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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, March four,

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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 God's Love and Justice, and our caption for

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today is the case of job. The case of Job.

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We'll get into that in just a moment, but first

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Let's go ahead and pray and then we will get underway.

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Father in Heaven, we do thank you for this day

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and for the privilege that you have entrusted to us,

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and thank you for giving us your word. Thank you

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for the examples of people in whose lives you won,

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Please win in our lives. In Jesus' name, I pray,

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Amen and amen again the case of job. Okay, so yesterday,

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yesterday we talked about the fact that God won the

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war in heaven against the devil. He wins the wars

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on planet Earth, even though even though sometimes he allows

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the Devil to do some things on planet Earth, they

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have limits, they have bounds, and then God's people triumph.

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But I left you with the question, and I repeated

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it over and over to almost the point of it

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being annoying. Is God winning in your life? And really

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it's up to me. It's up to you whether God

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wins in my life. Job was faced with the same question,

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did God win in Job's life? Now? The Bible teaches

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us in Job Chapter one, I want to read all

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of the passages, but there's just too much in there, right,

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too much, too much, too much. It's an incredible book book.

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You read that in your spare time, and then remember

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what we talked about here. But the Bible says that

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there was a man whose name was Job, and he

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lived in the land of Uz, and the Bible says

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that he was righteous. This is God through the inspiration

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of the Holy Spirit, teaching Moses as he's telling the

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story that this man, his experience on planet Earth was

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an experience of holiness because he knew how to repent.

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The Bible says that he in the King James version

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as stewed evil. That simply means that, just like the

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rest of us, he was born in sin, shaping in iniquity.

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Just like the rest of us, he sinned and fell

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short of the glory of God in his life. But

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the Bible teaches that he learned how to repent. He

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learned how to turn away from sin and turn toward

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God no matter what, just like Eno, just like Eli

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Shah Eli Jah, just like Holda Anna and so many

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other of God's people in the scriptures. And so in

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this case, now there is a meeting held, a celestial meeting.

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Now we understand that job is holy. Yes, there is

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a meeting. God is there with his people or his

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beings if you want to say, and the devil is there?

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What is the devil doing there? But he's there, He's there.

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And then as God is holding this meeting, he says,

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wait a minute, I see the devil here. Where are

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you coming from? And with his boasts, Oh okay, boastful self,

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I was about to use a colloquialism, a colloquialism with

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his boastful self, he says, basically, I've been going wherever

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I want to go on planet Earth. You see, because

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he's relegated to planet Earth. According to Revelation chapter twelve,

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he was kicked out of heaven. So now he's down

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here using the same stuff, the same tactics he did

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when he was in heaven. As of course, someone who

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needed to get kicked out got it. And so I'm

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going and doing whatever I want to do. I'm running,

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I'm going up and down into and fro in the earth.

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And so he's basically saying, every human down there is mine.

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I do whatever I want to do. I'm contested. I

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am there. And so God is saying, wait a minute,

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I hear what you're saying. Have you considered my servant job?

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I know you overcame Adam. I know David, you overcame him.

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I know and every human that has ever been born

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of a woman except well, we can't say except Jesus

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yet because Jesus wasn't yet born, but it would have

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been except Jesus. Right, got it? But have you considered

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my servant job? There is none like him in all

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the earth. And the devil is saying, but hold on,

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hold on. I hear what you're saying. He's only holy

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because you protect him. And this is where we want

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to put down our kickstand and pause for a moment.

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Are you only holy? Are you only attempting to or

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actively serving God? Because things are working well in your life.

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Your money goes longer than your month, your children, your

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spouse healthy, Everything is going fine. Social media is your friend.

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And not your enemy. Huh, your job, your profession, your business,

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everything seems to be flowing well, not that you're wealthy,

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but because you know everything is is status quo, and

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in this case, the status quo was good. Your relationships

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are working well, your personal development is the way that

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you want it. Your spirituality is exceptional. You're feeling it.

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It's wonderful. This is what's going on in your life.

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And the devil in this story is saying, that is

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why Job serves you, because you have everything taken care

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of for him. Look at how wealthy he is. Look

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at how exceptional his family is. And even when his

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children go awry, you've positioned him that he can help

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them to get connected with you. Look at everything, and

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then the Bible says, okay. At different points in this discussion,

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God allows the enemy to touch Job's life. Do protect Job. Okay,

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you can touch his stuff, and it feels like momentarily,

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the devil runs through Job's wealth and he loses all

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of his wealth in a day, and then he runs

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through his family and loses his family except for his wife,

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who had lost her faith in a day. And the

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Bible says that the devil keeps going back. See, let

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me touch him, Let me touch him some more, Let

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me touch him some more. And then God allows the

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enemy to touch Job's health. Brothers and sisters, if your

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health is imperiled, do you still worship God? Do you

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still believe God? Do you believe God when things don't

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work well with your family? Do you believe God when

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things don't work well with your finances? Do you still

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believe God when your spouse or the one whoever is

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that's closest to you has lost his or her faith?

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Do you still hold on to God? Do you love

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God more than anything? Do you love God as the

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songwriter would have penned? And if God forbid your health

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starts to be imperiled, do you love God well? According

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to the rest of the story, we see that even

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though God allowed the devil to touch the man's family,

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touch the man's finances, touch the man's relationships because his

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three plus one friends thought that they were doing some good,

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but they were doing harm and misrepresenting God as they

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were giving Job so called advice. These guys are supposed

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to be holy, that's a different story. And then God allows,

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of course, as I said, the devil to touch Job's health.

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Job remained faithful. That is the question. Am I going

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to remain faithful? Come? What may see the same power

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of God that overcame the dragon hah, The same power

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of God that overcame the dragon in Job's life, the

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same power of God who is present in these last

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days can also make us holy. Will you choose to

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be on God's side? Well, God did restore Job. He

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can restore you too. But in the meantime be holy peace.

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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,