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06 29 2025 God’s People in Egypt · Your Daily Portion with L. David Harris

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  Speaker 1: Most of us eat every day, some of us too much,
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  Speaker 1: because yesterday's food is not enough to supply energy for
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  Speaker 1: today's needs. Why then, do some of us expect yesterday's
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  Speaker 1: portion of heavenly manna, the word of God to keep
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  Speaker 1: us through today's challenges. On this program, we are going
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  Speaker 1: to change all of that. Let's experience God's words today
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  Speaker 1: and receive the power we need to live healthy, vibrant lives.
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  Speaker 1: Welcome to your Daily Portion with your host, author speaker,
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  Speaker 1: Elle David Harris.
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  Speaker 2: Good morning, good morning, Good morning. It is Sunday. It's
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  Speaker 2: June twenty ninth, 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 the Journey to
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  Speaker 2: the Promised Land, and our caption for today is God's
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  Speaker 2: People in Egypt, God's People in Egypt. Before we begin,
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  Speaker 2: I'd like to just say welcome to everyone joining us,
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  Speaker 2: especially those joining us for the very first time. I
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  Speaker 2: Click the red button there and also pick up the
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  Speaker 2: new Your Daily Portion Life Application Guide. And this is
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  Speaker 2: one of the ways that we continue to build faith
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  Speaker 2: and fellowship. Let's go ahead and pray, and then we
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  Speaker 2: will get under way. Father, we thank you, We thank
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  Speaker 2: you for hearing our voice when we need you. We
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  Speaker 2: thank you for hearing our voice of praise and thanksgiving.
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  Speaker 2: Please help us to see ourselves in the way that
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  Speaker 2: you see us. In Jesus name. I pray, Amen and
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  Speaker 2: Amen again God's people in Egypt. What's in a name?
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  Speaker 2: That's what I want to know, just very quickly, like
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  Speaker 2: what is in what is in a name? What is
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  Speaker 2: in a name? Have you ever really thought about what
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  Speaker 2: your name is and how that may shape how you
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  Speaker 2: enter into the world. My name is David. That means
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  Speaker 2: unbeloved or beloved. I take that seriously. Somehow my parents
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  Speaker 2: understood that I would be beloved. Do you know what
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  Speaker 2: your name is and what you are to represent in
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  Speaker 2: the world? Of course I am named after King David.
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  Speaker 2: There is so much to say there. There is wisdom
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  Speaker 2: in his son Solomon. I ask God for double the
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  Speaker 2: wisdom that God gave Solomon. Yes, and we know that
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  Speaker 2: Jesus Christ came from the same line of David. So
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  Speaker 2: in my mind I represent just like you do. But
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  Speaker 2: I represent the King of Kings and Lord of lords,
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  Speaker 2: blessed be his name. And I am not interested in
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  Speaker 2: making some of the mistake, making the mistakes that King
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  Speaker 2: David made. I do want to do what he did
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  Speaker 2: when he when he learned like, wait a minute, I
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  Speaker 2: mess done. So please, God, will you deliver me from
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  Speaker 2: my blood guiltiness? Will you believe? Will you deliver me
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  Speaker 2: from my sin? And then I will teach transgressors your way.
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  Speaker 2: If you will not withdraw your Holy Spirit from me,
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  Speaker 2: then I will teach transgressors your way. So there was
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  Speaker 2: a lot in a name. And the Book of Genesis
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  Speaker 2: is called in Hebrew shamat literally names in English, according
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  Speaker 2: to the opening words of that ancient document, and these
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  Speaker 2: are the names. This is how it begins. The names
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  Speaker 2: of the patriarch Jacob's family are enumerated right from the start.
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  Speaker 2: So can I just say right here, I actually took
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  Speaker 2: this out of the book. I should have left it
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  Speaker 2: in there. But let me give you what I was
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  Speaker 2: intending for this day's life application, in the spiritual application.
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  Speaker 2: What is important now, w we're spelling the word win w.
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  Speaker 2: God begins Exodus by listing names, reminding us that he
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  Speaker 2: never forgets his people. Every generation matters to him. Now,
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  Speaker 2: let's internalize this insight in the letter I reflect on
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  Speaker 2: Exodus chapter one, verses one through five. Each name recorded
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  Speaker 2: carries covenantal significance, covenantal importance. I want you to study
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  Speaker 2: that out. What are these names and what importance do
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  Speaker 2: they hold where covenant with God is concerned. In God's story,
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  Speaker 2: no one is nameless. No one is nameless or forgotten.
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  Speaker 2: And then the letter and the next best move. This
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  Speaker 2: is time for action. Thank God for calling you by name.
