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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 Friday, November

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twenty one, 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 day,

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and today is no exception. We are continuing in our

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lesson study series lessons of Faith from Joshua, and our

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caption for today is Kleb's Unwavering Faith. Klebs Unwavering Faith.

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

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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, Thank you, thank you

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for this time of worship. It is time of being

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called by your name, and now we can answer the call.

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So we can come into your pavilion, learn from you,

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be transformed by you, and then go out back into

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the world by it. Because you have sent us. Please

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give us the faith of Jesus. In Jesus' name, I pray,

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Amen and amen again Caleb's unwavering faith. Now, let me

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just say that before the Old Testament was written, the

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Old Testament of the Bible was written, Jesus was the

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author and finisher of our faith, before the people knew

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to call him Jesus, before the Messiah actually was born

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of a woman. In fulfillment of the many, many, many

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many prophecies that said that we would have Messiah come

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and the government would be upon his shoulders. Before any

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of that, Jesus Christ was the author and finisher of

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our faith, and so Caleb received his faith from God.

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Let me just say that, because sometimes when we use

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humans as examples we go too far. What we're really

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saying is that Caleb was a recipient of the faith

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of Jesus Christ, and when he lived that faith and

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connected to God to receive God power, we see something

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to emulate. We can model the kind of faith that

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Caleb had. Okay, So but let's not get Caleb out

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of perspective here. He's a human being, just like you,

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who had the privilege of what receiving the faith of

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God and living in a way that was pleasing to God.

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And so we begin with that from the Book of Numbers,

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chapter fourteen, the Bible, Book of Numbers, chapter fourteen, and

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I will read verse twenty four, and the Bible reads,

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but my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit we

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read about him the other day in this same passage,

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had another spirit with him, meaning he was different than

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the people other than Joshua, he was different than the

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other people who were in the first generation of people

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delivered from Egyptian captivity. This dude had the Holy Ghost

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on a whole nother level, just like Joshua did and

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hath followed me fully. See that's the manifestation of the

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power of the Holy Ghost in Caleb's life. He followed

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God fully him, will I bring into the land where

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unto he went, and his seed shall possess it. So

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God gave Caleb an inheritance, and not for only Caleb,

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but also for his what we would call posterity, meaning

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the people in his legacy. Yeah, even his legacy benefited

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because he was faithful to God. Are you faithful to God?

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What is the legacy that you're leaving behind. Is it

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that people are blessed because God made promises to you

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and they are receiving much of the benefit, or or

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is it something else that God is visiting the iniquities

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upon the of the fathers, upon the children, unto the

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third and fourth generation of those who hate him. Yeah.

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I like to claim the promise that God made in

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the Commandments. I did that when Josiah was conceived. I said, God,

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you said that you would show mercy to thousands who

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love you and keep your commandments. Give me the fortitude

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God to keep and do according to the Covenant, so

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that my son will not suffer because of his DNA,

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but that he will be blessed because he receives the

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connection to you that his father, meaning me David, has

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also received. And so forth, with that backdrop we go

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with our lesson number one from Hebrews, Chapter eleven and

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verse one. Hebrews eleven and verse one, the Bible reads, now,

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faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence

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of things not seen. Let me say it from the

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New English translation. Now, faith is being sure of what

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we hope for. What are you hoping for? Today? From God?

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I'm saying, what are you hoping for? Are you hoping

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for a transformed heart and mind? Are you hoping that

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you will learn how to live like Caleb did where

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he did exactly what God said the way God said

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at the time that God said, what are you hoping for?

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Are you hoping for a promotion on your job? There's

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no problem to hope for that. There's no problem if

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you're trusting God for this. Huh. What are you hoping for?

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You hoping for your son your daughter to be saved

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because they are wayward at this moment. Hoping for your

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marriage to be phenomenal on planet Earth as we await

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the coming of Jesus Christ. What are you for? What

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are you hoping? Well? The Bible continues being convinced of

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what you do not see. So based on the evidence

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that God has given you, that he is powerful to save,

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that he has your best interest at heart, he is

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giving you the kind of belief that, even though you

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don't see the outcome yet, you know that He will

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do what pleases him and you will be the recipient.

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And so faith that stands when others fall is the

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kind of lesson that we're getting from Caleb's faith, which

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did not bend or bend to fear or circumstances. When

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the tense spies saw impossibility. Let me just say, if

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I apply it to me, like when the people saw

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impossibility here on Jamaica Land we love when we were

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staring down the barrel of the loaded pistol called Hurricane Melissa.

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The kind of faith that God's people had were not

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the kind of faith that this or faith lessness that

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the spies had. It was the kind of faith that said,

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God will take care of us. Yes, be not dismayed,

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where to hera be tied, God will take care of us.

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Caleb saw opportunity for those who overcame the devil by

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the blood of the land. They also came overcame by

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the word of their testimony. They believed God. It was

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accounted to them as for righteousness, and they are a

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testimony whether they are living or resting in the tomb

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until Jesus comes back. Their legacy is a testimony that

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God is able to do exactly what he promised. Caleb

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believed what God said even though it contradicted what his

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eyes could see. There were, in fact giants. Yes, there

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are times when God's people saw very real winds and

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very real waves, very real boundaries and mountains and other

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things that get in the people's way. But he did

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not believe his eyes. He believed his God. He believed

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as God. That kind of faith does not emerge in

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the moment of christis it is built over years of

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walking closely with God. And so we all have a

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decision to make. Are we going to walk closely with

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God and build our faith muscle so that our faith

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now can find its resting place in Christ. And we

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will now do what God has called us to do.

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As a result, my God teach us how not to

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have blind optimism, but have the kind of faith that

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says you are the God who is able to keep

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us from falling. You are the God whose power is

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anchored in our past and in the past of people

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that we know, and that if we are obedient to You,

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then we will get the blessings, we will receive the outcomes,

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we will see, receive all that you have promised, just

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like they did. We don't deny the giants and Canaan.

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We just magnify the giant God that we serve. Yeah,

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I've learned a lot from the faith that Caleb had.

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Did you peace? Thanks for joining us listening.

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Speaker 1: Friends, Always remember we cannot live by bread alone, but

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by every word that comes from the mouth of God.

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This has been your daily portion with El David Harris,

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make it a great day. Yeah,