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06 12 2026 Cling to God · 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 Friday, June twelve,
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  Speaker 2: twenty twenty six. Hello, my name is El David Harris.
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  Speaker 2: I am your host. Then this is your Daily Portion
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  Speaker 2: where we give you God's word every single day, and
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  Speaker 2: today is no exception. We are continuing in our Lesson
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  Speaker 2: study series about how to have a thriving relationship with God,
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  Speaker 2: and our caption for today is cling to God, Cling
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  Speaker 2: to God, Happy Preparation Day. Before we get into that,
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  Speaker 2: And I'd like to welcome everybody from the radio and
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  Speaker 2: seven pm where we have our musical Bible class. This
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  Speaker 2: is where we go through the lesson again in just
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  Speaker 2: about one hour, and we do it musically. It's a
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  Speaker 2: real treat. So please come through at seven pm Jamaica
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  Speaker 2: time at your Daily Portion YouTube channel. Let's pray, Father,
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  Speaker 2: thank you for this time of preparation. Will you teach
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  Speaker 2: us to cling to you? The world is not the same.
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  Speaker 2: We are waiting for the coming of Jesus Christ. Please
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  Speaker 2: help us hold on in Jesus' name. I pray, amen
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  Speaker 2: and amen again cling to God. The lesson writer gave
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  Speaker 2: us a thought. Let me read through that and then
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  Speaker 2: we'll get some lessons. Okay, it's when we face life's
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  Speaker 2: challenges that we most need to cling to God. I
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  Speaker 2: think we can all say amen to that. The topics
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  Speaker 2: we've explored throughout this quarter all contribute to keeping or
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  Speaker 2: refreshing a strong walk with God when you face a
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  Speaker 2: setback such as a health challenge. I think many of
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  Speaker 2: us have experienced those. If not us, then people that
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  Speaker 2: we love who are close to us. Financial difficulties. I
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  Speaker 2: think most of us have had those. A marriage breakdown,
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  Speaker 2: the death of someone close to you, or another burden
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  Speaker 2: that robs you of joy. Consider how we can remain
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  Speaker 2: close to God? How do we cling to God? Let
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  Speaker 2: me read a quote and then we'll get some lessons
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  Speaker 2: from Steps to Christ, page sixty four. This is one
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  Speaker 2: that Hm. It was rough for me to understand when
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  Speaker 2: I first got baptized, but I'm glad I get it
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  Speaker 2: now because I was depressed because I could see how
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  Speaker 2: far from God I was. The closer you come to Jesus,
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  Speaker 2: the more faulty you appear in your own eyes. Well,
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  Speaker 2: why is this? For your vision will be clearer. Your
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  Speaker 2: vision will be clearer, So we don't We're not able
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  Speaker 2: to delude ourselves when we're close to God. We're able
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  Speaker 2: to see clearly in the mirror of the ten Commandment's law,
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  Speaker 2: which is the transcript of God's character, you see, and
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  Speaker 2: that means that we're able to agree with God. We're
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  Speaker 2: able to confess, we're able to repent, that is, turn
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  Speaker 2: away from our sins. Once we have from God, godly
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  Speaker 2: sorrow for sin. So this is a positive thing and
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  Speaker 2: not a negative thing. The closer we come to God,
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  Speaker 2: then we'll start to see our flaws better. But God
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  Speaker 2: doesn't leave us there. He doesn't leave us there. So
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  Speaker 2: let's go for our first lesson, coming in from Deuteronomy,
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  Speaker 2: chapter four and verse four. Deuteronomy chapter four and verse four,
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  Speaker 2: the Bible reads, but you who remained faithful, or you
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  Speaker 2: that did cleave unto the Lord your God, are alive,
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  Speaker 2: every one of you this day. I'm not going to
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  Speaker 2: go into the context of this, but of course this
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  Speaker 2: is God's people coming out of the land of Egypt,
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  Speaker 2: out of the house of bondage, and at a certain
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  Speaker 2: point now the Man of God is showing them why
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  Speaker 2: are these people alive at this moment? And really we
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  Speaker 2: should be just asking ourselves the same question, and I
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  Speaker 2: don't mean physically this time. Why are you still in
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  Speaker 2: a position where you can receive the word of God?
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  Speaker 2: Why are you in the position where you are still receptive,
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  Speaker 2: where you can still repent, You can still see sin
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  Speaker 2: for what it is and holiness for what it is.
