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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, January ten,

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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, God's Love and Justice, God's Love and Justice.

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Before we get into the details of our day's study,

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I'd like to say welcome to everyone joining us, especially

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those joining us for the very first time. We are

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talk talk talk, philosophies, if that's a word, philosophies, philosophize,

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continue to enhance your spiritual development at your Daily Portion

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dot com. Let's go ahead and pray and then we

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will get underway. Father and Heaven. Thank you for this day.

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Thank you for loving us so much that you welcome

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us into relationship with you. You welcome us into prayer

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with you, that pavilion, that safe place with you where

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we can build and grow and live. And I pray

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God that we will avail ourselves of the privilege in

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Jesus' name, I pray, Amen and a man again. So

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our caption for today is the privilege, the privilege of prayer.

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Do you see prayer as a privilege, I don't mean

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just as a ministry and ministries are great, like I

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have a ministry. See This is a ministry, speaking to

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you about God and his word and praying for you

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and helping you to get closer to God, while I

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also get closer to God like That is a ministry

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and exceptional. But what I mean is not just that

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I'm talking about you, dear brother, you dear sister, actually

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connecting with God. I speaking to God from your heart

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as to a friend. Ah. My favorite writer on well,

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one of my two favorite writers on prayer, actually said

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that when we are praying, it's not that we're bringing

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God down to us. Prayer does not bring God down

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to us, but elevates us, like in the words of Paul,

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into heavenly places with Christ Jesus. So prayer does not

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bring God down to us, but prayer brings us up

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to God. Can I ask you a question, and this

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one is simple, Ah, does the devil have any sway

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in heaven? Does he have any power or influence in

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heaven anymore? And of course the quick answer is no.

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Like for those of you who understand the Last Day's messages,

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you know that the devil was cast out of heaven.

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The Bible says there was no place found for him.

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There was war in heaven. Past tense. Michael and his

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angels and the dragon and his angels fought tense, and

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there was past tense, no place found for him, meaning

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the devil. And then the Bible cup cries out and proclaims,

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woe unto the inhabitants of the earth and to the sea,

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because the devil is cast down unto you, having great wrath.

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And so that means that heaven is all clear the

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evil influence that the devil had as he was lucifer,

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and he no longer reflected the light of God, and

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he became the deceiver of the accuser of the brethren,

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the deceiver, the father of lies. Like as he became

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the dragon, he got kicked out. And so now heaven,

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heaven is a place where all righteousness dwells. You see

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where I'm going with this. So that means that when

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we're praying and we are connecting with God, and now

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we are elevated in our experience and tabernacling with God,

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we are in His presence through prayer, and now the

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devil literally has no impact or influence over us when

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we're truly praying, when we're sincerely yielded to God's will,

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and we are in that space of prayer, the devil

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has no power because he's not welcome in heaven. Okay,

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And so I need you to understand that when temptations

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come and you run to God in prayer, now you're

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elevated above the power of the temptation. I think you

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know where we're going with this. When tribulations come and

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you run into the Pavilion of God, the sanctuary city

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of God, I think you heard what I just did there.

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When you go into the Sanctuary City of God and

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you are praying to him, Now, those trials don't have

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the impact that the devil would love for them to have.

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What the devil intended for evil. Think of Joseph's story.

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What the devil intended for evil? God intended for good.

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And so when we are praying, we should see it

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as a privilege. Now, let me say this very clearly.

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When we pray, sometimes we speak. You see how I've

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been just running my mouth for the entire time for

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the last six minutes. Yes, when we pray, we talk

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to God, and He wants to hear our voices, even

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though or the voices as we say it in our minds.

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If we don't do it audibly right. But even though

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he knows everything, he knows what we're thinking. But he

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loves to hear us to communicate what is on our hearts,

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to make our requests, to give our thanks and to

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give him praise. He loves that. But let me just

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say this, he also loves for us to listen. You see,

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we're opening up our hearts to God as to a friend.

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But can you imagine if you have a friend that

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just runs her mouth, runs his mouth just blah blah

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blah blah blah blah blah blah blah, and does not

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give you a moment to speak edge wise, like you

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can't get a word in because that person is only

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interested in dumping their brains into your ears. See, we

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don't need to treat God that way. We don't need

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to treat God that way. We need to listen to him.

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Hear our prayer. Oh Lord, here our prayer. O Lord, Yes,

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incline thine ear to us and grant us thy peace.

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But teach us how to listen God, Ah. Teach us

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to number our days, because these few days that we

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have on this planet are full of trouble, and we

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need to be able to hear your voice. And then

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do your will. Here, oh people of God, here, oh

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israel Ah. The Lord, our God is one Lord, and

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thou shalt love him with all your heart and everything

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that you have hauh, and to do his will.

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Speaker 1: And so.

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Speaker 2: From the book the Book Steps to Christ actually my

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favorite book outside of the Bible, bar none. We read

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from page let's see what page one hundred. Keep your wants,

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your joys, your sorrows, your cares, and your fears before God.

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You cannot burden him, you cannot weary him. He who

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numbers the hairs on your head is not indifferent to

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the wants, or that is, the needs, the wants of

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his children. The Lord is very pitiful and of tender mercy.

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According to John James excuse me, chapter five and verse eleven,

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his heart of love is touched by our sorrows and

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even by our utterances of them. Take to him everything

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that perplexes the mind. Nothing is too great for him

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to bear, for he holds up the world. He rules

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over all of the affairs of the universe. But nothing

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that in any way concerns our peace is too small. God,

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where are my keys? I can't find them. God, that

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dog that's outside my window. Barking is annoying me and

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I need some rest. Can you make the dog just

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calm down? Father? What in the world is going on

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with all this? I know, I know we need rain,

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but I need a little bit of sunshine. I'm feeling depressed.

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None of that is too hard for God to deal with.

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No calamity can befall the least of his children. No

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anxiety harass the soul, No joy or cheer, no sincere

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prayer escape the lips of which our heavenly Father is unobservant,

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or in which he takes no immediate interest. He loves you,

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he loves me. It is a privilege for us to

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lift up our minds, lift up our hearts, lift up

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our voices to God in prayer. Please continue to do so.

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Speaker 1: Peace. Thanks for joining us listening. Friends. Always remember we

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cannot live by bread alone, but by every word that

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comes from the mouth of God. This has been your

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daily portion with el David Harris. Make it a great day. Yeah,