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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 Thursday, August

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twenty eight, 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

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day and today is no exception. We are continuing in

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our Lesson study series through the Book of Exodus, and

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our caption for today is vengeance. Uh oh, vengeance. Before

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we get into the that, I'd like to say welcome

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to you and ask you to go over to your

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Daily Portion dot com. Please join our online community. Please

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pick up the Your Daily Portion Life Application Guide and

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let us know where you are in the world at

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your Daily Portion dot Com. This is one of the

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ways that we continue to build faith and fellowship. Let's

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go ahead and pray, and then we will get underway. Father,

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We thank you, thank you for giving us this day

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and giving us what your desires for our lives is are. Father,

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Please give us the fullness of your Holy Spirit so

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we can actually live this. We want to live it. Lord,

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not talk about it, not act like we're philosophers about it.

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We want to live it. Please help us in Jesus name,

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I pray, Amen and Amen again. It's no joke out

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here these days because people listen, even high ranking officials

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these days are looking for ways to get back at others.

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Like it seems. It seems like it's getting worse and

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worse and worse, like Pharaoh. The spirit of Pharaoh is

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in the air where people are just ready to get

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back at people. The Bible teaches us in Romans chapter

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twelve and verse nineteen, and of course Paul borrowed this

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from the Old Testament. Beloved, never avenge yourselves, Never avenge yourselves,

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but leave it to the wrath of God. For it

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is written vengeance is mine. I will repay, says the Lord.

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Before we go through the teaching, the heavy teaching on this,

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I'd like to go into our life application guide. We've

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not done it together recently. Hopefully you're still using it

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in your churches, you're using it in your personal study

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to go into the professional relationships the professional application section. Okay,

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and so we're using the acronym when it's a framework

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for our professional application for the w What is important now?

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Leadership means guiding others without using your authority to settle

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personal scores. I hope somebody is listening today. If you

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are a leader, you know it doesn't really even mean

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you have to be a leader for this to apply,

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no matter what your position is. But if, especially if

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you are a leader, don't use your position to get

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back at people. Don't do that. I internalize the insight.

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Your role as a leader is not to emotionally react,

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but to wisely administer fairness while trusting God to address

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hidden matters of the heart. Somebody's listening, and then what

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is my next best move? Audit your leadership decisions. If

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any action was motivated by personal offense rather than principle,

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course correct and align with integrity. This is where really

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the rubber meets the road. In the other three categories

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as well. And so God wants us to see his

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truth as something we have the privilege of living. Somebody

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gets under your skin that has nothing to do with

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how you treat them. Next, somebody has a habit of

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doing things that are offensive to you. That has nothing

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to do with whether you're gonna get back at them

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or not. If they deserve to be condemned or somehow

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corrected in a way that is beyond the pale of

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human responsibility. Let God do his job and you do yours.

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I wish I had the time. I just literally don't.

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Somebody's getting it, and so in versus well, we already

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read that verse. Let's go to the historical context. In

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verse thirty five of Deuteronomy, chapter thirty two, Paul quotes

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directly from there, reminding the early believers, many of whom

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were persecuted. You have to think about it. They were persecuted,

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just like in Martin Luther King Junior's time in the

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nineteen fifties and sixties. Now as he's preaching that sermon

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love your enemy, loving your enemies, he's having to actually

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live that. I'm talking about stuff I can't even say

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in social media or or on what do you call

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it YouTube? Because they'll do something on the channel. But

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the things that were happening, he had to still say,

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I have the capacity that is greater. My capacity to

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love is greater than my enemy's capacity to hate. Can

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you imagine? So the believers, the early believers in the

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first century, were being persecuted. They were not to take

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justice into their own hands. This message reflects both a

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command avenge not yourselves and a promise. How many people

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missed the promise? The ones who like to fight probably

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missed the promise. Yes, the promise is that I God

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speaking will repay. Paul is not denying the reality of justice.

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So I'm not asking y'all to lay down and act

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like stuff is not happening. I'm not about that lay

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down life. I'm about to stand down life like when

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God says to ease back and let him deal with it,

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then I'll deal with it. I'll let him deal with it.

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And if there's a giant in the ravine who's being

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disrespectful where the honor of God is concerned, that we're

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gonna get those five smooth stones, and that stone is

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gonna hit its target the biblical way. But when God

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says he will deal with it, get out of his way.

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He's affirming that only God can carry out perfect justice

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because only God sees the entire truth, the motive, and

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the impact. And so from the book The Thoughts of

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Thoughts from the amount of Blessing, we read we are

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not to set ourselves up as judges. Our work is

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to bless others and lead them to Christ. So much

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more to say, so little time. And so let's make

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some more application.

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Speaker 1: Right.

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Speaker 2: Let this application be vengeance's mind. I will repay when

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you are wronged. Your job is not to punish. Your

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job is to forgive. Set boundaries, and let God be

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the judge. And let me just add a caveat here.

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God has given has given guidance through the through Paul,

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that the systems of law and justice are there. They

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are there to correct those who need to be judged.

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That's why law enforcement exists. That's why our systems of

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laws and justice exist, and those should be in God's hands. Okay,

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number two, avoid bitterness. Avoid bitterness and embrace mercy. Love

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your enemies, pray for them. This doesn't mean pretending evil

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didn't happen. We're not covering our eyes and saying peekaboo,

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as if we poof vanished, we can still see each other.

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We know what the reality is. It means choosing mercy

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instead of letting hate in fact I use that word advisedly,

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instead of allowing hatred to in fact our souls. And

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then finally, trust God with the reward of faithfulness. Bible says,

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your father will reward you. Your Father will reward you.

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You don't need applause, and you don't need to pay.

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You don't need paid back. Your quiet obedience is seen

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by God. So you know, there's some people who say

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try You know, I don't even really want to say it.

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It's so for me, it's vile. People will say, try Jesus,

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not me, meaning like I'm not saved enough not to

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bust back or show retribution. That is so vile, Like,

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don't say that, like that. Allow Jesus to become a

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part of our lives so that we live like he lived.

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And then let that be your peace. Let that be

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your peace. God is always watching. He'll deal with wickedness

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at the appropriate time and in his way. 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,