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03 08 2024 No Need to Fear · 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 us
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  through today's challenges. On this program, we are going to change all of
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  that. Let's experience God's words today and receive the power we need to live
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  healthy, vibrant lives. Welcome to your Daily Portion with your host, author
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  speaker, Elle David Harris. Good morning, Good morning, Good morning.
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  It is Friday, March eight, twenty twenty four. Hello, my name
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  is Elle David Harris. I am your host, and this is your Daily
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  Portion where we give you God's word every single day, and today is no
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  exception. We are continuing in our Lesson study series through the Book of Psalms,
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  and our caption for today is no Need to Fear. There's a song
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  in my mind right now by Pastor Wintley Phipps. I'll share some of the
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  lyrics a little bit later, but that's in my mind right now based on
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  what we're going to study today, and I'm just so thankful that God has
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  not positioned us where we need to be afraid. Ah, I hope you
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  are having a wonderful morning thus far. No, it's early for many of
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  you, and then those who are on the continent of Africa, some of
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  you in Europe, especially in the UK, I know that the time is
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  later. So hopefully you've had a great day thus far. And folks down
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  under, I hope that you've had a wonderful day as well. Let's go
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  ahead and pray and then we'll get underwayh Father, thank you for this day
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  and for giving us this time of preparation. Thank you for loving us and
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  for giving us, for not putting us in a position where we have to
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  be afraid. In Jesus' name, I pray, Amen and aymen again.
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  Yes, no need to fear now. The Bible teaches us that if we
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  are perfected in love, then perfect love casts out fear. We're talking about
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  fear of God. When I say of God, to be afraid of him.
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  We have no need to be afraid of God or the future. Because
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  it says perfect love casts out fear, fear hath torment. Those who are
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  perfected in love are coming boldly into the judgment. Why, because we are
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  covered in the righteousness of Jesus Christ. You understand, And so we're not
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  talking about the respect of the Lord. Of course, we need to respect
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  the Lord. That's the fear of the Lord, also spoken of in the
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  scriptures. But we don't need to be afraid for the future. We don't
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  have to be afraid of consequences relating to violating God's law. Why, because
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  we should be yielding our will to God, and then that becomes a non
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  factor. We yield our will to God, then God keeps his promises ten
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  promises to us, those ten commandments He has written in our hearts and on
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  our minds so that we can actually live in harmony with God. No need
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  to fear, And so from Wintley Phipps's song no Need to Fear on the
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  Amazing Grace album, this is how some of it goes. No need to
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  fear when times of trouble come, oppression, storm beats at your door,
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  No need to fear. No need to fear. Though evil seems so strong,
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  their pride and power is not for long. Be still, my soul
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  and trust in God and place your life into his hands, for he will
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  never fail you. And in the morning you'll see his face. No need
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  to fear. Don't fear. No need to fear the envy and the scorn
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  of those who boast and what they own. No need to fear for what
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  remains when life's brief day is done. Their glories are a setting sun.
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  But as for me of this, I'm sure God will redeem my soul.
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  From day. He will never fail me. And in the morning I'll see
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  his face one more, and he will never fail you. No one can
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  tear you from his love, and he will never forsake you. In the
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  morning, you'll see his face. No need to fear. Brothers and sisters,
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  don't fear what a wonderful, wonderful him. If you want to say
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  a tribute to God's watch care and his ability to redeem us from any trial
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  or tribulation, no need to fear. What we're going to do, as
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  always now, is reflect on some of what God has said in his word.
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  Let's go to Psalm Psalm, the Book of Psalms, chapter one hundred
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  and nineteen and verse one five and see what we can glean. The Bible
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  reads. Your word is a lamp to walk by, and a light to
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  illumine my path. Your word is a lamp unto my feet and delight unto
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  my path. So the action item for this day Friday is reflect on God's
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  fidelity in the past. Remember we talked about that. Regularly read and meditate
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  on the psalms and biblical accounts to remember his faithfulness. And I promise you
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  I would read. I would read a quote that I've been mentioning, And
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  this one comes from the Life Sketches book of Ellen White, page one hundred
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  and ninety six, and it reads, we have nothing to fear for the
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  future, except as we shall forget the way the Lord has led us and
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  his teaching in our past history. Let me add a bonus one now from
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  Testimonies to Ministers and Gospel Workers, page ninety eight. For God's people to
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  go forward fearlessly, they need to know the facts of their history. That's
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  it. At least once every week go back and say, God, what
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  have you done? Not ask God, but ask him to remind you what
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  has he done in your life? How has he been victorious in the lives
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  of other people in history? And then we thank God and we worship him
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  because we know again that his track record is good with us, and so
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  we can continue to expect that he will continue to be good. So we
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  in that vein go to Romans chapter eight and verse twenty eight, and we
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  know that all things work together for good for those who love God and the
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  called according to his purpose. When we pray, we don't know what to
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  pray for as we ought to pray, but the Holy Spirit groans and moanings
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  that cannot be uttered. And in the same chapter we see the question like
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  who will stand against God's elect? Who will accuse God's elect? And then
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  Jesus is the one who now stands in the gap. It is Christ that
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  died yay and is risen again. He is the one who is our advocate.
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  So if we have Jesus as our advocate, our judge, the true
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  and faithful witness, the one who also stands as surety, the one who
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  also takes the punishment so that we don't need to take the punishment. And
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  then we have the Holy Ghost doing what he does, leading us and guiding
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  us into all truth about him and truth about ourselves. The truth about God
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  is that he is holy, he's just, and he's good at all times.
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  The truth about us is that we are miserable, port blind, naked,
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  and don't even know it. And so when the Holy Spirit gives us
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  awareness, he also empowers us to live according to God's principle, which means
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  that all things are working together. All things in heaven are working together for
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  your good brothers and sisters. I'm hearing the song in my mind, intentional,
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  intentional. I think it's Travis Green if I'm correct, And all things
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  are working for your good brothers and sisters according to the scriptures. And then,
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  of course, in James chapter one and verse two, my brothers and
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  sisters consider it nothing but joy when you fall into all sorts of trials and
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  temptations. And then he gives us the life cycle of what happens when God's
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  people are working through this process of trials. Ultimately, it develops in us
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  the character that God would have us have. So we need to recognize the
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  role of trials. When things aren't going well at work, or you're doing
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  something right and you're buffeted because of it, or when your health seems to
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  be in a tizzy. We have to recognize the role of trials and understand
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  that trials and challenges are a part of God's providential plan, and this is
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  preparatory to continue to strengthen our characters, strengthen our trust in God, and
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  our resolve to live of right and righteously no matter what happens. And then
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  we anticipate the return of Jesus Christ. In Hebrews, chapter nine and verse
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  twenty eight, the Bible reads, so Christ, also, having been offered
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  once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not
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  to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who eagerly await him.
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  So we live in hopeful expectation, not fear, but hopeful expectation of the
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  return of Jesus Christ and fulfillment of his promise to come back, so that
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  we can live with him eternally. A wonderful day, no need to fear.
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  See you on the sigbath peace. Thanks for joining us listening. Friends.
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  Always remember we cannot live by bread alone, but by every word that
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  comes from the mouth of God. This has been your daily portion with el
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  David Harris. Make it a great day. Yeah.