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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 Friday, September thirteen,

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twenty twenty four. 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 Mark, and our caption

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for today is Realizations in the face of Denial, Realization

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in the face of denial. 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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to you and ask you to please go over to

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pick up the Your Daily Portion book, and let us

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Portion dot com. This is one of the ways that

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

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and pray, and then we will get underway. Father, thank

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you for this time of preparation, help us to prepare

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our hearts for you, and also help us to be

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strong in the faith that was passionate about this yesterday.

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Help me to be passionate about that today, and for

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your people to be resolute that we will always follow you,

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no turning back, no turning back. In Jesus name, I pray,

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Amen and Amen again. I do want to share, just

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really quickly a passage of scripture, and it just slip

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me because it just came to my mind. Let me

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see what was I going to say? Okay, yes, yes,

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the Bible says, I think it's in First Corinthians chapter

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First Corinthians chapter. My mind is fading here. I think

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it's chapter twelve, but you find it First Corinthians chapter

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ten or twelve. And it says, if ye think ye standeth,

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take heed lest ye fall. And then he says he

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says that there hath no temptation taken you, but such

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as is common to man, but God is faithful who

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will with the temptation provide a way of escape, that

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ye shall be able to bear it. And so I

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think that is First Corinthians, chapter ten. And so the

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Bible is teaching us verses twelve and thirteen. And so

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God is teaching us that, yes, there are people who

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have lived on planet Earth who have failed, some of

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them repented, and we need to look at their stories

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as end samples, meaning as what not to do. We

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should see that as what not to do, see what

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that is, and avoid it at all costs. But know

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that we because we can be submissive to God's will,

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that if we choose not to trust in our own strength,

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if we choose to only trust in God, that every

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temptation has an answer, It has an escape plan. God

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has a way to bring relief so that we don't

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have to fall. And so I want to encourage someone

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today that is who is maybe intimidated by my passion

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from yesterday, saying that we need to be yielded to God.

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We need to be submitted to his will. It's the

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least we can do. Don't be intimidated by that because

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we don't do it in our own strength anyway, all

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we need to do is draw upon the strength of God.

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If we think we stand and our own, then we've

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lost the battle. But if we will, by his grace

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follow him, like the hymn writer penned, I will follow THEE,

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my Savior, wheresoere lot may be, he said, by thy grace,

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I will follow THEE. So we trust God for his power,

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his unmerited favor to do his will, and so the

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realizations in the face of trial. Let's read now from

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the book The Desire of Ages, pages seven hundred and

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twelve and thirteen, and it reads, and I quote, while

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the degrading oaths were fresh on Peter's lips and the

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shrill crowing of the cock was still ringing in his ears,

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the Savior turned from the frowning judges and looked full

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upon his poor disciples. In that moment, Jesus was compassionate.

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He was compassionate because he warned his disciples that they

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were going to trust their own strength, especially Peter, and

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that they were going to fail. And he told him

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exactly when he would fail, how quickly he would fail.

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And Peter, no, no, I will not di you know,

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and his own strength. He's decrying what Jesus has said,

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and really and truly that is the reason why so

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many of us fail today, because we don't take counsel.

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We're too proud to take guidance. We're too proud to

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yield our will sometimes to God and ask God for

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his power to do his will even when we feel strong.

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And so in this case we see an example of

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a man who is broken. But Jesus, in the time

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that he is being tried and he's going through his

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greatest difficulty, he turns from these wicked judges to his

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poor disciple. Let me continue the quote. At the same time,

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Peter's eyes were drawn to his master in that gentle countenance.

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You see, Jesus was not upset with Peter. He was

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not angry. Jesus knew what was going to happen. He

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also knew who Peter would grow to become. And he

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looked at but he looked in that gentle countenance and

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read deep pity and sorrow, But there was no anger there.

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The sight of that pale, suffering face, those quivering lips,

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that look of compassion and forgiveness pierced his heart like

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an arrow. You see, this was the time that Peter

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was transformed. I have said it to you many times

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before that there are people preachers, speakers, teachers, facilitators, coaches

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that are satisfied with inspiring people. Some of us are

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satisfied with giving people information informing people. Some of us

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are satisfied with motivating people. But what God wants is

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all of that, plus the final one that matters the most.

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When all of the inspiration has dissipated, when all of

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the information has been forgotten, when the motivation has waned

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in the bosom of those who were once motivated, transformation

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will still be here. This was a transformational moment in

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the life of our brother Peter. And that moment, and

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that moment, conscience was aroused. I'm reading now, memory was active.

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Peter called to mind his promise of a few short

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hours before that he would go with his Lord to

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prison and to death. He remembered his grief when the

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Savior told him in that upper chamber that he would

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deny his Lord three times. That same night. Peter had

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just declared that he knew not Jesus, but he now realized,

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with bitter grief, how well his Lord knew him. You see,

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Jesus knows everything about us brothers and sisters. God knows

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everything about us. The Holy Ghost knows everything about us.

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This is why we go to God in prayer and

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we fall on his mercy and we say, God, will

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you give me the strength to endure the test? God,

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will you make me faithful in all situations? God, I

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am untrustworthy on my own Father, will you make me

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like those stalwarts who came before me, those individuals who

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learned to yield their will to you, come what may?

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And I won't trust me even for a moment. And

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so Peter he knew that his Lord knew him, and

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how accurately he had read his heart. He realized, He

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realized in bitter grief the falseness of which he was,

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unknown even to himself. He didn't realize that he was

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a liar. Peter didn't realize who he was. As a

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matter of fact, the Bible says that the heart is

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deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked. Who can know it? Well?

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God knows it. And I need you to be encouraged today.

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This was a somber moment. It's a very sad situation

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because one of his closest people to him, Jesus, had Peter,

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James and John very close to him. He had failed.

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Peter had failed, He had failed miserably. But the only

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reason that he failed was because he was proud, He

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was self sufficient. He trusted his own strength, his own commitments.

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And what we need to know now is that because

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God knows us completely, that he also has provided the

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strength that we need not to trust ourselves, but to

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trust God only. Why don't we realize right here, based

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on his story, that we can trust God rather than

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having to fail ourselves.

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Speaker 1: Making a great day, Peace, Thanks for joining us listening

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to friends. Always remember we cannot live by bread alone,

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but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.

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This has been your daily portion with el David Harris.

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Make it a great day. Yeah,