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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, morning, Good morning. It is Wednesday, April sixteen,

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twenty twenty five. Hello, my name is Elle 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 how to study Bible Prophecy, and our caption

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for today is Isaac and Rebecca. Isaac and Rebecca. We'll

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get into that in just a moment, but first I'd

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like to say welcome to you and ask you to

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Click the red button when you get over there, and

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This is one of the ways that we continue to

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build faith and fellowship. 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 giving us this new day and getting us to

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the midpoint of our week. Please draw us into your presence,

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help us to live holy lives and to be connected

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with you until Jesus comes. In Jesus's name, I pray,

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Amen and Amen again Isaac and Rebecca. The lesson writer

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points out something very interesting that when Abraham was all

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and no doubt thinking about his promises or the promises

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that God made to him and his posterity, he gave

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his oldest and most trusted servant a solemn task. And

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you want to know what that task was. Let's go

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ahead into the Bible Book of Genesis, chapter fifteen and

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verse five. Here is a promise, Here is a promise,

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and the Bible reads he took him outside and said,

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look at the sky. This is what God said. He said,

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and count the stars. If you are able to count them,

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then he said to him, so shall your descendants be Okay,

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So I'm going to talk about the details in a

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second when we go to Genesis chapter twenty four, But

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for now, let's think about the connection of the promise

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from Genesis chapter twenty two and verse eighteen. The Bible reads,

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and in thy seat shall all of the nations of

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the earth be blessed. So if when Abraham is giving

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his servant a solemn task of finding his son the

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right wife, and he has the promise of God settled

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in his mind, he's thinking about the connection. Of course,

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there is a connection maybe he wasn't fully aware of

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in the messianic line, a connection of the covenant continuation

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and the divine promise and the future blessing. So all

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of this and more is wrapped up in the task

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that the servant had. Now, let me ask you a question.

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What if you had this task. What if someone of

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good reputation who is connected to God is asking you

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to serve in a particular way, and you have all

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of this seemingly on your shoulders, what do you do first?

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Do you just run out and say, okay, I'll go

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do exactly what he or she said? Or are you

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going to pray first? Are you going to ask God

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how do I fulfill this mammoth task. That's a question

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that we all need to be answering. And then of

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course we see the action, the action of Abraham's faith,

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his trust in the promise, his active obedience, and the

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focus on the future as he continues to build and

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covenant with God. And then the Bible teaches us about legacy,

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spiritual legacy that would come as a result of just

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a couple of things. One Abraham and Sarah being obedient

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to God and receiving the promise, and number two having

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when that son is born to lead him into the

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paths of righteousness, and then ultimately when he is married,

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to continue the legacy. Okay, and so that was just

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a quick overview. Now we're going to the Bible book

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of Genesis, chapter twenty four and see why this is

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all so important. Genesis chapter twenty four, and I'll read

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beginning at verse one. And Abraham was old and well

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stricken in age. And the Lord had blessed Abraham in

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all things. And Abraham said, unto his eldest servant of

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his house that ruled over all that he had put

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I pray thee thy hand under my thigh, and I

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will make thee swear by the Lord, the God of

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Heaven and the God of Earth, that thou shalt not

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take a wife unto my son of the daughters of

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the Canaanites. Of course, this is because these well we'll

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get into the details. Let me pause right here among

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whom I dwell, But thou shalt go unto my country

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and to my kindred and take a wife unto my

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son Isaac. So there is an importance in this choice.

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There's an importance in this choice, and the Bible does

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teach us in the New Testament, we understand now what

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it means. Two Corinthians, Chapter sixteen and verse four six

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and verse fourteen. Be ye not unequally yoked with unbelievers.

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Why not because unbelievers don't love God. You see, unbelievers

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don't have faith in the God of Heaven. And if

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this is a covenantal relationship that Abraham is extending through

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his legacy based on the promise of God, then he

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knows that the promise or the enactment of the promise

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can be disrupted by his disobedience. And so we want

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to continue the spiritual legacy. When you got married, were

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you thinking about the promise of God. Were you thinking

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about the fact that one day we will see him

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face to face. Were you thinking about the fact that

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one day you would have children, and those children if

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the Lord spair's life, will have children, and God has

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given you a responsibility to train up your children in

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God's path of righteousness, were you thinking about that? I

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certainly was. I wish I had the time. Let's keep going,

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Let's keep going. And then, of course there is that

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saying promise in Genesis chapter twenty one and verse twelve

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we see the promise repeated. It's a divine promise straight

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from God in Isaac, shall all thy seed be called?

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So the stakes are high because eventually Jesus would come,

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as he was born to Mary, he would come through

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that line. And again there's covenantal fulfillment. There is the

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promise of preservation and God's plan. Of course, there is

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prophetic significance. There is all kinds of relational significance. But

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more than that, it is about connection with God and

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keeping that connection clear. And so this teaches us that

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marriage does affect faith. Our choices. I'm saying it does

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affect faith. There is a spiritual unity that is crucial

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when we get married. Faith preservation is vital. And then

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of course family influences destiny or the outcomes of our lives.

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I say often there is no one who influences me

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more heavily than Simone. Simona is the greatest influence in

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my life. It doesn't matter with whom I work when

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I'm doing my contract work or whatever it is that

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I do for business. It doesn't matter what my son does.

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It doesn't matter what's going on on the television, which

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I don't watch anyway, but that's a different story. I

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don't have that kind of time, right But whatever is

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on YouTube or some other platform, that stuff is critical. Yes,

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But Simone is the most influential person because I am

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joined to her. The two of us have become one flesh.

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And so if that is the case, and it is,

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and we have a child because because of our love relationship,

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then that means that whatever happens in the generations to

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come are vital. Bible actually talks about it in the

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Ten Commandments, where it says that God is showing mercy

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to thousands who love him and keep his commandments. Of course,

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before that, he said he's visiting the iniquity that the fathers,

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upon the children, to the third and fourth generation of

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those who hate him. But I'm thanking God for the mercy,

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the mercy that comes to those who love Him and

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keep his commandments. So marriage is no light matter. When

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we are marrying, we choose hopefully by God's grace, with

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the power of the Holy Spirit and legacy in mind. 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,