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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 Sabbath, September six,

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twenty twenty five. 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 Exodus, and our caption

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for today is Apostasy and Intercession. Apostasy and Intercession. 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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dot com. Please join our online community. Please let us

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know where you are in the world at your Daily

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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. And let me

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just say to those who are here on the island

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with me. I'll be at Trench Town, SDA this morning

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sharing the word of God. So if you're in the area,

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come through, come through and enjoy God and the brethren

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with me today. Let's go ahead and pray and then

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we will get underway. Father, thank you for this new Sabbath,

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for the opportunity to experience You. And I'm praying that

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you will give us the antidote today against apostasy, against

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turning our backs on You. Please, in Jesus name, I pray, Amen,

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and a man again, so we get to see in

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the life of Moses what it looks like to really

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get into the heart of God. Because think about it,

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human beings have sinned, all have sinned and come short

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of the glory of God. This is what we know

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right all of us. All of us have sinned and

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come short of the glory of God. And Jesus Christ,

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the Bible says that God gave him so that we

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can be saved. So Jesus Christ is the ultimate intercessor,

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the ultimate mediator, the ultimate go between. I think job.

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When he was going through his trials, he said, I

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need a days man. I need somebody who will speak

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to God for me. This burden is too heavy God.

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I need somebody to go and speak to God for me.

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And so in this case, even though God's people were

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stiff necked and stubb even though they murmured and all

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of these things, Moses knew that he really wanted them

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to be saved. Okay, And so the Bible reads here

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in Exodus chapter thirty two, verses thirty one and thirty two.

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Then Moses returned to the Lord and said, oh, these

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people have committed a great sin. We're going to talk

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about that in the next two days. If the Lord

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spaars life, they have a great sin and have made

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for themselves a god out of gold. What yet, now,

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if you will forgive their sin? But if not, I pray.

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Now comes like some of the most incredible words you'll

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ever read that a human said in scripture, He said,

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I pray blot me out of your book which you

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have written holding. What kind of love is this? Where

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the man of God, knowing how foul the people of

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God can be, knowing all that it means that they struggle,

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and he's saying, God, if you won't forgive them, then

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please let me be the one that has to pay

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the penalty. Yes, this is deliberate. For those listening on

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the air, it is not. The broadcast has not cut off.

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I can't even imagine what was going through Moses's mind

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when he said, blot me out and save these people,

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especially when the people did not love God in the

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way that they should, especially when God gave them clearly

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the ten commandments, especially when he said, have no other

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gods before me, and God heard their groanings and delivered

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them by a mighty hand out of bondage. And they

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do this fall God. What Yeah, let that settle in.

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So let's learn some lessons. Now, let's learn some lessons.

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Sometimes we have to slow down before we speed up.

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And so in verse eight of chapter thirty two, the

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Bible reads that they have turned aside quickly out of

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the way which I commanded them. This is what God

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is saying. They have made them a molten calf guard

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your walk daily. I'm talking about even this Sabbath morning,

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because look at it, this temptation and the fall into

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sin was related to worship. So even today this Sabbath morning.

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Guard your walk with God, even after spiritual victories, even

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after God takes you through your red seat experience on

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dry ground and he destroys the marauders who have been

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destroying your life. Even when you have these mountaintop experiences

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like Elijah had on Mount Carmel, You've had these experiences

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where you just knew that God was speaking, you did

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what he said, and wonderful and miraculous things happened in

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your life. Be anchored through consistent time in the Word

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of God and prayer. And when we're praying, we're not

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just spouting things out to God. We are saying God,

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there are things in my life that I know that

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if you don't keep me, you don't save me, you

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don't transform me, I will go off base. Will you

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please keep me on base, Keep me in relationship with you.

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Teach me to treat people the way that you treat people.

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Teach me to love you like you love me. Teach

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me how to serve you in such a way that others,

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when they see my life, they will want to have

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a relationship with you. Show me how to steward the

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money and other means that you have given me. All

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of us have time. All of us have a level

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of health, even if we're not as healthy as we

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should be. All of us have the ability to experience. God,

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help me to steward all of that, God, and bring

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you glory in my life. From verse thirty two of Exodus,

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chapter thirty two, we read, yet not now, if thou

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wilt forgive their sin, blot me. I pray thee out

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of the book which thou hast written. This is it

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intercede for those who've failed. You have a child right

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now who is failing. You know that he or she

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or God forbid all of your children have turned their

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backs on you. On God. Now it's time to intercede.

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You see in the story of Job, the Bible says

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that he offered sacrifice back when sacrifices were what God

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would accept. He offered sacrifices for all of his children

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if peradventure, they would do something foolish. I promise you,

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my mom, my late mother, if she were not praying

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the way she was, and she had some friends, some

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sisters who are praying in the same way she was,

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I would not be here today. The millions of people

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who get this word because God has laid his hand

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on me. Would not have gotten it in this way

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if my mom had not done exactly this. She knew

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that my life was a mess. She knew that I

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enjoyed being in the world. She knew I had no

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intention of following the Lord. And she prayed, and she prayed,

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and she woke up in the middle of the night,

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and she continued to pray. I think there's a song

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that says, somebody prayed for me, they had me on

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their mind. I am so glad that they prayed for me.

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So do that for somebody else, especially when you want

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to give up on them. Pray from the heart like

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Moses did. And now we come in from the book

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of Psalms, chapter one hundred and six and verse twenty three.

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Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not

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Moses his chosen and stood before him in the breach?

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Are you God's chosen? The many are called, according to

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Matthew chapter twenty two, but few are chosen. The chosen

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are people who accept the covering of righteousness that comes

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from Christ. Those who are chosen are the ones who

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surrender our will to God. And they're not just invited,

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but now surrender their will to God. So if you

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are one of those when judgment was due, like God

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responded to intercession with mercy. So thank God for the

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grace that has spread you before more many times more

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than you know. Live like someone who is forgiven by

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interceding that others may be forgiven.

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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.

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Speaker 2: Yeah,