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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 Sunday, December one,

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twenty twenty four. Hello, my name is El 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 themes in the Gospel of John, and our

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caption for today is I have given you an example. Yes,

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I have given you an example. We'll get into that

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in just a moment, but first I'd like to say

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welcome to you and ask you to please go over

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Let's go ahead and pray, and then we will get underway.

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Father and Heaven, Thank you for giving us this new

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morning and for this new month. Thank you for giving

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us all of the power, all of the guidance, all

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of the strength, all of the light that we need. Father,

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and I pray that we will receive these things by faith.

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Receive you by faith in Jesus name, I pray, Amen

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and a man, I have given you an example now

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when I was a new elder many years ago. Elders,

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for those who are new to this community are in

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our context, leaders of God's people, who take care of

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God's people in things related to our spiritual lives, sometimes

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our personal development, sometimes relationships, the things that matter so

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that we can get closer to God. Okay, so I'll

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just keep it as simple as that. But as a

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new one of those I remember an elder elder, an

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elder elder saying that before an individual accepts Christ into

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our lives, Okay, I want you to hear the timing

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on this. Before an individual accepts Christ into his or

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her life, Jesus is their savior, our savior, and that's

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you know, the savior. He's a savior of the world.

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Yes we know. But once a person is reborn, he

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also becomes our example. Okay, So before we know God,

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before we are submitted to his will, he is our savior,

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and then and then he is our example. Okay. So

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I'm grateful because once we are in our new birth experience,

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we have the power to do God's will. This is

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the thing. We can't follow him unless we know him.

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All right. Let me just pause right there and begin

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reading in John chapter thirteen, beginning at verse one, and

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the Bible reads just before the Passover feast, Jesus knew

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that his time had come to depart from this world

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to the Father. Having loved his own who were in

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the world, he now loved them to the very end.

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The evening meal was in progress, and the devil had

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already put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son

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that he should betray Jesus. See, he had not accepted Jesus.

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You see, so Jesus's example is nothing to Judas because

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because Judas is not one of God's children. I wish

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I had the time, But the Bible continues, Jesus knew

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that the Father had handed all things over to him,

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and that he had come from the Father and was

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going back to God. He got up from the meal

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Verse four, removed his outer clothes, took a towel and

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tied it around himself. He poured water into a basin

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and began to wash the disciples feet and to dry

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them with the towel that he had wrapped around himself.

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And he came to Simon Peter. Peter said to him, Lord,

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are you going to wash my feet? Jesus replied, you

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do not understand what I am doing now, but you

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will understand after these things. Peter said, unto him, you

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will never wash my feet. Jesus replied, If I do not, you,

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you have no share with me. Simon Peter said to him, Lord,

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wash not only my feet, but also my hands. In

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my head, Jesus replied, the one who has bathed needs

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only to wash his feet, but is completely clean. Now,

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you disciples are clean, well, not every one of you,

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For Jesus knew the one who was going to betray

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him for his season. For this reason, excuse me, he said,

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not every one of you is clean. So when Jesus

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had washed their feet and put his outer clothing back on,

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he took his place at the table again and said

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to them, do you understand what I have done for you? You

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call me teacher and lord, and you and do so correctly,

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And for this is what I am. And if then

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your lord and teacher, if that's who I am you are,

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has washed your feet, you too, aren't to wash one

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another's feet, or have given you an example that you

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do just what I have done to you. And I

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tell you a solemn truth. The slave is not greater

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than his master, nor the one who is sent as

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the messenger greater than the one who sent him. If

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you understand these things, you will be blessed if you

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do them. Did you get that? Now? A Bible believing people,

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people who speak Christianese, sometimes ministry minded people don't get that.

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Sometimes ministry minded people are accustomed to listening and becoming

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experts at listening and expounding, or I should say hearing

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and expounding, not doing, but hearing and expounding but not doing.

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But he said, if you hear these things, you understand

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these things. The blessing only comes when you do them. Okay, Okay,

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I think I got it. I got it, I got

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it Verse eighteen. What I am doing does not refer

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to you. What I'm saying does not refer to you.

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All I know the ones I have chosen. But this

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is to fulfill the scripture. The one who eats my

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bread has turned against me. I am telling you this

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now before it happens, so that when it happens, you

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may believe that I am he. I tell you the

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solemn truth. Whoever accepts the one I send accepts me,

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and whoever accepts me the one who sent me. Jesus

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said a whole lot. Now he knew that the men

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that he had had with him, there were twelve of them.

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He knew their hearts, and one of them Judas. Jesus

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actually said it there, but he didn't. He didn't make

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it very very very clear yet. But it was about

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to be manifest that Judas had a devil like. Judas

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had no interest in actually serving God like. He wanted

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to be around God like. He wanted to be a

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clout chaser. He wanted to build his social media following

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by taking pictures with Jesus saying I'm with him, because

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he thought Jesus was going to be the next one

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to like to overthrow Rome, you see. So he knew

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that that's what was in Judas's heart. And by the way,

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Judas was the treasurer, but he was a dishonest treasurer,

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so he had the money bag, and he's like, Okay,

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i can chase cloud and I can steal money, and

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I can do what I want to do with the money.

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And therefore this makes sense. Following Jesus makes sense. There

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are a lot of people today that are doing the

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very same thing. We attach ourselves to what looks like

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God and talk about God and make it seem as

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if we're really with God, and it's really just to

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gain popularity, to get the next office, you see, to

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somehow get what comes to people who are seen as

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connected with God. And we can be called big names

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and titles, and we don't have to really do anything

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because in our minds we're attached with it. I'm with him,

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I'm with him, pointing to g Jesus, I'm with him.

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Whatever Jesus is worthy of, I'm worthy of. And it's

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like I am giving you an example of humility. You

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see Jesus, who is equal to God. Our father thought

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it not robbery to be equal with God. He did

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not look on the fact that he was God in

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God the Son as a reason to allow us to

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just die. He humbled himself and became a servant. He

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has given us an example that we should follow in

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his footsteps. So today's moral, the moral of this story

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is get connected with God for the purpose of serving others.

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Stay connected with God, humble yourself and serve others. 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,