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06 30 2025 The Historical Background · Your Daily Portion with L. David Harris

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  Speaker 1: Most of us eat every day, some of us too
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  Speaker 1: much because yesterday's food is not enough to supply energy
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  Speaker 1: for today's needs. Why then, do some of us expect
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  Speaker 1: yesterday's portion of heavenly manna, the word of God to
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  Speaker 1: keep us through today's challenges. On this program, we are
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  Speaker 1: going to change all of that. Let's experience God's words
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  Speaker 1: today and receive the power we need to live healthy,
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  Speaker 1: vibrant lives. Welcome to your Daily Portion with your host,
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  Speaker 1: author speaker, Elle David Harris.
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  Speaker 2: Good morning, good morning, good morning, it is Monday. It's
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  Speaker 2: June thirty and twenty twenty five. Hello, my name is
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  Speaker 2: El David Harris. I am your host, and this is
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  Speaker 2: your Daily Portion where we give you God's word every
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  Speaker 2: single day, and today is no exception. We are continuing
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  Speaker 2: in our new Lesson study series Exodus Journey to the
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  Speaker 2: Promised Land, and our caption for today is the historical background.
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  Speaker 2: I know it sounds exciting, I know, I know. Aha,
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  Speaker 2: the historical background. We'll get into that in just a moment,
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  Speaker 2: but before we do, I'd like to say welcome to
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  Speaker 2: the Your Daily Portion life application guide and also let
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  Speaker 2: that we continue to build faith and fellowship. Let's go
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  Speaker 2: ahead and pray, and then we will get underway. Father,
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  Speaker 2: We thank you for this day. Thank you for the
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  Speaker 2: day that you have made. Teach us to rejoice and
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  Speaker 2: be glad in it. Help us to remember where you
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  Speaker 2: have led us. In Jesus's name, I pray, Amen and
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  Speaker 2: a men. Again remember a valuable and important statement. We
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  Speaker 2: have no fear for the future except we forget how
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  Speaker 2: our God has led us in the past. We have
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  Speaker 2: no fear. We have no reason to fear the future
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  Speaker 2: except we forget the way God has led us in
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  Speaker 2: the past. And I want you to expand your view
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  Speaker 2: of what it means for God to have led us.
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  Speaker 2: Who are the us? Like, who's we in this scenario?
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  Speaker 2: It's my own situation, yes, wherever I live in the
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  Speaker 2: world with my current family as they are now, Yes,
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  Speaker 2: But my ancestors they were led by God. Yes. And
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  Speaker 2: I don't mean just my immediate ancestors in the modern
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  Speaker 2: era with my surname or some variation of my surname
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  Speaker 2: back in history. What I'm talking about is even the
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  Speaker 2: people of God who lived way back in ancient times.
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  Speaker 2: God has led his covenantal people. This means that He
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  Speaker 2: will lead me to no matter what the trials or
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  Speaker 2: tribulations are, no matter who is in power who is not,
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  Speaker 2: what government is in power or not in power, whether
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  Speaker 2: the economy is accept or if it has just crashed,
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  Speaker 2: whether we are in a pandemic or we are in
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  Speaker 2: the post pandemic era, or there is something looming over
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  Speaker 2: the beyond the horizon right now that we cannot anticipate,
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  Speaker 2: whether it's a trial or a blessing. God has led
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  Speaker 2: his people in the past, and he will also lead
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  Speaker 2: them right now, lead us right now. And so in
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  Speaker 2: this historical background, I'll read just a little bit from
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  Speaker 2: the lesson and will jump to application it reads. The
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  Speaker 2: most plausible historical background to Joseph's story is the following.
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  Speaker 2: The new ruler in Exodus chapter one and verse eight,
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  Speaker 2: who knew not Joseph is almost from fifteen eighty to
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  Speaker 2: fifteen forty six BC. The next came Amenotep from fifteen
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  Speaker 2: fifty three to fifteen thirty two BC. The ruler who
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  Speaker 2: feared the Israelites and oppressed them. Later took most the
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  Speaker 2: first and you can see the dates there issued the
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  Speaker 2: death decree for all of the people of God, the
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  Speaker 2: male children his daughter I can't pronounce it. From fifteen
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  Speaker 2: oh four to fourteen eighty two BC was the princess
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  Speaker 2: who adopted Moses to be her son, and then Pharaoh
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  Speaker 2: took most. The third from fifteen oh four to fourteen
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  Speaker 2: fifty BC, who was for some time co regent with
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  Speaker 2: that one I can't pronounce, was the Pharaoh of Exodus
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  Speaker 2: and the Bible, and the lesson writer continues with more
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  Speaker 2: research from a man that I know and dearly care for,
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  Speaker 2: doctor William H. Shay, And you can see the reference there.
