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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

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twenty seven, twenty twenty four. Hello, my name is Elle

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David Harris. I am your host, and this is your

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Daily Portion where we give you God's word every single day,

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and today is no exception. We are at the final

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day in our lessons study series through the Book of Mark,

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and our caption for today is a rise, a rise,

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This is an end. May I just say it that

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way to you. I'm saying it in the voice of

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someone who's inviting you to arise with the power of

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God in every area and at every aspect of your life.

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All right, Before we get into that, I'd like to

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just say welcome, to you and ask you to go

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over to your Daily Portion dot com. Please join our

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Let's go ahead and pray and then we will get underway.

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Father and Heaven. Thank you for giving us this new day,

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and thank you for this time of preparation. Thank you

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for taking us through the Book of Mark and now

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inviting us to live in power with you. Please, Lord,

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help us to accept this invitation. In Jesus' name, I pray,

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Amen and Amen again. Arise. Yes, as I said, it's

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an invitation. Let's begin by reading from the book The

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Desire of Ages, page seven hundred and eighty six, and

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it reads, to the believer, Christ is the Resurrection and

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the Life. Notice the qualifier. If I am a believer,

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then to me, Christ is the Resurrection and the Life.

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You see, the devil does not actually have power over

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God's people. He can he can tempt, he can throw

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all kinds of tribulations our way. But even still, these

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have to be measured by and approved by God. He

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doesn't just have carte blanche. He doesn't just have the

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ability to do whatever in the world he wants to do. Ah,

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but the power of death cannot hold God's people. Deadly

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mindset cannot hold God's people, Deadly health conditions cannot hold

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God's people. Do they have an impact on our lives?

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Speaker 1: Yeah?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, but only to a degree. You see, when Jesus

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went and raised Lazarus from the dead, he was showing

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us that even though we die, yet shall we live?

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And one day death is going to be destroyed. Do

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you see where we're going with this? And so in

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the meantime, In the meantime, Jesus gives us the privilege

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of living a lively lifestyle. I think I use live

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three times, living a lively lifestyle, not a dead to

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dead in sins lifestyle. I'll pick up on that in

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just a moment. In our Savior, the life that was

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lost through sin is restored, for he has life in

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himself to quicken whom he will. He is invested with

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the right to give immortality. You see, when Jesus comes finally, finally,

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for the first time, human beings can become immortal for

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the first time. Now I understand Moses was given immortality already,

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Elijah Enoch, they were given immortality. Twenty four mystery people,

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mystery human beings were raised from the dead and went

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into heaven with Jesus. They were given immortality. We understand that.

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But the rest of us who have been living on

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planet Earth, you know, apart from those people, are awaiting

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the day that ever that eternal life, that quality that

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comes when we choose to become followers of Christ, will

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finally be matched with our bodies. We will finally be

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able to see Him as he is. We will finally

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be in a position where death has literally no dominion

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over us. We cannot rest in sleep in the grave. Again,

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you see where this is going. And Jesus has the right.

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In fact, in fact, he said I am come. He

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said that they might have life, and that they might

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have it more abundantly. Whosoever drinketh of the water that

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I shall give him shall never thirst. In Jamaica, we

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say water is life. That is the motto. If you

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want to say, for the National Water Commission, water is life.

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Water is life. So also, who so eateth my flesh

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and drinketh my blood hath eternal life. I will raise

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him at the last day. I'm thankful that we get

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to look forward to the day. See, there are some preachers,

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I'm saying, like some of my fellow let's say, preachers.

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I'm not a pastor, but I am a preacher of

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the gospel. Some people are preaching doom and gloom. Some

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people are teaching the last day as if it's something

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to be concerned about, when in fact, Jesus said, let

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not your heart be troubled. Why because why not? Because

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ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my

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father's house are many mansions. If it were not so,

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I would have told you I go to prepare a

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place for you. And if I go to prepare a

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place for you, I will come again and receive you

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unto myself. That where I am there ye may be also.

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And so we're grateful. Let me continue reading, and then

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we'll give you some steps here. To the believer, death

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is not no. To the believer, death is but a

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small matter. Christ speaks of it as if it were

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of little moment. If a man keep my saying he

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shall never see death, he shall never taste of death.

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To the Christian death is but a sleep, a moment

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of silence and darkness. The life is hid with Christ

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in God. And when Christ, I want you to type

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in the chat, when Christ, when Christ, who is our life,

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shall appear, then ye shall also appear with him in glory.

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And to this I say, amen, it was all worth it,

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whatever trial that you've gone through, whatever tribulation that you

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have gone through. In fact, Inspiration says that there will

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be people who went to sleep, like people who died

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God's people, some who have died right and they did

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not get to live through the last days, and they

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may have a discussion with people who did live through

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the final final part of the last days, and when

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they meet in heaven, the people who were resting may

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say to those who are alive and remain at the end,

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what happened while I was resting? And as the individuals

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who are alive and remained try to call up what

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happened in their minds, try to bring to their minds

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the trials and tribulations and even some of the triumphs.

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When they try to call it to mind, they they

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swell in a worshipful tone. Heaven is cheap enough. They

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will not be able to remember what happened down there.

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That's it down there, because we will be up in

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heaven by that time. They will not be able to

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call it to mind, because why, heaven is cheap enough.

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Whatever we went through, it doesn't matter anymore because, thankfully, thankfully,

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based on Jesus's promise, Thankfully, based on the power that

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Jesus showed when he took his life up again, Thankfully,

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we get to a rise with Christ. And so I

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want to give just a few steps before we come

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to a swift close for living that a risen life,

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that everlasting life with Christ. Embrace the abundance of Christ's life.

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Embrace the abundance. He said that he came to give

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us life, and that life more abundantly also draw sustenance

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from the living water. Drink freely. I always keep a

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cup of water next to me, forty ounces minimal right

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next to me, and I drink multiple times that full

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cup of water, because I know that water on earth

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even is life. But Jesus is saying he is the

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ultimate life, and he wants us to drink freely from him.

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And of course we can overcome fear of death. We must.

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We have assurance in Christ's resurrection, and we live in

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anticipation of Christ's return, and in the meantime we purify

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ourselves even as He is pure. Arise, brothers and sisters, Arise.

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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,