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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 Monday, December

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twenty three, twenty twenty four. 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 through themes in the Gospel of John,

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and our caption for today is keeping your Eyes on Jesus.

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Keeping your Eyes on Jesus. We'll get into that in

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

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to you and ask you to go over to your

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Daily Portion dot com. Please join our online community. Make

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sure you have the companion guide for this.

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Speaker 3: Theme.

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Speaker 2: This lesson study series and let us know where you

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are in the world at your Daily Portion dot com.

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This is one of the ways that we continue to

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build faith and fellowship and make sure also by the

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way you click that number seven to enhance your spiritual

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journey with God. Let's go ahead and pray, and then

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we will get underway. Father in Heaven, thank you for

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giving us this new day, our daily bread. Thank you

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for giving us the opportunity to see to see you.

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And I know Lord that we're looking forward to the

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day that we'll see you face to face. But in

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the meantime, God, we thank you, We thank you for

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the privilege of being called by your name. Please help

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us to live according to your principles. In Jesus name,

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I pray, Amen and Amen again, keeping your eyes on Jesus,

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And of course my mind immediately goes to the him.

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Turn your eyes upon Jesus. And I think I'll share

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a little bit of that hymn with you this morning

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because it is more than appropriate. Just hold fast, let's

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enjoy part of this together as we as we get

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this spirit from God.

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Speaker 4: Oh soul, are you weary.

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Speaker 3: And true bond? No light in the darkness?

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Speaker 5: You see there's a light for a look at the

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same you and life.

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Speaker 3: More abundant and free.

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Speaker 6: Turnores upon Jeevessus, look full in his wonderful face, and

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the things over will grow strangelyad in the light.

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Speaker 3: Of his glory and graves through death into life. Ever

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lassting he passed, and we follow him there.

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Speaker 7: Or a sin no more health.

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Speaker 8: Don't meanon far more than conquerors we are. Turn your

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eyes a Pongeessus, look full in his wonderful face, and

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the things of earth will grow strange lead.

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Speaker 7: In the light of his glory and grace. His words

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shall not fail you.

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Speaker 8: He promist, believe him, and all will be well.

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Speaker 7: Then go to a world that is dying his perfect

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SELFI shun to time.

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Speaker 4: Turn your eyes a pongee Jus, look full in his wonder.

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Speaker 3: Full face, and the.

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Speaker 7: Things of earth will grow strangely dim in the light

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of his glory and grace.

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Speaker 2: That is such a privilege to be able to turn

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our eyes upon Jesus, can you imagine? And so we

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want to keep our eyes there on Jesus, so that

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the things of this earth will grow strangely dim, and

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our focus will be Heaven, Word, God, Word, and so

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the Bible reads in John chapter twenty one, beginning at

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verse twenty John chapter twenty one and verse twenty. Then Peter,

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turning about, seeth the disciple whom Jesus loved, following which

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also leaned on his breast that suffered, and said, Lord,

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which is he that betrayeth thee? Peter, seeing him, saith

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to Jesus, Lord, And what shall this man do? Jesus

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saith unto him? If I I will that ye tarry,

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I will come, what is that to thee? Follow thou me, focus, Peter,

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keep your eyes on me, Peter. Why are you worrying

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about people who will betray me?

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Speaker 3: Peter?

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Speaker 2: If you focus your attention on me, Peter, you won't

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need to have to worry about that. Brother, Peter, fill

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in your name here. Yes, And then the Bible says

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here in verse twenty three, then went this saying abroad

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among the brethren that the disciples should not die. Yet

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Jesus said not unto him, and he shall not die.

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But if I will that ye tarry till I come,

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what is it to thee. This is the disciple which

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testifieth of these things. I wrote these things that and

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we know that his testimony is true. And there all

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are also many other things which Jesus did, the which

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if they should be written everyone. I suppose that even

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the world itself could not contain the books that should

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be written. Now we've already said turn your eyes upon Jesus.

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We've already said that we are going to we are

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going to keep our eyes on Jesus and focus our

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minds on Jesus. And that is because he wants us

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to see where we want to be, see where we

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want to be. We don't want to be betrayers, so

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we don't focus on that. We don't want to be

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bound by our trials and tribulations, so we don't focus

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on that. Like Jesus is restoring Peter right now to ministry,

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and he told him follow me in verse twenty. In

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verse nineteen of chapter twenty one, it was probably an

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actual physical following of Jesus down the beach, and that

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was because Peter turns and sees John following Jesus as well,

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and he inquires about John. But the Lord, but Lord,

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what about this man? See in restoring Peter and reading

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from the Lesson to Ministry, Jesus had predicted Peter's manner

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of death. It seems that Peter was curious about John's

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death as well. Jesus redirects him what to do, what

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keep his eyes on him, redirects his attention instead to

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the issue of what following him, and not worrying about

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what will happen to the other disciple. You see, sometimes

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we become distracted by what's going to happen in the

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last days, and of course Jesus has given us some

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guidance regarding the last days. Sometimes our hyper focus causes

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us not to focus on Jesus. We focus on the times.

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We focus on the signs of the times. We focus

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on the beginnings of sorrows. We focus on what this

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beast power is going to do or that beast power

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is going to do. Rather than focusing and riveting our

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eyes on Jesus, we focus on the winds and the waves.

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We focus on the very real trials. And Jesus is like,

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no matter what, no matter what, if you focus on me,

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I will take you down through the pathways of righteousness,

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and I will make you holy so that one day

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we will see each other face to face. Turn your

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eyes upon Jesus 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.

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Speaker 4: Yeah,