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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 Sabbath, August seventeen,

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twenty twenty four. 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 with Lesson number eight through the Book of Mark

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under the caption Teaching Disciples Part two. Teaching Disciples Part two.

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Get into that in just a moment, But first I'd

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like to say welcome to you and ask you to

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please go over to your Daily Portion dot com. Please

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join our online community and let us know where you

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are in the world. Again at your Daily Portion dot Com.

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This is a way that we continue to build faith

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and fellowship. Let's go ahead and pray and then we

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will get underway. Father in heaven, thank you for this

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new day and for the privilege that we have to

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open up your word, and for this Sabbath time that

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is sacred. Thank you for making us holy. Please help

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us to cooperate with you and become your disciples. In

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Jesus' name, I pray, Amen and Amen again. Okay, Jesus

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was focused. May I just start right there, like, we

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don't need to get you know, tap tiptoe around them.

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The issue. Jesus was focused, hyper focused on one thing.

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Bible says that he came to he seeks to save

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that which was lost. That was his mission as he

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came to planet Earth. Bible says that God so loved

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the world that he gave his only begotten son, that

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whosoever believeth in him would not perish but have everlasting life.

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God did not send his son into the world to

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condemn the world, but that the world through him might

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be saved, might be saved. Okay, and so in this

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plan of salvation, Jesus's focus was highlighted here in the

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Book of Mark, chapter ten and verse forty five. Mark

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chapter ten and verse forty five, and the Bible reads,

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for even the son of Man did not come to

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be served, but to serve, and to give his life

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a ransom for many you've heard that song. Jesus paid

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it all all to him. I owe sin has left

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a crimson stain. He washed it why to snow? And

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so when Jesus came to serve, he was serving in

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order to save us. He's serving in order to save us,

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save us from what, save us from the condemnation that

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comes from us sinning? Well, what does that mean? He

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came to give us eternal life. He never created us

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to be separated from our loved ones. You can identify

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many people in your family and your friendship core who

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have passed away over your lifetime, and you maybe cried

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or you were sad or even angry, as the case

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may be, and you want to know, like, why is

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there so much death? Why is there so much pain

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and suffering? Jesus came to resolve all of that. Jesus,

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even as he lived on planet Earth, his friends came

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to him from Bethany, or they sent word to him

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to say, your friend, your friend, the one whom you

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love is very sick, like he's about to die, Jesus.

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And of course that friend was Lazarus. And we know

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the story. Jesus. He went into where Lazarus was after

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three days had passed. Now on the fourth day, huh,

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when everything seemed to be hopeless, the body of Lazarus

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was decomposing. Jesus, the one who is the resurrection and

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the Life, went and delivered a message of hope to

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the people who were there, a message of peace to

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those who were there who would receive it. And he

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also woke Lazarus up. He woke Lazarus up, showing that

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if this Lazarus was dead and decomposing and he, Jesus,

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could raise him from the dead, he could also raise

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spiritually dead people from the dead. Yes, he could provide

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the kind of power that is necessary for us to repent.

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He can give us the gift of repentance. He can

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put it in our minds by transfer forming our hearts

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from a heart of stone into a heart of flesh.

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He could write his laws on our hearts and in

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our minds, so that we can know that he's the

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one who sanctifies us. And I'm thankful. I'm thankful that

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he never lost his focus. Now, what can I learn

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or what should I do in light of this? What

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should you do? In light of Jesus's focus seeking to

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save that which was lost, coming to serve and not

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be served? Well? The first thing is to prioritize service

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over status. May I say that just one more time?

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Prioritize service over status or people who are seeking status.

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The Bible says here in Matthew, chapter twenty and verse

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twenty seven, whosoever will be chief among you, let him

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be your servant. You didn't say let him be the

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one that flesh is the most money in social media

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in images. It's not the one who is able to

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show a big mansion of a home on social media

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so people will follow you. I'm not saying there's anything

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wrong with being wealthy. I'm not saying there's anything wrong

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with having a large home. But what I am saying

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is that in this generation, it seems that the ones

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who who are looking for the most followers are often

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the ones who are flashing the most. You see, But

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Jesus said, whoever will be the chief among you, let

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him be your servant. How about we have a servant competition,

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like who can be the most humble, who can serve

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people more than other people? And of course I'm saying

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that tongue in cheek because that's not a principle from scripture.

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But you get where I'm going with this. We need

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to have like a generosity war. How about that? How

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about that number to embody humility in leadership. Now, everybody

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is not called to be a leader. But for those

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of you who are leaders, God wants you to be

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the humblest. In fact, in Matthew chapter twenty three and

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verse eleven, the Bible reads, but he that is the

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greatest among you will be your servant. Oh, I think

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there's an echo in here. Jesus has this repetitive theme

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as he continues to teach people how to be like God.

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So he says, serve and then you'll be the greatest.

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Also in Mark chapter ten and verse forty four, the

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Bible says, whosoever of you will be the chiefest shall

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be the servant of all. Again. Yep, again that is

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repeated sacrifice for the greater good. Be the best servant

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that you can be under God, and you will be

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great in the kingdom. Now this is a big one.

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This is a big one, and I had a challenge

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with this when I became a Christian in nineteen ninety six.

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And it comes from Matthew, chapter eighteen and verse twenty one.

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It says, then Peter came to him and said, Lord,

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how oft shall my brother sin against me? And I

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forgive him till seven times? Of course, Jesus's response was

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an exaggeration to make the point. He said, no until

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seventy times seven. Yeah, we're supposed to continually forgive people. Why,

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because God, for Christ's sake, has forgiven us. And I

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remember when I first got baptized, I was looking at

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what people call the Lord's prayer, and he said, forgive

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us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. I knew

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what that meant, and I was like, oh God, I

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don't want that, because I'm not willing to forgive this

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certain person this certain way. So please don't forgive me

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according to the way that I forgive that person, because

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I know I I'm up short. Well now, I know

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that we don't get to negotiate ourselves through that. He said,

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in the way that you forgive, that is how you

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will be forgiven of course, now I understand and I

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embrace this truth. But then as a new believer, I

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could not I couldn't process it. But Jesus, as he

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is making his disciples, as he is teaching all of us,

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he is saying, do exactly what I did. Under the

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power of the Holy Ghost. Jesus is saying we can

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do what he did. Stay focused, come to serve, not

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to be served, and follow Jesus's example. Make it a

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great Sabbath. 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,