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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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Speaker 2: Vibrant lives.

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Speaker 1: 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 Wednesday, August

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twenty one, twenty twenty four. 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 day,

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and today is no exception. We are continuing in our

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Lesson study series through the Book of Mark, and our

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caption for today is can you drink my cup? Can

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you drink my cup? We'll get into that in just

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a moment, but first I'd like to say welcome to

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you and ask you to please go over to your

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Daily Portion dot com, please join our online community, pick

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up the Your Daily Portion book, and also please let

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us know where you are in the world at your

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Daily Portion dot com. This is one of the ways

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

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

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and Heaven, thank you for giving us this new day

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and for the privilege that we have to come together

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in this manner. So many people all over the world,

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on so many different platforms, all focusing on your word. Father.

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You said, where two or three are gathered together in

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your name, you'd be in the midst of us. So

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please be in our midst wherever we are in Jesus' name.

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I pray, Amen and Amen again. Can you drink my cup?

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So you want to be great? Huh? Yeah, there are

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some people who just are obsessed with being great. That's

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why social media has so many weird things happening. That's

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why YouTube and other online media channels are the way

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they are. So many people vying for the news media's

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attention and et cetera, et cetera. Right, but Jesus gave

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the blueprint for greatness. He gave the blueprint for greatness

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where God's people are concerned. Maybe I should have said

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that earlier. Yeah, if you're one of God's people and

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you want to be great. We're going to talk about

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the blueprint today, or at least part of it. Of course,

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some of what I'm saying is for effect. But let's

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read beginning at verse thirty two of the Bible, Book

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of Mark, chapter ten, and the Bible reads, and they

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were in the way going up to Jerusalem. And Jesus

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went before them, and they were amazed. As they followed,

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they were afraid. And he took again the twelve and

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began to tell them what things would happen unto him, saying, behold,

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we go up to Jerusalem, and the son of Man

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shall be delivered unto the chief priests and unto the scribes,

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and they shall condemn him to death, and shall deliver

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him to the gentiles, and they shall mock him and

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scourge him, and shall spit upon him, and shall kill him.

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And the third day he shall arise again. And Jane's

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and John, the sons of Debety Zebedee, come unto him, saying, Master,

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we would that thou shouldest do. We would that thou

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shouldest do for us whatsoever we desire. And he said

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unto them, well, what would what would ye that I

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should do for you? And they said unto him, grant

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unto us that we may sit one on thy right

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hand and the other on thy left hand in thy glory.

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And I'm not gonna lie. I've always seen this negatively.

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I've always seen this negatively. And of course there is

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the human element. There is the sinful human element we

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have to be considerate of. Like we know that there

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was something in there. But is it so bad to

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want to be at the right and the left hand

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of Jesus? Is it so bad really when you think

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about it? But what is a person's motive? Jesus is

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at the right hand of the Father, right, Okay, so

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what is the motive? And that's where we need to

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begin our thought process. But Jesus said, unto them, well

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you know not what you asked? Can ye drink of

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the cup that I drink of and be baptized with

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the baptism that I am baptized with? And they say,

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unto him, we can whoa wait a minute now, now,

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Jesus already checks their discussion by sort of bringing them

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into a higher understanding by asking a simple question. But

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it wasn't It wasn't simplistic. It was profound. Are you

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willing to walk the road that I am to walk. Now,

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if they understood the prophecies, they would have paused. The

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prophecy said what Jesus would do like he would be

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cut off, not for himself, but for the people. He

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would die an ignominious death. He would die the death

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of the cross. He gave his life freely for this,

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for people who would not receive him, people who were

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supposed to be his friends, and of course and others.

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But the Bible is teaching us that his people said, yeah,

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sure we could do that. We could do that, no problem,

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no problem. And so and they said we can. And

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Jesus said, unto them, ye shall indeed drink of the

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cup that I drink of, And with the baptism that

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I am baptized with all ye shall be baptized. So

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you're gonna go through it. You don't understand what you're

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saying right now, y'all, but you are going to go

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through it. There will be trials and tribulations. People will

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speak all manner of evil against you, falsely for my sake.

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They will revile you, they will persecute you, They will

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even murder some of you. Hmm. Well, anyway, that's what's

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gonna happen. You will be baptized in the way I'm

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baptized Verse forty. But to sit on my right hand

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and on my left hand is not mine to give,

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but it shall be given to them for whom it

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is prepared. And when the Ten heard it, they began

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to be much displeased with James and John. See, these

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guys were not displeased because they were humble. The Ten

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were humble, and they thought that that James and John

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were proud. No, that's not why these guys were like,

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wait a minute, what about us? Like? What about us?

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We can we sit at the right hand of God? Like?

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Can we be on the right and left hand? Can

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we be those guys who stand like terrabim with Jesus? Well, yeah,

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motive matters. But Jesus called them to him, said, unto them.

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You know that they which are accounted to rule over

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the gentiles, exercise lordship over them. And they're great ones,

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exercise authority upon them. But so shall it not be

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among you. So if you're looking for authority, if you're

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looking for somebody to look at you and to congratulate you,

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if you are looking to politrick your way into a

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church position or in government position, if that is your goal,

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so that you can be seen as high and mighty,

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so people can yield to you when you step up

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in the place. That is not what God's people are

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to be looking after. He said, so shall it not

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be among you? I hope God's people are listening. There

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are too many people who are seeking prominent positions, even

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in the body of Christ, so that we can be chiefest,

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so that we can be highest, so that we can

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be seen as great, so that people can bow and

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scuffle and move out of the way when we come

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into the place. And God said, that is not the

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way it's supposed to be with you, And whosoever of

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you will be the chiefest shall be the servant of all.

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Are you vying for the attention of the people so

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you can be the servant of all? So that you

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can gird yourself with a towel and wash each other's feet,

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so you can say, what may I do for you

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to enhance your life spiritually, professionally, personally in relationship matters?

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Are you looking for an opportunity to bless somebody? Is

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that what you wake up within your mind? And whosoever

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of you shall be the chiefest, shall be the servant

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of all where the son of Man came un came,

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not to be ministered unto, but to minister. And it

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doesn't stop there. That's already a big one. That's already

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a big one. Not sit on platforms, minister, we're talking

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about roll up our sleeves and well, forget the sleeves,

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get dirty, yes, and do whatever it takes in order

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to serve people. This is what Jesus did. But he

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also gave his life a ransom for many. Do you

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want to be great? Like follow share, hit the notification bell?

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Do you want to be great to have a million

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followers and viewers. I'm not talking about me. I'm saying

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the proverbial me. If you want to be great, become

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the chief servant wherever you are, Brighten the corner where

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you are, be the chief servant, and then you will

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be great. Make it a great day, peace. Thanks for

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joining us listening. Friends.

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

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every word that comes from the mouth of God. This

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has been your daily portion with el David Harris. Make

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it a great day. Yeah,