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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 Friday, October fourth,

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twenty twenty four. Hello, my name is Elle 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 themes in the Gospel of John, and our

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caption for today is Walk by Faith. I just want

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to say it a little bit more slowly, walk by Faith.

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We'll get into that in just a moment, but first

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I'd like to say welcome to you and ask you

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to please go over to your Daily Portion dot com,

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please join our online community, pick up the Your Daily

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Portion book, and most importantly, I need you to click

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that number seven. I have something that is transformational for

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you behind that number seven. Okay, so click the number seven.

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In particular, this is one of the ways that we

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

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and then we will get underway. Father and Heaven, Thank

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you for this day. Thank you for loving us so

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much and giving us the opportunity to open up your

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word again. And I pray that we will literally walk

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by faith and not by sight. In Jesus' name, I

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pray Amen and Amen again, walk by faith. I'm thankful

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because God has given us all a measure of faith.

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And when I say us, I'm not talking about every believer.

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I'm saying every human being who has ever been born

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has received at least a measure of faith. And of

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course we have the opportunity and privilege to improve upon

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that faith. And when I say improve, I'm saying, exercise

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the little measure that God has given to us. And

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then thank you, by God's grace. If we are doing

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exactly how God would intend for us, then our faith

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will grow to where our faith will lay hold upon

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the power of God and we will become holy. We

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will become holy, we will become children of God and

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do God's will, okay, And so we walk by faith

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and not by sight. Jesus is the author and the

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finisher of our faith. And so this is the baseline

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of what we will discuss today. Now we're going based

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on some of the stories that we have read this week.

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The lessons we will read from the book The Desire

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of Ages, page two hundred eight. The Desire of Ages,

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page two hundred and eight, and it reads, Jesus had

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given him, that is, the paralyzed man no assurance of

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divine help. We were reading about a man at the

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pool of Bethesda, and of course some others have received

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this kind of experience with Christ. The man might have

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stopped to doubt and lost one chance, his one chance

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of healing. But he believed Christ's word, and in acting

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upon it he received strength. Did you hear that? Let

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me say it again. He believed Christ's word. Sometimes we

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say we believe, but we don't do what he did. Next,

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it says, but he believed Christ's word and in acting

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upon it. So in the moment that we say in

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our minds, we confess with our mouths whatever it is

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we have this inclination to believe God's word, we must

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act upon it. We act upon it because God's biddings

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are enablings. When he says, you know, opens up an

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opportunity for filling the blanket, doesn't matter what it is,

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and then we don't act upon it, then that just

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demonstrates we don't actually believe. And then the power that

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God wants to flood into our lives cannot come. Why

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not because we're not acting upon what we believe. Do

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you act upon what you believe in terms of positive

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and holy relationships with people? Do you act upon what

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you believe? In terms of how you conduct business and

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do your work from day to day? Do you act

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upon what you believe or what you know God's will

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is for your health and so forth. So now he

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receives his stre but he only receives it once he

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acts upon what he believes. That is, by faith, continuing

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the quote, through the same faith, we may receive spiritual healing.

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By sin, we have been severed from the life of God.

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Our souls are paralyzed, our of ourselves. We are no

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more capable of living a holy life than was the

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impotent man capable of walking. Remember the dude couldn't walk

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thirty and eight years. Thirty eight years he couldn't walk.

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How old are you like? If you want to put

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it in the chat, go ahead, Yeah, go ahead and

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put it in the chat, like, I'm approaching fifty one.

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In just about ten days, I'll be fifty one. So

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for most of my lifetime, this brother could not walk.

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Of ourselves, we are no more capable of living a

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holy life than was the impotent man capable of walking.

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Let these desponding, struggling ones look up. The Savior is

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bending over the purchase of his blood. That's us saying,

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with inexpressible tenderness and pity, wilt thou be made whole.

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He bids you a rise in health and peace. Do

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not wait to feel that you are made whole. Come on,

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do not wait to feel that you are made whole.

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Believe his word and it will be fulfilled. Did you

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hear that? Don't wait till you feel it. Don't wait

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till you feel like you're going to be successful. Don't

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wait until you feel like your relationships can turn for

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the better. Don't wait until you can feel like you

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can make more intelligent and wise decisions in your business

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and work dealings. Don't wait until you feel anything. I

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need you to do what this man did. Do not

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wait till you feel that you are made whole. Believe

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his word. Believe his word and it will be fulfilled.

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I said, believe his word and it will be fulfilled.

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Put your will on the side of Christ. Will to

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serve him. Ooh, I love it. Will to serve him.

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And in acting upon his word you will receive strength.

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I think I've read that before, Like is there an

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echo in here? You will receive strength, whatever may be

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the evil practice the master passion, which through long indulgence

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binds both soul and body. Like we have habits, human

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beings have habits, there are sin habits that you have

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been bound by. And I don't want to go through

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a detailed list of things that you may have done

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that is against God's will. The Bible is teaching us,

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and inspiration is teaching us. No matter what it is,

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No matter what it is, Christ is able and longs

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to deliver. He will impart life to the soul that

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is dead in trespasses. According to Ephesians, chapter two and

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verse one, he will set free the captive that is

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held by weakness and misfortune and the chains of sin.

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So what I'm doing today is inviting all of us,

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whether you are a believer thank God, or somebody who

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well for whatever reason, you've been watching or you are

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watching or listening today for the first time and you

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have tried to figure it out on your own all

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of this time, God is giving us the opportunity to

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walk by faith and so act on faith, not assurance.

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I just want to say it that way, walk by

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faith and not assurance. There are times that we are

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wondering if this is gonna work. Is it gonna work?

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Don't wait until you feel completely assured that it'll work, Okay.

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I also want you to consider this text in Matthew

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chapter nine, verse twenty two. But Jesus turned him about.

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And when he turned him about, and when he saw her,

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he said, daughter, be of good courage or comfort. Thy

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faith hath made thee whole, And the woman was made

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whole from that hour. In another time that Jesus healed someone,

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he wanted the person not to be the woman not

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to be discouraged. He wanted her to be encouraged that

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no matter all of the things that she has done

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in the past, and failed to affect her healing. She now,

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she now will be made whole. So spiritual healing, physical healing,

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and all kinds of healing come by faith. So walk

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by faith and not by sight, and then God will

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come through for you in a miraculous way. Make it

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a great day.

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Speaker 1: Peace. Thanks for joining us listening. Friends. Always remember we

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cannot live by bread alone, but by every word that

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comes from the mouth of God. This has been your

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daily portion with El David Harris. Make it a great day. Yeah.