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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 Wednesday, November nineteen,

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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 faith Lessons of Faith from Joshua under the

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caption Humble Hero, Humble Hero. We'll get into that in

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

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that we continue to build faith and fellowship. Let's go

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ahead and pray and get underway. Father, We thank you

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for this day and for the privilege to do your will.

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Please fill us with your Holy spirit. Give us humility.

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That's what we need. We need humility God. Please, in

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Jesus name I pray. Amen and Amen again, yes, humble hero.

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All right, So the lesson writer begins the lesson with

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a couple of questions, as usual, one of which is

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what are the implications of the fact that the great

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leader of Israel, who apportioned the land receives is inheritance? Last,

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this is very interesting. What are the implications This guy

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is the leader talking about Joshua, but he gets his last.

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Let's read from Joshua chapter nineteen and verse forty nine

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to really kind of begin and drill that. And the

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Bible reads, when they had made an end of dividing

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the land for inheritance by their coasts, the children of

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Israel gave an inheritance to Joshua, the son of Nun

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among them. Let me read it in another translation. When

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they finished dividing the land into its regions, the people

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of God gave Joshua, son of nun An inheritance among them.

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All right, so let's begin with our first lesson. Our

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first lesson is that servant leaderships leaderships. Servant leadership puts

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others first. Servant leadership puts others first. Is that not

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how Jesus lived his life. Let's go to Matthew twenty

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verse twenty six, and it reads, but it shall not

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be so among you, But whosoever will be great among you,

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let him be your minister. The greatest among us are

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our ministers. Oh wait a minute. So Joshua's humility stands

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in contrast to the self centered leadership of his time.

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And can I just say that's the way many times

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that we see leadership in our day two Like, it's

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self centered many times. And so what God is teaching

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us is that the first shall be last and the

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last first, especially where leaders are concerned by waiting until

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all were settled. He taught that. God taught God's people

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that leadership is stewardship. Leadership is stewardship and not ownership.

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I said, leadership is stewardship and not ownership. All right,

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So let's go ahead and get into lesson number two.

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Lesson number two is true. Leaders are content with what

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God provides. Now. Paul spoke about this in Philippians, chapter

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four and verse twelve, where it reads, I know both

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how to be abased or humbled, right, and I know

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how to abound or be in abundance in any and

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every circumstance. I have learned the secret of contentment. Are

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you content, brothers and sisters? Now, please don't get me wrong.

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What I'm not saying or not asking you, is whether

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you are satisfied with the status quoi. That's not what

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I'm asking you. I'm not asking you if you're satisfied

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with the status quo. I'm asking if you are content

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knowing that God is in control. God knows exactly what

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you need, and He provides it according to his riches

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in glory. So, like Paul, Joshua understood that satisfaction comes

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from knowing God more deeply, not necessarily from possessing more

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or amassing more. Okay, So the city Joshua received, I

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can't say what it is means the remaining portion? Can

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you imagine? Can you imagine? I think I can say

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a tim knatz siah, it means the remaining portion or

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what is left. He didn't choose the richest land or

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the strongest city. He took what was left and turned

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it into a place of peace, Oh my, and worship

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near the tabernacle in Shiloh. I'm going to tell you

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something in a second. He his contentment reflected deep trust.

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Joshua knew that the blessing wasn't in the land. It

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was in the Lord who gave it. It wasn't in

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the land, it was in the Lord who gave the land. Okay, okay, okay.

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Let me say like this. His trust was in God,

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and he received the remnant. Somebody just got it and

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so and so. Joshua was an example of the remaining

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portion the what is left. He was an example of

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how the remnant should live. Have you ever heard of

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the remnant in the last days? The remnant being just

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like Jesus. The Remnant are being servant leaders who are

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covered by God. In twenty twenty five, twenty six, if

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God delays right into the future, God's people, the Remnant,

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are comfortable when God is in control. The secret to

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our success is contentment, which is great gain. All right,

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all right, all right, let's go to lesson number three.

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Humility brings God's presence near. Humility brings God's presence near.

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The Bible reads in Psalm chapter thirty seven and verse four.

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Delight thyself also in the Lord, and he shall give

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thee the desires of thine heart. Delight yourself in the Lord.

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Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you

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the desires of your heart. And so Joshua's inheritance was

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near to Shiloh, where the tabernacles stood the visible sign

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of God's presence. While others chose fertile plains, Joshua chose

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proximity to the presence of God. Are you getting this

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the one who got what was left the remnant?

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Speaker 1: Huh?

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Speaker 2: He is the one who was in close proximity to

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the presence of God. His priorities were spiritual and not

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just material. Not saying we shouldn't care about material needs,

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but the Bible is showing us that the people who

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are the most successful, the ones who delight in God,

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have more in gain than those who delight in stuff.

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The people who delight in serving God are more apt

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to be successful than those who are about the things

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of God. God gives you a peace that no inheritance

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can match, and I'm grateful. I'm grateful that God has

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given us an example in these different people of how

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to be humble and putting God and his people first.

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A couple of reflection questions here, what would it look

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like for you to lead like Joshua, serving first, receiving last. Finally,

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where are you choosing proximity to God over personal gain?

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Where are you choosing proximity to God over personal gain?

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And that's good, that's good, that's good. I think that's

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where we will pause right here. Yeah, Joshua was a

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humble hero, so was Caleb, but it was because they

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were more servants of God than just looking out for

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his hand. 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,