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01 05 2024 Connection with God · 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 Friday, January five, twoenty twenty four. I got it
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  right this time. Hello. My name is El David Harris. I am
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  your host, and this is your Daily Portion where we give you God's word
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  every single day and today is no exception. We are continuing in our lesson
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  study series in the Book of Psalms, and our caption for today is connection
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  with God. How many one to be connected with God? If you are
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  in social media or on YouTube right now, just go ahead and type of
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  one in the chat. If your desire is to be connected with God,
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  please do that for me. If you want to be connected with God,
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  go ahead and type of one in the chat and if you're listening on the
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  radio, then of course share that with someone that is meaningful to you.
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  And we want to continue to grow together. Thank you and listen. Happy
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  preparation day. The Sabbath is drawing nigh. Yes, the days are shorter
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  in most parts of the world because of the time of year, and so
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  we look forward to the Sabbath time, which is a special way that we
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  can connect with God. Unlike any other time. Even when we worship God
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  every day, we're not able to connect with God in the special way that
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  we do during the only sanctified, the only blessed right, the only God
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  ordained, set aside day for rest. And so I'm thankful. Let me
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  just go ahead and pray so we can get underway. Thank You for this
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  day of preparation, this time in our lives also of preparation, because we're
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  going to see you soon. And I'm just asking you to please teach us
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  to connect with you. In Jesus' name, I pray, Amen and Amen
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  again. Connection with God, all right? And so I shared with you
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  yesterday how we should be seeing the Bible, the entire Bible, as a
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  way to experience God, not only in the Book of Psalms, but certainly
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  in the Book of Psalms, right, And so this is also a way
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  to connect with God. And we're going to look at a few concepts.
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  I'm going to read from the Book of John just to get us started.
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  The Book of John, chapter one and verse fourteen, and the Bible reads
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  and the Word was made flesh. And I want you to identify and type
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  in the chat whom the Bible is speaking of, right, talking about somebody
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  specific. And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us, and we
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  beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,
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  full of grace and truth. And so we need to consider how the Psalms
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  like Christ. He's the Word of God, embody a divine human connection.
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  Apply this understanding to deepen your relationship with God. So when we are in
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  the Book of Psalms, will come to the Book of Psalm chapter twenty three.
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  In a moment, we're in the Book of Psalms, we are hearing
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  what God has to say a lot of times, and of course he's using
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  the people, the people that he has inspired, he has breathed into huh.
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  And those individuals are communicating things that we need to understand about God and
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  life and all of the things related to salvation and that kind of a thing.
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  How we should relate to people love for God, love for humanity.
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  And so when we are experiencing that God breathed word through the individuals that he
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  inspired or breathed on, then we are seeing the Word becoming flesh. Did
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  you hear what I just said? So when God breathed on John, it
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  was his word that he he placed into the life of John. And when
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  John was communicating, it was Divinity connecting through humanity to humanity. Did I
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  did? Did I? Did? I make myself clear? God shared the
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  messages that he wanted to go forth to the different Bible writers that he inspired.
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  How all scripture is given by inspiration of God and is profitable for doctrine,
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  for reprove right, for instruction, for correction and righteousness, that the
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  people of God may be perfect thruly furnished unto all good words. This is
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  what the Bible says. And so we see the divine human connection and embrace
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  this. Even in the Psalms we're reading now from the Book of Psalm Psalms.
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  In the beginning it says, the Lord is my shepherd. I shall
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  not want, meaning I shall not be in want. There is nothing that
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  I will need once I embrace the Lord as my shepherd. Why because he
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  is the ultimate provider and at all times, so personalize when you have an
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  opportunity, Please personalize Psalms, the Book of Psalms, chapter twenty three,
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  and then pray this in your own words, applying it to your current life
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  situations. The Lord is my shepherd. I shall not be in want If
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  I need direction. He's the one that will give me the direction, because
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  I will not be in want or in need of direction. Why because he
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  is my direction? Right. I shall not be in want of financial anything.
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  Why because he's the one that is my provider. Huh. I shall
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  not be in want of a way to believe that I am. I am
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  enough according to the privilege that he has given us by giving us his dear
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  son that demonstrates our value, my worth, my value in his eyes.
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  I will not be in want of any of those things. Why because he's
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  the ultimate provider. God is my shepherd. The Lord is my shepherd.
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  You see where this is going, and you go on through the entire chapter
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  and make application to things that he has already agreed to. He's already manifest
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  in his words, and you cannot lose. I want you also to think
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  about group worship. In the Book of Psalms, chapter one hundred, the
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  Bible says, make a joy full noise unto the Lord, all ye lands.
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  So God is bringing us into a fellowship with other people, people who
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  are able to see and experience and be able to say with a genuine heart,
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  oh, taste and see that the Lord is good. Right, So,
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  all ye lands, discuss how the Psalm's themes of gratitude and praise can
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  be applied in your community. Are you in a coaching community like I am.
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  I coach a lot of folks. Yes. Are you in a community
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  of believers like in this environment at your daily portion when we are coming together
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  and I say we are building faith and fellowship. Yes. How are you
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  in a community and a fellowship in your own houses of worship around the world?
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  Absolutely? Yes. So I want you to discuss how this Psalms themes
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  of gratitude and praise can be applied in those same communities. And of course
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  you can even if if it makes sense, you can do it in your
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  own home communities. Okay, And I want you In the Book of Psalms,
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  chapter one hundred and nineteen, verse one oh five, I want you
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  to get the principle of seeking God's guidance. It reads, thy word is
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  a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path. I want you
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  to see this as a source of spiritual guidance. Meditate on God's word.
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  Not emptying your mind, not all that breathe and breathe out stuff. We're
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  not talking about that. We're talking about meditating upon God's word. Lord,
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  your word is a lamp unto my feet. I thank you for putting me
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  in a position where all I need to do is follow you on the pathway
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  that you mark before my feet. When I am feeling and sensing confusion,
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  I just reach out to you through the Holy spirit you have put in my
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  bosom now to say, Lord, guide me on the path of righteousness and
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  light unto my path. I don't have to be in darkness. I do
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  not have to be alone. I don't have to be confused. I don't
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  have to be in a position where I don't know where to go for too
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  long. Why Because if we are in agreement with God. We're confessing and
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  forsaking all that we know that is an impediment to relationship with God. Then
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  He will set them and mark a path right before my feet. Meditate upon
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  those words and more. And then, of course I want you to share.
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  In Psalm chapter twenty seven and verse one, the Bible reads, the
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  Lord is my Light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? The Lord
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  is the strength of my life, of whom shall I be afraid? And
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  so forth. And so I think we've learned a little bit about connecting with
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  God through his word, certainly through the Psalms. Have a wonderful day,
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  Feast. 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 El David Harris. Make it a
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  great day. Yeah,