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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 sixteen,

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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. We are finishing

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up lesson number seven of thirteen under the caption Humility

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before honor, Humility before our honor. We'll get into that

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in just a moment, but first I'd like to say

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welcome to you and say happy Preparation day to everyone

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joining us, especially those joining us for the very first time.

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I'm asking you to please go over to your Daily

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Portion dot com. Please join our online community and pick

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up the Your Daily Portion book. This is one of

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the ways 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 and Heaven. Thank you for this new day. Thank

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you for the time that You've entrusted to us to prepare,

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prepare for the special time that we have with you

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on the Sabbath. Thank you God for showing us humility

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in the life of Christ, John the Baptist, and so

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many others. Rather, please help us to follow the blueprint

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and live in humble submission to you In Jesus name,

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I pray, Amen and Amen again. Humility before honor. I'm

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going to be in our discussion today by reading from

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the book titled The Desire of Ages, page four hundred

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and thirty six. Four hundred thirty six from the book

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The Desire of Ages, and it reads thusly, before honor

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is humility to fill a high place before men or humans.

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Heaven chooses the worker who, like John the Baptist, takes

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a lowly place before God. That means that we humble

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ourselves in the presence of God. The most childlike disciple

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is the most efficient in labor for God. Oh, this

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is changing the mindset of a lot of people at

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this moment. He said that we have to humble ourselves,

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we become childlike, and those individuals who choose that pathway

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are the best leaders. Let me continue, Let me continue.

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The heavenly intelligences can cooperate with him who is seeking

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not to exalt self but to save souls. That's the

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end of the quote. Let me read that last part again.

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The heavenly intelligences. That's God, the Father, Son, God, the

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Holy Spirit. That is the holy angels that he said

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excel in strength that see His face daily, that have

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been assigned to us. All of these heavenly angels, God,

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our Father, Jesus Christ, God the Son, and God the

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Holy Spirit are all working together for our good. You

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weren't expecting that all things work together for the good

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of those and for the called according to His purpose.

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So all of this is cooperating with those who are

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seeking not to exalt self but to save souls. Thank

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God for the blueprint. If we just simply follow this,

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we cannot fail, We cannot lose. Seek First, the Bible says,

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His kingdom and his righteousness, and all things needful will

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be added unto us. Let me read another quote from

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page four hundred and forty of the same book. By

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all that has given us advantage over another, be it

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education or refinement, nobility of character, Christian training, religious experience,

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we are in debt to those less favored, and so

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far as lies in our power, we are to minister

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unto them. If we are strong, we are to stay

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up the hands of the week angels of glory that

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do always behold the face of the Father in Heaven

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joy in ministering to his little ones. Can you imagine

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the angels who did not sin, these angels who are powerful,

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and one angel coming down to planet Earth, and as

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he steps on planet Earth the earthquakes, the k of

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angel that put evil angels to flight. We're talking about

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holy angels of God who in just one little flip

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of a finger, could destroy us if it were permitted.

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I'm saying those individuals, those holy angels, are using all

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of their power to minister to us. They're not saying,

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I'm an angel? Is this the job that I have?

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Can't I be involved in creating another planet God? No,

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they are happy to minister unto us, so that we

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who are created just a little lower than the angels

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whom God crowned with glory and honor, will one day

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see God's face. Thank God that we have an example,

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even of holy angels trembling souls, continuing the quote, who

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have many objectionable traits of character. See, we're not like those.

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Holy angels are their special charge. Angels are ever present

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where they are most needed, with those who have the

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hardest battle with self to fight and whose surroundings are

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the most discouraging. So when you see that your life

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is in shambles, when you see the community that you're

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in breeds, gunmen and prostitutes, like when you see that

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drug dealers and other kinds of people who do crime

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are the best that come out of our communities, then

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you know that the angels are even closer to you.

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When you recognize that your mother or your father abused

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you and then left you for dad and then didn't

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even care about you, the angels are closest to you

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when you see that you have have multiple amputations, or

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because of some crime that you created, you commit it.

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You are in a wheelchair because of what you had

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done and you got caught in a crossfire while you

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were committing a crime. Angels of God are closer to

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you if your bank account is low and in the negative,

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or you don't have bank account any at all, there

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is no running water in your whole community, God is

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closest to you. Sometimes, humans who feel like we have

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a lot of education, who feel like we have a

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lot of influence and power, sometimes we feel like God

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is most with us. But we are reading now under

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inspiration that those who need God the most, who are

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battling self the most, the ones who are proudest but

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want to be humble and are having a difficult time

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being humble. If we surrender our will, if that is

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our mindset, and we're surrendering our will, we're having the strongest,

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craziest battle against sin. Then God is with us through

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the angels the most, because He loves us. He loves us.

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I'll read that again. Angels are ever present where they

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are most needed, with those who have the hardest battle

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with self to fight and whose surroundings are most discouraging.

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And in this ministry, Christ's true followers will cooperate. Oh

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wait a minute, all of that that I just said,

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Then that means we should be doing the same thing

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that He has shown us through the ministry of angels.

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We should be with the poor, the laying, the main,

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the halt. We should be with the people who have

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the most objectionable traits of character. Jesus's enemies said, but

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he edith with sinners. Yeah, he did, because sinners need him.

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He did not come to call the just. He came

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to call sinners to repentance. He came to call the

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people who have the most difficulty to repentance. And now

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we know that our ministry is that same ministry. As

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we receive power from God, we humble ourselves. We humble ourselves,

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and then He will honor us in the way he

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sees fit. The Bible says here in the Book of Proverbs,

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chapter fifteen and verse thirty three, the fear of the

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Lord provides wise instruction, and before honor comes humility. So

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we respect God, and then we receive his instruction, the

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wisdom that comes from God, the wisdom that God is.

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And then we receive honor, but not before we humble

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ourselves before God. And I'm thankful. I'm thankful that God

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has shown us so many examples of people who yielded

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their will to God and receive this actual result that

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we can't say we don't know. We can say, God,

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my belief is weak. Please help my unbelief teach me

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to be humbled in your presence. Peace.

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Speaker 1: Thanks for joining us listening.

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Speaker 2: 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,