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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.

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Speaker 2: Vibrant lives.

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Speaker 1: Welcome to Your Daily Portion with your host, author speaker,

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Elle David Harris.

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Speaker 3: Good morning, Good morning, Good morning. It is Sunday, February

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twenty three, twenty twenty five. 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 God's Love and Justice, and our caption

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for today is an enemy has done this, An enemy

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has done this. We'll get into this in just a moment,

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but first I'd like to say welcome to you and

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ask you to go over to your Daily Portion dot com.

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Please please pick up this book. This book, it's the

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Companion Guide to the Sabbath School Quarterly. The your Daily

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Portion version. Okay, we'll talk about that at another time,

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to enhance your study of this word, these words, and

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at your Daily Portion dot com. This is one of

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the ways that we continue to build faith and fellowship.

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Let's go ahead and pray and then we will get underway.

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Father and Heaven. Thank you for this day. Thank you

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for giving us the opportunity to open up your word.

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And I'm asking you now please to fill us with

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your holy spirit. Will you please teach us how to

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overcome our sinfulness, overcome the enemy, knowing that you have

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all things under control. Teach us to surrender our will

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to you in Jesus name, I pray, Amen and a

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man again. Okay, So in the next over the next

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few days, we're going to talk about the origins of evil,

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what happened on planet Earth, what happened in heaven, and

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of course God's resolution for all of this. He resolves

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the sin problem fully and we are fully aware of this.

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But sometimes it feels difficult. Living on planet Earth is

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rough sometimes, but God has all things under control. Please

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don't be distracted by my screen blinking. I don't know

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what's going on there. Okay, hopefully you can still hear me.

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All right, So we're going to begin this discussion in

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Matthew chapter thirteen, and I'm going to let my trust

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the audio Bible read. This comes in from faith, comes

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by hearing. It's my favorite audio Bible, by the way.

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There's so many good ones out there. But let's go

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ahead and let it begin. At verse twenty four.

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Speaker 2: Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, the kingdom

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of Heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good

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seed in his field. But while men slept, his enemy

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came and sowed tears among the wheat, and went his way.

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But when the blade was sprung up and brought forth fruit,

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then appeared the tears also. So the servants of the

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householder came and said, unto him, Sir, didst not thou

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sow good seed in thy field? From whence then hath

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it tears? He said, unto them, an enemy hath done this.

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The servants said, unto him, wilt thou then that we

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go and gather them up? But he said, nay, lest

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while ye gather up the tears, ye root up also

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the wheat with them. Let both grow together until the harvest.

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And in the time of harvest, I will say to

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the reapers, gather ye together first the tears, and bind

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them in bundles to burn them. But gather the wheat

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into my boy. Another parable put he forth unto them, saying,

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the Kingdom of Heaven is like a grain of mustard seed,

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which a man took and sowed in his field, which

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indeed is the least of all seeds. But when it

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is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh

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a tree, so that the birds of the air come

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and lodge in the branches. Thereof another parable spake he

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unto them. The Kingdom of Heaven is likened to leaven,

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which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal,

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till the whole was leavened. All these things spake Jesus

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unto the multitude and parables, And without a parable spake

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he not unto them, that it might be fulfilled, which

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was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my

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mouth in parables, I will utter things which have been

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kept secret from the foundation of the world. Then Jesus

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sent the multitude away and went into the house, and

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his deciple bulls came unto him, saying, declare unto us

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the parable of the tears of the field? He answered,

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and said, under them, he that soweth the good seed

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is the son of man. The field is the world.

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The good seed are the children of the Kingdom. But

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the tears are the children of the wicked one. The

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enemy that sowed them is the devil. The harvest is

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the end of the world, and the reapers are the angels.

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As therefore the tears are gathered and burned in the fire.

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So shall it be in the end of this world?

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Speaker 3: All right? So much to say, so little time. So,

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of course Jesus is already giving his disciples the answer

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to what is going on here? Right, And so I

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just want to start with the fact that God has

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everything under control. Okay, everything is under control. There are

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times I know that sometimes we see in our churches,

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sometimes the oftentimes the political process of the world. Wherever

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you happen to be in the world, you see that

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God's people are getting mixed up, like somehow getting mixed up,

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And you're like, well, how does that happen? How is

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it that God has spoken very clearly concerning all kinds

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of things. Where our lives are concerned and people are confused,

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it's because the devil has planted his people all over

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the world. And it's not that these people come from

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some other planet. It is that there are some people

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just like God's people listen to the Holy Spirit and

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live by the principles of the Holy Spirit. The enemy,

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just like he had evil angels, one third of them

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were kicked out of heaven with him. There are individuals

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who don't care what God teaches, who are not interested

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in the right relationship with God. And so even in

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and among God's people, in our worship facilities, our churches,

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our fellowships, there are people that the Devil has said.

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At your job, you will encounter people whom the devil

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has sent there. But the point is not to focus

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on them. Jesus already kept his promise very clear. Those

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who are His people who have faith, even a tiny

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little measure of faith, this faith will grow. And as

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we have relationship with God, that growing faith will insulate

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us as we lay hold of the power of God.

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Laying hold of the power of God by faith, that

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will insulate us from whatever the tears are doing now

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in the meantime. In the meantime, we stay prayed up.

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In the meantime, we trust God. In the meantime, we

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stay far from those things that easily beset us. We

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yield our will to God because He promised at the

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appropriate time, when Jesus comes, He's going to reap the harvest.

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Who's the harvest everybody who yields our will to God? Okay,

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and so we're going to our application guide and we're

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going to uh, let's go to the relationship's application with

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our win WI n acronym. What is important now? And

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I'm going to read it straight out of the book? Okay,

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what is important now? The parable illustrates the importance of

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patience and understanding in our interactions with others. We are

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often quick to judge, but only God knows the full

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story of each person's life. Okay, I internalize the insight.

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Think about someone in your life who was difficult to

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understand or get along with. Instead of seeing them as

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tears to be removed, ask God to help you see

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them through His eyes, understanding their struggles and their potential.

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Because sometimes we don't know who is a who is

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a tear. Sometimes we'd have tear like behavior. And I

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know you're like, that's not possible. But sometimes people who's

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their focus like Peter did, okay, and next best move

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reach out to someone you struggled to get along with.

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Offer a kind word, a listening ear, or helping hand.

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Let God's love flow through you to them, trusting that

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He can use your actions to make a positive impact.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 3: An enemy has has absolutely planted tears among us. But

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sometimes you have people like dear Peter who exhibit tear

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like bad word, curse and behavior, turning their backs on

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God for a moment. But God is able to redeem

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those who ultimately submit our will to him.

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Speaker 2: Just don't be a tear okay.

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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.

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Speaker 2: Yeah,