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Speaker 1: Most of us eat every day, some of us too

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Speaker 1: much because yesterday's food is not enough to supply energy

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Speaker 1: for today's needs. Why then, do some of us expect

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Speaker 1: yesterday's portion of heavenly manna, the word of God to

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Speaker 1: keep us through today's challenges. On this program, we are

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Speaker 1: going to change all of that. Let's experience God's words

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Speaker 1: today and receive the power we need to live healthy,

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Speaker 1: vibrant lives. Welcome to your Daily Portion with your host,

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Speaker 1: author speaker, Elle David Harris.

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Speaker 2: Good morning, good morning, Good morning. It is Sabbath, July

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Speaker 2: twenty seven, twenty twenty four. Hello, my name is El

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Speaker 2: David Harris. I am your host, and this is your

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Speaker 2: Daily Portion where we give you God's word every single day,

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Speaker 2: and today is no exception. We are continuing in our

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Speaker 2: lesson study series through the Book of Mark, and our

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Speaker 2: caption for today is Miracles around the Lake. Miracles around

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Speaker 2: the Lake. That's really just to get us kicked started

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Speaker 2: for all of the lessons that will come beginning tomorrow.

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Speaker 2: But before we get into all of that, I'd like

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Speaker 2: to say welcome to you and ask you to please

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Speaker 2: go over to your Daily Portion dot com. Please join

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Speaker 2: the appropriate time, and also also let us know where

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Speaker 2: you are in the world at your Daily Portion dot com.

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Speaker 2: This is a way that we continue to build faith

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Speaker 2: and fellowship. Let's go ahead and pray and then get underway.

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Speaker 2: Father and Heaven, thank you for giving us the day

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Speaker 2: that you've entrusted to us this time of special connection

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Speaker 2: with you and with your people. Corporately, Father, I pray

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Speaker 2: that you will give us the fullness of your spirit.

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Speaker 2: In Jesus's name, I pray, Amen and amen again. Pardon

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Speaker 2: me miracles around the lake. Okay, so let's go ahead

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Speaker 2: and begin by reading from Mark chapter five. That's the

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Speaker 2: book of Mark chapter five, and I will read beginning

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Speaker 2: at verse at verse eighteen, Mark chapter five, and I

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Speaker 2: will read beginning at verse eighteen, and the Bible reads

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Speaker 2: and when he was come into the ship, he that

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Speaker 2: had been possessed with the devil prayed him that he

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Speaker 2: might be with him. Let me pause right there. So

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Speaker 2: of course we're breaking into a story where Jesus delivers

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Speaker 2: a man from the worst kind of bondage in my view,

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Speaker 2: that you can have. Now, I may be overstating to

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Speaker 2: some of you. I don't know you have your opinion.

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Speaker 2: But Jesus has delivered him from direct and complete oppression

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Speaker 2: and possession by the devil, where the man could not

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Speaker 2: control himself because the devil was fully controlling him. Okay,

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Speaker 2: And so now that Jesus has delivered him, Now that

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Speaker 2: Jesus with the authority that he has in his bosom

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Speaker 2: because he's Jesus, he commands the devils to leave this

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Speaker 2: dude alone completely. And immediately they leave this man alone.

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Speaker 2: And the man, who is now clothed in his right mind,

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Speaker 2: the man who now has the ability to make decisions,

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Speaker 2: who now has the ability to see that God has

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Speaker 2: delivered him, says Jesus, I want to be with you

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Speaker 2: wherever you are. I want to be with you, please.

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Speaker 2: In verse nineteen, howbeit Jesus suffered him not but seth

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Speaker 2: unto him go home to thy friends. So he's delivered.

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Speaker 2: He's thankful, he's grateful, he's aware at what great things

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Speaker 2: the Lord has done for him, and so naturally he

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Speaker 2: just wants to be with Jesus wherever Jesus is. And

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Speaker 2: Jesus gives him a secret without telling him directly that

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Speaker 2: this is a secret. If you were going to be

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Speaker 2: with me. This is how your life will look. It

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Speaker 2: doesn't mean that you're going to walk behind me everywhere

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Speaker 2: I go. Because for three and a half years Jesus

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Speaker 2: walked planet Earth, and there was a lot of work

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Speaker 2: for him to do, but there was also a lot

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Speaker 2: of work for his people to do. There was a

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Speaker 2: lot of work for the people that he touched and

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Speaker 2: impacted to do. In fact, when we were young, they

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Speaker 2: had this song that they taught us, Bright in the

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Speaker 2: corner where you are. So if Jesus is in Galilee

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Speaker 2: and you're somewhere in Bethlehem of Judea, then what Jesus

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Speaker 2: was saying is that I need you where you are

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Speaker 2: in Bethlehem of Judea. I want you in that place

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Speaker 2: at your job at the seaside, if they had gems

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Speaker 2: back in those days where they could lift weights and

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Speaker 2: run on treadmills like he wanted those individuals whom he

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Speaker 2: impacted in the various places that he had walked to

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Speaker 2: have impact right where they are and on whatever travels

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Speaker 2: that the Holy Ghost would lead them. So he said,

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Speaker 2: go home to thy friends and tell them how great

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Speaker 2: things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had

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Speaker 2: compassion on thee and so this is a lesson for

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Speaker 2: all of us. There are people who see our lives.

