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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 Sabbath, August thirty,

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twenty twenty five. 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 Exodus, coming in at

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Lesson number ten of thirteen under the caption The Covenant

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and the blue Print. The Covenant and the Blueprint. We'll

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get into that in just a moment, but before we do,

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I'd like to say welcome to you in happy Sabbath.

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To everyone joining us, especially those joining us for the

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very first time, I'm asking you to go over to

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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. Father,

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thank you for this new Sabbath day and giving us

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the blueprint for our lives, the blueprint for connection with you.

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Please help us to live according to this blueprint. In

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Jesus' name, I pray Amn and a men again. Let

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me just jump right into the passage here in Exodus

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chapter twenty four and verse three. We'll probably read it again,

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and the Bible reads, so Moses came and told the

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people all the words of the Lord and the judgments.

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So we know now that the Bible has identified the commandments,

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the ten commandments. We know what those are. Yes in

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Exodus chapter twenty and then God gave the blueprint or

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the detailed view of what it looks like to live

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in society on planet Earth, governed by how God wants

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us to think and live, how we are to treat

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one another, how we're to treat debt, how we're to

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treat being able to come in and out of situations

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where we may be giving. I mean, now we might

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say our service, but we're living bound to somebody where

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we say for this number of years, we're going to

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serve you this way. But if you mistreat the person

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who is now your servant, you got to let them go.

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Like God gave the details of how they should live

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and think in the society on Earth as God's people. Okay,

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And so now we see that God told them the

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words and the judgments, and the people answered with one voice,

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what did they say all the words which the Lord

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has said, we will do? Now? The Bible teaches us

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that it is better to not make a vow than

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to make a vow and not keep it. It is

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better to not make a vow than to make a

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vow and break it. And so the people of God

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are saying, yes, we agree with everything you have said

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in the ten Commandments. We understand that they are a

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covenantal promise that you're making with us too, and we

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accept how we're supposed to live and think in society

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on planet Earth as your people. Whatever you say, that's

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what we're going to do, that's what we're going to do.

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Well yeah, well, yeah, yeah, there are some things that

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they missed, like they missed a spot. The people of

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God failed in so many ways, but God did not

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leave them. Why not because lesson number one the Sabbath

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Morning is Obedience flows from relationship. You see, God knows

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because he created us, and he knows because he knows

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the exact nature of sin subsequent to him creating us.

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That the only way that we can be obedient to

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God is if we have a relationship with him. I said,

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I'd read it again, and here it is again. I'll

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read it from another translation, New English translation. Moses came

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and told the people all the Lord's words and all

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the decisions, and the people all of them answered together,

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we are willing to do all the words that the

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Lord has said. We are willing. God, we are willing.

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We are will, We are willing. Sometimes people who are

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willing to do what God says fail miserably. Yeah yeah yeah,

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yeah yeah yeah yeah. So God seeks our full commitment.

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That's what we're to do. God gives us the privilege

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of submitting to him and then committing like true obedience

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isn't about a mechanical sort of you know. Okay, so

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your turn, my turn, your turn, my turn? What are

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you gonna say? God? Okay, yeah, me too, Like you

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know what I'm saying. Like sometimes people say I love you,

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and you say automatically, sometimes even without thinking, I love

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you too. Somebody says good morning, and you automatically, sometimes

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without thinking, say good morning. Sometimes people will say how

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you're doing and you just say fine, without even thinking

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about it. That is not what we're talking about. We're

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not talking about a mechanical God said do it, and

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we say, okay, yeah, I'll do it. No, it's about

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our relationship with God. It's relational. It's all about relationship.

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It's by thy grace, I will follow THEE. Yes, I

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will follow THEE my Savior, wheresoe'er my lot may be.

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And then eventually we say, by thy grace, that is,

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by the power that you've entrusted to me, by the

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relationship that you have shown me, by giving me unmerited favor,

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I will follow THEE. The people responded with one voice,

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because they believed in God, they belonged to God, and

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they were learning how to trust in God. And so

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the action really is every morning, this week, this week

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that we are embarking upon, I should say every morning,

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tell God aloud, whatever you say, I will do. And

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I already warmed you up for this one by your strength.

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Lesson Number two, Time with God is the foundation of

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spiritual power. In the Bible, Book of Hebrews, chapter twelve

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and verse two, the Bible reads, we're looking unto Jesus,

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the author and finisher of our faith. So where does

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our faith come from? It comes from God. How are

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we to how are we able to enact the faith

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that God has put in us? Well, it's from Jesus Christ. Still,

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So he's the one that gives us the faith. He's

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the one who empowers us to use the faith that

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he's given us, so that to the end that we

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can actually serve him lay hold of the power of God.

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So we're looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of

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our faith, who, for the joy that was set before him,

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endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down

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at the right hand of the throne of God. Pardon me.

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And so we are fixing our minds on Jesus Christ

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because he's given us the ability to do so by faith. Yes,

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and we know that he went through all things like

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I think I said yesterday before we did every trial

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that you can go through. He has gone through to

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the extreme degree, and so now he is able. He

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is able to show you how to live in the

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same way. So I want you to invest time with

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the one who does this, who has done this for us,

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Invest time in prayer with the word, and then keep

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your eyes on Jesus. We're going to grow stronger as

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we behold him. I'm talking about like if you have

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to set a timer, set a timer for reading, set

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a timer for prayer. I know it seems too regimented. Yeah, well,

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some people aren't doing anything, so you might have to

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start right here with the formula a few minutes for

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reflection and we can let it grow from there to

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where it becomes second nature. And the Bible reads in

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for less than number three in John chapter fourteen and

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verse fifteen. If ye love me, then keep my commandments.

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God is not asking for compliance like in a forced automaton,

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like how missus White calls it an automaton. He's not

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making us robots. He desires willing hearts to be moved

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by love. We love him because he first loved us.

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He is the cause of our ability to love Him,

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and that's how last day type people will remain faithful.

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And so God has given us the privilege, the privilege

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of loving Him and it will fuel obedience, not because

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we fear God or are guilty.

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Speaker 1: But because join love with you friends, peace always. Remember

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we cannot live by bread alone, but by every word

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that comes from the mouth of God. This has been

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your daily portion with el David Harris, make it a

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great day. Yeah,