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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, January

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thirty one, twenty twenty five. Hello, my name is El

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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, God's Love and Justice. Our caption for

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today is mercy. Mercy one word, but so much importance. Mercy.

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Have you ever decerned that you needed mercy. We'll get

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into that in just a moment, but first I like

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to say welcome to you and ask you to please

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go over to your Daily Portion dot com. Please join

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our online community. Please pick up the Your Daily Portion

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companion guide for this quarter's lesson. And I have said

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to you before that this is really a test. It's

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our second quarter doing it, and if it is successful enough,

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we'll continue. Otherwise we won't, So just go ahead and

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pick that up. And also please let us know where

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you 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. 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 new day and for the opportunity

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you have given to us to pray. Thank you for

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giving us mercy that is unmerited. We are thankful that

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we don't have to try to earn it from you,

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because we would come up short. Father, Please give us

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the fullness of your holy spirit today. In Jesus' name,

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I pray, Amen and a man again. Okay, So I'm

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going to begin this discussion by reading from the book

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Patriarchs and Prophets, beginning at page three hundred and twenty

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four three hundred twenty four, and it reads the Israelites

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had been guilty of treason and that against the king

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who loaded them with the benefits and whose authority, they

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had voluntarily pledged themselves to obey. I want you to remember,

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this is a time when the people of God, as

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Moses was on the mount with God in the cloud,

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and of course the people are saying, whatever the Lord

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says that we will do. And so there is this

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interaction now between God and Moses to the people, and

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from the people to Moses to God. And now in

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this reality they are saying, God, we promise to do

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whatever you say. Whatever you say, that's what we're gonna do. Well, okay,

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it's not working out like these guys. It's not actually funny,

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but it's it's I'm incredulous, like it's the people created

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a golden calf for false worship. While they're saying, on

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the other hand, whatever you say, that's what we're going

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to do, and so and so we continue they pledge

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themselves to obey, that the divine government might be maintained,

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justice might be visited upon the traitors. Yet even more

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God's mercy was displayed. While he maintained his law. He

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granted freedom of choice and opportunity for repentance to all,

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only those who were cut off, who persisted in rebellion.

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Did you get that only those were cut off who

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persisted in rebellion. It was necessary that this sin should

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be punished as a testimony to surrounding nations of God's

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displeasure against idolatry. By executing justice upon the guilty, Moses,

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as God's instrument, must leave on record or solemn and

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public protest against their crime. As the people of God

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should hereafter condemn the idolatry of the neighboring tribes. Their

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enemies would throw back upon them the charge that the

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people who claimed Jehovah as their God made a cold

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a golden calf and worshiped it at harrip. Okay, so

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I'm just going to stop there with that reading. Listen, listen,

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listen very closely. There are people who need to know God.

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They're all around us. We go to the gym with them,

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we work with them. Sometimes we are in public transportation

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with them. Some may even wash our vehicles or something

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like that. Like, we are interacting with people who need

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God who do not have a connection with Him every

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single day. And there is one thing that is detestable.

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That is hypocrisy. Hypocrisy. And so if on the one hand,

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I say that I love God, and I am assisting

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in a particular key area in someone's life. And if

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they look into my life and see that I am

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as guilty as they are in the particular sin, then

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how in the world can I guide them into a

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relationship with God when I have not even allowed God

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to transform my life. You see where this is going.

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And so what God wants us to do is not

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take his mercy for granted. How many of you know

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that when God gives us mercy, it is so that

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we can yield our will to him. It's not so

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that we can go over and over and over in

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the same areas that we have turned away from Him.

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What have I done in disrespect to love for God?

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In terms of my relationships? Are there ways that I

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relate to my spouse me and my case my wife?

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Are there ways that I relate to my son our

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children that displease God while He's giving us mercy, while

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He is causing the sun to rise and to set

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in our lives and giving us food, water, clothing, shelter.

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Is there anything in my spiritual life, my personal life,

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my professional life that is saying, you know what, God,

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I don't really care about your mercy. We need to

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be honest with this, and let's go for a personal

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application right out of our Companion Guide. Like I said,

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get it at your Daily Portion dot Com Page eighty

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four Personal applica well eighty three personal application. Do w

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what is important now in our own lives? Balancing justice

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and mercy can be difficult. We must seek to uphold

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what is right while being compassionate and forgiving. I internalize

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the insight. Think about a situation where you feel someone

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deserves punishment or a consequence. Consider how you can extend

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mercy while still addressing the issue. Ooh, that's a big one.

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Reflecting God's approach to justice and mercy. There's something that

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we say, or they say over in the United States

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of America. You do the crime, you do the time,

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And yeah, I agree with that, But there are times

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that people have done crimes underdue rest. There are times

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that people have committed wrongdoings because they were in some

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way pressed in a way that we don't yet understand.

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And I'm not saying it's an excuse, but it is

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a reason. And so when we do see that justice

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must be meeted out. There are people that God has

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placed on planet Earth. Are you one of those people,

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people that God has placed on planet Earth to help

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those who are rightfully serving for the punishment for the

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crimes that they have committed. They're people who reach out

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in mercy, people who give them things that they need

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even though they're doing their time. Like people don't cease

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being human when they have to do the time for

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the crime. We have to have compassion and mercy. We

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have to see them as God's created children. I wish

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I had the time and let's go with n The

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next best move this week practice showing mercy in a

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situation where you would normally be strict. Whether it's with yourself,

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did you get that part with yourself or others? Choose

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to focus on grace and understanding, allowing room for growth

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and repentance. It is true all of us need mercy.

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It is true that there are things that we do

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sometimes that require consequences. But the truth beyond that is

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God is full of mercy, and therefore we also need

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to be merciful. 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,