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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 Monday. It's

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October six, twenty twenty five. 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 lessons of Faith from Joshua, and our

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caption for today is value in Unexpected Places, Value in

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unexpected Places. Before we get into that, I'd like to

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say welcome to everyone joining us, especially those joining us

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for the very first time. Please go over to your

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Daily Portion dot com. This is one of the ways

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

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ahead and pray and then get underway. Father, We thank

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you for this day and for showing us that it

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has never been about us, It's always been about You.

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Please transform our hearts so that we will not be

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comfortable with yesterday's successes. In Jesus' name, I pray, Amen

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and Amen again unexpected places. Well, let's go ahead and

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jump in with different lessons that I have learned from

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today's study. And the first one comes in from the

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Book of Joshua, chapter two and verse eleven. The Bible reads,

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for the Lord your God, he is God in heaven

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above and in the earth beneath. I'm going to read

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it one more time, for the Lord your God, he

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is God in heaven above and in the earth beneath.

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And so the first lesson, based on our passage in

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Joshua chapter two, beginning at verse two straight through to twelve,

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is that true allegiance belongs to God alone. In twenty

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twenty five, it is becoming more and more critical for

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us to learn what Rayhab had learned, that God is

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the only true and living God. You see Rayhab having

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the life. I don't like calling her a Harlot. Her

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life was a life of harlotry. She did do things

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that harlot's do. But now we see that she is

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a child of God. She's a child of God who's

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recovering from doing the things that displeased God. She is

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not to be called by the name of what she

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had been doing. You are not a thief. Maybe you

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steal God forbid. You are not a criminal. You maybe

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have done criminality, And so I want you to separate

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from yourself the title of the things that have happened

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to you. There's some things that have happened to you

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in abuse, like people have abused you in certain ways.

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There are some evil things that you have done. Don't

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call your name those evil things. I understand the way

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that it was translated in the King James version, but

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that's because that's the way the people spoke at the time.

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But the point is that Rayhab, now, the child of

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God who did in the past harlot like activities, now

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is recognizing and publicly confessing that Yahweh blessed be his name,

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not the idols of Jericho was the one, true and

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living Gods. Now, some of you think I just use

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fancy language. I wish I had the time to deal

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with what impression. Calling ourselves by a name leaves on

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our understanding, leaves on how we come into the world.

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Do you understand? So call yourself by the reality of

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where you're going. Let me just continue these. This shows

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that the allegiance to God sometimes requires turning away from

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the culture. I say sometimes because sometimes the cultures are

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doing what God wants, very few, but still sometimes requires

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us to turn away from traditions, has required us to

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turn away from all of those things that we have

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known and values that we grew up with. Here's the

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action step. Identify one area in your life where your culture.

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Is it Jericho, is it Brooklyn, New York?

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Speaker 1: Like?

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Speaker 2: Is it a country in Saudi Arabia? Like I don't

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a city in Saudi Arabia, I don't know, But wherever

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it is, Identify one area in your life where culture,

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or expectations or habits compete with God's authority. Surrender that

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area to him in prayer today. The second lesson comes

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in from the Book of James, chapter two and verse

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twenty five, and it reads likewise, also was not Rayhab,

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the Harlot justified by works when she had received the

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messengers and had sent them out. Another way, faith must

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be expressed in action. God is interested in our action,

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so who we are comes out or is manifest in

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how we act what we do. I'm talking about when

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the rubber meets the road. And so her confession of

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faith was proven by her courage to hide and protect

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God's people. Faith that remains private is incomplete. True allegiance

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expresses itself through risky obedience. Shout to Lisa a Smith

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like she talks about radical obedience. The action step is

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look for one solid or concrete way to live out

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your faith in action today, whether it's through service or

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witness or sacrificial love. And then the final lesson on

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this one comes in from Hebrews chapter eleven and verse

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thirty one, and it reads, by faith, the Harlot Rahab

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perished not with them that believed, not when she had

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received the spies with peace. God's grace values faith. And

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when I say that, yes, she lied, I wish I

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had the time to deal with that. Yes, there are

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things in her history, her recent past that God does

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not approve of. But in this moment, now there is

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this twinkle, this measure, there is a mustard seed seed

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sized faith that she's now acting upon, and God is

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about to move a mountain. Do you have a mustard

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seed sized faith where God is needing to move mountains

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in your life? Is it in your health? Is it

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in relationships with people in your family? Is it something

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that's going on at work, or maybe you're unemployed and

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you just really are having enough. Now you've had enough,

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like you need God to do something well in Reyham's life.

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Even though she was deeply flawed, God saw that twinkle,

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that mustard seed sized faith, and he preserved her. Her

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story proves that God, God seeks allegiance above the perfection.

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When we are first coming into faith with God. He's

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not looking for us to generate in our own selves

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the ability to do everything that God says. He is

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saying that I'm going to cover you. Now. There is

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no condemnation for those who are covered by God right,

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who walk not according to the flesh but according to

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the spirit.

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Speaker 1: Right.

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Speaker 2: So God is saying that as we begin to walk

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by faith, he covers us and he teaches us along

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the way how to actually live the way that he

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called us to live. He's calling us holy and he's

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teaching us to walk as holy people. Her story proves

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that God is seeking this and that his grace can

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redeem anyone who turns to him in trust. So what

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is the action. Don't disqualify yourself. Stop that. Stop disqualifying

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yourself because of your past failures. Thank God for valuing

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you through faith above your flaws, and walk in the

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confidence of His grace. Am I saying that God doesn't

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care when we do the wrong things? Let me just

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say it straight from the scriptures. The Bible does teach us,

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my little children, these things write ie unto you that

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ye sin not. And if anyone sins, now we are covered.

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We are covered in the righteousness of Christ. We have

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an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ, the Righteous. And

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so as we are growing, or as people we know

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are growing, we have to thank God for the fact

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that He is covering us. Make it a great day, Peace.

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Thanks for joining us listening. 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,