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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 Tuesday, August twenty,

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twenty twenty four. 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. This is lesson number eight through the Book

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of Mark under the caption the Best Investment, the Best Investment.

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Before we get into that, like to say welcome to

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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 in heaven, thank you

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for giving us this day and the privilege that you

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have entrusted to us to live and to breathe and

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to have our being. Father, thank you for giving us

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the best example of investment in this life through Christ.

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I pray now that we will make that investment and

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live eternally in Jesus name. I pray, amen and amen again.

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The best investment? I am tempted to ask you to

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type in the chat what the best investment was that

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you have made. It could have been financial, it could

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have been based on relationship, it could have been otherwise. Yeah,

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I think I'll go ahead and ask you to do that.

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And please don't try to sell anything in the chat,

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because that's disrespectful, right, That's not what I'm asking you for.

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What is the best investment you've made? Was it in

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real estate? Was it in you getting your health on

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track because there was something not so right about your

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health journey? Was it something in terms of business? What

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was the best investment that you made? And of course

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we know that our investment in our children is a

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big one. We know that the absolute best that trumps

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everything is in our relationship with God, so maybe that

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should be a foregone conclusion. But apart from your relationship

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with God, what is the best investment that you've ever made?

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Very interesting question, and yeah, let's let's tease it out

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just a little bit. But let's begin now from the

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Book of Mark, the Book of Mark, chapter ten, and

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I will read beginning at verse seventeen, and I'll say

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that probably the best, and I'll have to think it

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through some more. The best investment that I ever made

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was becoming a coach, a life and success coach. That

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was probably the best one that I made. Apart from

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relationship with my wife and my son and connection with God.

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That was probably the best investment that I've ever made. Okay,

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so we begin with verse seventeen of Mark, chapter ten,

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and the Bible reads And when he was gone fourth

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into the way, there came one running and kneel down

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to him and asked him, good Master, what shall I

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do that I may inherit eternal life? And Jesus said,

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unto him, why callest thou me good? There is none

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good but one that is God. Thou knowest the commandments.

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Do not commit adultery, do not kill, do not steal,

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do not bear false witness, defraud not honor thy father

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and mother. And he answered and said, unto him, Master,

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all these have I observed from my youth. Then Jesus

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beholding him, loved him. I want you to get that part.

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So Jesus is giving the man what he needs to

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consider intellectually. But he's about to make a transition, right.

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He's appealing to his understanding first. It's very interesting, probably

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because Jesus understands how this man thinks. And then he

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looks on him deeply, like he's looking into his eyes,

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no doubt, And he loved him and said unto him,

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well there's one thing that thou lackest. And I can

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imagine the man thinking, well, what else could there be?

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And he said, go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast,

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and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure

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in heaven, and come take up the cross and follow me.

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Wait a minute, now, hold on, hold on, hold on,

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hold on. Remember when I asked you what your greatest

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investment was, what if God said, okay, turn away from

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that investment. I have to apply that to myself. I said,

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likely the best investment I had was in becoming a

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coach of successful people. And if God said, turn away

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from that, and I'm thinking, okay, nineteen ninety six, this

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is when I began my career in behavior modification and management.

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Two thousand and one I started to get into behavior

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style and personality assessments, etc. And that is the driving

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force for whatever I am doing in twenty twenty four.

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So from nineteen ninety six to twenty twenty two, I

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was building in my mind, my intellect, my ability to

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reach people in a certain way, to get to where

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I am now in twenty twenty four, at the level

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that I'm doing it. And God says, turn away from

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all of that, turn away from all of that, And

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I want you. I want you to to give to

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the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven. What

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would I do? What would you do? Considering your answers,

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what would you do? And he says, and take up

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the cross. Wait a minute, now, the cross is not

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something that doesn't sound complementary. The Cross doesn't sound like

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something that I would be interested in having. It's not

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something that seems like a light burden. We know what

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happened on the cross? Don't we? I think the Bible

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says cursed is the one who is hung upon a

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tree or the cross. It was an instrument of torture

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and of death. It was it was. It was done

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against criminals or those being suspected to be criminals. Hmm.

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He said, take up your cross and follow me, Follow

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you where. Jesus, thinking of my behavior style, my natural style,

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would ask the questions like, Okay, I hear what you're saying.

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You're setting up a contrast. I think I know where

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you're going with this, but I'm not too sure. So

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I have about twenty seven questions before I can follow you.

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But Jesus does not make provision for that. He said,

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I need you to sell right now, give to the poor,

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and thou shalt have treasure in heaven. Come, take up

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your cross and follow me. Follow you where, wherever, wherever

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I am going Verse twenty two. And he was sad

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at that saying. Why was the man sad at that? Saying?

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Because because he went away grief, for he had great possessions.

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And Jesus look round about and seth unto his disciples.

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How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the

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Kingdom of God. And the disciple were astonished at his words.

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But jesus answereth again and said, unto them, children, how

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hard is it for them that trust in riches to

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enter into the Kingdom of God. It is easier for

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a camel to go through the eye of a needle

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than for a rich man to enter into the Kingdom

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of God. And they were astonished out of measures, saying

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among themselves, who then can be saved? And Jesus looked

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around upon them and saith with man, it is impossible,

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but not with God. For with God all things are possible.

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Then Peter began to say unto him, Lo, Lord, we

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have left all and have followed thee. And Jesus answered

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and said, verily, I say unto you, there shall no

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man that has left his house or brethren, or sisters,

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or father or mother, or wife, or children, or lands

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for my sake and the gospels. But he shall receive

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an hundredfold now in this time houses and brethren and

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sisters and mothers and children, and lands with persecutions, and

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in the world to come eternal life. But many that

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are first shall be last, and the last first. So

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much to say, so little time. Jesus gave us the

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blueprint for investing in eternity, and he said, even as

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you are living on planet Earth, if you invest in me,

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invest in eternity. If you seek first the Kingdom of

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God and his righteousness, all of the things that are

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needful will be added unto you. I will give you

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a community of believers. I will give you the kind

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of faith that you need to get through trials, and

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I will make provision for all of your temporal and

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eternal needs. Make it a great day.

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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,