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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: Good morning, good morning, Good morning. It is Friday, September sixth,

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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

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study series through the Book of Mark and this is

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lesson number ten. Concluding Lesson number ten. Our caption for

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today is preparation. Preparation. We'll get into that in just

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

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you and ask you to please go over to your

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dot com. This is one of the ways that we

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continue to build faith and fellowship. We'll get into our

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prayer now, Father, thank you for this day, for giving

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us this time of preparation, preparation day and the time

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to prepare for the coming of Jesus Christ. Father, Please

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give us your Holy Spirit and teach us what it

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really means to be ready, ready for when Jesus does come,

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and how we are looking forward to the day. In

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Jesus name, I pray Amen and damen again. Preparation. How

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do you prepare for something that's important to you? When

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I say when I say preparation for something that is

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important to you, I need you to really put it

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in that context, because, frankly, there are few people who

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are preparing for the coming of Jesus Christ as if

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it is important. I'm talking about like preparing for a

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baby to come into your home, preparing for a surgery

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that you have to go into, preparing for graduation, preparing

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for defending your dissertation. If you are in a PhD program,

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you see preparing for vacation on a cruise ship like

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that's my favorite type of vacation. Like, what would I

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do financially to prepare for that? What do I do

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in terms of my household, my home, physical home location?

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If I'm going to be away for a period of time,

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how do I prepare my stuff, my luggage, our family?

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You see what I mean? Preparing to purchase a home?

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How do we prepare to purchase a home? And so forth?

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I think you get the point. And so the things

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that we consider to be important we prepare a certain way. Okay,

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do you believe that the coming of Jesus Christ is important?

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And it seems like a silly question, but now that

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we think about it, like if I do believe this,

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how do I actually live and prepare? Then it begins

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to make sense. Okay, and so let me begin by

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reading right out of the book Desire of Ages, page

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six hundred and thirty four, and it reads, because we

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know not the exact time of this of his coming,

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we are commanded to watch. Okay, so we're starting to

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get some strategies. Blessed are the servants whom the Lord,

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when he cometh, shall find watching. That's coming from Luke,

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chapter twelve, verse thirty seven. Those who watch for the

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Lord's coming are not waiting in idle expectancy. Right, so

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we're on alert when we're not idle. Okay, we're getting

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so where the expectation of Christ's coming is to make

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men fear the Lord, or make humans to respect the

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Lord and fear his judgments upon transgression, Oh, it is

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to awaken them to the great sin of rejecting his

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offers of mercy. So now we're starting to see that

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we should be accepting and grateful for and acting upon

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Jesus's acts of mercy as we prepare. Okay, those who

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are watching for the Lord are purifying their souls by

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obedience to the truth. Okay. With vigilant watching, they contribute,

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I mean combine, earnest working. Because they know that the

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Lord is at the door, their zeal is quickened to

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cooperate with the divine intelligences to work for the salvation

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of souls. So we are helpful to people who also

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need to be saved. You have a brother, you have

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a sister, you have a cousin, you have another relative.

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People with whom you exercise, people with whom you work,

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People that you regularly encounter in the market or in

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the taxi or in other transportation. Public transport or in

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social media. People that you know and have experiences with.

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These individuals need Christ. Well, what part will you play

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in helping them to experience Christ so they can be saved.

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Let me keep going, Let me keep going. These are

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the faithful and wise servants who give to the Lord's

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household their portion of meat in due season. They are

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declaring the truth that is now specially applicable in the

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last days. We do have truths that will help us

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get through the last days. Some things that people, including

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some of God's people, are ignoring, like when God says

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to remember the Sabbath day. Some people have forgotten when

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God says that the judgment is come and that the

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times are serious. But some people have pushed off certain

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aspects of the judgment as into the future, when some

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aspects of the judgment are happening today. There's a three

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phase aspect of judgment in the Bible as God teaches it,

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and we are firmly, firmly coming to a swift close

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in that first phase of judgment. I wish I had

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the time. They are declaring the truth that is specially applicable,

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as Enoch, Noah, Abraham, and Moses each declared the truth

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for his time. So will Christ's servants now give the

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special warning for their generation. So, knowing the times in

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which we live, and recognizing that we are God's or

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we are to act as God's hands and feet in

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our generation, our voices need to match the message that

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God is giving. That we know that this is a

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part of the preparation assisting others to become acquainted with

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and hopefully become friends of God, so that they too

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can join the band of people, band of believers who

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are preparing for the coming of Jesus Christ. And so

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we will look at a few steps. I did mention

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some as we were reading here in text. By the way,

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that's the end of the quote. I will read now

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from First John chapter three, How are you preparing, brothers

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and sisters? Go ahead and type it in the chat

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First John chapter three, verses two and three. The Bible says, beloved,

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now are we the children of God. And it does

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not yet appear what we shall be. But we know

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when he shall appear, we shall be like him, or

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we shall see him as he is. And every man,

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every person that hath this hope in him, purifieth himself,

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even as he is pure. So we know now that

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righteousness or living according to God's principles and purity preparatory

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preparatory for the coming. If we have sins on our sin,

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record things that we have done throughout the day that

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we know that God is not pleased with, then we

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go to Him and honestly talk to him about it

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and say, God, will you give me godly sorrow for sin?

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Will give me the power to turn my back on

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those sins? Will you teach me how to do your will?

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And then on top of that we are honest with

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him and tell the truth, agree with him, tell the

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truth about how we have gone astray in those particular things,

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and be specific. Okay, so live in righteousness and of

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course purity. Also we have, as we've already read, and

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I won't read the passage, but you can read it

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also in Matthew chapter twenty four, verse forty two, that

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we need to be watchful. We need to be watchful,

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stay vigilant and watchful. And now we move on to

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Luke chapter twenty one, verse thirty six. I'll read it

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again in a different way. Watch ye therefore, and pray always.

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Now we have another element, pray always that ye may

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be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall

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come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man.

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So we maintain a strong prayer life. We connect with

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God knowing that we are on the very edge of

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time and we're anticipating God's arrival. We're looking forward to

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the day. But God is teaching us that we can

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have this relationship of prayer as we prepare for the

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coming of our Lord and savior, Jesus Christ.

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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,