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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, November one,

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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 with lesson number six now Lessons of Faith

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from Joshua, under the caption the Enemy within the Enemy within.

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Let's go ahead and pray and then get underway. Father,

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We thank you for this moment of time. Thank you

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for exposing the enemy, the real enemy. Now please give

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us the strength to surrender our will so you can

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fight for us. In Jesus' name, I pray Amen, and

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Amen again. If you were with us last evening during

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our our worshipful approach to music and learning the lesson,

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go ahead and type A one in the chat. The

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enemy within actually brings to my mind when David needed

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to be at the side of King Saul when he

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was dealing with some darkness. And the blessing is that

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that David had the gift of worship, and his worshipful

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gift also was attached to music, and he was able

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to dispel that darkness under the Holy Ghost with that

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Saul was dealing with. And so every day we struggle

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with this enemy within, this enemy within, and so we're

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going to expose this from the scriptures and see what

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God would have us to do. And so the Bible

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reads here in Jeremiah, chapter seventeen and verse ten. I

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the Lord search the heart and test the mind, to

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give every person, every man according to his ways, according

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to the fruit of his deeds. I search the heart.

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This is God's vantage point. He sees and knows everything

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about everything that's in our minds, on our hearts, our intentions,

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the things we're planning, where our DNA is impacting how

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we behave today or how we think, and so I'm

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thankful that even though it says to give every person

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according to his deeds, and that might be like fear,

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like a fearful thing to some of us, I'm grateful

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that He's given us Jesus Christ, Jesus Christ, to save

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us from our sins, so that the deeds that are

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revealed in judgment have nothing to do with us, because

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we will have asked God for forgiveness, we will have

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chosen repentance, we will have had the Holy Ghost transform

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our lives. So now we are covered in the righteousness

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of Jesus Christ. So when the judgment comes through to

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our name, really God only sees the character, the untarnished

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character of Jesus Christ. Okay, let me just stop before

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I continue to preach. Now, let's go ahead and learn

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something from the actual lesson study here, the lesson study here,

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and our first lesson is coming in from Joshua, chapter

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seven and verse eleven. What we said a while ago

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was a bonus this Sabbath morning, and the Bible says

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that God's people hath sinned and they have also transgressed

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my covenant which I commanded them. And so the context

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will likely talk about it tomorrow. If my memory serves,

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will talk about it tomorrow. But it is God's people's defeat.

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At Ai at Ai revealed a truth that every believer

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must face. What is it? The greatest threat to victory

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does not come from the enemy outside, but from compromise inside.

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And the guy named Aiken Aichin he Aikin's hidden sin

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poisoned the entire camp. I need you to ask yourself,

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is there anything that you are doing, any thoughts, any feelings,

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any actions that you are harboring ah that are against

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God that are poisoning the entire camp of your family,

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the entire camp of your your worship community, your meet ministry,

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how the people with whom you work. Is there anything

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that you are doing that is leaking into the society.

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And I'm saying it from a sin perspective in the

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society in which you live. So because Aiken's hidden sin

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poisoned the entire camp, showing that private disobedience can have

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public consequences, I need the nations of the world to

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hear this. Those who are in charge of large groups

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of people you represent in government, the people that are

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in your countries or wherever you are domiciled, I need

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you to know that private disobedience can have public consequences.

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The covenant that secured divine favor could not coexist with

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secret rebellion. So when Aiken did that thing that we'll

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talk about in a day or two, yeah, and then

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hid it or attempted to hide it from God, Yeah,

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that had an impact on the people around him. Yeah,

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covenant keeping people must be covenant keepers. We can't just

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say it. It has to be our reality. And so

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we'll talk about that in detail, like I said tomorrow,

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beginning tomorrow. But the action step for this moment is

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to ask the Holy Ghost to search your heart daily.

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Hidden sin must be confessed to God before it becomes

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a public defeat. Hidden sin must be confessed to God

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before it becomes public defeat. Yeah, let's move to our

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second lesson, coming in from coming in from first Peter,

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chapter one and verse four, and the Bible reads an

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inheritance imperishable. This is what God wants to give us,

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undefiled and unfading, reserved in heaven for you. So this

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is what God wants. So God's presence is our true power.

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God's presence is our true power. So God's people's strength

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we're talking about the ancient people of God. Their strength

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was never in swords or strategy, and we invested an

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entire week talking about how God never intended his people

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to have to take up arms, never for any reason, right,

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But it was in the presence of God. When the

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presence of God was with them. When God was with them,

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they were successful, full stop. Which is why again I

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think I said it yesterday that Moses begged God, if

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I have found favor with you, would you please show

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me your glory in another place? He said, God, if

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you will not be with us, please don't let us

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go up and do whatever was coming next. So when

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Sin broke the covenant, his presence withdrew. I know I'm

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saying it in a passive way. God withdrew when Aken

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and others would have broken covenant with him, and then

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defeat comes right away. Defeat followed. The same is true

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for us in twenty twenty five. Nothing has changed. Spiritual

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success in spiritual warfare depends on the obedience of God's people.

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When we take on the armor of God, we are

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to be taking on the armor of God as individuals

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who are yielding our will to God. We're not just

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talking about it. We're not singing those goofy songs that

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challenge the devil all the time and make it seem

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like we can just put the enemy under our feet

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without God. Come on, now, stop with that stuff. God

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is saying to us that the only safe place is

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surrender to God. Surrender to God, who is, as we've

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said over the last couple of weeks, he is the

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commander of the heavenly Hope, sees the ultimate holy and

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divine warrior. And so we are to guard our connection

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with God above everything else. His presence and not our performance,

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determines victory in our lives. Our final lesson is confession

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restores covenant strength. Now, the Bible says in Ezra chapter ten,

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which we'll talk about verse eleven. Now therefore, make confession

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unto the Lord, God of your father's and do his pleasure.

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This is a model for us that when we fall,

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God forbid, but if we do that, we confess quickly.

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We confess quickly and connect with God. Thanks for joining

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us listening.

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Speaker 1: Friends, Always remember we cannot live by bread alone, but

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by every word that comes from the mouth of God.

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This has been your daily portion with el David Harris

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make it a great day. Yeah.