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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, January fifteen,

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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 God's Love and Justice, and our caption for

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today is Living Stones, Living Stones. We'll get into that

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in just a moment, but first I'd like to say

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welcome to you and ask you to please go over

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to your Daily Portion dot com. Please join our online community.

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pick up your daily portion. Companion. The companion to this

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lesson study this quarter, okay, and this is one of

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the ways that we continue to build faith and fellowship.

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Let's go ahead and pray, and then we will get underway.

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Father and Heaven, thank you for this day and forgetting

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us this far into our work week. Please get us

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over the hump, over that speed bump, so that we

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can go down, down, down, down steadily toward the time

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that we can have Sabbath with you, that we can

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tabernacle with you in a special and unique way. Father,

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I'm asking you now to make us lively stones, help

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us to live your ideal in this regard. In Jesus name,

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I pray, Amen and a man again, living stones, Living stones.

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The lesson writer asks this question, how is it that we,

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as fallen, sinful beings, can be pleasing to a holy God.

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I think that we have covered this couple of times

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this week, and of course I'm really saying that for effect.

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Of course we have, and we know that God looks

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upon us with pleasure. He created us for his glory,

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and he loves us with an everlasting love and with

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loving kindness. He is drawing us and for those who

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yield our will to him, those of us who submit

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ourselves to him and begin to allow his covenant, his

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new covenant, to live and reside and abide in our hearts,

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the love of God written in our hearts. Then we

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are are pleasing in his sight. We are pleasing in

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his sight. I don't want to idealize this thing, because

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the truth is God does have a view. He has

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a view like it is. It is displeasing to him

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when people reject grace. It's displeasing to him. When when

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people trample his law, Ah, it's displeasing to him. When

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when when love is not what we live by, it

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is not the rule that we live by, you see.

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And so to become living stones is pleasing to God.

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And so we begin by reading from the Bible Book

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of Romans, Chapter five. Romans, Chapter five, beginning at verse six,

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the Bible reads, for while we were helpless at the

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right time, Christ died for the ungodly. You see, God

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was not waiting for you to figure it out. He

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was not waiting for you to say, Ah, I was

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naked and ashamed, and I hid myself. He knew that

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he had to make the first step. Somebody just got

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what I said. Ah, he makes the first step, so

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we are helpless. He knows that He knows where we

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were born, he knows who are grand and great great

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grands are. He knows what we're up against, and therefore

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he died for the ungodly. He did that first to

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get us started off. And of course we need to

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respond with the power that he entrusts us with. But

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let me keep going verse seven. For rarely will anyone

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die for a righteous person. Though for a good person,

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perhaps someone might possibly dare to die. But God demonstrates

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his own love for us in that while we were

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still sinners. Did you get that part? While we were

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still sinners, Christ died for us. He didn't die for us,

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by the way, brothers and sisters, while we were still sinners,

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so we could continue to be that way. It's not

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that he the reality of how we live and think

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without him under the rug. He's not saying it doesn't matter.

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He's not saying that I'm just going to give them

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everything without them responding in kind. No, But he is

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positioning us. He's positioning us to live according to his principles,

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to overcome sin in all areas to become living stones

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as part of his sanctuary. I wish I had the time.

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We'll get into that, I promise we will. But He

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has to give us the victory that comes through Jesus

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giving his life a ransom for many, and then coming

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out from that death situation and now ministering in the

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heavenly sanctuary on our behalf. Okay, verse nine. Much more then,

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because we have now been declared righteous by His blood,

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we are saved through him from God's wrath. For if

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while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through

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the death of his son, how much more since we

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have been reconciled, will be we be saved by His life.

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And now there is therefore now no condemnation. Romans Chapter eight,

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beginning at verse one, to those who are in Christ

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Jesus who walk not according to the flesh, but according

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to the spirit. For the law of the Spirit of

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life has set you free, brothers and sisters from the

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law of sin and death. For what the law could

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not do, in that it was weak in the flesh,

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God did by sending his own son in the likeness

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of sinful flesh, in order that the righteousness or the

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righteous requirements of the law might be fulfilled in us

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who walk not according to the flesh, but according to

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the spirit. You understand. So God has positioned us to

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give us life as a gift, and then he empowers

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us to live holy like Jesus lived, to be a

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to actually keep the Ten Commandments if we love him.

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His love empowers us to actually keep his commandments. And

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his commandments are not grievous. And I'm like, yeah, I

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know there are people on the platform right now, you're listening,

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you're watching, You're like, Dave, why keep bringing up the commandments? Well,

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because it's a transcript of God's character. It is the

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manifestation of what holiness is. It is the standard of righteousness.

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And so the one who sanctifies us, he's empowering us

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to live like Jesus lived. And I'm grateful because otherwise

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we wouldn't even be here. We wouldn't be here. And

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so I want you to apply this to your personal

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life today. I'm going to page I'm going to page

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forty five, forty five in our Companion Guide. No, actually,

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let me, I'm misspoke. I'm going to what's the right

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page number forty six in our Companion Guide, and we're

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going to go with relationships. Relationships, what is important now?

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Considering all that God is saying to us about this today,

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Understanding God's love for you, like his deep love for

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you even in your brokenness, is crucial. This truth changes

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how you view yourself and how you can have healthier

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esteem or God esteem in you, or self esteem rooted

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in God's perspective, not your achievements or your failures. Well,

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how do we internalize this insight? Number one? Take time

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to meditate on Romans chapter eight and verse one. Meditate

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on it which assures that there is no condemnation for

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those who are in Christ Jesus, except that you are

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free from guilt and shame because of His grace. And

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allow this truth to reshape how you see yourself and

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your worth. And then the next best move? What do

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we need to do now? Whenever you feel overwhelmed by

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feelings of inadequacy or guilt, remind yourself of God's unconditional love.

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Write out and memorize Romans chapter eight and verse one

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and Romans chapter five and verse eight to use as

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reminders of your standing in Christ. And that was sorry.

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The personal application. I did accidentally say relationship applications so

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much more to say God loves us. He loves us unconditionally,

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but that love empowers us to actually do God's will.

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Make it a great day, 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.