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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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Speaker 2: Vibrant lives.

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Speaker 1: 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. It's

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September nineteen, 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 through the Book of Exodus, and our

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caption for today is shine as Lights. Now we're getting

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into that imperative stylele shine as Lights. Before we get

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into this, I'd like to just say welcome to everyone

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joining us, especially those joining us for the very first time.

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Please go over to your Daily Portion dot com. Please

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join our online community and also let us know where

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you are in the world at your Daily Portion dot com.

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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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get underway. Father, thank you for giving us the privilege

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of reflecting you, and now it becomes a command that

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we should shine as lights in this wicked and perverse generation. Yes,

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please give us that privilege and power and the desire

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and the drive. In Jesus' name, I pray a men

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and a men again shine as lights. So we're going

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to just begin because we've really, we've really been pressing

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the issue for several days. Now we're going to go

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into our Life Application Guide and let's go into the

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relationship application Relationship application for this concept. And for those

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who are not familiar with the Life Application Guide that

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you can find at your Daily Portion dot com. We

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use the WYN acronym in four key areas of our development,

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personal development, spiritual development, professional and relationship development. So let's

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go to application for relationships w What is important now,

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considering we have the privilege and now the call and

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command to shine as lights, your actions shape others' view

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of Christ. Focus on that reality. How are you going

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to relate to people when somebody cuts you off on

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the road. You may not see that as a relationship,

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but you have to relate to the other driver. Ah,

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if God forbid, you get pulled over by the by

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law enforcement. And maybe it's just in Jamaica. There are

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what's called like safety stops that well, I'll just leave

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that right there. So there are times that you get stopped,

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not necessarily because they say you did anything. Well, how

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are you going to relate to them? How about your family?

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Are you very kind to the people on the outside,

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the people on the road, the people in the taxi,

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the people in the food spot that you get sometimes

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you get a meal when you didn't get it at home.

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Are you more kind to the people in your church

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community than you are to your spouse, to your children,

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to the people who know you best? Are you? Are

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you kinder and better with them outside of your house

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than the ones on the inside. So your actions in

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reality shape others view of Christ. I know that my

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daddy's his actions when I was young. I'm not going

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to depress y'all, but yeah, that shaped my view of Christ.

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But God, I'm glad that God gives us new view.

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But it would be wonderful if people could get an

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accurate view through our lives, and then I internalize the

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insight the way believers, that's you, that's me treat others

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draw either draws people closer to God or pushes them away.

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Now we're getting closer. Yeah, yeah, yeah yeah. Are you

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drawing people to Christ? He said? If I be lifted up,

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like if you lift me up, then I will draw

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people to myself. Are people being drawn to God based

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on their experience with you?

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Speaker 1: Or not?

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Speaker 2: Kind? Gracious, humble, and forgiving people embody Christ's love and

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inspire faith. But then there is the flip side. Conversely,

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arrogance and unforgiveness cause pain and can damage testimony. Next

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best move, Now, what do we do? What do we do?

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Reflect on a relationship where you're attitude could better reflect

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Christ's love. You have to be honest with yourself. I'll

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be honest with mine. Commit to pray for that person

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and seek to show grace in your next interaction. Yeah.

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Are you in a situation where you need to forgive

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that person? Or maybe you're in a position where you

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need to be forgiven because of something that you have

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done or neglected to do. In that situation, how would

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Jesus guide you to live, commit to talking to God

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about that, and then become the reflection of God's character

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and will. So we're going to do now is open

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up the Bible and glean some more lessons directly from scripture,

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beginning with Matthew chapter five and verse sixteen. You were

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expecting this, let your light so shine before men, that

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when they see your good works, they will glorify your Father,

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which is in heaven. Mm. Yeah, yeah, yeah yeah. So

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begin to ask God to help you reflect his character today.

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That's very simple. We've already said that. The Bible reads

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in tewod Corinthians, chapter four and verse sixteen. For God,

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who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath

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shined in our hearts. I think there's an echo in here.

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Didn't we read this the other day? To give the

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light of the knowledge of the glory of God in

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the face of Jesus. So, when God's light fills your heart,

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how do you get the light of God to fill

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your heart? Well? First going into prayer, speaking to God

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as to a friend. Yeah, telling him all that is

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going on in your mind where relating to him and

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to people is concerned. Yielding in ways, in areas where

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maybe you have not yielded your will to him. Maybe

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there is a way that you have to amend your actions,

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how you read to people, how you've maybe neglected your

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relationship with Him. And you're like, God, I want to

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talk to you more. I want to listen to what

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you say. More. I want to live according to the

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principles you've shown me, even in my professional life. More.

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I want to be a better steward of the things

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that You've entrusted to me, so I can be of

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more help and of more value to people more, you see.

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So in that case, In that case, go into the

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scriptures and prayer so that God's presence continually is renewed

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and brightens your life, so that you become more of

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a witness. Yeah. And then finally, in Philippians, chapter two

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and verse fifteen, the Bible says that ye may be

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blameless and harmless, the sons of God. Of course, this

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means the children of God without rebuke, in the midst

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of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine

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as lights in the world. Some of you have positions

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of influence. Some of you are working in situations where

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the tide has changed. Where things seem to be equitable

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in the past, now it's not. Where things used to

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be guided by rules that make sense and protocols that

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made sense, that were objective and fair, but now they

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are not. And now you have to make a decision

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in that crooked and perverse reality. Will you be as

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a light shining or will you be as someone who

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is complaining? Will you be around the water cooler like

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everybody else that's talking about how bad and how wrong

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and how terrible things are? Or will you become the

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change that you seek? Will you become a person that

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at least adds principle to the conversation. Whether the leaders

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accept or not, that's up to them. But as far

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as your concern, will you shine for Christ? That means

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living so that people are drawn to him, not to you,

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yeah to him so intentionally redirect hahaha, praise or attention

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you receive to God, acknowledging him as the source of

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any good that people see. Let's see if we can

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get this quote from Christ's object Lessons, page three hundred

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and forty. The light that shines from a pure, unselfish

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life will be a blessing to all within the sphere

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of its influence, Christ will be revealed in the character

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and humans will be drawn to him. Shine as lights

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wherever you are, and God will get the glory. 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,