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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. It's

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

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Elle David Harris. I am your host, and this is

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your Daily Portion where we give you God's word every

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single day, and today is no exception. We are continuing

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our lesson study series God's Love and Justice, and our

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caption for today is sin is the Devil's Fault. At

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Sin is the Devil's Fault. We'll get into that in

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

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to you and ask you to go over to your

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Daily Portion dot com. Please join our online community. You

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go ahead and pick up this Your Daily Portion application guide.

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It goes with the quarterly. Also, please let us know

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where you are in the world at your daily portion

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dot com. This is one of the ways that we

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continue to build faith and fellowship. Let's go ahead and

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pray and then get underway. I know you're interested, you're curious. Yeah,

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Father in Heaven, thank you for this day of preparation.

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Thank you for the Sabbath that is drawing near. Father,

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I just pray now that you will give us the

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fullness of your holy spirit, that you will teach us

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how to trust you, trust you and you alone. In

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Jesus' name, I pray, Amen and Amen again. Okay, So

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sin is the devil's fault. Don't cooperate with him. I said,

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sin is the devil's fault, but don't cooperate with him. Now.

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I know. When I was a young guy in the

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seventies and eighties, there were people who committed all kinds

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of crimes. They committed all kinds of crimes, and then

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they would say, the devil made me do it. It's like, no,

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he didn't make you do it. You had to cooperate.

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There's no way that he could make you do anything.

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And so when I say it's the devil's fault. I'm

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not saying that your part, if God forbid, my part,

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If God forbid, we choose to sin is his fault. No,

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the presence of sin is his fault. So inflation, yeah,

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we cooperate when that happens, But inflation is his fault.

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Human trafficking, that's his fault. Global warming, high gas prices,

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broken homes, your headaches, traffic jams, and any and other

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any other inconvenience or trial or problem is the devil's fault.

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But the question is am I cooperating with him? And

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I would just say God forbid so so nothing. Oh,

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let me tell you where I'm going to read this from.

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This is from the book The Great Controversy, and it

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reads nothing is more plainly taught in scripture than that

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God is in no wise responsible for the entrance of sin.

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Did you get that part? God did not bring sin

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to you. He didn't bring sin to you. Let me

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let me continue. Let me continue to read that there

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was no arbitrary withdrawal of God's grace, no deficiency in

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the divine government that gave occasion for the uprising of rebellion.

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Sin is an intruder. Remember we read I think it

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was just under a week ago when we were talking

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about the wheat and the tears, and Jesus taught that

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an enemy has has planted these tears, these weeds, these

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things that are encroaching upon the good crops in the land. Okay,

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and so it's an intruder for whose presence no reason

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can be given. It is mysterious. I told you this

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a couple of days ago. Unaccountable. To excuse it is

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to defend it. Have you ever heard somebody say, I

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understand why person X fill in the blank particular crime

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because he or she needed to take care of his

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or her family. And it's like, no, no, no, no no.

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To excuse it is to defend it. He had he

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Satan been imediately blotted from existence, they the inhabitants of

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heaven and of the other worlds, would have served God

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from fear rather than from love. And you're like the

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other worlds, Yeah, the other worlds. And I'm not talking

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about Mars. Yeah, I'm not talking about Mars. I wish

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I had the time, Okay, maybe another time. The inflow

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tu wents of the deceiver would not have been fully destroyed,

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nor would the spirit of rebellion have been utterly eradicated.

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You see, there are times that things have to run

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their course. They have to run their course, and you're like,

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but why would God let these things run their course

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so that humans could see how bad this can get?

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So that God can demonstrate how powerful he is to

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overcome sin in your life if you choose to yield

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your will to him. You see, God, God does more

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than just restore, which restoration is amazing, but he does

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more than just restore, because even if he restores us

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on planet Earth, at some point we're going to die.

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At some point before we die, we're going to experience

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those things that I cited earlier. We're going to experience

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human trafficking. We're going to experience abusive relationships, and global warming,

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the effects of global warming. We're gonna experience inflation more

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month than money. We're going to experience the crazy news

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cycle with bad news after bad news after bad news.

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In just twenty two minutes, we hear all of the

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bad news of the world. You see. And so what

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God does is beyond restoration. He gives us new hearts,

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he gives us a new spirit, he gives us a

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new destination at the end of our lives on planet Earth,

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which is to live with God at the appropriate time

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when Jesus comes back, We're going to live with God

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forever in heaven. We'll live for a thousand years, and

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then God is going to give us a new earth

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wherein dwelleth righteousness. Yeah, Matthew chapter five says that the

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meek shall inherit the earth. You see Revelation chapters twenty

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through twenty two teach us that God is going to

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recreate this place, and then He's going to wipe away

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all tears from our eyes. He's going to remove with

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remove death forever. No more death, no more crying, no

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more pain. For the former things the Bible writer said

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will be passed away. So what are we going to

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do now? I'm going to get into that just in

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a moment. In a moment, evil will must be permitted

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to come to maturity for the good of the entire universe.

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Through ceaseless ages. Satan must more fully develop his principles.

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That is, charges against the Divine government might be seen

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in their true light by all created beings, that the

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justice and mercy of God and the immutability of His

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law might forever be placed beyond all question. Now we

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can see very clearly the contrast between God and his enemy.

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Now I'm going into our Companion Guide. We're going into

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the Companion Guide. Let's go to page one hundred and

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forty and one hundred and forty seven, and again you

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can get that one at your Daily Portion dot com.

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We're going to apply this one at work. Okay, we

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have four applications for people who don't are not familiar

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with our guide, and we're going to look at the

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professional application using the acronym win WIN. What is important

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now in your work environment, it is crucial to maintain

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integrity and resist the urge to participate in gossip. So

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it's the devil's fault, but we don't have to participate

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in it or division, which are often inspired by negative influences.

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I shouldn't have said often it's always inspired that way. Okay,

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number not number two, but the letter I internalize. The

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insight reflect on your professional interactions. We all have them.

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Have you noticed any situations where negativity or unfair judgment

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seem to dominate? Think of those meetings, those board meetings,

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those committee meetings, etc. Can you interact or counteract part

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of me these influences with a christ Like attitude and finally,

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en next best move? And what is the next best move?

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Be a source of positivity and encouragement in your workplace.

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When you encounter negativity, speak truth and love into the situation.

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Pray for wisdom to handle difficult circumstances in a way

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that reflects God's character. That's for the win, everybody, that

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is for the win. We know that the sin problem

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is God's is not God's fault. It is the devil's fault,

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and we don't have to cooperate him with him. Make

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it a great day, Feasts.

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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 l. David Harris. Make

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it a great day. Yeah,