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07 23 2025 Flies, Livestock, and Boils · 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 Wednesday. It's
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  Speaker 2: July twenty three, 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 Lesson study series through the Book of Exodus,
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  Speaker 2: and our caption for today is flies, livestock and boils, Flies,
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  Speaker 2: livestock and boils, and of course you know these are
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  Speaker 2: the plagues that fell in Egypt way back in the day.
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  Speaker 2: Before we get into this, I'd like to just say
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  Speaker 2: ways that we continue to build faith and fellowship. Let's
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  Speaker 2: go ahead and pray and then we will get underway. Father,
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  Speaker 2: We thank you for this day. Please teach us how
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  Speaker 2: to have a right relationship with you. Please teach us
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  Speaker 2: how to love you in Jesus name, I pray Amen
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  Speaker 2: and a man again. I remember a quote, a quote
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  Speaker 2: that said something like, we have no fear for the
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  Speaker 2: future except we forget how God has brought us in
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  Speaker 2: the past. And so in the time of of when
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  Speaker 2: God's people were bound in Egypt under slavery, this is
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  Speaker 2: after Joseph is resting, he has died, he's off the scene,
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  Speaker 2: and the new pharaoh said he didn't know Joseph, he
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  Speaker 2: didn't know Joseph's God, and he wanted to oppress God's people,
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  Speaker 2: and that he did. Yeah, we see how God protected
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  Speaker 2: his people even through their hardships, even through their trials.
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  Speaker 2: And you have to be thinking, well, if there were
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  Speaker 2: plagues back then and God protected his people through those plagues,
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  Speaker 2: then when the seven last plagues are unleashed upon the earth.
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  Speaker 2: God will protect his people as well. Unfortunately, there are
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  Speaker 2: many Christian sets of people around the world that believe
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  Speaker 2: that God is not able. And I know those of
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  Speaker 2: you who are listening are going to say, well, that's
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  Speaker 2: not how we really believe it. But think with me here.
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  Speaker 2: God is not able to keep his people through the tribulation.
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  Speaker 2: God is not able to keep his people through the plagues.
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  Speaker 2: God is not able to keep his people through the
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  Speaker 2: time of trouble. And it's like, well, we never said that. Well,
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  Speaker 2: just take a second here. The Bible doesn't teach that
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  Speaker 2: God is going to take his people out of the
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  Speaker 2: earth before those plagues happen. The Bible teaches us plainly
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  Speaker 2: that God will take care of his people in the
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  Speaker 2: same way he took care of his people in the
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  Speaker 2: context that we've been studying during the time of Egypt.
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  Speaker 2: I really have to just jump in now and see
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  Speaker 2: how God is firing on He is firing on the
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  Speaker 2: different false gods like we did the other day. Okay,
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  Speaker 2: so we're going to go here and see that in
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  Speaker 2: Exodus chapter eight, verses twenty one through twenty four, that
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  Speaker 2: God is firing on the false gods Capri Capri he's
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  Speaker 2: challenging those the God of creation and rebirth, often shown
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  Speaker 2: as a square rab beetle. He's firing on that. So
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  Speaker 2: this plague mocks the reverence that the people have for
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  Speaker 2: insects as sacred, especially those linked to the cycle of
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  Speaker 2: the sun and life. Okay, so that is what God
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  Speaker 2: is doing. There then comes in let's see Exodus chapter nine,
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  Speaker 2: verses one through seven, the plague on the livestock. The
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  Speaker 2: plague on the livestock. God is dealing with those false
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  Speaker 2: deities Hathor and APIs the goddess of love and protection,
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  Speaker 2: symbolized as a cow. APIs sacred bull deity. Those folks
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  Speaker 2: worship livestock as symbols of divine power. Their death mocked
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  Speaker 2: false worship. And then in Exodus chapter nine, verses eight
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  Speaker 2: through twelve, the plague of oils. That that was a
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  Speaker 2: shot at the false deities. Mootep defined physician and priest
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  Speaker 2: segment goddess of healing and plagues, and then taught God
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  Speaker 2: of magic and wisdom called on for healing. So the
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  Speaker 2: plague struck even the magicians, making clear their powerlessness as
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  Speaker 2: seen in Exodus chapter nine and verse eleven. I'll read
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  Speaker 2: a quote really quickly, and then we'll get into our
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  Speaker 2: lessons for today. From the book Patriarchs and Prophets, page
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  Speaker 2: two hundred and sixty seven, the Lord brought judgment upon
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  Speaker 2: Egypt to show his power and to make his name known.
