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09 03 2025 In the Midst of His People · 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 Wednesday, September three,
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  Speaker 2: twenty twenty five. Hello, my name is El David Harris.
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  Speaker 2: I am your host, and this is your Daily Portion
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  Speaker 2: where we give you God's word every single day, and
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  Speaker 2: today is no exception. We are continuing in our Lesson
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  Speaker 2: study series through the Book of Exodus, and our caption
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  Speaker 2: for today is in the midst of His People, in
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  Speaker 2: the midst of His People. Before we get into that,
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  Speaker 2: I'd like to say welcome to you and ask you
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  Speaker 2: to go over to your Daily Portion dot com. Please
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  Speaker 2: join our online community, pick up your Daily Portion life
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  Speaker 2: application guide, and let us know where you are in
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  Speaker 2: the world. At your Daily Portion dot Com. 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. Father, we thank
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  Speaker 2: you for this morning and for the fact that you
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  Speaker 2: are in the midst of us. Please help us to
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  Speaker 2: recognize your presence, help us to live in your presence
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  Speaker 2: and know that we are your children. In Jesus name,
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  Speaker 2: I pray Amen and a men again. One of the
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  Speaker 2: things that I love about God is that he has
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  Speaker 2: given us so many ways to be sure that we
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  Speaker 2: are in his presence. And I don't mean just the
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  Speaker 2: fact that he's the creator and he sees all things
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  Speaker 2: and that he is in all places. At the same time,
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  Speaker 2: I'm not talking about that. I'm talking about in a
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  Speaker 2: relational sense. Being in the presence of God is our privilege.
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  Speaker 2: Just take your time with me this morning. Being in
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  Speaker 2: the presence of God is our privilege. You see, God
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  Speaker 2: went to Moses and he said, have them, meaning God's people,
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  Speaker 2: build me a sanctuary for one reason in this context,
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  Speaker 2: that I may dwell among them. In the New Testament,
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  Speaker 2: we see when Jesus was born. The Bible says, as
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  Speaker 2: the Angel was explaining the mission of Christ to Mary,
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  Speaker 2: who would be his mother, he said his name will
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  Speaker 2: be Immanuel. That being interpreted God with us. The Bible
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  Speaker 2: says that the Angel of the Lord in canthus round
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  Speaker 2: about those who are God's people. And so God has
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  Speaker 2: always wanted to tabernacle. Now you have a new word,
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  Speaker 2: tabernacle with us, to tabernacle for us to be together
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  Speaker 2: in the right relationship, so that we can continue to
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  Speaker 2: grow together with God and then one day begin to
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  Speaker 2: experience eternity again. Okay. And so the lesson writer said
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  Speaker 2: that God was teaching his people through various means, and
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  Speaker 2: one of them was through the sanctuary. I already gave
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  Speaker 2: you the text. All its services pointed to Jesus. They
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  Speaker 2: were the object lessons in the plan of salvation which
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  Speaker 2: would be wrought through Jesus many many centuries later. Okay.
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  Speaker 2: And so I'm grateful. I'm grateful that God has made
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  Speaker 2: himself ultra clear in this regard that he wants to
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  Speaker 2: be with us. He wants to be with us. And
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  Speaker 2: so our first lesson, our first lesson comes in from Exodus,
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  Speaker 2: chapter twenty eight and verse eight. Part of me, I'll
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  Speaker 2: read it again. I recited it a moment ago. And
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  Speaker 2: let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell
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  Speaker 2: among them. So the step I've already explained to you
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  Speaker 2: the concept, but the step that we need to take
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  Speaker 2: even today is make time for God where he can
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  Speaker 2: dwell in your thoughts. I don't know what you thought
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  Speaker 2: I was gonna say, but so he can dwell even
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  Speaker 2: in your thoughts, create space to experience His presence and
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  Speaker 2: not only his power. Like we see him majestically in
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  Speaker 2: the morning time when the sun rises, we can say
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  Speaker 2: that God did that. We can see in the evening
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  Speaker 2: as the sun sets and it drops dips right below
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  Speaker 2: the horizon, we can say God did that. We can
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  Speaker 2: feel the breeze blowing on us, whether it's a cool
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  Speaker 2: breeze or a warm breeze, and in a major justic sense,
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  Speaker 2: we can say God did that. We see the beautiful
