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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 Monday, October

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twenty one, 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 themes in the Gospel of John, and

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our caption for today is the Lamb of God. The

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Lamb of God. We'll get into that in cheil a moment,

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but first I'd like to say welcome to you and

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ask you to please go over to your Daily Portion

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dot com. Please join our online community. I want you

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to see that number seven and join the most transformational

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with God will grow. And I want you to please

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let us know where you are in the world at

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

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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 the privilege that we have to open

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up your word and see the Lamb of God. I

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pray now that we will live in right relationship with you.

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In Jesus' name, I pray, Amen and Amen again the

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Lamb of God. I'm grateful. I'm grateful today because we

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have the privilege at this very moment in time to

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be able to behold, behold Jesus Christ in his transformational

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journey as he enters upon his public ministry. Okay, and

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so that was a fulfillment of prophecy in fact, from

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the Book of Daniel chapter nine, when he would appear,

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as the Bible says, he would become Messiah, the Prince,

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he would be anointed before the people, and it would

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have been a seminal moment to say, Okay, this is

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the one we've been waiting for. Okay, And so when

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you see Jesus's movements in your life, this is a

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question we have to really kind of consider. When you

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see Jesus's movements in your life, who is he to you?

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I said, when you see Jesus's movements in your life,

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who is Jesus to you? To whom can you intro him?

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You see? The main reason why Jesus brings us into

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certain rooms rooms of influence, whether it is at the

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gym where you exercise, or if it's in a church

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setting where you have influence as well, whether it's in

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your family relationship, business relationships. There are times that you

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are in elite business and governmental spaces where God gives

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you influence. The main reason that you are there is

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to become Christ representative to them. There are things that

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Jesus wants to say to those people through you. And

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I'm not saying that there are no other voices in

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the room. I'm not naive there are people around the world,

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and you may be in the room with others who

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have the same purpose. But what I'm saying is that

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there is something unique in your voice, based on your

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spiritual DNA that God wants to say and do in

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that room. Okay, So let's go ahead and begin by

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reading in the Bible Book of John, chapter one, and

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I'll read beginning at verse twenty nine, and the Bible

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reads the next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him

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and sayth, behold the lamb of God, which taketh away

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the sin of the world. This is he of whom

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I said, after me cometh a man which is preferred

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before me, for he was before me. So John knew

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his goal, he knew his mission. He would lead as

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many people into a right connection with God and then

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prepare the way for Jesus Christ to really take up

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the most influential role. You see, John the Baptist was large.

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When I say large, what I'm saying is his influence

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in that region over the people who were to be

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connecting with God was immense. And now he is saying,

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the one who's coming. Oh, by the way, here he is.

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He's the one that I've been talking about. And now

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I'm going to decrease. I'm going to decrease so that

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he may increase. What Yes, okay, And it reads in

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verse thirty one, and I knew him not but that

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he should be made manifest to God's people. Therefore I

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am come baptizing with water. I am John the Baptist,

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like he is John the Baptist. He is there to

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baptize people into a relationship with God, if you would,

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if if you wish, if you will. But but the

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one who is now here is going to do something

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even more special Verse thirty two, and John bear record

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saying I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove,

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and abode upon him. And I knew him not but

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that he sent he that sent me to baptize with water.

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The same set unto me, upon whom thou shalt see

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the Spirit DECI and remaining on him, the same is

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he which baptizes with the Holy Ghost. And I'm thankful

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because John wasn't saying that I completely didn't know Jesus

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or who he was. No, he's John was the forerunner,

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the one preparing the way. We spoke about that the

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other day. But even though John had seen and experienced

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Jesus over the years he was awaiting, he knew in

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his heart, like he could tell that Jesus was unusual,

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that he was special, and that likely he was the

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Messiah who was to come he knew he could in

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his heart, he knew, but the Holy Ghost had to

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show him this special sign. While John had an inkling

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like he had had an indicator in his mind that

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this is the one. He was awaiting the signal from

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heaven and the signal from heaven when Jesus said, I

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need you to baptize me, and John was resistant. He

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was like, no, but how can I baptize you? You're

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obviously very special, You're obviously holy. The atmosphere around you

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is second to none. When people come into contact with you,

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they are transformed. How can I baptize you? You need

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to be baptizing me and Jesus. Jesus prevailed upon him

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and said, this is what you need to do. Allow

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it to be right now. Let it be right now,

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because this is the way that we're going to fulfill righteousness.

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And then after he went down into the water and

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came back out of the water. The Bible says that

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the Holy Ghost, the spirit descended upon Jesus and settled

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on him like as a dove, in bodily form, like

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as a dove. And it was then that John's mind

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really awakened. He knew what he was encountering in that

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power that God had manifest there. But when Jesus now

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is actually anointed, like the prophet said and Daniel chapter nine,

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he said, yes, that is the one. This is the one.

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And I saw in bear record verse thirty four that

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this is the Son of God. Again. The next day

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after John stood and two of his disciples, and looking

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upon Jesus as he walked, he said, behold the lamb

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of God. And the two disciples heard him, and they followed, Jesus,

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did you hear what I just said. John was the

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most influential spiritual leader at that time, and when he

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finally did what God called him created him to do

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in this moment, even the people who followed John said,

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I'm going to go ahead and follow Jesus. See when

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people see you in those spaces that God has entrusted

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to your care, When Jesus gives you influence, are you

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there to increase? Are you there to be prominent? Are

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you there to be the most influential figure? Or are

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you there with the influence God has given you to

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point people direct them to the one who actually can

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transform them. I'm thankful because God gives us these opportunities.

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He entrusts them to us because He has placed his

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strength in our lives. But I'm thankful that we don't

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have to actually carry that mantle because Jesus Christ is

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all and in all. He is the one who is

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full of power, full of grace and truth. I am

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thankful because, yeah, that would be too heavy a load

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for an average human. I'm grateful that God has positioned

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us to point people to the one who can actually

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transform our minds and transform our lives.

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Speaker 1: Make it a great day, peace, Thanks for joining us listening.

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Speaker 2: Friends.

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Speaker 1: Always remember we cannot live by bread alone, but by

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every word that comes from the mouth of God. This

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has been your daily portion with El David Harris. Make

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it a great day. Yeah,