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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.

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Speaker 2: Vibrant lives.

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Speaker 1: 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 Sabbath. It's

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June fourteenth, twenty twenty five. Hello, my name is Elle

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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. This is less than number twelve in

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our lesson study series How to study Bible Prophecy, and

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our caption for to day is Precursors. We'll talk about

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that in just a moment, but before we do, I'd

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just like to say welcome to everyone joining us, especially

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those joining us for the very first time. Let me

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also say that Simone and I, of course Josiah too

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will be at Watermount today. If the Lord Spaar's life,

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will be there with the women. So I'm looking forward

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to that. I know that you share your daily Portion often,

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and my sister has fly flew away, has flown away,

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my friend has flown away. But I see Watermount still shares,

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still shares your daily portion, So we're looking forward to

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being with you today. Also, I'd like for you to

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go over to your Daily Portion dot com, join our

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online community, and also let us know where you are

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in the world at your Daily Portion dot com. This

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is one of the ways that we continue to build

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faith and fellowship. Let's go ahead and pray, Father, thank

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you for this sabbath. Thank you for giving us a

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window into the last of the last days, so we

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can know what you want from us, how you will prepare,

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continue to prepare us, and what to expect as you

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do something you've never done before, perfected a people during

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the last days, at the height of the greatest crisis

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we've ever seen. Please make us holy in Jesus' name.

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I pray, Amen and Amen again, precursors, precursors. Here it

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is if God is with you, then don't be afraid.

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I just want you to let that settle in. Don't

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run by this one. If God is with you, then

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do not be afraid. That's a command. It's an invitation,

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but it's a command to faithfulness. It's a command to

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trust God. And let me just say this. The precursors

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have to do with prophecy in this case, Well, prophecy

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is Christ centered and not crisis centered. That's me clapping yes, yeah, yeah,

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yeah yeah. Prophecy is Christ centered and not crisis centered.

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I need you to let that settle all the way

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into who you are, especially in these last days, because

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there were a lot of people teaching and preaching about

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Bible prophecy and their focus when they're teaching it is

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the crisis. And God is like, well, the revelation is

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of Jesus Christ, not crisis. It's not the revelation of crises. Oh,

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I wish I had the time. Let's go ahehead. You

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can tell my French since my frustration here it is

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here it is let's use the Bible as our guide.

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In tewod Timothy chapter one and verse seven, it says

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very clearly, for God has not given us a spirit

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of fear, He's not giving us that spirit of fear,

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but of power, and of love and of a sound mind.

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Let me repeat it one more time. For God has

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not given us the spirit of fear, but of power,

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love and a sound mind. So let me just say

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very simply, fear is not from God. Not this kind

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of fear, the fear of things burning down, the fear

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of earthquakes and pestilences, and all of the things that

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are the beginnings of sorrows, the persecutions that God's people can,

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will and must endure. But we will come through as

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a refiner would have refined pure gold. No problem. We're

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going to get through it by God's grace, and we

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will be victorious. So the kind of fear that people

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have concerning the last days, that doesn't come from God.

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He gives courage rooted in divine power. And so what

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I want you to do is think about sharing your

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testimony or praying with other pear people and claim God's

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spirit of power and not fear. So that is in

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a spiritual sense. Okay, in a spiritual sense. Right when

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you feel spiritually intimidated. If that's the case, it may

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not be your your reality. Some of us don't have

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that experience. I don't know. But when you feel if

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that is your experience spiritually intimidated or weak, I want

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you to pray boldly and declare and decree. You've heard

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this on the television before. Declare and decree that there

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is a promise in the scriptures that you are going

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to apply in your life. God has not given you

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the spirit of fear, but He's given you power. Take

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that as the promise. God is giving me power and

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of a sound mind. But we're focusing on the power

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in this case. So let's go personal now, Personal now,

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And the Bible says again power love and a sound mind.

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Power love and a sound mind. Speak true to yourself.

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I talk to my wife Simon about this. Often speak

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the truth to yourself when anxiety creeps in, and use

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the Bible, the Scriptures, the Word of God to renew

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your mind. And so what this will look like is

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to actually journal write down daily biblical affirmations. I said biblical.

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I didn't say make it up yourself, biblical, say what

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God has said. Simone did that in the back of

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her in her new book, she walks by face. She

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did that, and so do that based on God's word

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and train your mind toward peace and clarity. That is,

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when these things pop up, the anxiety pops up, especially

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concerning the last days. Okay, and so and then there's

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the love part. Right, we talked about power, we talked

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about also the mind, and now let's talk about the

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love that is relational. Okay. And so God's spirit leads

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you to love. Remember, there is no fear in love.

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Perfect love casts out fear for fear hath torment. Right, okay, Well,

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God's spirit leads you to love, not fear based control

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or withdrawal. So I want you to apply it this way.

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Love people from a place of strength, not insecurity. We're

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not talking about a leech like love. What can I

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get out of you? Not a parasitical love. We're talking

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about the kind that comes from strength, not in security. Well,

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if I don't demonstrate this, then maybe they'll leave me. No, no,

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no no, not that set healthy boundaries without guilt. Here

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is something that we can do. Right, address tension with

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a loved one, if there is any with a loved one,

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from a posture of love and confidence, not a posture

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of fear or rejection. Okay. And then of course when

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we are doing our work, we are in power to lead,

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to speak up, and to make wise decisions under pressure.

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Make tough calls with confidence, knowing God's Spirit guides your

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thoughts and your actions. Step up into your meetings if

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you have them, your huddles, or whatever it is that

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you have when you're with more than one of your

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co workers or leadership opportunities, believing that you are equipped

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with divine clarity. There is so much else to say,

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but Pastor Boonstra says that this week we will look

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into two more Bible stories that foreshadow last day's events

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in remarkable detail. The first one will be about the

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three Hebrew young men shot Hanna and Ayah, Miche Ellen Azariah,

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and also issues in Revelation chapter thirteen. Okay, and so

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these young men demonstrated what it looked like to be

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courageous and not fearful, courageous and not fearful. There is

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so much more I can say, but let me just

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talk about one point that I made a little bit earlier,

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that prophecy is Christ centered and not chrisis centered. In

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the Bible Book of Revelation, chapter one, beginning at verse one,

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it just starts out with the truth. That's the revelation

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of Jesus Christ. The main character in all prophecy is

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Jesus Christ. The powerful one who transforms us in all

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of prophecy is Jesus Christ. We are not alone in

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the fire. Shift your focus from the beasts and the

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judgments to the lamb and the one who leads us

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through those judgments. Make it a great Sabbath, peace. Thanks

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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,