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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, October twelve,

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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 Lessons of Faith from Joshua, and our caption

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for today is Crossing the Jordan. Crossing the Jordan. Before

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we get in that, I'd like to say welcome to

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you and ask you to go over to your Daily

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Portion dot com. Please join our online community. Please pick

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up the Your Daily Portion Life application guide and let

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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, and then we will get underway. Father,

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We thank you for this day, this new work weekend.

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I pray that you will get us over the Jordan

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to the land of Promise, teach us faithfulness and holiness,

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and to submit our will to you. In Jesus's name,

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I pray, Amen, and a man again crossing the Jordan. Okay.

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And so I'm going to talk about two stories, one

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during the time of Moses, one during the time of Joshua,

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and see what God has to say for us in

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our day. Okay. And so we're going to begin. We're

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going to begin with a quote from the book Patriarchs

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and Prophets, page four hundred, and it reads, before we

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can stand in the presence of a Holy God, and

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I want you to slow down in your thinking, slow

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down in your anticipation of what I will say, even

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if you know where we're going with this, but just pause.

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Even as we consider the holiness of God, even as

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we consider being in his presence, we need to really

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sort of be in the mindset of worship. Because God

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is all powerful, He knows everything. He is completely holy

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in every single way, and yet he still loves us.

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Yet he is still coming after us to bring us

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into a relationship with him, because he wants us to

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live with him eternally. So as we even consider the

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concept or principle or the privilege of being in the

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presence of a holy God, the Holy God, then we

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need to reflect and say, God, now, why would you

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be so good to me? Please teach me how to

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prepare for these encounters that you've been so kind to

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condescend and allow me into, to transform me, to use

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me as an ambassador for you. How can I represent you?

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Being such a broken human? How can I represent you God?

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And then, of course, so before we can stand in

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the presence of a holy God, we must first be

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cleansed from all sin. We must first be cleansed from

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all sin. When's the last time you spoke to God

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about what may be separating you from him? Bible says

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that God is really quick to listen to us. He's

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quick to give us what we need, He's quick to

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relate to us. Except oh, wait a minute, there are

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some of us who have iniquities. Our iniquities have separated

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between us and our God that he will not hear.

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And so if God is not hearing you, then is

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there something that you've not come clean with him about.

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We've not yet confessed your sin, so he can be

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faithful and just to forgive you of your sin and

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to cleanse you from all unrighteousness. This is something for

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you to reflect upon, not for me. It was for me, yes,

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but not in your behalf. Like you have to do

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it for you, I have to do it for me.

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And so from the Bible Book of Joshua, chapter three,

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this is what was happening, verse five. The Bible reads,

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sanctify yourselves four Tomorrow the Lord will do wonders among you, okay.

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And so this is as they're going to go over

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the Jordan River. Now we're going to take some steps

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back in history and realize. Oh and let me just

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say the lesson is God's presence requires preparation, take time

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and vest time before worship, before prayer, any major decisions.

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To consecrate yourself, confess, surrender, and invite God to lead

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you and then follow him. Okay. And so our second

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lesson goes back in time. From the Book of Numbers,

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chapter fourteen and verse forty two, and the Bible reads,

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go not up, for the Lord is not among you,

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that ye be not smitten before your enemies. See, the

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people of God in the time of Moses were about

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to overcorrect. We're going to talk about that in a second.

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But but God is saying, don't overcorrect. When it's time

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to repent. It's time to also pause. Okay, so don't

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go up and be smitten by your enemies. We'll come

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back to that in a second. Never run ahead of

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God's timing. Align your actions with His presence and word

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before moving forward. Okay, So, like I said, I'll come

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right back to that in a second. Let's get our

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third lesson and then circle back. And this one is

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back in the Book of josh and again from verse

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five Joshua three, let me read it again. Sanctify yourselves

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for tomorrow the Lord will do wonders among you. God

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is promising something super special. And from the book Christ's

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object Lessons, page three, p. Sixty three, we read when

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we give ourselves entirely or wholely to God and in

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our work follow his directions, he makes himself responsible. Let

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me just pause. Right there, are you hearing this? When

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we surrender ourselves to God. He makes himself responsible for

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whatever it is that we need to accomplish. God makes

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himself responsible for your name's sake. God, do this please.

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I'm laying on you, asking you and begging you for mercy.

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For your name's sake, God, I ask you to do

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this thing please and thanks? Will you do this special

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thing for me? God? I trust you. I trust you,

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And he makes himself responsible. Okay, And so God prepares

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his people before he gives us miracles. Let me just

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say that he prepares his people before the miracles. Now,

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let's go back to the Numbers text. So the people

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of God had rebelled against God after hearing the SPI's

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negative report, as recorded in Numbers chapter thirteen. They refused

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to enter the promised land, even though Joshua and Caleb said,

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God has given us this land. He's promised that this

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is the way it was going to be. But the

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people of God who are above age twenty, above age twenty,

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they refused to enter when God told them to move forward,

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and as a result, God declared that this unbelieving generation

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would not enter into the promise and they would wander

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for forty long years until they died till they all died.

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That generation that was above age twenty that came out

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of Egypt, all of them died except for Joshua and

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Caleb because of some style of unbelief. Now, after hearing

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God's judgment, though, some people decided like, wait, whit whoa

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whoa whoa whoa whoa wha whoah. I don't like that.

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Wait a minute, wait a minute, no God, Okay, okay, okaykay,

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remember when you were young, Like do you see children

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today when they hear what the outcome is the judgment

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is going to be. Then all of a sudden, now

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they or we want to correct or amend our ways.

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But we are now running out ahead of the process,

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like hold on, God has to go. We got to

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go through this process with God first. You don't just

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run out there by yourself and so and so. After

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hearing God's judgment, some of the people decided to change

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course and go up to fight the Canaanites. Anyway, but

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here is the caveat without the presence of God, and

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God is saying, do not do that, despite the fact

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that through Moses God God, God warned them not to

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do that. No, no, no, no, no, submit to this process.

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Don't run out ahead of this thing and try to

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figure it out and fix it yourself. They presumed to

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go out in their own strength, as according to Numbers,

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chapter fourteen and verse forty four, and the result was disastrous.

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The Amalekites and the Canaanites made a mess of the

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people of God who are acting presumptuously. So in short,

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the Numbers passage highlights God's people's disobedience and presumption trying

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to move forward without the presence of God. And in

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Joshua three we see that we surrender ourselves to God. First,

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let him lead us, and then we'll have victory.

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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,