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Speaker 2: They're peering, excuse me, into the windows of our lives,

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Speaker 2: and they're saying, Wow, this is how an individual, Oh

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Speaker 2: they lost a loved one.

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Speaker 1: Uh.

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Speaker 2: Oh, they had a flat on the way to church,

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Speaker 2: and that person was supposed to preach. How how are

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Speaker 2: they going to respond? Oh, have had a health challenge. Oh,

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Speaker 2: in this case, this man was fully possessed by the devil.

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Speaker 2: But in all of these cases we see where God

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Speaker 2: delivers his people, and those who are peeking into the

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Speaker 2: windows of our lives are wanting to see how will

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Speaker 2: we respond, how will we respond? And then when we

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Speaker 2: are responding in the way that God would have us respond,

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Speaker 2: then those individuals, naturally are going to begin to think

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Speaker 2: at different points in their lives, maybe not immediately, Well,

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Speaker 2: if God can deliver him from the rum bottle, if

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Speaker 2: God can deliver her from smoking weed, like if God

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Speaker 2: can deliver that child from lying, If God can deliver

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Speaker 2: this woman who didn't feel like she belonged to now

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Speaker 2: know that she belongs in the fellowship of believers, and

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Speaker 2: she understands community and how she fits into the grand

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Speaker 2: scheme of God's plans. If God can do that for them,

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Speaker 2: then surely that God can do it for me. Go

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Speaker 2: home to your friends, tell them how great things the

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Speaker 2: Lord hath done for you, and have had compassion on you.

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Speaker 2: There are some friends among us who are not telling

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Speaker 2: the truth about God. Some people make it seem as

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Speaker 2: if he's the ogre in the sky waiting to thunder

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Speaker 2: and send bolts of lightning from heaven to destroy people

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Speaker 2: when they make mistakes. And I get it, like God

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Speaker 2: is a god of justice, like he cares about righteousness,

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Speaker 2: absolute righteousness, and holiness according to the scriptures. But the

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Speaker 2: Bible does teach us that he has compassion. Yes, he

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Speaker 2: said to as many as received him to them, gave

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Speaker 2: he power to become the children of God to those

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Speaker 2: who believe on his name. And so if he's an

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Speaker 2: angry God in heaven looking for someone to destroy, then

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Speaker 2: nobody gets to the point where they can receive him.

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Speaker 2: Nobody gets to the point that we can be called

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Speaker 2: the children of God. Because if what people are saying

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Speaker 2: about him is true, then nobody gets the mercy that

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Speaker 2: we know God is good for and so so much

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Speaker 2: to say there let's give a few lessons right there

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Speaker 2: from the text. Okay, first of all, we want to

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Speaker 2: share our personal experiences. That's what witnessing is. We're sharing

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Speaker 2: what great things God is doing in our lives, how

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Speaker 2: it has impacted us, how God has transformed us, and

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Speaker 2: then by extension, how He can transform you. So we're

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Speaker 2: not talking about theory right here. For the academics, we're

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Speaker 2: talking about practicum. Yes, for those who have moved in

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Speaker 2: the medical settings and the mental health setting, we're talking

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Speaker 2: about clinicals. Here, we're talking about the actual practical reality

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Speaker 2: of what great things God has done. He wants us

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Speaker 2: to share our personal experiences. He also wants us to

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Speaker 2: understand that when He heals us, that leads into mission.

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Speaker 2: It leads into mission. Just like in Isaiah chapter six.

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Speaker 2: After Isaiah has an experience with God, unbelievable positive experience

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Speaker 2: with God, God asks him, after he's delivered and he

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Speaker 2: receives cleansing from his iniquity, there's a call in heaven

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Speaker 2: that says, who will go for us? Who shall we

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Speaker 2: send quote to do the mission? And of course, now Isaiah,

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Speaker 2: being healed and delivered and grateful to God, is saying,

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Speaker 2: here am I send me. So healing leads to mission,

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Speaker 2: Healing leads to mission, and finally before we come to

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Speaker 2: a swift close. When we're witnessing to people, it starts

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Speaker 2: at home. It starts in our household, in our own communities,

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Speaker 2: the places where we play and have our fun, the

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Speaker 2: places where we exercise, eat and move on a regular basis.

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Speaker 2: Witnessing starts at home. Make 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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Speaker 1: live by bread alone, but by every word that comes

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Speaker 1: from the mouth of God. This has been your daily

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Speaker 1: portion with El David Harris. Make it a great day. Yeah,