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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 Thursday. It's

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June twelve, 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 how to study Bible Prophecy, and our

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caption four today is for such a time as this,

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and really I'm going to form as a question in

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a little while, for such a time as this. We'll

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get into that in just a moment, but before we do,

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I'd like to welcome everyone joining us, especially those joining

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of the ways that we continue to build faith and fellowship.

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Let's go ahead and pray. Father, We thank you for

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getting us this far into our work week and for

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giving us the example of Esther and how you have

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called us for something specific, not random in our day.

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Please help us to fulfill the mission you have given

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to us. In Jesus' name, I pray, amen and Amen

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again for such a time as this. Okay, so when

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you wake up in the mornings, it's early morning for well,

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I shouldn't say most of our listeners and viewers, for

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a good portion of our listeners and viewers, except for

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those on the continent of Africa. Like, when you wake

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up in the morning, or even if you're moving along

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your pathway during the day, do you have the understanding

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that you were born for such a time as this.

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I need you to be reflective, like, think about it

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carefully while you're doing your work, while you're preparing for

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whatever it is that you're preparing for today. Are you

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thinking for such a time as this. When you're at

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the gym exercising, you're on the road, you're taking public transportation,

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you have that quote chance meeting at the supermarket with

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someone you've never seen met or heard of before. You're

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in the airport, on travel, whatever it is. You're on

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the internet and you comment on something that somebody else

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also commented on, and then now there is a connection.

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Do you realize and understand that you may have been

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created for such a time as this? And then another

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question is, well, what shifts in the world because you're here?

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What shifts shifts in the world because you're here because

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God created you? And by the way, in the meantime,

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as we think about the foreboding events of the last days,

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there will be a ton more than we've already begun

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to see. We should not have fear. We should not

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have fear like no fear for myself, and no fear

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for the prophecies, no fear for you, no fear in

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the prophecies for you. We know the end of the story.

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We know the end of the story. So we were

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created for such a time as this. We are to

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fulfill a particular goal, mission, or task. We're to reach

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into a person or person's lives for the shift to happen.

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It may be a historic one, it may be one

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historic for the individual that we are encountering. But just

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as the prediction of hard times is reliable when it

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comes to prophecy, so is the promise of deliverance. I

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think we have something now in the same way that

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the prediction of the hard times is reliable. We've seen

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in prophecy, we've seen in history that God's people who

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live in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution. If you're faithful,

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you will suffer persecution to a greater or lesser degree.

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But in the same way that we can be one

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hundred percent sure of this, we can be also one

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hundred and twenty percent, one hundred and fifty percent if

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there be such a thing, that God's deliverance is also sure,

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even more sure. I wish I had the time. And

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so what we're going to do now is teach a

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few things using the Book of Esther and Esther's experience

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in God's people's experience to illustrate some things and learn

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some lessons. So in Esther four and verse fourteen, of course,

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we're going to paraphrase or cut out parts of these

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different passages to make the point in verse fourteen, who

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knoweth whether thou art come to the Kingdom for such

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a time as this? See God orchestrates time and place

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with purpose. You being here at just under six minutes

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into this broadcast, you're on the radio, you're on television,

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you're listening on a podcast, you're live with me on

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multiple online platforms right now. God orchestrates the time and

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the place with purpose. You see, Esther didn't get didn't

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end up in the palace by acts. I need you

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to read the whole book. I did say that to

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you the other day. In the same way. We are

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not living in these last days by accident. Why weren't

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you created to live fifty years ago? I'm talking about,

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like be at this age fifty years ago. Why were

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you not in the Great Depression era? Why were you

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not back when Daniel, Hannah, Andaiah, Michel and Azariah were alive?

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And so what I want you to do is ask yourself,

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where has God placed me for such a time as this?

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And who am I supposed to influence, impact or assist

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in transforming? Okay, so let's go to verse thirteen. Think

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not with thyself, that thou shalt escape in the King's house. See,

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there is responsibility that came for Esther. She was still

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from among God's people, and she was getting She was

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getting the guidance from the wise man of God. That's

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safety in silence is a lie. Esther's position could not

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protect her if she abandoned her people. Her position could

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not have helped her if she abandoned her people. Today's

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believers must resist the urge to stay quiet when truth

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is under attack. There are too many of us with

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our mics and our voices silenced, our fingers for typing, silenced,

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our influence silenced, the way that we invest our money

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in the things that matter to God silenced. And so

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I need to be asking myself, where in my life

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am I tempted to stay silent without or out of

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fear or comfort? Where in my life, if anywhere, am

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I tempted to be silent for fear or for comfort.

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Now let's go down, down, down. Let me just skip

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down to Esther chapter five in verse three, considering our time,

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and the Bible reads, what wilt thou queen Esther? And

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what is thy request? So we've already gotten her into

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the presence of the King. The King does already accept her.

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She is now in the phase where she can intercede

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in what way? In what way?

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Speaker 1: Like?

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Speaker 2: What request will I make when when it matters most,

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is it going to be for something that makes me

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feel better, something that's better for my own life, or

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something greater? You see, esther didn't only survive in this

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situation because the King didn't destroy her when he when

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she came into his presence, she also was invited to ask.

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And that is the power of intercession. Our King listens

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when we approach him on behalf of others. So what

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I want you to do is is to is to

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think of some people. I learned this from from a pastor,

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Pastor Smith, when I was when I was a young

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New Bloe in nineteen ninety six. I was in my twenties,

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and I remember him saying that we need to write

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down a list of people that need to get connected

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to God and baptized, and then we begin to pray

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and work with that list, leading people to as close

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to Christ as we possibly can. There is so much

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but the victory, the victory that God gives his people

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is to be shared, not to be held for ourselves.

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When God gives victory for his people, it is for

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all of his people, as long as we are faithful.

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There's so much to say, so little time. Go back

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to your actual lesson study and glean as much as

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you can. Make it a great day. Peace.

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Speaker 1: 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,