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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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twenty four, 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. Our caption four today is

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looking unto Jesus, looking unto Jesus and those who listen

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and watch every day, You're like, hold on, But that

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just changed how we do things. I know we are

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continuing in our Lessons study series God's Love and Justice.

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God's Love and Justice. But before we begin, I would

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like to welcome everyone joining us, especially those joining us

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for the very first time. I'm asking you to please

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This is something that is allowing us to apply, apply

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what we study, apply what we listen about and speak about,

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apply into four key areas of our lives. So go

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ahead and pick that up. And I'm asking ten thousand

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of you to click the button that's seven. It's the

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number seven that'll be on that screen, and I want

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ten thousand of you to please join and subscribe there

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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 in Heaven, thank you for this preparation day, for

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giving us the privilege of coming together to worship you. Father.

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I pray now that this worship will result in transforming

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our lives. That we will live according to what you

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have called us to live. And please please help us

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to discern your will and then help others do it

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while we do it. In Jesus' name, I pray a

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man and a man looking unto Jesus. I love it,

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I love it, I love it. I was just thinking

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about a hymn that I shared with you probably a

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month ago, just about a month ago, almost to the day. Really,

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turn your eyes upon Jesus, look full in his wonderful face,

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and the things of earth will grow strangely dim in

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the light of his glory and grace. And so when

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we look to Jesus, according to the writings of Paul,

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we are seeing the author and finisher of our faith.

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When we're looking to Jesus, we are seeing the model

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for how we can, will and must live. Shout out

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to e T the hip hop preacher. Like when we

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look unto Jesus, we are seeing what God wants us

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to be. And he is giving us the privilege of

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following in Jesus's footsteps. And you're like, what you want

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us he wants us to become? On Dave, that's sacrilegious.

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I need you to pay keen attention. Let me slow

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it down, see Paul said in another place, he said,

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let this mind be in you. What mind, Paul, the

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one that was also in Christ Jesus. Oh, So when

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I see Jesus, I see the mindset that I can have. Yes,

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I see the example that I should follow in his footsteps. Yes,

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humility and service to others glaw sorry for the name

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of God and honor in our lifestyles. Yes, so Jesus

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is our example. Looking unto Jesus, He's the author and

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the finisher of our faith. And faith lays hold on

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the power of God. This is the function of faith,

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to actually lay hold on the power of God. Not

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for us to talk about being faithful, not for us

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to say my faith is strong, not for us to say, well,

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if I have faith, then I will know more about God.

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Faith lays hold on the power of God and then

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becomes a conduit through which that power comes into our lives.

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Like the woman who crawled through the crowd, who had

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an issue of blood for twelve years, and the Bible

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says that when she laid hold upon God, Jesus Christ

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in that regard, the Son of God and God the Son,

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when she laid hold and she touched the hem of

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his garment, the faith that God had given to her

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had become the conduit. To the degree that Jesus said,

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virtue has left me. You see, his power was transferred,

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some power from him. Let me say it that way,

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was transferred from him into the life and body of

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this woman who had an issue twelve years, and so

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the lesson writer would have us to read from, had

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us to read from thoughts from the Mount of blessing,

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Thoughts from the Mount of blessing all who have a

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sense of their deep soul poverty. You see, the Bible says,

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blessed are the poor in spirit, and then he tells

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us what the outcome will be. If we are all

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who have the sense of their deep soul poverty, who

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feel that they have nothing good in themselves, may find righteousness,

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hold on and strength. Hold on by looking unto Jesus.

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You see, it is obvious that I have problems as

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a human being. I'm saying. It is obvious that I

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am a sinner or have committed sins. Let me put

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it that way. It is obvious that I need to

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be born again. It is obvious that I am challenged.

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It doesn't matter what my behavior style. It doesn't matter

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if I'm an introvert or an extrovert. All of us

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are challenged with pride. Some have Bravado style pride, that

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puffed up level of pride. There are others who think

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that our problems are bigger than our God. Our ability

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to fail is greater than God's ability to deliver us

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from every besetting sin. Every human is born with the propensity,

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the pre disposition, the tendency to be prideful in one

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of those areas or both, depending on what's happening in

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our lives. And so what God is saying to us

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here is that when we look to Jesus we can

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forget about all of that. We allow him to do

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what God does. We do what humans do fail fall

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need help. When we look to Jesus, then we learn

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to lay hold upon the power of God. We learn

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to turn our eyes away from ourselves and toward God.

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And then something miraculous happens. Let me read it. He says,

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come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden.

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You see that's the human part. He bids you exchange

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your poverty. I'm not talking about money, brothers and sisters,

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your poverty for the riches of His grace. We are

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not worthy of God's love. But Jesus can we just say,

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but Jesus type it in the chat. But Jesus, see,

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this is the transition point. This is what negates what

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came before. I can read It's English right, It's a

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conjunction that means. Whatever the poverty, whatever the deficiency, whatever

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that thing is that causes me to fall short, whatever

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that was. But Jesus, but Christ, our surety is worthy.

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See I was unworthy. But Jesus is worthy in my

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life and is abundantly able to save all who shall

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come unto him. You should be happy about this. Brothers

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and sisters, I know they're Bewilderment sometimes overcomes you. Sometimes

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it is difficult for you to keep your mind focused

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in this way because in your life you see so

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many things that are discouraging in your life. You see

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so many ways that you have failed in your life.

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You see so many ways that you have caused yourself

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to feel really good about you. And then you discovered

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some deep, dark secret skeleton in your own closet and

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it jumps out on you and you're like, my God,

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how it can I be an overcomer? And God is saying,

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come on, come unto him whatever you have been in

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your past experience. However, I'm continuing the quote discouraging your

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present circumstances. If you will come to Jesus just as

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you are weak and helpless and despairing, our compassionate Savior

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will not might not. Maybe he will meet you a

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great way off and will throw about you or around

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you his arms of love and his robe of righteousness.

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Aren't you glad that when you look to Jesus, you

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don't see condemnation. You look to Jesus, you see the

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strength that you need to become.

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Speaker 1: Just like Thanks for joining us listening. Friends, 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,