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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 Sabbath, August ten,

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twenty twenty four. Hello, my name is El David Harris.

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I am your host, and this is your Daily Portion

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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 study.

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This is Lesson number seven through the Book of Mark,

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and our caption for today is Teaching Disciples Part one.

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Teaching Disciples Part one on. We'll get into that in

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just a moment, but first I'd like to just say welcome, welcome, welcome,

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and happy Sabbath to everyone joining us, especially those joining

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us for the very first time. I'm asking you to

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please go over to your Daily Portion dot com. Please

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join our online community and let us know where you

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This is one of the ways that we continue to

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build faith and fellowship. Let's go ahead and pray, and

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then we will get underway. Father and Heaven, thank you

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for giving us this Sabbath morning and the blessing of

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being your disciples. Please teach us how to hear your

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voice and then do your will and live like Jesus

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lived in Jesus name, I pray, Amen, and a man again.

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Teaching Disciples Part one. Let's go ahead and begin with

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Mark chapter eight and verse thirty four to set us

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up for the lessons that we will be looking at

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in just a moment. And the Bible reads in verse

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thirty four, Mark chapter eight, when he had called the

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people to himself with his disciples, also, he said to them,

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whoever desires to come after me, that means follow him,

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that means to live with Jesus. Right, whoever desires to

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come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross,

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and follow me. Okay, what did he say? He said,

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deny himself, that's number one. Take up his cross, that's

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number two. And actually follow me. You see how I

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added the word actually because he said whoever comes after me.

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So it's like, that's the same as follow me. Well,

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there are people who talk about following, there are people

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who talk about being with Jesus, there are people who

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talk about that. We're Christians. But what Jesus is saying

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is you need to be about it. Now, Well, how

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can we be about it? First thing we need to

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do is have the desire in our hearts. You see

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I left that one out. Did you get that whoever

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desires to come after me? Yeah? God puts the desire

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in us. The Bible says, it is God that worketh

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in us both to will and to do of his

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good pleasure. So that desire comes from surrendering our will

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to God. Bible says, if we delight ourselves in the Lord,

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he will give us desires. It says, the desires of

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our heart. He's saying that he will supply the ability

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to desire the things that God desires. He will give

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us godly desires. So I hope you're listening. So that

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first step, it's the beginning, it's foundational. He gives us

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desires to follow him, and then he says Okay, now

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that you have this desire, now that you're learning to

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surrender your will, I need you to deny your self.

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Don't put yourself first. There will be trials and tribulations.

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Understand that that's par for the course. That's what happens

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when you follow jesus Ah. There will be tribulations, there

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will be temptations. There will be people that you'll have

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to put before you, ahead of you. And it's not

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only the people that you love. It's not only the laying,

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the main, the blind, the halt, those who are fatherless

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and motherless, those who have lost their her husband, not

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only them. There are people that you don't necessarily like

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too much, but God says to learn to love them.

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There are people who will curse you. There are people

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who will revile you and say all manner of evil

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things against you, falsely for God's sake. And he said,

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in that case, he wants you to rejoice. He wants

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me to rejoice and be exceeding glad for greatest your

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reward in heaven. For so persecuted they the prophets which

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were before you. So denying of self is something that

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God has put in our bosom. Once he gives us desires.

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Once we are surrendering our will to him. Now we

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put ourselves last, interesting and then take up take up

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the cross. And those who know me as a coach,

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I'm not talking about coaching language here. I'm not talking

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about that, So don't get confused about what I say

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as a coach. This is something spiritual. Okay, Then take

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up his cross, take up his cross. What is your cross?

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What is that burden that you carry around? What is

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that burden that you carry around? He said, Those who

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are meek and heavy laiden, you have your cross, he said,

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give those things to me, and I will give you rest.

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Yes it's yours, Yes it is yours. But now you

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have the privilege of surrendering that to God. The things

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that you go through on a daily basis that burden

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in your life that you're carrying, that load of people

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in your life, legacy that you are are carrying through time,

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and then leaving behind the ability for someone to carry

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that torch or button. He said, give all of that

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to me. Everything that is a burden. I want you

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to give it to me, and then take up my

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yoke and learn of me. H. My yoke is easy,

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and my burden is light, for you shall find rest

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unto your souls. You see, Jesus took the ultimate cross.

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He was on the ultimate cross. He gave his life

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on the ultimate cross at Calvary. And so the things

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that we must bear, those burdens that we must bear,

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we don't turn back from those, We don't shrink from those.

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We simply surrender those to him. And then let me

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add that qualifier again, actually follow him. So let God

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give us desires, start the journey of following him. Then

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deny ourselves. Put God from first, put put all of

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what he wants. First, seek ye first, the Kingdom of

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God and his righteousness. Yes, first deny yourself. Then take

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up your cross. Whatever those burdens are, you're weary and

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heavy laid, and give those to him. Take up his yoke,

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and then he will give you rest. And when he

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has given you rest, or while he is giving you rest,

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you have the ability to follow him. Ah, Heavy people

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can't follow Jesus. People who are still in charge of

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themselves can't follow Jesus. People who still entertain desires that

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are not the desires that God has given to us

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cannot follow him. So again, surrender your will to him,

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deny yourself, put him first, and everything that matters to him. First,

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take up your burden and then give it to him

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and actually follow him so much. We could say there,

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but that is just part one of how we become

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his disciples. Okay, And so now I'll give you just

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a few life lessons before we come to a swift close.

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Number one, we need to identify and understand Jesus's true identity.

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The Bible says here in Mark chapter eight and verse

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twenty nine, and he saith unto them, But whom say

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ye that I am? And Peter said unto him, thou

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art the Christ? Who is Jesus? To you? Is he

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just a historic figure? Is he just a prophet? Is

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he a powerful avatar? Is he just someone in the

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past that you heard about that was a legend?

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Speaker 1: Huh?

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Speaker 2: Or is he indeed who he said he was? Like that?

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The Bible says that He created all things, and in

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him was not anything made that was without him, was

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not anything made that was made? Is he the light

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and the life and the light of men? To you?

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Is he the one that changes your life, transforms you

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from a hopeless sinner into a hopeful saint? Yes, So

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understand his true identity in your life life and now

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have a relationship with him. And I've covered some of

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these other things, but we're going to talk about spiritual

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insight even more tomorrow if the Lord spaars life. But

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let's just start here in Mark chapter ten, verse fifty two,

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and Jesus said, unto him, go thy way. Thy faith

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has made thee whole. And immediately he received his what

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his eyesight. There was a man who needed eyesight, and

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he followed Jesus in the way. So in the same

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way that Jesus can heal the physical eyesight, he wants

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us to have his vision, his holy vision for how

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things work on planet Earth and how we can serve

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others as we prepare for the Kingdom of Christ. Make

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it a great Sabbath, 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 el David Harris. Make it a great day. Yeah,