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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's Thursday at September

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twenty five, twenty twenty five. 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 for the next two days here through

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the Book of Exodus, and our caption for today is

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Jesus tabernacled with humanity. Jesus he tabernacled with humanity. Before

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we get into that, I'd like to say welcome to

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everyone joining us, especially those joining us for the very

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first time. Please go over to your Daily Portion dot com.

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Please join our online community pick up your Daily Portion

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Life application guide and let us know where you are

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in the world at your Daily Portion dot com. This

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is one of the ways that we continue to build

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faith and fellowship. Let's pray, Father, thank you, thank you

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for giving us Jesus, thank you for dwelling among us.

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Please help us to dwell one day with you eternally

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in Jesus' name. I pray, Amen, and amen again by

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show of hands. I don't know you want to type

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of one in the chat. Let's do that type of

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one in the chat if you are looking forward or

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even in the comments section, if you're looking forward to

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the day that we will be with God eternally. I

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know what I just said, looking forward to the day

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when we will begin living with God eternally. Are you

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looking forward to that day? And let's see what makes

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this possible. The Bible reads and one of my favorite

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passages from probably my favorite book, but maybe it'll change

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at some time. The Bible is so sweet, but it

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reads here in verse fourteen of John chapter one, and

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the word was made flesh. We're talking about Jesus Christ

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right here. The Word was made flesh and dwelt among us,

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and we behold his glory, the glory as the only

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begotten of the Father. He is full of grace and truth.

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So Jesus physically dwelt among God's people on planet Earth.

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And let me just go beyond. That Jesus lived in

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human form. That means that he took on the plight

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of humanity. That means that when God so loved the

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world that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever

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believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

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And that God did not send his son into the

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world to condemn the world, but that the world through

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him might be saved. It meant that Jesus took all

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of the punishment that we deserve so that we can

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live the righteous reward that he deserves. Can I say

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that again, he died the death that we deserve so

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that we can live the righteous reward that he deserves.

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So don't let the cross of Christ, the time that

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he gave his life for you, be in vain. So

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if you confess your sins, if I confess my sins,

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if you confess your sins, he is faithful and just

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to forgive us of all of our sins and to

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cleanse Us from all unrighteousness. But he made this possible

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by taking on human form after it was degraded by

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four thousand years of sin. I need you to understand

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that when Jesus Christ came into humanity, he did not

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come into human form when there was no sin on

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planet Earth, because what sense would that make. He didn't

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come into human form on some like regular ambassador trip

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where he gets to sit and live in a cushy

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hotel until this is all over. No, Jesus came into

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humanity after four thousand years of sin. Have you seen

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what was in his bloodline? Who was in his bloodline?

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I challenge you to go into the book of the

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Beginning of Matthew, the Beginning of Luke and read the

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genealogies and see who was in Jesus's bloodline. Yeah, yeah, yeah,

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Jesus could have sinned, but thank god he didn't. I know,

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I just said, I said, Jesus could have sinned, but

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thank god he didn't. When he took on human form,

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it wasn't a formality. It wasn't that he was just

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doing something so we could see a representative from heaven.

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The word becoming flesh is God's greatest act of nearness.

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Just as he dwelt in the tabernacle among God's people

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in the Old Testament, he came in person to reveal

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his glory, the Father's glory, through grace that is unmerited favor,

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that is mercy that we don't deserve, and the power

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to do God's will. And truth. The Bible says that

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the ten Commandments are truth. The Bible says that Jesus

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is the Way, the Truth, and the life. The Bible

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says thy word, God's whole scripture is truth. And so

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invest time in the Gospels today and every day. Really,

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it would be well that we would invest a thoughtful

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hour every day in contemplation about Jesus's life, especially the

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closing moment. So why don't you just begin today, begin

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with that, and see how Jesus's life reveals the heart

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of God, and then worship him. We go now back

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to Revelation twenty one, verse three. I've read it already.

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I've read it already, and I'll read it from a

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different translation, new English translation. And I heard a loud

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voice from the throne saying, Look, the residence of God

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is among human beings. Oh God, he will live among them,

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and they will be his people, and God himself will

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be with them. Can I just say right here that

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when Jesus does this one from the Revelation text, there

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will be no more darkening veil between There will no

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law be a cleft of rock. It won't be that

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God covers our faces with his eyes with his hands,

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or covers us with his hands. It will no longer

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be that He will turn his back and cause his

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glory to pass us in that way. But then we

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will actually see Him as he is. Are you looking

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forward to the day? He said, Then we will see

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him as he is. And let those who have this

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hope in themselves purify themselves even as he is pure.

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So cultivate an awareness of God's presence. One writer said,

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to practice the visible presence of God? How would you

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behave if Jesus was right here, right in front of you,

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you could see and experience him. How would you behave?

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What kinds of conversations would you have and not have?

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How would you treat that person over there who has needs?

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How would you treat this person over here who has

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slighted you in the past and maybe intends to continue

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slighting You would you treat those people or situation. So

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invite him into every aspect of life. The Bible teaches

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us in Revelation chapter three that behold, he stands at

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the door, and he knocks, he knocks, and he said

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that if any person hears his voice and then opens

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the door, he will come in to that person, come

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into the home of the person, come into the life

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of the person. But the question is, like, where are

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we allowing God to come in? We're going to put

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him in that first sitting room that I made allusion

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to yesterday or direct reference, like where you don't put

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your feet up on anything, you just kind of hang

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out in that very stilted and sterile experience. Or we're

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going to let him into the true living room and

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family room where we hang out and do whatever we desire.

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Or into the kitchen where we eat and agree with

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the people with whom we eat and build trust with them.

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Or is it into the bed room, Is it into

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the closet, is it up under the bed Is it

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in that place in the drawer that you don't want

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nobody to go into that you allow Jesus to come

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in and actually transform that space into the bethel the

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House of God. Hmmm, behold, I have seen Pennael, I

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have seen God face to face, and I have been

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spared like. Is that your reality? When Jesus dwells with you,

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are you allowing him into your space? Yes? Or yes?

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And then finally, the future dwelling of God with humanity

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will be eternal. I'm grateful. I'm grateful. So begin to

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live with hope and holiness, keeping eternity in your view

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as your ultimate does.

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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,