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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 Sunday. It

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is October five, twenty twenty five. Hello, my name is

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El David Harris. I am your host, and this is

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your Daily Portion where we give you God's word every

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single day and today is no exception. We are continuing

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in our lesson study series Lessons of Faith from Joshua,

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and our caption for today is Second Chance, Second Chance.

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Before we get into that, I'd like to say welcome

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us know where you are in the world at your

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Daily Portion dot Com. This is one of the ways

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that we continue to build faith and fellowship. Let's go

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ahead and pray, Father, we thank you for giving us

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so many chances. Please teach us not to take you

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for granted. In Jesus' name, I pray, Amen and amen again.

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Second chance, second chance. And so we're going to the

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Book of Joshua, chapter two and verse one. Let's just

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go ahead and begin the discussion there. The lesson writer

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said to read Joshua to verse one, along with numbers thirteen,

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verses one and two, twenty eight and twenty five to

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twenty eight, thirty three, and numbers fourteen one through twelve. Now,

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this is the question, why would josh Yesha start the

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mission of conquering the Promised Land by sending out spies.

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That's what we're after here. Why would he do that?

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And the Bible reads and Joshua, the son of Noon

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sent out of Shittim two men to spy, secretly saying,

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go view the land even Jericho. And they went and

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went into a harlot's house named Rayhab, and they lodged there.

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And then the Bible, of course continues to talk about

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that in the rest of the scriptures. And so why

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did Joshua do this to learn from the past. To

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learn from the past, we have no fear for the future,

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except we forget how God has led us in the past.

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So Joshua remembered the disaster at Kadesh Barnia in Numbers

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chapter fourteen. The people had listened to fear instead of faith.

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They saw themselves as tiny little ants, and they saw

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the enemies of God as giants. How can I see

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myself as a tiny little ant and God is on

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my side? You see, that was the mistake that they made.

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They listened to their fear instead of their faith. And

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this time he sent out two trusted men. Remember the

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last time, Joshua and Caleb were the two men that

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came back with a holy report, with a faithful report.

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And so this time the man of God is saying,

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let me send out two dudes that are faithful to God,

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and we're going to get the wisdom here to act

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in wisdom and faith together. God had already promised the land,

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but Joshua still had a duty to prepare strategically, you

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know what I'm saying, Like he could have moon walked

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into the land, like they could have backflipped into the land.

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They could have just run up on the land. They

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could have just skipped the going around the walls of

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Jericho thirteen times, like they could have done that. Wait,

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Minutody just realized that it was thirteen times, not seven. Anyway,

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I wish I had the time to deal with that one.

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That was like something I had to wrestle with from

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the scriptures for a long long time. But they could

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have just skipped that right. Well, No, God wanted them

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to move strategically. Spying Jericho wasn't about doubting God's promises.

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God wanted his people to cooperate with him. Okay, so

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to test the readiness of Canaan. This is what was happening.

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Joshua wanted first hand knowledge of the land, especially Jericho,

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the fortress city guarding the way. Their reconnaissance confirmed both

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the fear of the Canaan knights and the opening God

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was creating. If you go into Joshua chapter two, verses

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nine through eleven, to prepare the people, this is another

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thing that God wanted him to do. Prepare the people,

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bring back a unified testimony God's faithfulness. In contrast to

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those ten dudes, well multiple dudes. When the ten spies

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went in with it, and they came back with negativity.

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Joshua was building Israel's confidence before the conquest. So what

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is the lesson? Number one? Faith works in preparation. The

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Bible reads in Proverbs chapter twenty one and verse thirty one,

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somebody just heard me. Faith works in preparation. The horse

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is prepared against the day of battle, but safety is

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of the Lord. So we prepare fine, but our safety

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is in the Lord. Do your part in planning, but

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God is the one in whom we rest for the outcome.

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Go ahead and lock your doors. Go ahead and observe

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the speed limit. Don't go over it too far because

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it's there's danger on the other end. Read the signs

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on the roads, that's say the bridget or detour or

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street closed or road closed, or don't back up, or

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this will shread your tires. But trust God, okay for

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the outcome. Lessen number two, don't repeat the past mistakes.

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I did say to you. There is no need to

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fear for the future, but to forget except that we

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except we forget how God has led us in the past.

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And so in Hebrews chapter three and verse nineteen, the

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Bible records, so we see that they could not enter,

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that is the promise, because of unbelief. Those millions of people,

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including Moses and Aaron, besides Joshua and Caleb, that first

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generation of freed slaves from Egyptian captivity, all perished in

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the wilderness because of unbelief. So we learn from yesterday's failures.

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We make today's decisions based on faith and not based

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on fear, not based upon failure lesson number three. In

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this case and final, God honors courage and obedience from

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Joshua chapter one and verse nine. Be strong and of

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good courage, Be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed. For

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the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.

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Did not Jesus say, Lo, I am with you all way,

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even unto the end of the age. Did he not say,

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through the man of God Paul, that he has not

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given you the spirit of fear, but of power and

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of love and of a sound mind. Did he not

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teach us to be of good courage too? So step

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into opportunities you might want to march into. You might

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want to run into these opportunities with boldness, knowing that

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God has already gone before you. God has already gone

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before you, and so we're going to make some parallels.

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If you scroll down in your lesson. Scroll down in

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your lesson, it says, what parallels do you discover between

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the second chance given to God's people as a nation

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and to Peter as an individual. We're not going to

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be able to read the passages because we don't have

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enough time, but let me just show what some of

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those parallels would be. Both failed at the edge of

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the promise. Jesus was about to give his life for

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the people of God. He was giving his life also

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for the entire world, so that whosoever believeth in him

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would not perish but have everlasting life. And God Christ

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told Peter that he was going to fail if he

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would not yield his will. He said, but I have

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prayed for you that your faith fail you not. But Peter,

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he was to do it, was just too proud God,

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I'm not going to do that. What you mean well?

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Both failed at the edge of promise. Israel failed at

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Kedosh Barnia when unbelief crept in before entering Canaan. Peter

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failed in the courtyard when fear kept him from confessing Christ.

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Both moments seemed final, but God gave them another chance.

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Both were restored through grace. Yes, there was grace in

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the Old Testament. The Bible says that Noah found grace

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in the eyes of the Lord. Israel was led again

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to the border of the Promised Land under Joshua, this

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time to victory. Peter was led back by Jesus himself,

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who gave him three opportunities to confess his love for him,

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matching his three denials. And there is so much more

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I could say, but no time. Listen. God is so

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faithful that he gives us the chances we need to repent. 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,