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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 Thursday. It's

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September eighteen, twenty twenty five. Hello, my name is Elle

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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 through the Book of Exodus, and our

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caption for today is the Shining Face of Moses, The

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Shining Face of Moses. Before we get into that, I'd

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like to say welcome to everyone joining us, especially those

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joining us for the very first time. Please go over

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that we continue to build faith and fellowship. Let's go

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ahead and pray, and then we will get underway. Father,

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Thank you, Thank you for giving us the brightness of

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your glory in our lives. Please help us to reflect

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this glory to the world. In Jesus name, I pray,

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Amen and DayMen again the shining face of Moses. Let's

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jump right into the Bible Book of Exodus. Hopefully you

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have your Bible with you. Exodus chapter thirty four. Don't

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just listen to me read. I want you to read

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a long end. Listen Exit chapter thirty four, verses twenty

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nine through thirty five, and the Bible reads. Now. It

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was so when Moses came down from Mount Sinai, and

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the two tablets of the testimony were in Moses's hand

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when he came down from the mountain that Moses did

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not know. Oh, I want you to just pause right

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there in your thought. Moses didn't know, well, what didn't

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he know? He did not know that the skin of

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his face had shone while he talked with him. Moses

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was in the presence of God to the degree that

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he began to reflect the brightness of God. It was

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like God was taking Moses back to the time when

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Adam and Eve were covered in the light of God,

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actual light, the before time of I was naked and ashamed,

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and I hid myself. Before that, Moses was experiencing an

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adnic brightness. This is the first time this ever came

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to my mind. I'm talking about in this moment that

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is not in my notes. As I pause with you,

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when I said, let's pause, it clicked in my mind

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that Moses was experiencing this and the people couldn't handle it.

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We'll come back to that verse thirty and when Aaron

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and all the children of Israel saw Moses behold the

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skin of his face shone, and they were afraid to

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come near him. Why were they afraid to come near him?

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That's the first question. Like the Bible says that the

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Holy Spirit bears witness with our spirit that we are

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the children of God. Ah. There are times that we

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have an encounter with God and the brightness of that

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encounter is manifest, maybe not in this stark of reality,

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but the fat is that we should be aligned with

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the brightness of God. We shouldn't be afraid of the

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brightness of God. I said, we should be aligned with

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the brightness of God. But even the man of God, Aaron,

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who should have been in the same space bright side

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with God, he and the rest of the people, the

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Bible says, were afraid to come near him. Why was

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Adam afraid again? Why was he afraid again when the

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light had dimmed for him? Why was he afraid again? Oh,

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I think this is the same thing that's happening here

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Verse thirty one. Then Moses called to them, and Aaron

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and all the rulers of the congregations returned to him,

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and Moses talked with them. Afterward, all the children of

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Israel came near, and he gave them as commandments all

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that the Lord had spoken with him on Mount Sinai.

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And when Moses he had finished speaking with them, he

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put a veil on his face. But whenever Moses went

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in before the Lord to speak with him, he would

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take the veil off until he came out, and he

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would come out and speak to the children of Israel

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what he had commanded. So now we can even see

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a visual cue of where these messages really are coming from.

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The Messages of God are coming through the brightness of God,

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using in this case a human being, Moses. And whenever

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the children of Israel saw the face of Moses, that

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the skin of Moses's face shone, then Moses would put

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the veil on his face again until he went in

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to speak with him. The shining face of Moses really

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was a manifestation of the bright and effulgent, luminescent character

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of God. Yes, I know it sounds like a thesaurus

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this morning, but I need you to get it. Repetition

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deepens the impression. And so our first lesson comes in

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from Second Corinthians, chapter three and verse eighteen, which I've

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already made allusion to. Really, and the Bible reads, but

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we all with open face beholding as a glass in

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the glory. As in a glass the glory of the

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Lord are changed into the same image, from glory to glory,

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even as by the spirit of the Lord. So when

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we are having these kinds of encounters, and we are

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surrendering our will to the God of this encounter, then

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the radiance of God is to be revealed through us.

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Let your light so shine, the Bible says, Hah before

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human beings, so that when they see your good works,

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they will glorify your Father, which is in heaven. And

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so Moses's radiant face came from fully opening his heart

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to the beauty of God, God's goodness. True change happens

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when we focus on God's character and not just his power.

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When we yield to his character, live your life within

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me style, that is when we will be transformed. Yeah.

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So the reason the children of Israel weren't experiencing that

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is because they didn't believe. They were not believing. Ah,

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they should have been transformed to but they weren't. They

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should have been in the presence too, but they said, no,

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you go in for us. God was welcoming all of

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them and setting them all up to be a kingdom

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of priests. Somebody just got that. It was never intended

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to be some kind of exclusive reality for one person

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or two people. It was supposed to be for the

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entire nation of God's people, to be as radiant as

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Moses was, to be as confident in the presence of

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God as Moses was, and to be as meek and

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lowly in heart as Moses was. So your action step

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forward today in this regard is to invest, almost said spend,

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but invest intentional time each morning, including today, contemplating Christ's life.

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I said this to you a few days ago, and

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character allowing the Holy Ghost to imprint. That's a big word.

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Look it up. Imprint those qualities upon your heart's stamp,

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those qualities upon who you are. Verse twenty nine of Exodus,

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chapter thirty four of the Bible reads. And it came

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to pass when Moses came down from Sinai with the

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two tables of stone or testimony in Moses's hand, that

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Moses didn't even know that the skin of his face

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shone while he talked. So the closest to God, closer

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we are to God, the more aware of our imperfections,

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and yet they are also most ready to be changed

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by His The closer I am to God, then the

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greater my imperfections appear. And yet in that closeness, that

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divine closeness, as I am submitting to God's will, as

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you are doing the same, then we become receptive to

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being changed. And let me just say, finally, in verse

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thirty three of chapter thirty four, the people wanted him

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to hide the brightness. Well, let me just say, God's

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glory is meant to be reflected and not hidden. So

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live in such a way that others can see God's

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character reflected in your words, your actions, and your relationships.

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Bright in the corner where you are. 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,