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02 03 2024 I Will Arise · Your Daily Portion with L. David Harris

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  Most of us eat every day, some of us too much because yesterday's food
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  is not enough to supply energy for today's needs. Why then, do some
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  of us expect yesterday's 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 to change all
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  of that. Let's experience God's words today and receive the power we need to
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  live healthy, vibrant lives. Welcome to your Daily Portion with your host author
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  speaker, Elle David Harris. Good morning, good morning, Good morning.
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  It is Sabbath, February three, twenty twenty four. Hello, my name
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  is Elle David Harris. I am your host sten This is your Daily Portion
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  where we give you God's word every single day, and today is no exception.
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  We are continuing in our lesson study series through the Book of Psalms,
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  and on this Sabbath morning, our caption is I will arise. This is
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  God's speaking, I will arise. I can't wait to get into this,
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  but before I do, I'd like to just say welcome to you and ask
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  you to please go over to your Daily Portion dot com join our online community.
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  Pick up. Make sure that you type in the little box there where
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  you are in the world, so that way I can continue to build my
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  map. My son and I haven't looked at it together lately, but it's
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  encouraging to see from what vantage point you all are spreading the great news by
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  sharing this program and other programs like it, where the Word of God is
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  prominent front and center, no hype, no gimmicks, just the Word of
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  God every day so that we can continue to grow. So please just go
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  ahead and continue to share, and we will. We will build God's kingdom
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  until it comes. Let's go ahead and pray and then get underway. Father
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  and Heaven, thank you for this day and for the blessing you are too.
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  Pardon me to us. I pray that you will give us your Holy
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  spirit today, teach us on this Sabbath morning, how blessed we are to
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  be in your presence, and I ask that we will live like people who
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  are aware always of your presence. In Jesus' name, I pray, Amen
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  and damen again, I will arise. Okay, So I'm going to read
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  from the lessons straight from the New King James version of the Bible, Psalms
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  Chapter twelve, verse five, and then I'll read more verses in just a
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  moment, okay. And so the Bible reads for the oppression of the poor,
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  for the sighing of the needy. Now I will arise, says the
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  Lord. I will set him in safety for which he yearns. I need
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  to encourage someone today that God is not sleeping. He can't sleep. He's
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  eternal and all powerful God, blessed be his name. Like so, when
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  you are wondering where God is, when you see people who are oppressed and
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  it appears that there is no way through their trials, or if you're oppressed,
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  I want you to know and rest assured that if you especially surrender your
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  will to God, He's going to arise in your situation. Sometimes it won't
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  be as easy as we hope in our earthly lives, God will arise,
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  and ultimately, ultimately he will deliver you. I use the word ultimately because
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  sometimes on planet Earth things don't go the way that we need them to go.
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  But I promise you not because I made the promise, but because God
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  made the promise based on his own name and his own character, and he
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  cannot lie that he's going to arise. He's going to arise in your situation.
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  And deliver you one day. If you are one of his children,
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  he is going to take you to the Kingdom of Heaven one day. If
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  you're one of his children, he is going to give you the earthmade new,
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  where you will plant and no one will steal. Ah, no one
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  will harvest, you will build, and no one will occupy what you have
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  built except you and whoever is in your blessed new celestial family. If that's
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  a way of saying anything, but God is faithful, okay. And so
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  before we go too far afield, I'm going back to verse one of the
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  same chapter Psalms chapter twelve, and the Bible reads, for oh, excuse
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  me, deliver, Deliver Lord, Deliver Lord, for the godly have disappeared.
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  Have you ever felt like the godly or nowhere to be found? Remember
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  when Elijah was having his experience right after Mount Carmel, and he wanted God
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  to let his life end, and he felt like he was the only person
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  among God's people still around. God said, no, I have seven thousand
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  who have not bowed the knee. Who are you talking about here? Ah?
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  So for the godly have disappeared, People of integrity have vanished, People
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  lie to one another. They flatter and deceive. May the Lord cut off
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  all flattering lips and the tongue that boasts. They say, we speak persuasively.
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  We know how to flatter and boast. Who is our master? Because
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  the violence done to the oppressed, because of the painful cries of the needy,
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  I will spring to action. So I use the phraseology from the King
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  James and New King James version before I will arise. But now you know
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  what it means. God is saying, because of the painful cries of the
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  needy, he will do what spring into action, says the Lord. I
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  will provide safety. They also desperately desire. The words are of the Lord
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  are absolutely reliable. They are as untainted as silver purified in a furnace on
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  the ground where it is thoroughly refined. You Lord will protect them. You
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  will continually shelter each one of these from evil people. And so a commentator
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  says that God cares for the helpless and the poor. He promises to rescue
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  the downtrodden from and confront their oppressors. We should identify with God's attitude.
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  His work is not done until we care for the needs of the poor.
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  See God is welcoming us into relationship with him, covenantal relationship with him,
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  not only to receive what we would consider to be benefits, but also to
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  benefit others, those needy and poor. Yeah, we have the privilege of
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  being of assistance to them, those who are oppressed. We have the privilege
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  of doing what we can to set the captives free. I think if you
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  will go back, I know we in the United States, you commemorated the
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  birth of Martin Luther King Junior. There were also civil rights activists and others
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  who would would have had a lot to do even before doctor King was around
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  to deliver people from slavery and bondage, underground railroad and other blessings in revolution.
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  If you want to say, the mindset was so dark and burdensome that
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  people were fearful that they could ever be delivered. But I'm thankful that some
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  of our forebearers took up that mantle and helped to deliver people. There are
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  people in modern times that do it all around the world still, because there
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  is human trafficking and other types of slavery that happen even in twenty twenty four.
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  So if you have the power and the will and God has called you
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  to do so, you deliver the captives, make them free. I wish
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  I had the time. I'm going to read directly from the lesson. It
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  says here, Yes, the Lord is long suffering and holds his wrath and
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  his great forbearance, not wanting anyone to perish, but to repent and to
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  change their ways. And though God's proper time for his intervention does not always
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  coincide with human expectations, the day of God's judgment is coming. We just
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  need to trust him and in his promise. Until that day has come.
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  We have to trust him, brothers and sisters. And I know it's easy
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  for me to say, because I appear to be free, right, I'm
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  able to come on this internet and on the radio every day, and on
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  television every single day and speak as I choose to speak. And some people
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  are not able to move freely. They are wrongfully incarcerated, they are bound
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  in dungeons where they have been oppressed. Yes, it's easy for me to
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  say, but it's not about me. It's about God keeping his promises.
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  From the time of Righteous Able's death until now, he has always kept his
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  promises, so really and truly he said, he will arise, he will
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  snap into action. It's for us to trust him and then see when he
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  does. With the wonderful rest of your sabbath peace, Thanks for joining us
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  listening. Friends. Always remember we cannot live by bread alone, but by
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  every word that comes from the mouth of God. This has been your daily
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  portion with E. L. David Harris. Make it a great day. Yeah,