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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 Tuesday, October

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twenty one, 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

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day and today is no exception. We are continuing in

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our lesson study series Lessons of Faith from Joshua, and

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our caption for today is the Lord is a Warrior.

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Let me just ask you a question. Have you been

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coming to the Evening Reflection time? I'm testing this one

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out at seven pm Jamaica time to be sure that

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this is something that's useful to you. So just say

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yes to Evening Reflection. It's seven minutes where we have

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a devotional thought that's bringing down the lights of the

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day to just kind of settle in with what we

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learned in a story and meditation format, and then hopefully

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you go down to rest until morning time. You understand

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where I'm going with this, so say yes to evening

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reflection if that is useful to you. And also also

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let me know if I should continue the music the

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music teachings on Friday evenings. If so, then type yes

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to music. Okay, let's go ahead and pray, and then

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we will get underway. Father, We thank you for this

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day and for being a warrior. Thank you for taking

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care of us, because we can't take care of ourselves.

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In Jesus name, I pray Amen, and a man again.

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The Lord is a warrior. And so we begin by

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reading in the Bible book of Exodus chapter two, and

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I will read verses twenty three through twenty five Exodus

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chapter two, verses twenty three to twenty five, and the

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Bible reads, now it happened in the process of time

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that the king of Egypt had died. The children of

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Israel groaned because of the bondage, and they cried out,

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and their cry came up to God. Because of the bondage.

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So God heard they're groaning. You see. The only way

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that our God is hearing our groaning. And I want

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to paint the picture visually, is if He is near

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enough to us that he can hear our groaning. I

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know in real life, in reality, it doesn't matter how

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deep into the pit that we are, It doesn't matter

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how far in the distance we are, the bottom of

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the sea, he can hear us. He is there. We

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know this. But I want you to paint this visually

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to say, since God is hearing the groaning of his

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people in one place on planet Earth, among the many, many,

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many many people on planet Earth, that means that God

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is near to you right now. He is near to

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you because he loves you. He heard their groaning, and

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then listen to what he did. He remembered his covenant

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with Abraham, with Isaac and with Jacob. You see, God

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is the promise keeper, the ultimate promise keeper. And God

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looked upon his people and God acknowledged them. He's saying, yes,

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they are mine, they are mine. Remember in the New Testament,

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in the Book of Matthew, where there's some people bragging

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about all the good things that they had done, and

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the voice of God comes back and says, no, no,

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here is what the criteria of relationship is. And yeah,

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I knew you depart from me, Ye, workers of iniquity,

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I never knew you. Well. Here God is saying as

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he is beginning to build a connection with his children,

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taking them out of bondage, taking them toward the promise.

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Never mind the rest of the story at this moment.

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But the Bible says, no, I'm pulling you close to me.

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You are mine. In Chapter twelve, verses twelve and thirteen,

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for I will pass through the land of Egypt on

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that night, and I will strike all of the first

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born in the land of Egypt, both manned and beast,

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against the gods of Egypt. I will execute judgment we

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talked about that last quarter. I am the Lord. I've

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marched down through the many gods, that false gods, that

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God of Heaven was firing on. And then the Bible

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continues verse thirteen. Now the blood shall be a sign

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for you and the houses where you are, And when

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I see the blood, I will pass over you. That

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means God is going to save people based on the blood.

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In twenty twenty five, you are saved by grace through faith.

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Because of being adopted, acknowledged by God, drawn into his presence,

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into relationship with him, and because of the ministry of

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Jesus Christ and him dying the death that we deserve,

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we are able to live the life that he deserves.

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And so it says here, I will pass over you,

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and the plague shall not be on you to destroy

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you when I strike the land of Egypt. And then,

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of course in Exodus chapter fifteen, now we see this

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rejoicing the song of Moses, and we see the sisters

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with Miriam. They are rejoicing in a way that we

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are looking forward to rejoice. We can begin now. Don't

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wait till the battle is over. We can shout now,

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as the songwriter penned Bible teaches us that there is

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a song of Moses and the Lamb, as identified in

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Revelation chapter fifteen. But we're getting a foretaste of it

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in Exodus chapter fifteen. Exodus chapter fifteen, and the Bible reads,

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the Lord is a man of war. The Lord is

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his name. Pharaoh's chariots and his army he cast into

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the sea. Remember God's people, they passed over on dry

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ground as he parted the red sea. And now those

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who came in after them, The Bible says, they were drowned.

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The depths have covered them. They sank to the bottom

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like a stone. Your hand, oh Lord, has become glorious

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in power, your right hand, oh Lord, has dashed the

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enemies and pieces. I need you to remember this. We

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talked about this last week, ad infinitum, like over and over.

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Remember remember, remember, don't forget, don't forget, don't forget right,

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don't forget God. Remember God. Remember that he did this

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for these people, and therefore he will do it for you.

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There are things in your life that are enemies to

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your progress, enemies to your connection with God, enemies to

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your holiness. And if you surrender your will to God,

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he will cause those to be dashed into pieces. He

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will cause those to be sunk, sunk into the depths

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of the sea. I believe the Bible says that if

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people surrender our will to God, he will cause the

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memory of our sinfulness to be cast into the depths

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of the sea. And He will not dredge them up,

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dredge them up. He will not bring them to mine again.

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If we continue to surrender to Him and the Bible

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continues for back then in verse seven, and in the

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greatness of your excellence, you have overthrown those who rose

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against you. You sent forth your wrath. It consumed them

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like stubble, and with the blast of your nostrils, the

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waters were gathered together. I believe the Bible says that

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he breathed his breath into Adam. He breathed his breath

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into Eve. They became living souls. I believe that the

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Bible is inspired of God, his breathing. God breathed, and

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so we have life through his word. We see in

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this story where the blast of God's breath his nostrils

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caused the river to move so his people could go

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forward in safety. The depths congealed in the heart of

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the sea. The enemy said, I will pursue whoops, I

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will overtake whoops, I divide the spoil. My desire shall

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be satisfied on them. I will draw the sword. That

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sounds like what the devil did. That's what the devil did.

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He had an eye problem when he said he would

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be like the most high. Here it goes again. My

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hands shall destroy them. You blew with your wind, hallelujah.

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The sea covered them. They sank like lead in the

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mighty waters. Who is like you among the gods? Who

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is like you? Glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders.

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You see, we have a decision to make right now. Yeah,

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nine minutes in some seconds into our program today, we

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have a decision to make. Do we want to be

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on the Lord's side where he is fighting our battles,

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or do we want to be his enemy? It's very simple.

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Surrender your will today. Continue to allow God to fight

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your battles, and one day the ultimate battle above sin

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will be one in your life and you will live

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eternally 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,