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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 Thursday. It's

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October thirty, 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

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day and today is no exception. We are continuing in

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our lesson study series Lessons of Faith from Joshua, Lessons

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of Faith from Joshua, and our caption for today is

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the Prince of Peace Prints of Peace. Before we get

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into that, I'd like to say welcome to you and

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ask you to go over to your Daily Portion dot Com.

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Please join our online community, pick up the Your Daily

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Portion Life Application Guide, And as usual, I'm asking someone

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to type in the chat, especially here on YouTube. Type

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program on Friday evening. We have one of a kind

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songs to guide us through the lesson. We're teaching the

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lesson through music. You can actually download those also at

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your Daily Portion dot com. This is one of the

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

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let's pray and then get underway. Father, we do thank

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you for the privilege that you have given us to

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worship you, and I'm asking you to help us to

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do this in a way that is pleasing to you,

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not something that we manufacture, something that we learn from

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the internet or from something on television like or get

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into a frenzy because of the way we feel, Father,

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help us to actually serve you and worship you in

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all things. In Jesus' name, I pray, Amen and Amen again,

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the Prince of Peace. I love this because I'm a

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peaceful person. I'm a peaceful person naturally, and yes I've

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allowed society to encroach upon that. When I was a

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young boy at age fourteen, I allowed society to drag

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me from my peaceful shell. But God has given us

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the prince of peace, Jesus Christ, the Prince of peace.

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There are people who love war, but Jesus is the

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prince of peace. And primarily though the issue of peace

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has to do with our connection with God, we were

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born as enemies of God, hostile toward God. Paul talks

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about that often in his writings. And the fact that

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Jesus Christ has come so that we can have peace,

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I am grateful because I'm tired of war. I'm tired

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of rumors of wars, and so thank God, thank God

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for the ministry that we will read now from Isaiah,

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chapter nine and verse six. The Bible says, for unto

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us a child is born, speaking of Jesus Christ. There's

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no question about this. Unto us a son is given

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and the government. I am excited about this, especially in

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twenty twenty five now, because sometimes governments seem to go

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into weird directions where interacting with other countries is concerned.

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And the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his

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name shall be called wonderful. He's wonderful counselor do you

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need a counselor do you need someone to teach you

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the path that you should go? The Mighty God. Somehow

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we've run by that, the Mighty God. Jesus is verily

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equal to his Father in every single way, Thank God,

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the everlasting Father. He's the one who created you. John

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chapter one shows us clearly. Hebrews chapter one shows us clearly.

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The Book of Colossians, in at least two places show

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us clearly that Jesus Christ is the one who created

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you and the Prince of Peace. He's the one that

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mends the broken fence between us and God, our Father.

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And Jesus is wonderful. Jesus is the gift that the

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Father gave us, because the Father himself loves us, and

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so he gives us that way so that we can

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be adopted into the family of God, Thank God. And

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so our first life lesson. Our first lesson comes in

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from Isaiah chapter eleven, verse six. And my wife, I'm

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sure someone can know why I'm chuckling here. The Bible reads,

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the wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the

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leopard shall lie down with the young goat or the kid,

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and in another place it says, and a little child

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shall lead them. And you people keep bringing that up

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when children do well in their school work or in

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church or in some other what you might consider to

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be a leadership position. Right, Yeah, well this is actually

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referencing like children leading animals. So I just want you

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to get that context. But let me stay on task.

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The lesson number one for today is God's end goal

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is peace, not perpetual war. God's end goal is peace,

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not perpetual war. The prophecies of Isaiah and Hoseaiah or

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Hostiah and Micah reveal God's true intention for humanity. It's

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always been peace. God created us to be with Him

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forever in a peaceful, loving, perpetual relationship. I'm just trying

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to find how many ways I can say everlasting and peace.

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So the Prince of Peace represents the culmination of God's

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plan to restore all creation throughout the universe from chaos

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of sin to harmony of His presence. You know, the

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Earth and all that is attached to Earth is the

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renegade planet, like our whole solar system is impacted by

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our sinfulness, right, and so justice and righteousness replace judgment

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and destruction, and even nature will be reconciled. We'll see

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these babies as they grow up in heavenly places. Finally, finally,

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when we don't have to live in the sinful situation

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where where wolves will no longer be predators, they won't

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eat lambs anymore. The leopard will lie down with the

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young goat. The leopard will not be a predator anymore.

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He'll go back to the way that is seen in Genesis,

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where they were all I wouldn't say vegetarian, but that's

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for the wrong species. Maybe herbivores, maybe herbivores. I don't

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know what they'll be called, but they won't be eating

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other animals anymore. They will no longer be predators. And

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I'm grateful, and the Bible says, and a little child

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shall lead them, Thank God. And so for me, the

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action step is to pray for peace that only Christ

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can give. His kingdom begins in my heart. Remember God's

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will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

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Let that be in your heart first, before it rains

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all over the earth. God's peace be upon you. Blessed

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be his name now lessen. Number two. God wins through

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peace he wins through peace. In tewod Kings, chapter six

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and verse twenty two, we have one example, and he answered,

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thou shalt not smite them. What dost thou smite those

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whom thou hast taken captive with a sword and with

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thy bow. Set bread and water before them, and they

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may eat and drink and go to their master. And

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the story of Elisha we see we see the blinded

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Syrian army shows how God's victories often come without violence,

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surrounded by heavenly armies. Elisha chose mercy over massacre by

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feeding his enemies. We see this in the New Testament.

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God talked about feeding even our enemies. He revealed God's heart.

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He's a god who conquers through compassion. That's the goal. Really.

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The Syrians left in peace because they had tasted or

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experienced the grace of God, and so our lesson or

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action step in this case is to respond to opposition

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with kindness. I wear a shirt, especially when I am traveling.

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I have multiple versions of it. It just says two words,

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be kind, be kind. Every act of peace reveals God's

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greater power over conflict. Be kind, be kind at all costs,

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be kind and I know you all. Some of you

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were thinking up all kinds of ways to twist this

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thing and say sometimes it's not possible. But really, Christ's

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followers are called to be peacemakers in wherever it lies

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unto us. That's lesson number three. Thanks for 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,