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  Speaker 2: So all of these gods had to bow false gods.
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  Speaker 2: I mean we say that proverbially because clearly they didn't
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  Speaker 2: even exist. But the people had to recognize that this
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  Speaker 2: is not this is not the pathway. God still confronts
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  Speaker 2: modern idols even today, whether health idols or wealth idols,
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  Speaker 2: or power or status. Pain can be a wake up
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  Speaker 2: call to abandon our false security and to trust the
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  Speaker 2: only one true God and healer and sustainer. And we
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  Speaker 2: need to ask ourselves what am I trusting that God
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  Speaker 2: is about to dethrone? I need to ask myself the
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  Speaker 2: question and answer it honestly. What is it that I
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  Speaker 2: am trusting? Am I trusting my abilities? Am I trusting
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  Speaker 2: my connections with certain people? Am I trusting my bank account,
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  Speaker 2: my ability to earn, my past successes, my hope for
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  Speaker 2: the future successes. Am I trusting in all of those things?
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  Speaker 2: Or am I trusting in God? Because God has already
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  Speaker 2: made it clear that he is the only God worthy
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  Speaker 2: of worship, and he will not share his glory with
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  Speaker 2: any other. So when God judges false gods, I'm saying
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  Speaker 2: because they don't even exist. Remember, they don't even exist.
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  Speaker 2: When God judges false gods, it's mercy for us. It's
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  Speaker 2: mercy for the people who are witnessing this. When he's
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  Speaker 2: stripping away those false senses of security, it is his mercy.
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  Speaker 2: He's not being cruel. He breaks the illusion so we
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  Speaker 2: can find him, So we can find God, the God
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  Speaker 2: of Heaven, the one true and living God. Blessed be
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  Speaker 2: his name as the only true source. And so lesson
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  Speaker 2: Number one is God makes clear distinctions to reveal who
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  Speaker 2: belongs to him. In Exodus chapter twenty eight, excuse me
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  Speaker 2: eight verse twenty two, And I will sever in that
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  Speaker 2: day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell
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  Speaker 2: to the end. Thou mayest know that I am the
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  Speaker 2: Lord in the midst of the earth. And so the
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  Speaker 2: action step for me is to live in a way
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  Speaker 2: that reflects covenant with God, covenant identity. Let my life
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  Speaker 2: show that I belong to God, even when judgments are
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  Speaker 2: falling all around me. Oh, my number two rebellion forces
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  Speaker 2: people to bargain rather than surrender. In the Bible Book
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  Speaker 2: of Exodus, chapter eight and verse twenty eight, the pharaoh said,
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  Speaker 2: I will let you go that ye may sacrifice to
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  Speaker 2: the Lord in the wilderness. Only ye shall not go
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  Speaker 2: very far away. Wait a minute, Remember, partial obedience or
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  Speaker 2: delayed obedience is disobedience. I said partial. I added this
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  Speaker 2: the other week I said just part of this, But
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  Speaker 2: now I'm adding to it. Partial obedience or delayed obedience
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  Speaker 2: is disobedience. You cannot bargain with God. Therefore, not in
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  Speaker 2: this way, not in this way, not when he's given
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  Speaker 2: a clear command. And so the action step for me
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  Speaker 2: is not to offer God partial obedience as if he's
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  Speaker 2: supposed to say, well, why thank you, thank you for
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  Speaker 2: the compromise. Obey him fully, without conditions or attempts at negotiations.
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  Speaker 2: And number three and final, God may stop restraining a
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  Speaker 2: heart that continues to resist. The Bible teaches us in
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  Speaker 2: Exodus chapter nine and verse twelve that the pharaoh continue
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  Speaker 2: to harden his heart. So if I sense conviction, if
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  Speaker 2: you sense conviction, act immediately. Delaying repentance risks becoming permanently unresponsive.
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  Speaker 2: Oh God, to God's voice, today's your day. Now is
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  Speaker 2: the time just do what God says.
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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,