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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 Thursday, December four,

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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, Lessons of Faith from Joshua, and our caption

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for today is Joshua and Us, Joshua and Us. We'll

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get into that in just a moment, but before we do,

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I'd like to say welcome to you and ask you

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to go over to your Daily Portion dot com. Please

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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, thank you for this

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new day, this new morning, help us to learn the

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lessons that we need to learn, so one day we

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will be face to face with you transform us. Please,

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in Jesus' name, I pray, Amen and Amen again. All right,

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so I'm going to share a quote with you, really

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a couple of quotes, really really quickly, and then we'll

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jump right in. First comes from James White from Reviewing Herald,

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July fifteenth, eighteen sixty two. It was an article and

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it reads, the work of Joshua was a shadow of

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the work of Christ. We've learned this over and over again,

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and the work of Christ continues in God's people. So

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this is not something we are intellectually just learning and

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understanding that work is happening in us. The work continues

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in His people, who must overcome and enter the rest

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prepared for them. Remember the people of God, the first

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generation of freed slaves coming out of Egypt, None of

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them except for Joshua and Caleb went into the rest

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like they didn't even go into the earthly promised land.

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And so what God is saying is that you were

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to learn from that experience, learn from how God had

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left his people in the past, but also be transformed

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in a way that Joshua and Caleb were transformed to

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the degree and learning how to repent, even like Moses,

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who did not enter earthly promise, but then who had repented,

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and he was resurrected according to the Bible Book of Jude,

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and we see in Matthew chapter seventeen that he, along

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with Elijah actually lived in heaven. So God resurrected Moses.

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And of course that only happens for people who are repentant.

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And so this work must continue in our lives and

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not just in our intellect. Another quote from the book

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Desire of Ages, page three hundred and two. It is

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by beholding, and somebody's ready to type in the chat

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to finish this, so I'll slow down. It is by

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beholding that we become changed. That's it. We become changed.

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The more we contemplate the character of Christ, the more

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we shall reflect his image in spirit and in life.

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The reason why so many people are struggling with their

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thoughts and actions is because of what they are beholding.

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We God forbid, are beholding. If you're struggling, you can't

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keep your mind, You can't keep your mind sharp, Like

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you can't keep your mind on things above. You are

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always on negative mindset. You are struggling, struggling all the time,

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struggling and never attaining to victory. Well, that's because your

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focus is on the struggle. Your focus is on things

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that break you. Your focus is on unhealed things. Your

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mind is still accepting of conversations with people that are

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leading you down the wrong pathway. Like I literally cut

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myself off from negativity. Somebody starts down that pathway, I'm

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not going to rebut it every time. I'm just going

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to be quiet, literally nothing to offer, because I am

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in that moment unapologetically rejecting the things that do not

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align with Philippians, Chapter four and verse eight. Please look

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that up, okay? And so by beholding we become changed.

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Our first lesson. You thought that was the lesson, that

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was the get just to get us started. Our first

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lesson is the church engages in spiritual warfare. Notice I

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said spiritual. So please don't get into that extremist foolishness

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that people are doing on planet Earth. We're not talking

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about that. The Bible says, for we walk in For

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though we walk in the flesh, we do not war

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after the flesh. So that means put your armaments down, y'all,

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we're not fighting holy wars on planet Earth. Do not

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do that. We do not war after the flesh. For

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the weapons of our warfare are not carnal. That means

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not tanks, that means not guns, that means not ammunition,

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that means not incendiary devices. That means not arming yourself

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and walking through the streets as supposedly the people of God.

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That is not what we're talking about. The weapons of

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our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to

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the pulling down of strongholds. God has shown us in

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the Book of Ephesians, chapter six, what the armor of

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God looks like. Seven implements of spiritual warfare over sin

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in our own lives. And so the Greek word for

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warfare the Greek word for warfare stratia, meaning military campaign

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or service. Joshua's battles foreshadowed the people of God's spiritual

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conflict in our day right now against sin and evil.

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Our victories don't come by physical weapons. I've made that

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point already, but through faith, through truth, through prayer, through

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allowing God to transform us through the power the Holy Ghost.

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So identify that is the action step. Identify one spiritual

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battle that you're facing, just one. Are you lusting a

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lot or I shouldn't even say a lot? Are you lusting?

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Are you seeming not to be able to overcome your appetite?

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Is it that you're stress eating? Is it that relationship

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where somebody's texting you in the middle of the night,

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You're answering it, and it's throwing your whole spiritual experience

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off with God. Whatever it is, identify that and confront

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it using God's word and prayer. Whatever God has said

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about it. I want you to accept that. Do not

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embrace whatever your brain or the devil or those tempters

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out there are saying about it, trusting His strength to

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give you the what the victory. Let's run to our

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lesson number two. Our inheritance is reserved in heaven. Praise God.

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Our inheritance is reserved in heaven. The Bible reads in

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First Peter chapter one and verse four to an inheritance incorruptible.

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There is an inheritance that is imperishable and undefiled, that

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fateth not away, reserved for you in heaven. God has

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an inheritance for you in heaven. The devil can't impact it,

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no mouth can can deteriorate it, No thief can break

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in and take ah. There's no storm that can blow

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it away. It is reserved for you in heaven. And

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that term, that term for inheritance means a possession or

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a heritage. Joshua divided the earthly land among the people

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of God. Jesus grants his people an eternal inheritance that

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cannot be corrupted or taken away. This promise anchors our

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hope during every struggle. So what's the action? Keep your focus?

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Keep your focus heaven word. I wrote a book many

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years ago, Focus Heavens. Hashtag Focus Heavens. In your view,

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life feels heavy down here, Remind yourself daily that your

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eternal inheritance is secure already in Christ. And finally, I've

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already made the point, but I'll say it one more

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time for memory, for repetition. Lesson number three, by beholding Christ,

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that is to appreciate worship and model. After his lifestyle,

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we become changed into his image. Make it a great day, 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 L. David Harris. Make it a great day. Yeah.