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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 Tuesday, December

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twenty four, twenty twenty four. 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 themes in the Gospel of John, and

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our caption for today is light and Darkness. Light and Darkness.

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We'll get into that in just a moment, but first

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i'd like to say welcome to you and ask you

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to go over to your Daily Portion dot com. I

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want you to join our online community. Y'all need you

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to pick up pick up the Companion Guide. That's attached

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to this lesson study. It's very clear which one it

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is right there, because I don't know are you watching

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this in twenty twenty four, twenty twenty five, when are

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you watching this? It doesn't matter. We have a companion

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guide that you can also apply these truths to your life.

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Thank God, and also 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 go ahead and pray and then

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

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being light to us. In Jesus' name, I pray, Amen

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and Amen again. You know there is a song that's

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hark the herald angels sing, Jesus, the Light of the world. Huh,

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Glory to the new born King. Jesus, the Light of

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the world. We can walk in the light, beautiful light

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come where the dewdrops of mercy shine bright, shine all

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around us by day and by night. Jesus the light

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of the world. And I'm thankful that he has given

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himself to us as the light. Because those who are

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in darkness stumble around, because they're hiding, because their deeds

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are evil, because they choose to be in darkness. But

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when the light is come, then we should follow Jesus

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in the light. You see, when Jesus created the earth,

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the Bible says he said, let there be light, And

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there was light that was on the first day. And

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it's interesting to me because the sun, moon, and stars

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were not created until the fourth day. And so when

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Jesus says, let there be light, he is revealing himself.

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He's unfurling the brightness of his sex into the darkness.

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In the same way, without sun, moon, or stars, he's

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the light of the temple in the City of God.

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In Revelation chapter twenty one, I believe it is in

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verse twenty three. They had no need of light. They

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needed no candle. They needed no sun, no moon, no stars,

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no other earthly or excuse me, heavenly bodies except Jesus Christ,

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who is the light the Bible says thereof. And so

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we know that the devil is the originator of that

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darkness that is in the mindsets of people. And so

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we go now to John chapter one, and we begin

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to look at the contrast, beginning at verse four, between

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between who Jesus is and how he wants us to

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live versus how we are naturally living without him and

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verse four. In him was life, and the life was

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the light of men. So light and life go together.

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Light and life, life go together. If you have life,

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you have the light, which is Christ. Verse five. And

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the light shineth in the darkness. The darkness comprehended it.

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Not that means it could not hold him back. The

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darkness of this earth, the darkness of the mindsets of

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the people, the darkness of the devil and his influence

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over people could not keep Jesus back. He's here. He's

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here now the light has come. Verse six. There was

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a man sent from God whose name was John. The

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same came for a witness, to bear witness of that light,

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that all men, through him might believe. He is not

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that light, but was sent to bear witness of the

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light that was the true light, which lighteth every man

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that cometh into the world. You see, Jesus has given

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us a sparkle, a spark of light, as we are born.

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In the same way that he has given everyone a

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measure of faith, he gives as a spark just enough

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enough of a twinkle, so that we can now desire

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after God. Even though we are naturally hostile toward God.

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When we're born. He wants us to have that spark

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of light that says, wait a minute, my life shouldn't

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be this way. Wait a minute. I should be in

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control of my emotions, not to put them away, but

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to not allow them to control me. I should have

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self control. I should be loving and kind. I should

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be able to be joyful even in the midst of trials. Yes,

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I should love in a way that is not natural

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for me to love. How do I get that? Oh,

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wait a minute, that twinkle. It only takes a spark

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to get a fire going. So that twinkle. God is saying,

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come to me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden,

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and I will bring and give you rest. So come

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to me. And then God lights our lives on fire

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in a good way, and we become lights in this

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wicked and perverse generation. And John chapter three, verse nineteen,

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the Bible reads, and this is the condemnation that light

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is come into the world. That's Jesus and humans. Men

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loved darkness rather than light, you see, because their deeds

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were evil. And so when God brings to your mind,

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it doesn't matter at what point in your journey you are.

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But when he brings light to you and says, you know,

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fill in your name here. This is the way that

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I want you to live. But you reject it. God forbid.

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That is rejecting the light, and that is because you

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love evil. I'm not saying you do it, brothers and sisters.

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I'm saying the proverbial you. I have done it in

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the past, and all of you have done it in

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the past. But this must not be our life today.

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It must not be our habit today. But when people

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reject light, it's because they love evil. There's no two

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ways about it. And then the Bible says in verse

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twenty for everyone that doeth evil, hateth the light, neither

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cometh to the light lest his deeds should be reproved.

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How many of you, by show of hands, love to

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be corrected. So many people run away from the correction

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because they don't like how it feels. They feel like

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they were perfect by themselves, so they don't want to

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be disturbed. They want to continue along their pathway undisturbed.

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But verse twenty one, but he that doeth truth cometh

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to the light. Thank God, you brothers and sisters. I

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we can be those who come to the truth, we

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can come to the light that his deeds may be manifest. God,

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look at my life. I confess to you. Whatever you see,

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I agree with you. Thank you for revealing it to me. Now,

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will you teach me how to live like you lived?

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Can you teach me how to be holy? Can you

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take away my sins? Take away the desire for them sinning.

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Take away the desire for the cigarettes, the nicotine addiction.

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Take away the desire for abusing people. Take away the

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addiction to watching stuff that is unmentionable and I shouldn't

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even be talking about it here. Take away the desire

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to just ignore those widows and orphans who need our help.

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Take Away the selfishness. Jesus, please take away the pomposity

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and pride that comes when we do sometimes come into

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the quote faith and then become so intelligent that we

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outsmart ourselves. We are so smart that we outsmart ourselves.

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All we like to do is argue and prove that

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we know something. Please give us the light. I believe you, God,

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that they are wrought in God. So when we begin

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to live the way God wants us to live, then

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the light will make that manifest. And then and then

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the Bible. The Bible continues John chapter eleven and verse ten,

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Us speaking, but if a man walk in the night,

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he stumblest because there is no light in him. We

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don't need to walk around stumbling when the light of

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God's word is present. Jesus giving us his word, he said,

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he will guide us into the paths of righteousness. Thy

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word have I hid in mine heart that I might

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not sin against thee. The Word is a lamp unto

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my feet and a light unto my path, And those

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words testify of Jesus. I'm thankful that there is light

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that we can come too and then become lights in

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this generation because Jesus Christ lives in our lives.

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Speaker 1: Make it a great day, Peace. Thanks for joining us listening. Friends.

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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.