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

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

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

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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

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

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today and receive the power we need to live healthy,

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vibrant lives. Welcome to Your Daily Portion with your host,

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author speaker, Elle David Harris.

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Speaker 2: Good morning, Good morning, Good morning. It is Friday, March

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twenty eight, twenty twenty five. Hello, my name is El

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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,

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and today is no exception. We are well. We're finishing

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up our lessons study series God's Love and Justice, and

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our caption for today is Cooperate with God. Cooperate with God.

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Before we get into that, I'd like to just say

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welcome to everyone joining us, especially those joining us for

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the very first time. I'm asking you to go over

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to your Daily Portion dot com. Please join our online community,

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pick up your Daily Portion book, and let us know

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where you are in the world at your Daily Portion

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dot com. I'm asking you also when you are there

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at that little website. It's really a link tree, but

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it's just stylish. Right when you're over there, I want

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you to also click that number seven. I'm not asking

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you to type it in the chat or any such thing.

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I'm saying, there is a number seven that's on your screen.

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I want you to click that and also subscribe there.

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That is another way that we continue to build faith

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and fellowship. Let's go ahead and pray, and then we

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will get underway. Father and Heaven, thank you for giving

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us the privilege of being able to cooperate with you.

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Please help us to do that. In Jesus' name, I pray,

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Amen and Amen again, cooperate with God. Okay, So I'm

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going to begin by reading by reading from the book

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The Desire of Age's page six hundred and forty one.

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It's right in the lesson and it reads those who

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minister to others will be ministered unto by the Chief Shepherd.

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So if you want to know how to have the presence,

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the presence of God nearest to you, apart from whether

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two or three are gathered together in his name, he's

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in the midst apart from he inhabited the praises of

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his people. Apart from that, If you want to know

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how to have God closest to you, then do what

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minister to others. I'm talking about in reality, minister to others.

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I don't mean to stage things that look like ministry.

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I'm not talking about that formalized stuff that sometimes people

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do for the cameras. I'm not talking about that. I'm

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talking about what you have done, as you have done

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unto the least of these, my brethren, that's what you

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have done unto me, that kind of style. When I

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was in prison, you visited me when I needed food,

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You fed me, when I needed clothing, You clothed me.

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When I was alone and fearful, you were there right

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by my side to give me company and assurance. You see.

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So what we do in terms of ministry puts us

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in the position of having God himself, the person of

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Jesus Christ, to minister to us. They themselves, we continue,

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will drink of the living water and will be satisfied.

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Now let me help you understand, if you don't already,

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how that works. So when I used to give Bible

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studies all the time. I'm talking about one on ones.

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I was doing that a lot when I back, probably

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about twenty twenty five years ago, just about and I

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used to envision it in my mind. I'm talking about

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see it in my brain as me going to God

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and receiving what he has, and then going to the

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people and giving it to them. They need something, going

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to God, receive what he has, going to the people,

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and then keep that going, keep it going, And now

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I become a conduit through whom God's power is flowing.

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I want you to see that in your mind. So

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what they need, God has it. I don't have it,

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so I go to God for it. So I am

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staying connected to God and staying connected to the people

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who need whatever way God wants to use me, but

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they need God. And so now I am a pass through.

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And that is the way that all of us are.

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If we are willing to become that. I hope somebody

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got it. They themselves will drink of the living water

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and will be satisfied. They will not be longing for

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excitement or exciting amusements, or for some change in their lives.

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The great topic of interest will be how to save

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the souls that are ready to perish. Social intercourse will

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be profitable. The love of the Redeemer will draw hearts

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together in unity. When we realize that we are workers

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together with God, his promises will not be spoken with indifference.

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They will burn in our hearts and kindle upon our lips.

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I just really I'm reticent about doing this, but I'm

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gonna do it anyway. During the pandemic, my wife and

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I started to pray Psalms ninety one. I wish I

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had the time to really drill how seriously. We took

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the Bible book of Psalms, chapter ninety one and what

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God said there, and we begged him. I came into contact,

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especially me during the pandemic. I came into contact with

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a ton of people during the time that it was

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as deadly as it could have been. And the Lord

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decided to honor what we asked him. And we continually

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asked him, and continually not with an indifference, but continually

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went into his presence and said, God, now you said,

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then we would go back into Psalm ninety one, and

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we would ask him for his covering over David, over Simone,

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over Josiah, over Josiah over Simone, over David, and he

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chose to say yes. You see, so we saw his

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promises as actual promises, and we appropriated, if you want

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to say, I don't even know if that's the right

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way of saying it, the power that God promised. We said, okay, God,

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this is where we are asking you to please. Will

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you do it for us? For your name's sake? God?

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And he said yes, Okay. To Moses, when called to

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minister to an ignorant, undisciplined, and rebellious people, God gave

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the promise, my presence shall go with THEE, and I

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will give THEE rest. And he said, certainly, I will

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be with THEE. When I used to work in the

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psych field in the late nineties, I had had enough.

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Year one too much, Year two too much, Year three

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too much, And I'm going to or at least that's

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how I saw it. I'm going to prayer meetings, multiple

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prayer meetings on Wednesday evenings, and every time it was

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an opportunity to ask for you know, what is it

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that you need? What do you want God to do?

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I would beg God and have the people pray for

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me to get me out of that particular organization in

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the field that I loved so much, and every week,

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week in and week out for three and a half years,

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please get me out, Please get me out. It's too

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much for me. And well, instead of getting me out,

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God promoted me. I got a promotion, and quite frankly,

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I was just like, but God, that is not that's

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not what I asked for. I don't want to be promoted.

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And I remember, I remember, of course it was as

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bad as I had anticipated. The impact of that was

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as rough as I anticipated. But it was a blessing.

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So many reasons it was a blessing. But to make

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a long story short, there's a man named Ralph, and

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Ralph was not like any of the other people that

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I used to speak to spiritually. And I remember everybody

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was promising me that I was going to get out

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of some thing, that God was going to do something better,

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that he was going to do a new thing, that

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kind of stuff, right, and no dis like. If God

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told you that, then by all means tell me that.

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But Ralph said to me, be a good soldier. It's

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going to be rough, it may get worse. God is

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with you. Did you hear what I just said? God

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is with you, and that was all that I needed

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to continue. Finally with the quote, the promise is to

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all who labor in Christ's stead for his afflicted and

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suffering ones, that he will be with thee. Ask God

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how to cooperate with him, and then do it. Thanks

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for joining us listening. Friends.

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Speaker 1: Always remember we cannot live by bread alone, but by

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every word that comes from the mouth of God. This

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has been your daily portion with el David Harris. Make

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it a great day. Yeah,