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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 Sabbath, September seven,

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twenty twenty four. 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 through the Book of Mark. Our caption for

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today is Taken and Tried, Taken and Tried. We'll get

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into that in just a moment. First, i'd like to

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say welcome to you and ask you to please go

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faith and fellowship. And for those who are watching me

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and not just listening to me, you see that I'm

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looking away, looking away, I am going to the online

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community now. It's just over nine hundred members there. And

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as I have said to you before, it is not

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that you're listening all over the world on these two

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hundred radio stations, the thirty platforms, the television station and

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we can have daily interaction. Just me speaking to you

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on this broadcast. Okay, let's go ahead and pray and

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then we will get underway. Father in Heaven, thank you

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for this day and for the privilege that you have

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given us to live another Sabbath day. I pray that

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we will live according to your principles. Help us to

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take what you give us in stride, and know that

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you have measured every trial before it came our way.

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In Jesus name, I pray, Amen and Amen again, taken

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and tried, so we are going to begin now by

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reading from Mark chapter fourteen, Mark chapter fourteen and verse

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thirty six. And of course Jesus is speaking now to

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God the Father, and he said, Abbah, Father, all things

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are possible for you take this cup away from me. Please, nevertheless,

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not what I will, but what you will. Now I

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want you to get the scene. Jesus has done his work.

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He has completed, or at least to this point, he

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has completed the work up until he's about to give

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his life for us. Right, and so for more than

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thirty years now, Jesus has been faithful. For almost three

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and a half complete years, Jesus has been in the

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public eye, like he has been in public ministry, actively

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and deliberately on the mission to seek and to save

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that which was lost. That is where he is right.

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And now he's in the garden of Getsem and he's

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praying to God, our Father, and he is calling to

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him and saying, this load is heavy. Have you ever

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been in a situation where the load was heavy? And

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I don't mean just normal life load. We know that

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sometimes our relationships are in shambles. We understand that like

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there are times that our health is in compromised positions.

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We know that there are times at our job and

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there are people who frustrate us. We understand this, but

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this is not what I'm talking about. I'm talking about

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persecution for Christ's sake, where you know that you are

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a child of God, connected to him, and you are

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doing his will on a daily, regular basis, and you

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find that when you do that, like Jeremiah, you're buffeted.

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You have trials related to doing God's will. Some people's

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second guess. I'm not saying Jesus was doing that, but

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some people like Jeremiah was second guessing. It was like,

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every time I do your will, especially when I speak

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your words to the people who are to hear it,

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it's terrible. It's difficult. It's difficult, and so I'm not

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doing this anymore. This is what Jeremiah said, And then

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the Bible says after he had tried that. I think

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it's in chapter twenty. He said it was like when

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he tried to hold back himself from doing exactly what

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God wanted him to do, speaking the words that he

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was to speak. He said, it was like fire shut

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up in his bones. He could not hold it back anymore.

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Now we understand that there are times that we do

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God's will exactly as God says, and because of that,

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we are persecuted. Because of that, there is a feeling

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sometimes of separation between us and our Father because it's like, God,

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could you relieve this suffering? Can you remove some of

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the burden of this pain? And it appears, it appears

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to us while we're not seeing clearly that God is

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not paying attention. And so Jesus is in the garden

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of Gethsemite. He's at a point now where the heaviness

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is heavy. I mean, it's ridiculous, and he's sweating as

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it were great drops of blood. Have you ever sweat

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till you bled? No? I haven't, I have it. I

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can't speak for you. There are some people in the

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world that have experienced that heaviness. But Jesus is there now,

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his three closest disciples are are are are not praying

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for him, They are asleep, and uh, yeah, he's preparing

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to give his life for us. And yeah, we find

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out later that the disciples, actually all of the disciples

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forsook Jesus and fled. One of them eventually betrays him

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with a kiss and then murders himself. He kills himself,

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commits suicide, meaning Judas and and and and and and

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and all of the weight of the sins of every

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sinner who has ever lived or ever will live are

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now on Jesus's shoulder. I think we have painted a picture.

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And he hasn't even gone to the cross yet. And

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he's like, God Father, all things are possible for you.

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I know you can make a way. Will you take

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this cup away from me? But if you won't, nevertheless,

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like the three Hebrew Boys said, we know that our

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God can deliver us. But if he chooses not to,

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we still are going to do your do God's will. Nevertheless,

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not what I will, but what you will. And so

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what we're going to do is now learn a few

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lessons when we are in challenges, we are in difficulties.

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And Jesus said, they persecute you, They revile you. They

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say all manner of evil against you, falsely. For my sake,

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he said, rejoice and be exceeding glad, for great is

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your reward in heaven. For so persecuted they the prophets

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which were before you. And by the way, they did

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the same to Jesus. But here are some principles that

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we can embrace in order to live the kind of

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life that Jesus demonstrated in that one pivotal moment, as

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he had all of the weight of the world on

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his shoulders. First is from Fhlip in chapter four, verses

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six and seven. Be careful for nothing, but in everything

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by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be

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made known unto God. See Jesus did that. He did

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that and the peace of God. Jesus eventually got God's

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peace in that moment, which passeth all understanding. Shall keep

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your hearts and mind through Jesus Christ. So we want

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to embrace prayer as a foundation to connecting with God

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no matter what our trials are. Then, from the Bible

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Book of Proverbs, chapter nineteen and verse twenty one, the

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Bible reads, there are many devices in a man's heart. Nevertheless,

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the counsel of the Lord that shall stand. The counsel

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of the Lord shall stand, even if we are trying

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to figure our way out of a trial, if we're

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looking for a way to manage the trial in our

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own minds. But when we keep in mind that God

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is solved and that we should be praying and connecting,

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praying to and connecting with God. Then that means now

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that we are ready to submit to his sovereignty. You

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know everything, All things are possible. Jesus said, nevertheless, not

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as I will, but as thou wilt, submit to God's sovereignty.

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Mm hmm. I'll say it another way from Matthew chapter

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six and verse thirty three. And this is probably our

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final But seek ye first the Kingdom of God and

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his righteousness. That's what Jesus did, and all things needful

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shall be added unto you. Of course there was a

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specific context. But seek God's will above your own. Make

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it a great Sabbath, 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,