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01 17 2024 Ever Mindful of His Covenant · 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,
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  author speaker, Elle David Harris. Good morning, Good morning, Good morning.
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  It is Wednesday, January seventeen, twenty twenty four. Hello, my
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  name is El David Harris. I am your host who had himself muted and
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  couldn't find out why I couldn't hear myself. And 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're continuing through the Book of Psalms, and our caption for today is
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  ever Mindful of His Covenant, Ever Mindful of His Covenant. We'll get into
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  that in just a moment, but first I'd like to just say welcome to
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  you and ask you to go over to your Daily Portion dot com. Please
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  join our online community. Also pick up the Your Daily Portion book and also
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  one more thing, Please let us know where you are in the world in
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  that little box at your Daily Portion dot com. This is a way that
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  we can continue to build faith and fellowship. Let's go ahead and pray and
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  then we will get underway. Father in heaven, thank you for giving us
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  this day and teach us to be covenant keepers. Please teach us to be
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  covenant keepers. In Jesus' name, I pray, Amen and Amen again.
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  There is so much to say about covenant. I know I'm not looking at
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  you because I decided to just go ahead and type this in and look at
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  the definition. And would you know that the dictionary just says that covenant is
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  in a green or a contract. Listen, it is so much more like
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  when God is keeping covenant. And that was Oxford's dictionary. I'm actually disappointed.
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  That was a terrible, terrible, terrible, terrible definition. But I
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  know it's not a biblical definition necessarily. Of course, covenants are agreements,
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  but let me just highlight something. When God makes covenant with us. There
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  are multiple types of covenants, but I'll just look at one type of covenant
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  when when God is keeping covenant. For instance, if God is saying that
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  he wants a covenant with his people and his people are not good at keeping
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  covenants, what does God do when I say his people, I'm talking about
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  creation this time, right. God wants people to be in relationship with him
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  and agree. But we have a problem. You know what he did.
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  He sent his son, And you're like, what, Yeah, he sent
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  his son, right, so okay, God, as God makes a covenant,
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  he makes a covenant that he promises, let me use one of the
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  covenants. Like, he promises that if you love him that through your life
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  you can be holy. He will keep his commandments. He will keep his
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  commandments through your life if you love him. And by the way, God
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  is love right, and we love him because he first loved us. Like,
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  so his love is the cause or the reason why we can love him
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  in return. You're like, Dave, there's so many words. I don't
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  know what you're talking about. Okay, God always keeps his promises, right,
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  Yes, humans don't, right, correct, So if we're going to
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  have an agreement or a perfect relationship, how does God overcome the unfaithfulness part
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  on the human side of things? He sent his so that in Romans chapter
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  eight, the righteousness of the Law might be fulfilled in us who walk not
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  according to the flesh, but according to the spirit. So he gives us
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  the Holy Spirit to submit our wills to God. And what Jesus did in
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  all of the success as the son of God like the human, the human
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  when he took on humanity or became human and lived on this planet successfully in
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  relationship to God our Father. Now as the second Adam, he represents what
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  human faithfulness to God. This is why Jesus can be our righteousness. This
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  is why he can succor. As the Bible writer in the Book of Hebrews
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  said, those who need to connect with God like this is why He is
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  fully acquainted with the feelings of our infirmities. And so God, God as
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  God in his full divinity, keeps his covenant. And because we are covenant
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  breakers, he gives us a new covenant, a new covenant with the House
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  of Israel, that he will write his laws in our hearts and on our
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  minds, so that we can be in good covenant with him. He keeps
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  his side of the bargain, He keeps our side of the bargain through Christ.
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  And of course now when we submit our will to him, then we
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  also can do whatever he has said. I've said a mouthful. You're gonna
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  have to rewind this one and go back to it. God is the ultimate
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  covenant keeper. Now we're going to the Psalms chapter ninety four and verse fourteen.
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  First, For the Lord God will not cast off his people, neither
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  will he forsake his inheritance. You're a reward. Did you know that?
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  Hm, You're a reward like this is something that God wants for you.
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  He wants you to be holy, He wants you to be his people.
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  He wants you to always know that He will not leave you, neither will
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  he forsake you. And so while you are stumbling like I am through life
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  and bumbling through life, and even your righteousnesses, even my righteousnesses, are
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  a filthy rags, when we submit our wills to God, we just throw
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  up our hands and say, God, we are unholy, You are holy.
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  At all times we need you, we need you. This promise actually
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  offers comfort and stability, reminding believers of God's unchangeable, unchanging nature and his
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  commitment to those who trust him. Okay, here's another one from the book
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  of Psalms. Chapter one hundred and five, verses seven through ten. He
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  is the Lord, our God. His judgments are in all the earth.
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  He hath remembered his covenant forever, the word which he co mandate to a
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  thousand generations, Which covenant he made with Abraham, his oath unto Isaac and
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  confirming the same unto Jacob for a law and to Israel for an everlasting covenant.
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  So God is saying that the promises that he made to Abraham, to
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  Isaac and to Jacob, they continue even until our day. Do you realize
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  that those who keep covenant with God Isaiah chapter fifty six, verses one through
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  seven. Huh, those who keep covenant with God receive a name that is
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  greater than of sons and of daughters. He gives us a name that will
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  remain forever. In the revelation we see that He will put his name a
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  new name, in our foreheads. This is where we consent to all that
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  God says is just, holy and good. This is where we make our
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  decisions to serve him. He will place that in our minds and on our
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  hearts, so that we will be his children. And so when it says
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  here that he will remember his covenant forever that he made to them, you
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  know, those who are baptized into Christ, our Abraham Seed and heirs according
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  to the promise. Yes, and this is why we can go to heaven
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  when Jesus comes back, and then live there for a thousand years. And
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  after the thousand years are finished, we can inherit the earth just like Jesus
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  promised. Why because we submit our will to God and the strength that He
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  gives us. And as we submit our wills to God, then we can
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  count on God doing something very special, keeping his promise so that we can
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  live forever with him. So much to say, but that's the oversimplification.
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  And yeah, I'll just push pause right there now. Yesterday I left out
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  something very important right out of the lesson, and it reads, the wicked
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  constantly threaten the just order that God established in the world, but the Lord
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  will judge the world and bring the rule of evil to its end. Well,
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  why did I read that? Like? Right there? See, God
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  is mindful of his covenant. That means that he never sleeps. That means
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  that he never slumbers. Like that means that he never forgets. He will
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  not allow evil to destroy his plans. All we need to do is submit.
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  That is the word for today. Submit to God. He will remember
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  his covenant. You just remember your side of the bargain. Submit to God,
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  and have the faithfulness of Christ in your boss. A wonderful day,
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  Peace. Thanks for joining us listening. Friends. Always remember we cannot live
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  by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.
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  This has been your daily portion with E. L. David Harris.
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  Make it a great day. Yeah.