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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 Wednesday, December tenth,

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twenty twenty five. Hello, my name is Elle 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 exact exception. Before we get into our

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lesson study series Lessons from Faith of Joshua and our

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caption a gentle Answer, I'd like to say welcome to

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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, We thank you. Thank

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you for this day and getting us midway through our week.

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And I know that you already have our entire lives

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mapped out. But God, sometimes it's rough on us because

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we don't know everything. Help us to know the way,

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Jesus Christ, so that we can have our anxiety go

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down and we can live in the fullness of faith

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and trust in You. In Jesus' name, I pray, Amen,

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and a man again a gentle answer. Oh my, yeah.

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I will just admit that there are some people that

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I've encountered that have no idea what it means to

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have gentle answers. Some people just aren't built that way.

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And this is why we need the Lord. Okay, and

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so I'll get into that in a second, But let

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me just read a couple of quotes. First, first from

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the Desire of Ages, page three hundred and one, and

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it reads, when we are falsely accused or misjudged, Yeah,

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that is the challenge. Sometimes the Lord desires us to

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reveal the meekness of Christ. When when we are falsely

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accused or misjudged. Oh, Silence, patience, and a gentle answer

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are often the strongest rebuke. So there are times that

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you you are running around chas chasing all of the

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ways that you need to defend yourself. At least that's

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what you're saying. You're to yourself that you need to

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defend yourself. And God is showing us under inspiration that

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many times, many times, we have to see ourselves like

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Christ like to have power under control. Meekness, silence, patience,

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and a gentle answer are often the strongest rebuke. Now

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let me go back into the archives again. This one

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is from the review in Herald June twelfth, eighteen fifty five. Wow,

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that's a long time ago, and it reads, it is

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better to suffer wrong than to do wrong. It is

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better to suffer wrong than to do wrong. I think

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the Bible writer said that in the New Testament. I

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think it was Peter. Vindication belongs to the Lord, and

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the Christian's duty is to hold fast his integrity in meekness.

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That was written by James White. Very very very very good.

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And so let's go ahead with the principle. And some

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of you are already anticipating it. Our first lesson is

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gentleness disarms anger and reveals wisdom. This one is coming

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in from the Book of Proverbs, chapter fifteen and verse one.

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A soft answer turneth away wrath, but grievous words stir

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up anger. So the meaning of soft in this case

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is tender or gentle, as we will have said already.

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So what happened in our lesson really the context. The

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Eastern tribes modeled this principle beautifully. They listened, fully, responded patiently,

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remember we were talking about that yesterday, and refused to

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mirror the intense accusations brought against them. Their calm explanation

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difused tension that could have erupted into civil war. Gentleness

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is not weakness. Gentleness is spiritual strength guided by humility.

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So they didn't have to get into a tizzy because wait,

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how could you be accusing us of bringing back idolatry?

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Where do you get this from? And then dot dot

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dot dat back and forth, back and forth, back and forth,

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when in fact they chose the right method. So an

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action step for me, as I'm learning from this, is

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to practice gentleness today. When someone challenges or misunderstands you,

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let the Holy Go soften your tone before you speak.

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Lesson number two coming in from the Book of Psalms,

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chapter thirty seven and verse five, commit thy way unto

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the Lord. Trust also in him, and he will bring

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it to pass, or he will act in another translation,

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on your behalf. If you trust in him, commit everything

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to him, including your future. He will act on your behalf.

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Who's going to act on my behalf? God? If I

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do what, commit my future? Commit everything unto the Lord.

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So our lesson number two is God's presence is the

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foundation of unity. God's presence is the foundation of unity,

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and so the word for commit in this passage it

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means to roll upon to and trust completely, to trust

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completely again, going back to those Eastern tribes, the Eastern

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tribes open their defense by invoking God's name. I wish

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I had the time twice with solemn force. Go back

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to the text. Their unity with God's people rested not

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on the territory, but on shared allegiance to the same God.

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Someone recently, while we were drafting a partnership agreement, said

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I have no worries about you in this particular context.

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He said, because that I know your faith, I know

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your faith I know that you value your faith in

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God even more than you value this relationship. So we're

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safe on our end of this agreement. And I'm like, oh, God,

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please make me faithful. Like our brother was saying to me,

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the unity of God's people rested not on the territory,

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but on the same the shared allegiance to the same God.

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When believers anchor identity and decisions in the Lord unit

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to become stronger than think about the context of the

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lesson than geography, than culture or understanding. So the action

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step is to entrust every relational tension to God before

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addressing it. Some people are too quick to pick up

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your cell phones and what your two thumbs type of response,

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I just need to get it out. No, you get

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it out by talking to God about it. Get it

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out by immediately dropping on your knees and laying it

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bare before God and saying, God, what would you have

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me to do? You knew that this was going to

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happen before it happened. You know what this person is thinking. Please,

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will you do what you promised to do? So and

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trust all of that to God before addressing it, and

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then ask Him to make your words truthful and peace filled.

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Our third and final lesson is trust in God allows

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you to endure false accusation without retaliation. Going back to

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Psalm chapter thirty seven, we'll read part of verse seven

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and go back to verse six. I know rest in

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the Lord and wait patiently for him. He shall bring

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forth thy righteousness as the light. In another translation, it

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says he will vindicate you in broad daylight and publicly

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defend your just cause. Praise God. So if you're feeling misjudged,

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pray before replying. Ask God to vindicate you for his

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name's sake and in his time, and protect you from bitterness.

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This is good. Make it a great day 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,