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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 Sabbath, September

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twenty eight, twenty twenty four. 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. Oh actually, I always say continuing because

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it's a habit, but we are beginning in our Lesson

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study series themes in the Gospel of John. We had

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an exceptional time through the Book of Mark, but now

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we are moving into the Gospel of John. And I'm

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thankful because quite frankly, if I did have a favorite

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Bible book, John would be yet right we'll get into

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that in just a moment, but before we do, I'd

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just like to say welcome to you and ask you

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to please go over to your Daily Portion dot com.

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Please join our online community, pick up your Daily Portion

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book and take a peek over there at that number seven,

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the number seven that'll be up on your screen. And

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this is one of the ways that we continue to

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build faith and fellowship. Let's go ahead and pray, and

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then we will get underway. Father and Heaven, thank you

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for giving us the opportunity to open your word again

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today and for the privilege we have now to move

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into the Gospel of John. Please help us to have

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the kind of love that John had and to receive

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the kind of trust that you entrusted to John. I

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pray that you will fill us with your Holy spirit

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this Sabbath. In Jesus name, I pray, Amen and Amen again.

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Signs that point the way is our caption for today.

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Signs that point the way. And so immediately my question

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is point the way to where? And then what are

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the signs? Like what are the signs and where are

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they or to where are they pointing? And so we

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begin now by reading in John chapter twenty John Chapter twenty,

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verses thirty and thirty one to begin our discussion, and

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it reads, and truly, Jesus did many other signs in

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the presence of his disciples. So there were so many

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things that Jesus did that were beyond human capacity, things

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that only God could do. You know, like the day

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that you got saved, the day that you decided that

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you wanted to live for Jesus and you had power

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and ability to do his will, that would have been

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a sign. Or the time that your brother, your sister,

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your child was healed from that disease that surely would

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have taken them out, but God did a sign right

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Or that car accident that you were in, and when

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people saw how mangled your vehicle was, when it was

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totaled or written off, people said, but how is it

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that you walked out of that? It's a sign that

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Jesus did in your life. The sign that you learned

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to love when you used to be fearful, you learned

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to do God's will when you used to run away

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from God's will. Many of these things Jesus did in

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the presence of his disciples, which were not written in

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this book, So much that he did that was not

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written in this book. And may I just say right

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here that what was written in the book was so amazing,

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so astounding, that we can hardly even communicate it. We

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can say, is thank God for being so good. Right,

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But he did so much that wasn't written in this book.

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But these are written, okay, So the ones that we

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did see when he turned water into wine. Yes, when

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he taught them about him being the bread of life

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and giving them the way, the success principle to work

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the works of God. He said to believe, and then

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he empowered people to believe. He rose, he awakened people

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from the dead, like those that he did reveal in

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this book. They were written that you may believe that

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Jesus is the Christ. This is the foundation, brothers and sisters,

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to every kind of movement and miracle that God will

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perform in your life. The moment that you get saved

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and you become a part of the process of being

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sanctified and filled with the Holy Ghost, that is the

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foundation that you may believe Jesus is the Christ, the

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Son of God, that believing you may have life in

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its name. So we believe that Jesus is the Christ.

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The son of God. So some people may say, yes,

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I believe, I believe, and it's like, okay, but your

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lifestyle doesn't look like you believe. God forbid, but you

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you say you believe. But when when people are unkind,

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how do you respond to their unkindness? Hmm? When people

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are inconsistent with you in relationships and you are extremely loyal,

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how do you respond? How do you respond when people

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say abusive things towards you? How do you respond when

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your month is much longer than your money? How do

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you respond when people don't seem to understand you, your

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children seem to have lost their minds? Like, how do

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you respond when you have a need and you've been

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crying out to God and it seems that he's delayed.

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But really, really, God is working all things for your good.

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He's intentional, as the songwriter would have said, never changing.

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God is intentional. And so the Bible says that now

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that you can believe that Jesus is the Christ, the

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Son of God, but it's not just an intellectual pursuit,

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and that believing you may have life. So that kind

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of belief that he's referencing here, brother John is referencing

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here is the kind that transforms now, the kind of

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belief that puts us put in the position for God

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to transform our lives. So we go from darkness into

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this marvelous light. We go from being bound to sin,

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to the law of sin and death, to being free now,

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to be free, liberated because He's written. God has written

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his laws in our hearts and on our minds, so

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that now we begin to live according to God's principles.

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And then we represent Him in all that we say

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and do to others. We walk with God like Enoch.

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Did we have extremely good and sound judgment, like Abigail

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the wife of Nabel. Yes. And I'm thankful because this

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belief is not inactive. It is active, it is powerful.

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It's like the power of God unto salvation to everyone

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who receives what God has to say, receive the power

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that he has, receive the guidance that He gives us

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along the pathway of this life. And so we're going

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to just see really quickly as we get ourselves prepared

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for going through the book of John, a few principles

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Number one number one about Jesus's signs and miracles coming

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in from John chapter two and verse eleven. This beginning

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of miracles did g u in Cana at Galilee. We'll

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talk about that miracle and manifest forth his glory, and

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his disciples believed on him. And so when Jesus turned

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the water into wine at just the right time, at

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just the right time, and what he did was to

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provide something better than what they had expected, better than

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what they had the capacity to accomplish. And then now

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the people are like, wait a minute, wait a minute.

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Jesus is no ordinary man, you see, and so we

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have to see that Jesus's miracles or signs serve a

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greater purpose, a greater purpose than just the wonder that

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they invoke. They revealed Jesus's divine nature and his mission

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leading others or observers and readers in faith. You see,

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Jesus performed those miracles again partially because he of course

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needed to give the people what they needed. It was

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a value add to their lives, but also also a

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revelation of his divine nature. Is like, okay, so good.

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It's a revelation of his divine nature, right, but do

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you realize that the one who created us, according to

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John chapter one and Hebrews chapter one, is also the

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one who chose to die on the cross to save

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us from our sins. So much more we could say.

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But there is also, finally, the invitation to experience transformation.

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God wants to transform our lives, and in John chapter

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four and verse fifty we see a manifestation of that

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signs that point the way way to salvation.

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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,