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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 Sunday. It's

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March two, 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 continuing in our

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lesson study series, God's Love and Justice under the caption

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an Angel Delayed, an Angel Delayed. 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. Please

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please pick up this your Daily Portion companion guide. It's

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the life application guide for this quarter's lesson. I'd like

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for you to do that so we can follow along

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and see how we could apply the truths that we

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learn in the lesson in four key areas. Okay, and

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also please let us know where you are in the

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world at your Daily Portion dot com. This is one

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of 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. Father,

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we do thank you for this new day and for

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giving us answers to prayer. Thank you for listening to

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us and giving us the privilege of being called by

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your name. In Jesus' name, I pray, Amen and Amen again. Okay,

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So let me just say here that sometimes sometimes there

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appears to be a delay, or maybe it really is

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a delay. Let me start all over. Sometimes there is

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a delay on our prayers being answered. And when I

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say that, the reason I had to recalibrate is because

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God is answering the prayers. But sometimes it takes time

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for the answers to get to us. You know, like

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when you're mailing something the mail has already been sent.

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Like somebody may say the check is in the mail,

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could you please pay that invoice? And they say the

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check is in the mail, and it's like, Okay, well

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they paid it, but I haven't received it yet. And

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so the same is the case in the Bible Book

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of Daniel, Daniel chapter ten, Daniel, chapter ten, and I

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will read beginning at verse one, Daniel, chapter ten, and

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I will read beginning at verse one. And it's a

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really interesting story because sometimes we get bent out of

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shape thinking God is not listening. And the Bible reads.

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In the third year of King Cyrus of Persia, a

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message was revealed to Daniel, who was called Belt to Shazar.

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This message was true and concerned a great war. He

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understood the message and gained insight by the vision. In

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those days, Daniel was mourning for three whole weeks. I

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ate no choice food. This is what Daniel saying. No

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meat or wine came to my lips, nor did I

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anoint myself with oil until the end of those three weeks.

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On the twenty fourth day of the four of the

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first month, I was beside the great river the Tigris.

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I looked up and saw a man clothed with linen.

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Around his waist was a belt made of you faz.

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His body resembled yellow jasper, and his face had an

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appearance of lightning. His eyes were like blazing torches, His

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arms and feet had the gleam of polished bronze. His

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voice thundered like the sound of a large crowd. Only I, Daniel,

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saw the vision. The men who were with me did

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not see it. On the contrary, they were overcome with

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fear and ran and hide and ran away to hide.

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I alone was left to see this great vision. My

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strength was drained from me, and my vigor disappeared. I

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was without energy. I listened to his voice, and as

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I did so, I fell into like a trance like state,

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with my face to the ground. Then a hand touched

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me and set me up on my hands and knees.

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He said, unto me, Daniel, you are of great value.

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The Bible teaches in another version you are. You are

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highly favored in Heaven. Understand the words that I am

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about to speak to you. So stand up, for I

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have now been sent to you. When he said this

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to me, I stood up, shaking. Then he said to me,

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don't be afraid, Daniel, for from the very first day

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you applied your mind to understand and to humble yourself

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before God. Your words were heard. Did you get that

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part of the message. He said, from the moment that

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you set your mind and you humbled yourself before God,

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what you were praying was heard. It's three weeks. Daniel

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is praying three weeks. He is fasting three weeks. He

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is in what I would consider to be distressed. But

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I can be corrected. If you have a better word,

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type it in the chat. But for the three weeks,

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he was likely wondering, like, when is God going to

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answer my prayer? But what did the angel say? The

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Angel said, the Angel said, from the moment that you

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began to humble yourself and to yield yourself in this

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reality toward God. The answer was it was on the

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way verse thirteen. But the Prince of the Kingdom of

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Persia withstood me and one and twenty days. But lo, Michael,

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one of the chief princes, that's Jesus. I really don't

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have the time to prove it. But Michael is Jesus,

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one of the chief princes, came unto me, and I

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remained there with the kings of And I remained there

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with the kings of Persia. Now I am come to

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make thee to understand what shall befall thy people in

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the latter days. For yet the vision is for many days. Wow,

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so much to say there I rushed through it, but

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so much to say, so little time. There are times,

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just like the song says, he may not come when

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you want him, but he's always on time. The Angel

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made it very clear that the moment that Daniel was

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beginning to petition God and to humble himself, the answer

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was there. The check was in the mail. But Gabrielle

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got hung up in traffic. He got hung up in

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supernatural or celestial traffic. The devil and his evil angels

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are still fighting, and for whatever reasons I don't know,

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God allows this battle. It's a struggle all day and

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all night. There is a struggle all day and all night.

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This struggle is happening, and yet God, of course always prevails.

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Can you just type it in the chat God wins,

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God wins. Type it in the chat God wins. Now,

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the question is is God winning in your life? And

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it's not a matter of God's strength, it's a matter

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of our cooperation. It's a matter of our participation in

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the process. God wins for twenty one days, and you

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have been in this situation before. For twenty one days.

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He was in distress for twenty one days. Daniel was

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having challenges in his mind, hoping that God would come through,

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and he was not aware that God had already come through.

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So I need you, brothers and sisters with me to

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be patient. Be patient with God, be patient knowing that

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He has everything under control. And the spirit realm is

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always at war, at least until Jesus comes. But God

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wins in a certain sense. The lesson writer says, understanding

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these limits that God God, Well, let me just say,

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understanding these limits might not be hard if we grasp

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the idea already talked about that God works only by love,

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and that love, not coercion, is the foundation of his government.

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The lesson writer is speaking about the contrast between the

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way God moves. He limits himself by holiness and by love,

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like that is his nature the devil. He'll use anything,

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anything you can see, in anything you can't see, as

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long as God allows it, He'll use anything. But God

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has only love, not coercion, only the beauty of his

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government by which to work. Continuing the quote, this idea

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that God works only through the principles emanating from love

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can help us better understand the controversy there are times

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that there seems to be a delay, but God always

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has your best interest at heart. If there is just

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one takeaway today, one takeaway point. The takeaway is continue

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to press God in prayer. He will answer, but you

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just be patient. 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,