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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. It

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is June thirteenth, in twenty twenty five. Hello, my name

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

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is your Daily Portion where we give you God's word

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every single day, and today is no exception. We are

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continuing in our Lesson study series how to study Bible Prophecy.

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Our caption for today on this preparation morning is good

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news amid prophetic hardships. I know it's a tongue twister,

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let me say it one more time. Good news. Do

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you have good news amidst prophetic hardships. We'll get into

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that in just a moment, but first I'd like to

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say welcome to you in happy preparation day. To everyone

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joining us, especially those joining us for the very first time.

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I'm asking you to please go over to your Daily

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Portion dot com. Please join our online community. Please pick

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up the Your Daily Portion Life Application Guide. We're going

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to use it today especially, and also let us know

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where you are in the world at your Daily Portion

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dot Com. This is one of the ways that we

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

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

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for this day that you have made. Teach us to

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rejoice and be glad in it. Help us Lord to

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see the hope, the hope that comes in Christ. Even

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when when crises come, we know that they will not

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continue forever. In Jesus' name, I pray, Amen and Amen

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again there is good news amidst the prophetic hardships. Yes,

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so let me just go ahead and jump right in

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to the Bible Book of Isaiah, the Bible Book of Isaiah.

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I'm not going to set it up. We're just going

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right in there. Isaiah, chapter fifty nine and verse fifteen. Okay.

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And this is the concept that the truth is unpopular

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at times, but the truth stands right now with artificial intelligence,

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right now, with a lot of the things that come

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out in the news that or I should say, would

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appear to be in the news that come out in

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social media, with all of the confusion that we don't

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know if it's a machine, and we don't know if

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it's a human, We don't know if it's a bad

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actor from some country that is not happy with the

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country you're domiciled in. We don't know what'stuff is these days.

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It's just so weird in a way that I've not

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seen before. Ah. But even though even though there is

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so much, so many lies, there are so many things

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we're not sure of, so many things that are even

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coming from the highest echelons of society financially, politically, religious

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in nature. Even though that is the case, the falsehood

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seemed to prevail for a little while. But truth, truth

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will stand, And so the Bible reads in Isaiah chapter

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fifty nine and verse fifteen. Yea truth faileth, and he

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that departeth from evil, making himself a prey. Let me

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say it another way, honesty has disappeared. That is that

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there are so many people who reject the truth and

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have turned their backs on God, especially in the last days,

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as it was in the days of Noah. The Bible

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says that the imaginations of their heart were evil, always evil, continually. Well,

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we're in a time like that today, But the Bible continues,

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honesty has disappeared. The one who rejects evil is robbed.

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It's like, what, that's weird? So what we need to

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do understanding that that is the reality of the days

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in which we live. It's not the first time, but

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it is our time. We need to resolve today to

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stand for truth, no matter what people say, no matter

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what is popular or not. Resolve today to stand for

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the truth, even if it's unpopular. And I want you

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to focus your attention on one biblical truth. You will

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not compromise on one biblical truth. Will it be thou

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shalt not commit adultery? Will it be that, since Jesus

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is the author and finisher of my faith, then I

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will be faithful bias grace. Will it be because when

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there is no fear in love, but perfect love cast

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out fear. Is that the principle I won't compromise on that.

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When I am sensing that I'm about to feel fearful,

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then I'm like, but God loves me and I love God,

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so I reject the feeling of fear, the sense of

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fear and foreboding. What is that one principle that you

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are choosing today not to compromise on? Okay, And in

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Matthew chapter ten and verse twenty two, the Bible reads,

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and ye shall be hated of all men for my sake.

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This is what Jesus said. He said this about for

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his people, that that will happen. And so prepare spiritually

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today this morning, right now, it's an afternoon where you

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are is at evening? Is it late in the night. Yeah,

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prepare at this moment that you are now experiencing this

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worship session that we have. Prepare now start a regular

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prayer situation where you are writing down your own prayer request,

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the things that you're committing to God God that you

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will be faithful if He will just give you the grace.

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You may be the kind of person that likes group

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activities where you would organize a prayer group or be

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in a small prayer group. But whatever the case is,

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I want you to create this habit that will fortify

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your heart right now. And it's not a test it's

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not something that we can put ourselves in some kind

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of a boot camp. But I think sometimes we understate

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the reality that practice is a thing. Like if we

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practice being faithful, then we will be faithful. If we

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are faithful when somebody is rude to us, and we

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just choose to be kind, then God will give us

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the grace to do things that are even more challenging

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and more challenging as the case may be. We can

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have the Holy Ghost and he will teach us how

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to live according to his will. Okay, and so we

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can get another story. We can get another story from

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Esther chapter six and thirteen. If Mordecai is of God's people,

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comes from God's people, you will not prevail, but will

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surely fall before him. Now, this is part of the

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story that we have been talking about for a part

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of the week. But I want you to just do

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this based on that text, because you've read through Esther

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a couple of times. Well, by now, write out a

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list of past times that God has defended you. There

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are times that He has done great things in your life,

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in the lives of people that are close to you.

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Write that list down and keep it for encouragement. When

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trials come. See, there were people who were saying, like,

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if you mess around with this dude, maybe like you're

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going to have some problems. So listen, don't mess with

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God's people. Just don't mess with God's people. That was

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part of the moral of the story to the people

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in that text. Now we also have in Revelation thirteen

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and verse fifteen that there are some people who refuse

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to worship the image of the Beast, and those individuals

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will be destroyed. Right obedience to God will bring earthly consequences.

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There's a lot of discussion about the Seventh day Sabbath.

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There is a lot of discussion about the man made

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sense of worship that comes by erecting a false Sabbath.

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There is a lot of discussion about, well, what does

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that do to our relationship with God? And so we

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know that when we are in right relationship with God, obedience,

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radical obedience, shout to Lisa A. Smith, Radical obedience brings

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about earthly consequences many times. Yeah, Jesus said it. He

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said that there will be people who will persecute you

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and say all manner of evil things against you falsely

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for his sake. But we should rejoice and be exceeding

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glad for great at our reward in heaven for so

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persecuted day, the prophets which were before you. And so

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you need to ask yourself. I need to ask myself,

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is there any area where I compromise truth for comfort

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or I just choose to fit in rather than to

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do what God says? And if that is the case,

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then we need to repent. We can just literally say, God,

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I apologize. Can you give me the strength to turn away,

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repent and make a shift, do what God has said,

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be who whom God has called you to be, and

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in that case we become what God has called us

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to be. There's good news amidst the prophetic hardships that

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God is with his people. God is with his people,

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and if you're one of God's people, He's with you. 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,