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What did you mean by that? How can I be

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made pure? God? I'm struggling, And now we listen, We

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listen for the voice of God. How can I be

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made strong when I feel weak? God? Now we quiet

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ourselves and we listen for the voice of God. We're

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meditating on his word and we are listening for his voice.

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I think you get the point, and so I actually

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forgot you were there as I'm speaking about this, I

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am going away like in my own mind now listening

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for God's voice. But let me just now give you

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a few teaching tools before we come to a swift closed.

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In the Book of Psalms, chapter forty six and verse ten,

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the Bible reads, be still and know that I am God.

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Be still, this is what God is saying. And know

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that I am God. And so amid the chaos. God

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wants us to be still and find a sanctuary of

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peace so he can speak to us his will, knowing

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that He is God. Not our bills, not our challenges,

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not the things that we love most, not our success,

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not our families, not our careers, our businesses, our social

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media following, but God, He is God. And then in

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John chapter ten and verse twenty seven, Jesus says, very simply,

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my sheep hear my voice, and I am known of them,

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and they follow me. And so we want to emphasize

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the importance of a personal experience with God, recognizing his

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voice and then doing whatever he says. And let me

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just get one more in one more. In and Hebrews

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chapter eleven and verse six, the Bible says, but without faith,

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it is impossible to please him. For He that cometh

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to God must believe that He is, and that He

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is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. Trust God,

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seek him, and know he promised that he will be

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fond of you. Peace.

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Speaker 1: Thanks for joining us listening. Friends. Always remember we cannot

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live by bread alone, but by every word that comes

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from the mouth of God. This has been your daily

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