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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, December six,

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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 study.

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We are finishing lesson number ten in our series Themes

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in the Gospel of John, and our caption for today

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is the Light of the World, the lie Light of

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the World. We'll get into that in just a moment,

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but first I'd like to say welcome to you and

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ask you to please go over to your Daily Portion

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This is one of the ways that we continue to

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build faith and fellowship. Let's go ahead and pray and

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then we will get underway. Father and Heaven, thank you

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for this day and for the opportunity that you have

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given us to experience you. Please on this preparation day,

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help us to be preparing our minds and hearts to

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connect with you in Jesus name, I pray, Amen and

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Amen again the light of the world. Can you imagine

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what it would be like if there were no sun light?

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And of course that is really a rhetorical question because

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the answer is absolutely not. I have a client who

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the other week was having some challenges because she lives

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in the United States of America in New Jersey, and

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a couple of months ago, the quote time changed, and

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of course there are some things where the seasons are

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concerned and the temperature, etc. Etc. And so that feeling

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of having the sun light quote longer in the day

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has stopped basically, and she started to already feel the

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depression of not having the sun as long as usual.

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And I'm like, okay, so this is a teaching tool

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for us. When we don't have the sun of righteousness

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Jesus Christ in our lives, then the only thing that

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can happen is we go down. We may not be

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mentally or emotionally depressed, but our lives will be depressed.

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We will be suppressed from any kind of success that

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lasts throughout eternity. You understand. I know this is a

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play on words, but the reality is when we reject

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God forbid the light of the world, we are rejecting life. Conversely,

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I usually don't like to start with the negative, really,

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but conversely, when we embrace the light of the world

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Jesus Christ into our lives, then everything that we need

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to grow will grow in our experience. And I'm grateful

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because God has not left us down here in the darkness.

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He's the light of our lives. I'm going to give

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you some tools in just a moment, but let me

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first read right out of the lesson. Right out of

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the lesson, and it reads when Jesus said, I and

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the light of the world he was in the court

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of the Temples, specifically connected with the services of the

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Feast of Tabernacles. Now this is key, this is key.

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In the center of this court rolls two lofty standards

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supporting lamp stands of great size. After the evening's sacrifice,

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all the lamps were kindled, shedding their light over Jerusalem.

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This ceremony was in commemoration of the pillar of light

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that guided God's people in the desert. Do you see

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the imagery here? And was also regarded as a point

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as pointing to the coming of the Messiah. And so

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here we have it. Now that Jesus is present during

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the Feast of Tabernacles. He's the one to whom this

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actually points and there are people who reject him. Can

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you imagine, like he is the one that this represents.

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This should be a cell celebration of his presence, Like

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this should be a celebration that finally what we have

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been waiting for has happened, and this feast really should

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celebrate this should celebrate him. But rather the people still

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were satisfied with having an earthly feast of tabernacles and

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really couldn't have cared less about the fact that Jesus

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was present. Wait a minute now now at evening, when

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the lamps were lighted, the court was a scene of

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great rejoicing in the illumination of Jerusalem. The people expressed

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their hope of the Messiah's coming to shed his light

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upon Israel. But to Jesus the scene had a wider meaning.

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As the radiant lamps of the temple lighted up all

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about them, So Christ, the source of spiritual light, illumines

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the darkness of the world. Yet the symbol of was imperfect.

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That great light which was which his own excuse me,

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had set in the heavens, was a truer representation of

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the glory of his mission. It was morning, the sun

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had just risen above the Mount of Olives, and its

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rays fell with dazzling brightness on the marble palaces and

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lighted up the gold of the temple walls. When Jesus

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pointed to it and said, I I am the light

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of the world. And so and that's the end of

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the quote. And I'm grateful because Jesus often used what

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was right in front of him in order to illustrate

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God's points, to illustrate the transformational truths that we have

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The privilege of espousing, of holding on to Jesus. Being

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the light of the world puts us in a position

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that we can no longer have to walk around in darkness.

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How are we supposed to relate to our spouses? How

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should we relate to those that we work with? What

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is our relation to finances? How can we develop personally?

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How can we develop in other key areas of our life?

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God is there through Christ to show us that his light,

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the light of life, can illumine every single quarter of

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our understanding. And I'm grateful because it's not just an

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intellectual pursuit. It's not just that our understanding will be increased.

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It is that He will transform us by the light

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in the same way, well really and finitely more. But

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in the way that the heavenly light or the light

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in the sky called the sun enhances how our seasons go,

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how it causes our plants and vegetation to grow, How

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it impacts our mental health. How the UV rays are

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there to sterilize things that need to be sterilized. Can

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I continue so? Jesus, the light of the world is

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here to cleanse us from all unrighteousness, to cause us

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to grow in the areas that we are weak, which

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would be like everywhere. And I'm grateful. I'm grateful, and

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I say I'm grateful a lot because I am like

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I entertain and embrace a mindset of gratefulness because God

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is good. And so here are seven tips. Number one.

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Number one, illuminate or illumine your surroundings with kindness. This

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is something that Jesus has manifesting the second and great

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commandment to love our neighbors as ourselves. We can illumine

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the surroundings we have with kindness. Let your light so shine,

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the Bible says before men, that they may see your

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good works and glorify your Father, which is in heaven.

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Number two. We can seek the guidance or the light

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or the brightness of scripture. In Psalm chapter one, nineteen

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verse one oh five, the Bible reads, your word is

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a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path.

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And so God has positioned us to not only see

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the light from the heavenly bodies, but to see the

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Word of God as a light to every pathway that

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we must traverse, the pathway to success, the pathway to holiness,

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the pathway to heaven, eternity with God, the pathway to

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assist people who are in need. God, who should I

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be helping today? Here is a light, Read the word,

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connect with God, and let the light of the world

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illuminate your mindset so you can have the greatest possible

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impact on planet Earth 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,