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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 Thursday. It

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is October two, twenty twenty five. Hello, my name is

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El David Harris. I am your host, and this is

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your Daily Portion where we give you God's word every

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single day, and today is no exception. We are continuing

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in our lesson study series Lessons of Faith from Joshua

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under the caption Prosperous and Successful, prosperous and successful. Before

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

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to everyone joining us, especially those joining us for the

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very first time. Please go over to your Daily Portion

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Your Daily Portion Life application guide, and also let us

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Portion dot com. This is one of the ways that

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we continue to build faith and fellowship. Let's go ahead

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and pray. Father, we thank you for this day. We're

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asking you to make us successful and prosperous in your way.

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In Jesus name, I pray, Amen and Amen again. You know,

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sometimes people get unnecessarily confused and become unnecessarily argumentative because

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they don't like the way words come out, Like you

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don't like words? And I know it sounds super simple,

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like what are you talking about?

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Speaker 1: Day?

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Speaker 2: The reality is sometimes people will say you or somebody

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comes from that preacher, that elder, that leader, that bishop, whatever,

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is a prosperity preacher. And it's like, okay, well what

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does that even mean. I'm not saying I don't know

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what people mean by it, but we can't throw words

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in the dumpster or in the dump because people misuse them, okay.

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And so the Bible gives us the blueprint for prosperity.

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The Bible gives us the blueprint for success. The question

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is when we are teaching it from the scriptures, isn't

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indeed and in fact from the scriptures? Is it God's

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method of prosperity. We know it's not about self, like

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it's never been about self. But God made Joseph prosperous.

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Everything that he touched was prosperous in his hands. Yes,

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we see that everything that that uh job involved himself

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in was prosperous and successful, even through trials and tribulations.

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I could go down through the Bible, but I'm not

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trying to convince you of anything. I am encouraging you,

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in fact, to just believe the Bible. And so again,

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what does it mean to be prosperous and successful? If

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you're a good teacher or mentor or coach, you ask

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the right questions, and coming in from the Bible Book

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of Joshua, chapter one, beginning of verse seven, we see

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the right answer, and the Bible reads, only be thou

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strong and very courageous, that thou mayest, observe and do

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according to all the law. The Bible teaches us that

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the baseline, as I said the other day, is to

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keep the law as we receive God's strength right that

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thou mayest what prosper wherever you go, Joshua. So God

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is promising Joshua prosperity. Don't be afraid of the word.

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We just need to know what the Bible means. Here

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verse eight, this book of the law shall not depart

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out of thy mouth. You want to be prosperous, Lets

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God's words be in your life, in your mouth, under

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the covenant, as a part of the warp and woof

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of your heart. Okay, then thou shalt make thy way prosperous.

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He's giving us the blueprint. Then thou shalt have good success.

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We don't have to be paupers. We don't have to

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be unsuccessful. We don't have to be reliant upon other people.

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In fact, in Deuteronomy chapter twenty eight, the first fourteen verses,

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God gave us the complete blueprint of what he would

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do if we keep his commandments, his statutes, his judgments

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close to our hearts, in the ways that He would

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bless us and give us his good success. Verse nine.

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Have I not commanded thee be strong and of good courage?

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For the Lord thy God is with thee, whethersoever thou goest.

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Don't run out ahead against God, don't go out ahead

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of God. In Jenah this chapter twenty four, we also

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see in verse forty, and he said, unto me the

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Lord before whom I walk will send his angel with

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thee and prosper thy way. In Isaiah chapter fifty three,

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in verse ten, the Bible says, yet it please the

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Lord to bruise him speaking of Christ. And the pleasure

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of the Lord shall prosper in his hand. And so

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Jesus experienced and demonstrated how it is to prosper. In

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Psalms chapter one, verses one through three, the Bible reads,

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and I'll paraphrase, blessed is the man that walketh not

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in the council of the ungodly verse two. But his

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delight is in the law of God. And he shall

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be like a planted tree by the rivers of waters.

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And whatsoever he do with shall Here comes the p

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word again, prosper. And so in so oh, God has

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given us ahead of time. The blueprint for prosperity is

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remaining as close as possible to God. It is doing

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what God says by faith. And that word, that word

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for prosper in all of those passages that I read,

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comes from the Hebrew word Salac Salac. This word always

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refers to God enabled God focused success, not self made prosperity.

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Don't be afraid of prosperity. So many things I could say. Obedience,

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according to Deuteronomy chapter twenty eight, verses one and two,

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leads to blessing. In John fifteen, verse five, the Bible says,

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apart from me God speaking in Christ, ye can do nothing.

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The Bible says in Romans chapter eight and verse twenty eight,

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all things work together for the good of those who

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love God, the ones who are called according to His purpose.

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And so from the book Education, page one hundred and

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thirty eight, some of you old timers, right, some of

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you more seasoned and mature people were waiting for this one.

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True success in any line of work is not the

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result of chance or accident, but of God's blessing on

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the right purpose. God prospers the right purpose, Yes, the

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right effort. God prospers the right effort and the right direction.

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The one who leads you if he is godly, if

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she is godly, if it is God himself with no

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human in between, that is the right direction. Don't be

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afraid of success, don't be afraid of prosperity. Okay, And

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so the Bible teaches us so many different ways to

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look at this. Let me go to spiritual success spiritual

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success is not defined by how many people applaud you.

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I'm on this thing every single day, radio stations all

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over the world, on the internet, right on podcasts, etc.

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I got it. That is not the definition of success.

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How many people applaud yous, how many people say that

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you're a blessing to them. That is not the definition,

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but by whether you're living in alignment with God and

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his word. And then, of course, personally, strength and courage

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come from time in scripture, not in self confidence. I

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invest the time to meditate upon the law both day

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and night, as King David said, yes. And then in

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our relationships, when you walk in God's presence like Abraham's servant,

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he will order your steps in every relationship. And finally,

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in the professional sense, God prospers those who steward their assignments.

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I said, their assignments according to His purpose. Even if

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the results don't look impressive according to the world's standards,

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God will prosper you. So many action steps. Let's just

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give you one or two. Start and end your day

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with God in his word. Number two, walk with God

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intentionally in your daily tasks. And then, of course, redefine

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success to match God's purpose. Make it a great day peace.

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Speaker 1: 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,