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Speaker 1: Most of us eat every day, some of us too much,

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because yesterday's food is not enough to supply energy for

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today's needs. Why then, do some of us expect yesterday's

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portion of heavenly manna the word of God to keep

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us through today's challenges. On this program, we are going

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to change all of that. Let's experience God's words today

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and receive the power we need to live healthy, vibrant lives.

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Welcome to your Daily Portion with your host, author speaker,

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Elle David Harris.

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Speaker 2: Good morning, good morning, Good morning. It is Friday, November

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twenty eight, twenty twenty five. Hello, my name is El

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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 continuing in our

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lesson study series Lessons of Faith from Joshua, and our

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caption for today is from Promise to Possession, From Promise

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to Possession. Before we get into that, i'd like to

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say welcome to everyone joining us, especially those joining us

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for the very first time. Please go over to your

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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, We thank you for

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this new day, this opportunity to prepare some more preparation time, Lord,

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for the Sabbath hours and for your coming. And I

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pray God that you will give us unusual wisdom today.

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In Jesus's name, I pray Amen and Amen again. And

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let me just say to come to your Daily Portion

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channel this evening for our work learning through music we worship.

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We learn the lesson that we have been studying all

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throughout the week. We learn it through music this evening

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at seven pm Eastern time. Let's jump right in now.

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So God has given us the promise that one day

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we will in fact inherit the earth. The Bible says

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in Matthew chapter five that the meek will inherit the earth.

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So people who are yielding our will to God right

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where we are, subduing our power or having our power

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to be under control, humbling ourselves before God, we will

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inherit the earth. Jesus is coming soon. We don't know

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exactly when, but we know it's very soon. And after

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we live in heaven for a thousand years, I call

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it a vacation. Yes, we live in heaven for a

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thousand years, and then God will give us the fullness

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of the promise in the earth may new. And so,

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of course that journey from Egypt to Canaan is a

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microcosm or a symbol of this reality. And so we

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begin in Hebrews chapter four and verse one. Because God's

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people sometimes are not RESTful. Let me say it another way.

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God's people are often restless, worried about all kinds of

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things that are not our business. Our business is to

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seek first the Kingdom of God and his righteousness, and

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all things needful will be added unto us. But sometimes

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we are rest less, unfortunately, And so the Bible reads here,

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let us therefore fear lest a promise being left us

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of entering into His rest, any of you should seem

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to come short of it. AND's like, that's a complicated language.

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Let's go into the New English translation where it says,

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therefore we must be wary that while the promise of

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entering his rest remains Oh, none of you may seem

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to have come short of it. There are people who

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came short of going into the promise. The first generation,

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except for Joshua and Caleb, fell short. They were they

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fell short because of unbelief. And so what God is

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saying to us is, We've learned all of these these

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experiences from those people, ancient people of God, the people

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of the first century Church who had their own set

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of challenges, the early believers, and others where we can

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see the mistakes that they made by not having full faith.

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I'm not saying everybody. I'm just saying the ones who

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did have challenges, we can learn from those challenges and say, Okay, God,

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let me receive the rest that you have given to me.

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And so the first lesson is faith moves beyond anticipation

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to action. We're not just looking forward to the rest.

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We're not just looking forward to the promise. Now, it's

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time to act, to surrender our will. That's an action

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to do what God has called us to do. That

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is an action you understand, and so forth. So God's

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people knew the songs and the stories of Canaan, but

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only those who stepped into the land experienced its fruit.

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Faith that stops at expectation falls woefully short of fulfillment.

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Faith that stops at expectation falls woefully short of fulfillment.

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And so interestingly, the term the Greek term for rest

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here means to settle in. It implies full participation in

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what God has promised, not just passive waiting. So when

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we are resting, when we are settling in, according to

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that word katapo, it means that we will participate fully

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in what God has promised and not wait idly by.

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And so our action step is don't just celebrate God's promises,

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step into them, walk in them. Take one step of

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obedience today. I'm talking about radical obedience, as my sister

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friend Lisa A. Smith says, take one step of radical

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obedience today that turns your faith from theory into testimony.

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Our second lesson comes in from the same Bible, Book

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of Hebrews, chapter ten and verse thirty six, and the

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Bible reads, for ye have need of patience, that after

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ye have done the will of God, ye might receive

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the promise. So our second lesson is that the promise

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is fulfilled through persevering faith. Have you been through trials

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this week? I don't need to go into the many

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years or deck that you have been going through. Just

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this week, have you gone through any trials as of yesterday?

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And I know it's early in the morning. Have you

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gone through any trial this morning? Is it a carryover

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from yesterday, a carryover from last week, carryover from last month,

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a carryover from last year, a carryover from decades of

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crying to God and saying, are you not listening to me? God? God,

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here's your moanings? And God is saying that your faith

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must persevere. Your faith must not let go of the

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power of God. We must continue to walk with God

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no matter what. In fact, Jesus said it in Revelation,

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chapter three and verse eleven. Behold, I come quickly hold

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that fast which thou hast, or that thou hast, that

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no man or woman, as the case may be, may

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take your crown. And so and so that word, that

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word for endurance or to be steadfast or to per

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severe used in that text means it's active, it's hopeful

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waiting in the face of trial. It's an active, hopeful

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waiting in the face of trial. So we want to

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step into that kind of endurance, step into that kind

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of perseverance, and refuse to let discouragement make us settle

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outside our spiritual inheritance. Do not allow yourself under God,

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Do not allow yourself to accept the status quo. Hold

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fast to every promise of God. Our final one comes

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in from Hebrews chapter eleven and verse sixteen. As we

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come to a swift close. But now they desire a

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better country, that is and heavenly. Wherefore God is not

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a shame to be called their god, for he hath

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prepared for them a city. Our final lesson for today

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is the heavenly Canaan awaits the faithful, the same God

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type in the Chat, saying, God, the same God who

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gave God's people a homeland, prepares an eternal one for

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his people, a land of peace, a land of abundance,

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a land of unbroken fellowship with God and his creatures,

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who are now in that holy place of experience. Jesus said,

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in my father's house are many mansions, and I will

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go to prepare a place for you. And if I

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go to prepare a place for you, I will come

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again and receive you unto myself. Hold fast until Jesus

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comes 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,