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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 Monday, April

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twenty one, 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. We are continuing in our

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Lesson study series how to Study the Bible, and our

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caption for today is Abraham's Call. Abraham's Call. We'll get

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into that in just a mine moment, but first I'd

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like to say welcome to you and ask you to

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of 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 giving us this day

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and giving us our daily bread. Father, Thank you for

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helping us to hear from you. Otherwise we wouldn't be

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here together. Please give us the drive to do whatever

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you have called us to do. In Jesus name, I pray,

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Amen and Amen again Abraham's call. This is a very

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interesting subject because a lot of us like to wax

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eloquently about things in the Bible. And we'll go back

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all of those thousands of years and analyze every detail

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and then take ourselves right into the same area where

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Abraham was called and from where he was called. And

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then once that is all done, most of us will

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have drawn some lessons based on his story and not

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even begin to apply it to ourselves. And so let

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me just begin here with a very simple question, in

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what specific way can you be a light in your

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community this week while maintaining your distinct connection with God.

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You're to be a light. I am to be a

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light in my community. Whatever that means, it's specific, it's

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this week, it's personal, it's me. It requires balance because

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it's the light of God in my life and in

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my community. But it's balanced between that light and my

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values in my connection with God. Sing for you, and

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then it demands choose an action. What is it that

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we're going to do to be a light? How will

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we be a light this week in our community? And

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of course this reflects the mission that God has given

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us in the modern era, meaning like now today, okay,

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and so what we're going to do is just take

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a quick take a quick peek to the Bible Book

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of Genesis chapter twelve to begin our discussion. Genesis chapter twelve,

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beginning at verse one, and now we have some context

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to answer the question personally. And the Bible reads, now

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the Lord said, unto Abram, I want you to fill

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in your name here, Abram, what is your name? Type

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it in the chat, like put your name in the story.

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Get thee out of thy country and from thy kindred

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and from thy father's house, unto the land that I

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will show you. What is the command of God to you?

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What is he calling you to do today? Verse two?

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And I will make of THEE a great nation. What

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is God's promise to you? And I will bless THEE

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and make thy name great, And thou shalt be a blessing.

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So a part of God's answer his call, etc. With

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you the action that He has required of you. What

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will be the result, What will be the outcome? Is

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that to be determined. Let's keep going verse three. And

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I will bless them that bless THEE, and curse them

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that curseth THEE. And in THEE shall all families of

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the earth be blessed. And so Abraham departed, what will

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you your response be? Brothers and sisters. You've typed your

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names in the chat. You have heard the call. You

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have determined that God is calling you to be a

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light in your community, beginning today for this week. And

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now as He has given you your marching orders, what

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is your response? Verse four. Let's see what Abraham's response

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was when he was still Abram. So Abram departed, and

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the Lord had spoke, as the Lord had spoken unto him,

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and Lot went with him. And Abram was seventy and

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five years old when he departed out of Haran. How

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old are you? I don't need you to necessarily type

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it in the chat unless you desire hah. When he

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departed out of Haran, he was seventy five years of

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age verse five. And Abraham or Abram took Sarah his wife,

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and Lot, his brother's son, and all of their substance.

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And they gathered and their souls that they had gotten

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in Haran. And they went forth to go into the

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land of Canaan. And into the land of Canaan they came.

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What is the impact What is the impact on those

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who are a part of your quote Kindred, your family,

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your wife, your your daughter, your son, your husband, your nephews,

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your nieces, the people who look up to you. What

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impact is it having on them? You answering the call

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of God? Verse seven. And the Lord appeared unto Abram

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and said, unto the seed, will I give thee this land?

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And there he builded an altar unto the Lord who

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appeared unto him. Does God's call his response to your

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obedience put you in a position of worship? Like does

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your mind immediately say, God, you have called, You have

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empowered me to answer. Now I'm living in an experience

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of worship with you. Hmm. We see it did with

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Abram verse eight. And he removed from thence unto a

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mountain on the east of Bethel that means house of God,

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the House of God, and pitched his tent, having Bethel

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on the west and a on the east. And there

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he builded an altar unto the Lord and called upon

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the name of the Lord. Are you calling upon the

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name of the Lord today? H As God is calling

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you out of something into something, as he is expanding

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your territory, as you are having an impact on your

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community and on your own kindred the people who hold

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you dear, and you hold them dear? Are you calling

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upon the name of the Lord? Verse nine? And Abram journeyed,

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going on still toward the south. And so there are

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reasons for this call of Abram, though one is to

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separate from idolatry. I wish I had the time. But

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in Joshua chapter twenty four and verse two we see

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we see that God's people had a habit of serving

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other gods. Number two, he established God's people through Abram.

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Remember he said, I will make of thee a great nation.

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What is God establishing through you? To your faith and obedience,

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the connection you have with God? And doing what God

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has called you to do. What is God establishing In

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this case, he was establishing a great nation Ah. And

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then of course the promise, the Messianic promise in thee

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shall all of the families of the earth be blessed.

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This kind of faith through what Abraham had done, and

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a demonstration of what we can do by serving God

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in submission to him, we see now how salvation works.

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We see now if we have the same kind of

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faith that Abraham had, that it will be accounted unto

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us as righteousness. And it means also that we become

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heirs according to the promise that God has made to him.

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And then we see, of course, there is a development

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of his faith by faith. Hebrews chapter eleven and verse

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eight says by faith Abraham when he was called he obaye,

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he was building trust in God. It was a test

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of obedience. His faith was continuing to grow, and his

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character was developing. And so this call and the response

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to the call, and all that God had done as

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a result of this call, it shows God's initiative. God

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is the one who into your life, and he's the

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one that gives the command. He is the one that

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supplies the faith. He is the one who gives the result,

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of course, and then there is God's divine purpose and

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the blessing in the promise, And of course, always at

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the center of these discussions and the reality of our

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lives is God's redemptive purpose. What is He doing on

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the landscape of the plan of redemption in your life?

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And the people who are closest to you, and the

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people that you will reach, the people who will see you,

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those who will respond to God by faith because they

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saw you do the same Abraham's call. That's a very

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interesting subject. But what is the call for you?

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Speaker 1: Peace? Thanks for joining us listening.

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Speaker 2: 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,