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  Speaker 2: So we have some reference about who were the pharaohs
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  Speaker 2: and when. And now we get to application. I'd like
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  Speaker 2: to first go into our life Application guide on page
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  Speaker 2: ten to the professional application. To the professional application. First
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  Speaker 2: of all, what is important now Professional success is ultimately
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  Speaker 2: tied to God's favor and not human's approval or permission.
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  Speaker 2: I said, ultimately, leadership changes cannot override God's divine appointments. Remember,
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  Speaker 2: we started out from Exodus, chapter one and verse eight
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  Speaker 2: about the Pharaoh who did not know Joseph, who didn't
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  Speaker 2: revere the God of Joseph, who decided to oppress the
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  Speaker 2: people from whom Joseph came. But when you're at work
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  Speaker 2: and things go really really weird, or really really well
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  Speaker 2: for that matter, Yeah, your favor or the difficulties that
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  Speaker 2: you have are not left into the hands of human beings.
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  Speaker 2: God is always with you. And if you continue with
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  Speaker 2: that in your reality, knowing that He is watching over
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  Speaker 2: you and guiding every footstep, leadership changes cannot override divine appointments.
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  Speaker 2: Now we're going to internalize the insight we're spelling the
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  Speaker 2: world word to win. Joseph was elevated because God was
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  Speaker 2: with him, even in a foreign territory, even under foreign rulers.
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  Speaker 2: Divine favor opened doors that no human could shut. But
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  Speaker 2: what is my action step the next best move in
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  Speaker 2: your professional life this week? I'm talking about this week,
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  Speaker 2: not next week. Now, pause to pray before every meeting
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  Speaker 2: or decision. In fact, I'm going to do the very
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  Speaker 2: same thing. Acknowledge God's authority over all of your assignments.
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  Speaker 2: That's one way that we can apply the less. Now
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  Speaker 2: let's go into the Bible book again of Genesis, this
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  Speaker 2: time of Genesis chapter thirty nine and verse two. The
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  Speaker 2: Bible reads, and the Lord was with Joseph, and he
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  Speaker 2: was a prosperous man. So why was he a prosperous
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  Speaker 2: man because the Lord was with him. So the first
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  Speaker 2: lesson for today is that God plants purpose sometimes in pain.
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  Speaker 2: You see, Joseph was betrayed, he was sold and in prison,
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  Speaker 2: he was sold by his own brothers. I wish I
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  Speaker 2: had the time. That's crazy and in prison, but God's
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  Speaker 2: presence never left him. God was always with him, like
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  Speaker 2: he promised to be with us and never forsake us.
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  Speaker 2: And that presence turned in justice. I'm going to slow down,
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  Speaker 2: quiet down. The presence of God turned in justice into influence.
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  Speaker 2: That's me beating on the desk. I said that presence
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  Speaker 2: turned injustice into influence. Look at the story of Joseph
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  Speaker 2: and the peaks and valleys of his life and we
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  Speaker 2: see that God was with him and through all of that,
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  Speaker 2: God did something special in order to make him so
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  Speaker 2: influential that he saved so many people. Really, God did
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  Speaker 2: it so many people from starvation and death, etc. So
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  Speaker 2: the action today is ah the trials that we have.
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  Speaker 2: I want you to pray something like this, God, don't
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  Speaker 2: just get me out of my trials, but please get
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  Speaker 2: your purpose out of me while I am going through
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  Speaker 2: the trial, like let your will be done in my life.
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  Speaker 2: I think Jesus prayed that prayer in the garden of Getsemine.
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  Speaker 2: And then we see from Genesis chapter forty one and
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  Speaker 2: verse forty two, and Pharaoh took off his ring and
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  Speaker 2: put it on Joseph. This was the good times, These
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  Speaker 2: were the good times onto Joseph's hands. So God's favor
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  Speaker 2: opens doors, as I've said that no human can shut.
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  Speaker 2: And so today don't chase the promotion though. We want
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  Speaker 2: the presence of God, not the promotion. We want the
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  Speaker 2: presence of God. Stay faithful where you are and let
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  Speaker 2: God bring visibility when it serves his purpose. And then finally, finally,
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  Speaker 2: God's timing may seem long, but it is always right.
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  Speaker 2: Joseph's rise to the Exodus was hundreds of years, but
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  Speaker 2: God still got glory. And God's people.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks join us listening. Always remember we cannot live by
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  Speaker 1: bread alone, but by every word that comes from the
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  Speaker 1: mouth of God. This has been your daily portion with
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  Speaker 1: el David Harris, make it a great day. Yeah,