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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 afternoon, and happy lunchtime. It is Wednesday, September seventeen,

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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 exception. We are continuing in our lesson

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study series through the Book of Exodus, and our caption

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for this afternoon this is the Life Application Lunch and Learn.

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If you want to say, is the self revelation of God.

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We've been teasing some of that for the last couple

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of days, but we're going to focus a little bit

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more heavily here. And for those who are new to

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this lunchtime program, this is not the lesson study that

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we do in the morning five o'clock every single morning,

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seven days a week Jamaica time. That's not this. We

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are studying the lesson in the morning in fairly good

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detail in the short time that we have. But am

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I have sensed for years that church people have difficulty

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actually applying the things that we learn, and so we're

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doing that focus on only application, not the theoretical anymore.

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And yes, go ahead and pick up your life Application

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guide at your Daily Portion dot com. This is one

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of the ways we continue to build faith and fellowship.

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Let's pray, Father, thank you for this day and getting

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getting us thus far into our work or whatever it

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is that we have going today. Please make us faithful

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and apply your truth in Jesus' name, I pray Amen

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and amen again. All right, and so we're going straight

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to the spiritual application. I want you to go ahead

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and confess it like type it in the chat. Which

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one of these key areas are you going to focus on?

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You may focus on more than one, you could say

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all but just please just make it a point not

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to over extend yourself. I want you to choose one

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of the four. Is it spiritual, personal relationship or professional

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that you're focusing on today. Okay, so we start with

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the spiritual w We're spelling the word win in all

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of these key areas because we want to win in

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God's sight that way. Okay, what is important Now, God

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reveals his own character so we can understand who he

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is and trust him. Okay, so that's the important focus

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spiritually here, internalize the insight. Let it get all inside

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of you. When God passed before Moses, he didn't only

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reveal his power. He did reveal power, but more importantly,

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this power was a revelation of his heart. This is

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what God wants for us, his mercy, his grace, his patience,

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his truth. We talked about that yesterday, and justice are

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the core of his glory.

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Speaker 1: Now.

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Speaker 2: I know, Norman, you're probably teaching right now, but I

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hope you're getting this glory. Come on, that's your word.

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Come on, that's your principle, your experience, Norman. Come on, man,

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this is the foundation of the covenant relationship. God wants

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us to see his heart clearly, so that love and

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not fear becomes the center of our obedience. Let me

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just say, we cannot obey God from the heart. We're

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talking about spiritually speaking through fear, but I know that

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some people think we can, so that's why, of course

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I wrote it that way. The next best move spiritually

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speaking is during prayer. Hopefully you're praying multiple times a

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day and living in an atmosphere and attitude of connection

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with God on top of that. But during prayer, focus

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specifically on God's revealed character. Thank him for each trait

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He declared his mercy. So we thank God for your mercy. God,

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we thank you for your mercy. We thank you for

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your grace, and I want you to be specific with

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God on those things. And then your long suffering are

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your patience, faithfulness, forgiveness and justice personal application? What is

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important now? Knowing God's character shapes your identity. Yeah. The

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reason why some people behave like animals is because they

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think they came from animals. I wish I had the time.

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That is the problem. There are some people who consume

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animalistic media on social media, on mainstream media, and on YouTube,

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and that is why we behave the people who do that.

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I shouldn't say we the people who do that. That's why.

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So knowing God's character, we're talking about having an intimacy

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with God. A relationship with God living according to His

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character shapes our identity. Who am I is based on

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this experience. Internalize the insight. When you know God as

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merciful and forgiving, you do not have to carry shame

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or condemnation. There are people who still are looking in

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their rear view about all the things that they have done,

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even in some of the paradigms related to overcoming substance

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and alcohol abuse, and they're counting up. I've been clean

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for this number of days, no shade, But why the

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constant reminder of the thing. I'm a recovering fill in

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the blank negative thing. I'm a recovering, fill in the

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blank negative thing. I get it. But there has to

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come a point in our understanding and our mentality that

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we're no longer using the pitfalls and the things that

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we've done wrong and we've been subject to that we're

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not Godly as a reference point in all of our discussion.

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So He is the one that helps us not to

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have to carry the shame, not to have to carry

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the condemnation. His faithfulness allows you to walk in confidence

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even when you God forbid fall short. I should say,

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if you fall short. His justice assures you that all

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wrongs will be made right in his time. Next best move,

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Next best move, right out. I'm talking about real pen

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and pad or whatever you use electronically. Right out. God's

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self description from Exodus, chapter thirty four. Read it aloud

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daily this week to recenter your thoughts on who God

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really is. Now we're jumping into relationships. What is important? Now?

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Let God's revealed car influence how you treat others. You

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get that how you treat others, internalize the insight. When

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God describes himself as gracious and forgiving, he calls you

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to extend the same grace to those who offend, fail,

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or disappoint you. His mercy becomes your standard of mercy.

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God doesn't want you to just be in awe of

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his ability to be merciful. He said that those who

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are merciful will obtain mercy. Next best move. Relationally, Identify

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one strained relationship. Some of us have more than just one,

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But identify one where you you have withheld grace. Be

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honest with yourself. Take one step toward reconciliation, or release

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the offense in prayer. Some people are imprisoned. Imprisoned in

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our own minds, imprisoned in our own thought processes, always

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thinking about what somebody did to us, how somebody failed us.

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And what we want to do, beginning at this very moment,

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is release ourselves from prison through forgiveness reconciliation if it's possible.

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The reconciliation is contingent upon their decision, but forgiveness is

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solely your decision. You can forgive these people, you can,

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no matter what they've done to you. I could bore

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you to death or depress you with the things that

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people that were close to me have done to me.

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I'm talking about the same kinds of abuses that you

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have gone through, unfortunately, but at some point we have

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to keep it pushing. Professionally, what is important now Your

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leadership reflects who you believe God to be. Internalize that

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insight professionally. Leaders who reflect God's character create environments of trust,

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I said, creates those environments of trust, fairness, and safety.

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Your decisions will carry both truth and grace when you

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lead from His revealed heart. And then the next best

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move in your next leadership meeting or client interaction consciously

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apply God's character. Lead with clarity, with patience, and mercy

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without compromising the truth. Well, I'm reading these to you

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so those of you who are auditory or just need

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some interaction online or whatever, can internalize and live all

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of these principles. 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,