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  Speaker 2: Why is that? Because because you did cleave unto the Lord.
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  Speaker 2: You see, if we strong arm God. If we grieve
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  Speaker 2: the Holy Spirit, there comes a point where we will
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  Speaker 2: not be able to be alive. So this cling means
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  Speaker 2: to hold fast, to remain attached. Are you remaining attached
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  Speaker 2: to God? Today? Life is sustained through connection with God.
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  Speaker 2: I think Jesus said that we should abide in the
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  Speaker 2: vine if God, if you abide in Him and Christ
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  Speaker 2: abides in you, then you will have what you will
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  Speaker 2: and it shall be done unto you. You'll ask what
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  Speaker 2: you will and it shall be done unto you. Yes,
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  Speaker 2: strength is not found in circumstances. Strength is found in
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  Speaker 2: staying close to Him. Well, what does that mean? Not
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  Speaker 2: found in circumstances. There are times that people will be
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  Speaker 2: kind to you, we'll show you favor. There are times
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  Speaker 2: that maybe you'll be in the financial position that you
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  Speaker 2: had hoped for for so long. Well that's not where
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  Speaker 2: your strength comes from. Huh. When you get a break
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  Speaker 2: from trials and tribulations, then sometimes people think that that's strength.
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  Speaker 2: Well no, it's a blessing. But our strength comes from God.
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  Speaker 2: And how do we get strength from God? By faith?
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  Speaker 2: We stay close to Him, we do not allow him
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  Speaker 2: to let us go. I think it was Jacob, who said,
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  Speaker 2: I will not let you go until you bless me.
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  Speaker 2: So what does the action choose today to remain connected
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  Speaker 2: to God through prayer, his word and obedience. And I
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  Speaker 2: want you to read the story of Jacob with the
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  Speaker 2: Angel at Mount Pineal or at Pineal and this will
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  Speaker 2: undergird that lesson for you. Lessen number two coming in
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  Speaker 2: from Psalms chapter sixty three and verse eight. The Bible reads,
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  Speaker 2: my soul followeth hard after thee. It means my soul
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  Speaker 2: pursues you. Thy right hand upholdeth me. So when we're
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  Speaker 2: following after God, we are clinging to God. Then we
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  Speaker 2: sense him bearing us up, we sense him upholding us.
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  Speaker 2: So this clinging means to pursue with intensity. Now we're
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  Speaker 2: not just barely holding on like a baby as she
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  Speaker 2: is nursing at her mother's breast, where she holds on
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  Speaker 2: enough to get sustenance and maybe enough to be soothed.
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  Speaker 2: She holds on enough to be comforted. Not the same
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  Speaker 2: as if that same baby, feeling like he or she
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  Speaker 2: is about to fall, grabs on to mommy, grabs on
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  Speaker 2: to Daddy for dear life. This is what we're talking about,
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  Speaker 2: not just to be sustained, but to cling on to
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  Speaker 2: God for dear life pursue with intensity. And so the insight,
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  Speaker 2: of course is clinging to God is intentional. Intentional, we
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  Speaker 2: don't accidentally cling to God. It requires pursuit God where
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  Speaker 2: you go in today. I'm coming to God responds by
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  Speaker 2: sustaining and supporting us. What is the action step? I
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  Speaker 2: think we already know. Pursue God today with focus and consistency,
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  Speaker 2: especially in areas where you feel weak. I remember the
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  Speaker 2: writer Henry Blackaby said to observe or see where God
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  Speaker 2: is working and go there in his book Idled Experiencing God.
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  Speaker 2: Wherever God is working. You want to go there?
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  Speaker 1: Why?
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  Speaker 2: Because he's working. That's where you want to be. You
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  Speaker 2: want to be wherever God is working. And now, from
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  Speaker 2: the passage James chapter four and verse A, draw nigh
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  Speaker 2: to God, and He will draw nigh to you. Take
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  Speaker 2: deliberate steps. It's the same thing. Set a different way
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  Speaker 2: toward God today, but now you're going to expect Him
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  Speaker 2: to meet you there. I'm grateful that God has given
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  Speaker 2: us the ability to cling to Him, and He will
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  Speaker 2: reward us if we are faithful. See you this evening peace.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks for joining us listening. Friends, Always remember we cannot
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  Speaker 1: live by bread alone, but by every word that comes
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  Speaker 1: from the mouth of God. This has been your daily
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  Speaker 1: portion with El David Harris. Make it a great day. Yeah,