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  Speaker 2: I think the Bible says, and I'm saying that for
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  Speaker 2: a fact, that he will write his name in our foreheads. Yes,
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  Speaker 2: if we're faithful, begin your devotion multiple times this week
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  Speaker 2: by reading in Isaiah chapter fourty three and verse one.
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  Speaker 2: You may decide to read it aloud. Fear not, for
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  Speaker 2: I have redeemed the I have called thee by thy name.
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  Speaker 2: And it does not stop there. It says, thou art mine.
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  Speaker 2: God claims you. He has not turned his back on you.
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  Speaker 2: God claims you, and he said you are his. Thank God.
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  Speaker 2: And so here are some lessons that we can learn
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  Speaker 2: from today's study. First of all, First of all, I
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  Speaker 2: would love for us to read Exodus, chapter one and
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  Speaker 2: verse eight, and the Bible reads, now there arose up
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  Speaker 2: a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph. Oh,
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  Speaker 2: there was a lot of really good coming out of
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  Speaker 2: this experience of God's people being in Egypt, because Joseph
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  Speaker 2: was faithful to God. He had favor with God and humans,
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  Speaker 2: just like Jesus favor with God and humans. And he
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  Speaker 2: was the governor. I don't know if that's the right term,
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  Speaker 2: but he was the governor of Egypt and represented the
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  Speaker 2: prosperity that had come to the people in the then
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  Speaker 2: known world through Egypt. And we're grateful. But there was
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  Speaker 2: a pharaoh, a new pharaoh that was fearful, a new
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  Speaker 2: pharaoh that did not believe in the God of brother Joseph,
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  Speaker 2: and he decided to oppress the people of God. So
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  Speaker 2: let me just say this, never confuse blessings with permanence.
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  Speaker 2: And it almost sounds pessimistic, but please just follow me here.
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  Speaker 2: Do not confuse blessings with permanence. So in this moment,
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  Speaker 2: let's just say, at noon today, God gives you a
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  Speaker 2: special blessing and that goes on until noon six months
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  Speaker 2: from now noon one year from now on the same day,
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  Speaker 2: yes noon, eighteen months from now on the same day.
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  Speaker 2: I'm not asking you to become paranoid or brace for
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  Speaker 2: the next trial. But let me just say that we
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  Speaker 2: count the blessings new blessings every morning. Great is God's faithfulness,
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  Speaker 2: and we say thank You for the moment. There will
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  Speaker 2: be times, however, that the blessing that we are experiencing
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  Speaker 2: today won't go tomorrow. There may be a trial waiting
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  Speaker 2: around the corner. But does it matter, Well, I don't know.
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  Speaker 2: It depends on your perspective. But if God is for you,
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  Speaker 2: who can be against you? And so in the case
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  Speaker 2: of the people of God, there was a time of
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  Speaker 2: oppression that came after that time of favor. So give
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  Speaker 2: thanks to God for your current blessings. Don't worry about
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  Speaker 2: anything else in this moment. Thank God for your current blessings.
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  Speaker 2: But anchor your security in God, not in your job.
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  Speaker 2: You might lose that, not in your leader. Your leader
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  Speaker 2: may no longer be there, the one that smiles on
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  Speaker 2: you and has found favor in you, or the one
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  Speaker 2: that you like that led your country wherever you are
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  Speaker 2: in the world, So your faith in security or not
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  Speaker 2: in your job, not in your leader, and not in
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  Speaker 2: your nation. Your faith should be anchored firmly in the
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  Speaker 2: security of God. Lessen. Number two, God's promises out last
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  Speaker 2: political shifts. Oh, this is good. Yes, And the Bible
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  Speaker 2: reads in verse seven. And the children of Israel were
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  Speaker 2: faithful and increased abundantly. They increased increased abundantly. Leaders change,
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  Speaker 2: though nations rise and fall. I think we know this.
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  Speaker 2: But God's covenant remains, whether Joseph is there or not,
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  Speaker 2: whether the Pharaoh that found favor in Joseph is there
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  Speaker 2: or not. Whether Potiphar, who learned to trust the God
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  Speaker 2: or the God in Joseph for a time, is there
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  Speaker 2: or not. God's covenant remains. The people multiplied in oppression, Oh,
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  Speaker 2: because God's word to Abraham is still active. They continue
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  Speaker 2: to multiply even though they were in bondage, because God
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  Speaker 2: remembered his covenant. And so our action for today is
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  Speaker 2: to reflect on these passages, post one of the verses
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  Speaker 2: and a place where you can see it daily. Remind
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  Speaker 2: yourself that God's promises do not expire with your season.
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  Speaker 2: I wish I had the time. God is faithful and
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  Speaker 2: he knows your name. You are his 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,