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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: Hello, Hello, Hello, it is Sunday, September fourteen, twenty twenty five. Hello,

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my name is El David Harris. I am your host,

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and this is your Daily Portion. This is the Lunchtime

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Life Application Edition. Say that three times, and this is

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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 Exodus, and our caption

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for today is the Tent of Meeting, The Tent of Meeting.

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Before we get into this, I'd like to welcome everyone

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joining us, especially those joining us for the very first time.

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I'm asking you to go over to your Daily Portion

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dot com. Please pick up the your Daily Portion Life

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Application Guide, because really all we're doing here is reading

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that because some people are still having difficulties applying the lesson,

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and in the morning time we drill the lesson itself. Okay,

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So pick up the your Daily Portion Life Application Guide

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so you can read along with me and jot your

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notes as we reread when God gives you new insights. Okay,

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and yeah, let's go ahead and pray and get underway. Father,

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We thank you for this afternoon and the time that

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we are investing on this Sunday. Father, while we get

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ready for the rest of the week. Father, please please

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give us wisdom and instruction as we apply. As we apply,

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Please in Jesus name, I pray, Amen and amen again

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the tent of meeting. We are applying in four key areas,

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type of one in the chat if you have your

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Life Application Guide. And by the way, the new one

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is already out for the quarter four because on the

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twenty sixth we begin our new quarter. But I digress.

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If you have this Life Application Guide, go ahead and

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type of one in the chat. Please, type of one

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in the chat, and if not, just go ahead to

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your Daily Portion dot com and pick it up because

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you'll need it. Okay, spiritual application w what is important now.

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God invites us into personal friendship, not only formal worship.

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My favorite writer, spiritually Speaking, said that when we pray,

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it iss us lifting up our hearts and having a

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conversation with God as to a friend. Okay, so that's

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what we're doing. Internalize the insight, the tent of meeting

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or the tabernacle, the tent of meeting of the Old

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Testament shows that God desires intimate. This is what God

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wants from you. I want you to apply this to yourself.

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We're not talking about anybody else. He desires intimate, face

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to face communication with us. I should probably start changing

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the language so that it's really reflecting me. When you're

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reading it, it's reflecting you. His goal is not simply

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to give you instructions or me instructions, but to draw

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us as close as friends. This closeness shapes who we become.

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So if you see God as the one that's way

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out in space and the one who's distant from you,

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like some of the people in the eighteen hundreds did,

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then that's going to reflect in your relationship with him.

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The next best move spiritually set aside personal time, I

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would say, invest personal time today to meet with God intentionally.

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Are you going to pray five times today? Three times today?

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Are you going to keep the channel open with God

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like Enoch the Bible says, walked with God. Is that

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the way that you're going to do it. Treat it

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as a tent of meeting moment, no distractions, only you

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and Him. And I'll just tell you when Simon and

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I used to drive to work together many years ago,

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we had a long trip. I decided, you know what,

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at some point, we got to shut this radio off,

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like we can't continue to listen to the news for

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like hours, and and I would you know, we would

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have we would have some interaction with God in that

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time rather than just with media that's coming in through

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the radio. Personal application. What is important now, Transformation comes

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from regular personal encounters with God. Internalize the insight. Moses

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changed because he kept meeting with God. Bible says he

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was the meekest man to up until that time. You

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don't need a mountain or a tent. You need consistency.

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How consistent are you with God? He's consistent with you.

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He wakes you up every morning, doesn't he He gives

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you what you need for the day, doesn't he? When

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you go through trials, he's with you and sometimes even

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gives you relief, doesn't he? Definitely? So be consistent with him.

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Regular time with God shapes your thinking, reactions, and decisions.

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Because remember they used to have all of the WWJD paraphernalia.

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What would Jesus do? That's the kind of way that

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we need to think. Like if Jesus were still living

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on planet Earth in twenty twenty five, what would he do?

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That's what we're talking about here. So regular time with

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God shapes your thinking, your reactions, and decisions. And next

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best move establish a dedicated time in your daily routine

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for undistracted personal worship and reflection. So no matter how

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we this, we're coming back to this point even in

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our personal application. Now let's go to relationships. What is

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important now? Your private relationship with God will affect how

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you treat others. I talked about that, Yeah, I spoke

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about that yesterday at Diamond Acres here in Saint Catherine

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and Jamaica and Adam and Eve had that challenge like

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those those folks when they were created individually that had

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a connection with God and then God put them together,

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and then it's the threefold core that's hard to be broken. Right.

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But when they broke their relationship with God, then their

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relationship broke. They started blaming each other. Not Moses, Adam

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blamed his wife and God, the woman that you gave

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to me, she gave it to me, the sinful thing,

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and I did eat. And then she, of course she

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blames the devil and said, the devil made me do it.

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And so the relation relationship breaks down with our people

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when we break down in our relationship with God. Internalize

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the insight. Moses's friendship with God equipped him to lead

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and serve the people with patience and courage. Intimacy with

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God empowers us to love and serve others even when

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leadership is hard. We do see that one time that

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Moses failed, and you see what happened there, don't you?

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And then next best move, before any difficult conversation or

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leadership decision this week, meet with God first. I remember

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I was speaking to Mishka about this particular lunchtime program,

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and it's funny, I'm usually the one to ask this question,

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but that's why she's so special and dear to me,

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as my baby says, She said, did you pray about

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did you ask God?

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Speaker 1: Not?

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Speaker 2: Did you pray? Did you ask God about it? And

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I told her yes, I talked about it with him

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and I said some things to him, but I did

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not speak in such a way that I'm asking and

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waiting for the response. You see. So before any difficult

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conversation or leadership decision this week, meet with God first

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and seek his presence. Don't forget that part and his perspective. Okay, Now,

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professional application, as we come to a swift close, what

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is important now? Leadership requires private preparation before public responsibility.

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Don't We see public failings many times in leadership. We

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see it on the news, depending on how large the

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company is, or wherever on the internet, when people start

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talking about what went wrong, the failings of whoever. Think

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about the guy at well, I won't call the company name,

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but he got caught on the kiss cam with somebody

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who was not his wife, and it was like whoa,

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And now all of a sudden, it is a fiasco

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not only in his own relationship, but it's also professionally

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a fiasco for he and his company, you see. And

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so leadership requires private preparation before public responsibility internalized the insight.

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The tent of meeting was Moses's leadership headquarters. Private communion

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with God gave him wisdom to lead well. Leadership clarity

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flows from spiritual clarity. The next best move before your

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next leadership task or major decision, invest intentional time, asking

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God for wisdom, not only for answers, but for understanding

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and his presence 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 l David Harris. Make it a great day. Yeah,