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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, September one,

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twenty twenty four. Hello, my name is Elle David Harris.

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I am your host, and this is your Daily Portion

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where we give you God's word every single day, and

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today is no exception. We are continuing in our Lesson

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study series through the Book of Mark. Our caption for

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today is two little Coins in the Offering, Two little

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Coins in the Offering. We'll get into that in just

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a miny, but first I'd like to say welcome to

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you and ask you to please go over to your

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of the ways that we can continue to build faith

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and fellowship. You're on every almost every continent of this planet.

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You are on two hundred radio stations, on satellite radio,

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and one even television station. So I'm thankful that God

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has given us the privilege to reach around the world

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with his word. And you, brothers and sisters are clicking

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that share button so that other people can hear God's

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word and be transformed by the renewing of their minds.

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And so I'm asking you to just continue to do that,

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continue to be prayerful, and we will continue and continue

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to hasten the coming of Jesus Christ. Let's pray, Father,

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we thank you for your word, Make us holy, and

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teach us to give like you give. In Jesus name,

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I pray, Amen and Amen again. Now some people may

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be confused by what I just said in my prayer.

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I heard myself. I said, teach us to give like

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you give, and you're like, well, nobody can give like God. Well,

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of course we can. Of course, we can. In our

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sphere or in the way that we live on planet Earth.

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We can give like God gives. He said, be holy,

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for I am holy. He said, be perfect, because I

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the Lord thy God, am perfect. So he can give

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us the ability to be like him. And you're like,

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But Dave, that still falls woefully short. And now, well,

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Jesus gave all for us. He gave all for us.

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Can we give our all all? Right? I think you're

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starting to get the clarity here. Of course we can.

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We can give our all. And there was an example

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of a woman. There was an example in the Bible,

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a woman who gave her all to God. And in

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the Bible Book of Mark, chapter twelve, we read beginning

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at verse fourty one, and Jesus sat over against the treasury.

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So he's sitting over and against the treasury, and behold

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how the people cast money into the treasury. So they're

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bringing all the tithe into the storehouse. So there will

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be meet in mine house right, and offerings as well.

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And so the Bible says, he's observing how this is going,

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and many that were rich cast in much And I'm thinking, well,

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that's a wonderful day. That's a beautiful day. Like if

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you are in a fellowship, where's somebody where you're building,

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you have a building project, like you need a new

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facility in order to serve the community, Then praise God

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like the people with a whole bunch of money. The

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rich people are throwing in a lot of money. If

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you have a community services arm in your ministry, and

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hopefully you do, and the rich are throwing in a

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lot of money, well that is a wonderful day. Like

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now we can have more food and clothing. Now we

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can provide shelter for people. Yes, isn't that a wonderful thing?

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Like the felt needs of the people in the community

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and even sometimes in the actual household of faith. Isn't

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that a wonderful thing? What's wrong with that? What's wrong

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with that? Verse forty two And there came a certain

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poor widow. Oh oh wait a minute. Okay, So there

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comes a poor widow. So she's poor, and she's a widow,

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and she threw in two mites that's less than two

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US pennies. Two mites. She puts in two mites, which

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make a farthing. So whether if it's a penny, a

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Jamaican penny, or a Jamaican dollar or a US penny.

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She threw in two of that, which make a farthing,

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and he called unto him his disciples. And so now

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Jesus is doing what Jesus often did. He is observing

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what is actually happening in his surroundings. And immediately now

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it becomes a teaching tool. Do you observe what's happening

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on your day to day movements and then use what

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you see for the benefit of leading people closer to

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what God is saying. Yes, this is what Jesus is saying. Now,

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this is what he's doing. He called his disciples to

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him and saith unto them. Verily, I sing unto you,

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this poor widow hath cast more What wait a minute,

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that's not an editing error. This poor widow hath cast

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more in than all, not even just one of the

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rich people. He said, this poor widow hath cast more

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in than all they which have cast into the treasury. Oh,

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that's confusing, Jesus, what are you talking about. You said,

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rich people were putting in a lot, but this woman

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only put in two little mites, which is less than

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a Jamaican dollar and less than a US penny. Yes,

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mm hmm, yep, she put in more than all of

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them into the treasury. Well what does that mean, Jesus?

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It says for all they did cast in of their abundance. See,

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they gave in of their abundance because they were rich.

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They put in the hundreds, the thousands, the tens of thousands,

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the hundreds of thousands, the millions, the multimillions, the billions

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with a b they were casting in that because they

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had a lot. Okay, well, what's wrong with that? Is

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he saying that there anything wrong with that? Well, I

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don't hear that he's saying that there's something wrong with that.

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But there is a contrast between giving of our abundance

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because what she did, but she of her her want,

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meaning her needs. But she of her needs did cast

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in all that she had, even all her living. She

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gave all brothers and sisters. This is a teaching moment,

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a teachable moment. This woman, who didn't have a husband anymore,

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who was also poor, gave all. Oh Lord, do I

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give all? Do I give of my best to the Master?

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Or do I just give? Do I just give because

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I have a lot, or do I do I give

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based on the overflow or do I give because I'm

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highly blessed financially, or do I give because fill in

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the blank? Here, this woman gave based on her needs,

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and she gave all. And I think the Bible says

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that my God will supply all of my need according

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to his riches, to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

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So now I think I'm starting to get a picture here.

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So God is saying that there is a better way

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to give, and it's not just out of the abundance

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that God has blessed us with. And we thank God

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when there is abundance, continue to give. But our mindset

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needs to be all or nothing at all. Our mindset

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needs to be that there was nothing too much that

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God can ask of us, that we will not be

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willing to give, and then indeed do give. We will

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not ever put ourselves in a position that we have

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to see our ability to give in order to give.

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This woman was left with what she would see as nothing,

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but she knew that she was giving to God. And therefore,

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when she gives to God, the Bible says, or the

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Bible teaches and principle, that it's a matter of the heart,

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and so true giving comes from the heart. Sacrificial giving

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holds inestimable value in the sight of God. God sees

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beyond the surface appearances. He's not looking at the amount

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and saying, because you gave a lot, then I will

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honor you more. He's saying that when you give from

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an honest heart, and you give your all from your heart,

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than he will bless it. Trust in God's provision. He's

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the one that gives us the ability to get wealth,

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and so when we are giving to God, we're really

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just returning what's his Give up your best to the Master.

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Make it a great day, 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,