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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 Sunday, December seven,

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twenty twenty five. Hello, my name is El David Harris.

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I am your host in 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 Commitment. Commitment. We'll get into that in

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just a moment, but first I'll to say welcome to

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everyone joining us, especially those joining us for the very

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first time. Please go over to your Daily Portion dot com,

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Please join our online community, pick up your Daily Portion

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Life Application Guide, and if the Lord puts it on

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your heart, go ahead and click that donate button any

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amount is helpful and let us know where you are

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in the world at your Daily Portion dot com. This

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is one of the ways that we continue to build

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faith and fellowship. Let's pray, Father, we thank you for

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the blessing that you have given us to be committed

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to You. Help us to be committed to you. Please,

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in Jesus name, I pray, Amen and a man again.

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So for those who often wonder, like how we do

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this program, we don't go through the lesson word for

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word because you already have that. You've already probably watched

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other programs for all I know that do exactly that,

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reading it as it is and giving commentary on it.

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So what I like to do is to pull out

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the principles there and then give us ways to apply

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based on other areas of scripture and more resources. Okay,

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and so this is why we do it the way

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we do. So first I'd like to read I'd like

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to read from the book Testimonies for the Church, Volume eight,

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page two hundred and forty two, where it reads because

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remember our captionist commitment, wholehearted service to God will unify

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the people of God when self dies. When Christ lives

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in the heart, discord fades and prayer becomes the bond

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of perfect nests. How often do you pray brothers and sisters?

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I'm not asking you to type it in the chat?

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Are you living like Enoch who walked with God, who

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prayed with the Bible? Say, pray without ceasing? Are you

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one of those? Do you pray with brothers and sisters

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who are in the faith, with your family, etc. You know?

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So this is one of the things that drives us

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to wholehearted service. Now let me read something else from J. N.

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Latinborough from February eighteen, eighteen sixty two, reviewing Herald. Union

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among believers comes when all labor with a single eye

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to the glory of God. Separate aims divide, a higher

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calling unites. So really, the big looming question is what

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is your higher calling? Is it the mission of Christ?

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Now let's go with our lesson number one. True commitment

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serves God first from the Bible Book of Ephesians, chapter

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six and and verse seven. Ephesians chapter six and verse seven.

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With good will, doing service as to the Lord and

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not to men. We have said this before, now we

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are bringing it up again. Why Why because this Greek

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word for service means devoted ministry. Now from the lesson,

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the Eastern tribes fought for six to seven years. Why

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did they do this because they understood that they were

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serving Yahweh, blessed be his name, not merely assisting their

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fellow Israelites. That's what this is all about. This is

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we're doing this as unto God. It's great that we

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think about what we're doing in the body of believers.

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It's great that we have fellowship with humans. Yes, that

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is a goal. Like God said, you know through Christ.

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He said, this is the way that they will know

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that you are my disciples, if you have love one

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toward another. But in this text we see that service

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when it is rendered to God first, then sacrifice becomes faithfulness.

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Sacrifice becomes faithfulness. Some people see it as a burden.

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Look at what I've had to give up. That's not it.

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And so the action step is begin every task today.

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I'm talking about this day on the seventh day of

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December today, saying Lord, I do this for you. When

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you're washing the dishes and cleaning the bathroom, when you're

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doing something that you feel like you shouldn't be responsible

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for because somebody else neglected to do it at work. Ah,

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when you are going out and doing some kind of

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ministry for people to bring them closer to God. All

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of this, God, I'm doing this for you, And let

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this mindset reshape your commitment and your endurance. There are

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times that you get tired, all of us do, but

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this will help us.

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Speaker 1: God.

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Speaker 2: This is in your honor. So please abide in me

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like you said. You said, if I abide in you

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and your word abide in me, then I can ask

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what I will and it will be done. Unto me. God,

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I need your grace, I need your strength, I need endurance.

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I need commitment to the next level because I'm getting

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weary now. Lesson number two. Unity grows when we share

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each other's battles. From the Bible, Book of Romans, Chapter

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twelve and verse ten, the Bible reads, be kindly affectioned

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one to another, with brotherly love in honor, preferring one another.

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And so that term that we get Philadelphia from that

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has to do with affection. It means like family or

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brotherly style of affection. The Rubinites, the Gadites, the half

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tribe of Manasse risk their lives to secure the inheritance

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of the other tribes. They had filial love.

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Speaker 1: Hm.

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Speaker 2: They had that kind of love. Their commitment proved that

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God's people cannot thrive in isolation. Mission succeeds only when

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the community stands together, fights together, and trusts together. The

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action step find one person in your faith fellowship to

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support intentionally. Is it with prayer? Is it with encouragement?

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Is it from some style of practical help? Are you

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going out to the grocery store for them? Are you

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having to share your financial means with them? Is it time?

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Do you need to read for someone who has difficulty seeing?

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What is it that you need to do to cut

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someone's yard whose grass is out of control and they

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seem not to have someone to assist. What is it

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that we can do in the faith community to show

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this kind of brotherly love like these tribes did for theirs.

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Now we go to lesson number three, as we come

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to a swift close faithfulness flows from a higher calling.

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I've already mentioned that to you. Now we read it

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from Colossians chapter three and verse twenty three, and the

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Bible reads, and whatsoever ye do do it heartily as

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to the Lord your boss is getting under your skin.

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Do it heartily as unto the Lord. You're in church

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and the people are complaining and griping and murmuring, and

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you're tired. Do it heartily, as unto the Lord and

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not unto men. And that word heartily actually means with

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your whole being. Joshua reminded the departing tribes that their

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success came because they had served God heartily or wholeheartedly.

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When believers keep their divine calling in view, discouragement loses

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power and duty becomes our devotion to God. So write

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down your why in Christ, keep your calling in front

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of you as motivation when challenges can will and do arise.

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I'm grateful that God has given us a higher standard,

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a higher calling to seal our commitment. I think somewhere

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else in the scripture that's called covenant. Keep your covenant

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with God and with His people.

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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,