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  Speaker 2: creatures on the land, in the sea, in the air,
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  Speaker 2: we see the waters, the rivers, the ponds, the lakes,
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  Speaker 2: the sea hah, the oceans, and we can say God
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  Speaker 2: did that. And it's a big deal to experience God
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  Speaker 2: because the heavens declare the glory of the Lord and
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  Speaker 2: reveal his handiwork. But what we want to do now
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  Speaker 2: is make a space in our own minds not just
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  Speaker 2: to appreciate His awe and splendor, which is exceptional, but
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  Speaker 2: apart from that. Apart from that, thank you God for
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  Speaker 2: teaching me to have self control. When somebody wants to
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  Speaker 2: be mean toward me, I have an opportunity to either
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  Speaker 2: do what you say or to retaliate. God, I thank
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  Speaker 2: you for giving me the ability to be kind to
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  Speaker 2: my children, to my spouse, to be productive at work
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  Speaker 2: and not just productive, to add value at the next
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  Speaker 2: level in order for the company or if you're an entrepreneur,
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  Speaker 2: for your own brand to thrive, so that the individuals
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  Speaker 2: you're serving get that value to be transformed in their
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  Speaker 2: particular whatever it is that you're serving them in. You see,
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  Speaker 2: and so make the room in your own thoughts to
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  Speaker 2: experience His presence as he transforms you and gives you
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  Speaker 2: victory over sin, as he transforms you and gives you
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  Speaker 2: extreme positive relationships with the people that matter most to you. Okay,
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  Speaker 2: And so our second lesson comes in from Exodus, chapter
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  Speaker 2: twenty five and verse two. Speak unto the children of Israel,
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  Speaker 2: that they bring me an offering. Of every man that
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  Speaker 2: giveth it willingly with his heart, Shall ye take an offering? God?
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  Speaker 2: Notice that God said, only those who bring it willfully.
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  Speaker 2: He didn't want the people who were grudging or be
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  Speaker 2: grudging to give. He didn't want the people who who
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  Speaker 2: felt like they were compelled to give. He wanted only
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  Speaker 2: the people who, in a relational sense, were willing. God
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  Speaker 2: didn't demand the tribute in the way that we hear
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  Speaker 2: it sometimes in our head. He invited worship from a
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  Speaker 2: heart that wanted to give. Worship was not to be
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  Speaker 2: a transactional experience. It wasn't like, Okay, well, I'll give
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  Speaker 2: you this and you give me that. It flows from
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  Speaker 2: love and loyalty. And so the action step for me today,
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  Speaker 2: for you today, is give God something precious this week.
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  Speaker 2: Is is it your time that's precious to you? Is
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  Speaker 2: it your energy that's precious to you? Could it be
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  Speaker 2: that you're like Hannah and you beg God to give
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  Speaker 2: you a child and He did give a child to you,
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  Speaker 2: and now it's time to dedicate that child to his service?
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  Speaker 2: Or is it a gift to someone in need as
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  Speaker 2: an act of willing devo. Then, finally, finally, lesson number three,
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  Speaker 2: God provides a pattern. Obedience builds his dwelling. Oh wait,
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  Speaker 2: a minute from verse nine of Exodus chapter twenty five.
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  Speaker 2: We read, according to all he's saying, I want you
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  Speaker 2: to build this tabernacle according to all that I show
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  Speaker 2: you in the blueprint, right according to all that I
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  Speaker 2: show thee after the pattern of the tabernacle. Even so,
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  Speaker 2: shall ye make it so? God doesn't leave us guessing.
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  Speaker 2: He doesn't leave us guessing. He gives us. He gives
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  Speaker 2: us the pattern for life. He gives us the blueprint
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  Speaker 2: for relationship with him. He gives us the secret to success.
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  Speaker 2: I know what I just said. He gives us the
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  Speaker 2: secret to success in every key area of our lives.
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  Speaker 2: And so we want to realize that God has not
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  Speaker 2: left us guessing. He gives us instructions. He has shown
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  Speaker 2: us that our faith is is where we can lay
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  Speaker 2: hold on His power, and that will transform every key
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  Speaker 2: area of our lives. And so the action step as
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  Speaker 2: we come to a swift close is to ask God
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  Speaker 2: to show you. Show you where you've improvised, where you
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  Speaker 2: should have obeyed. Hold on, just for a moment. Ask
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  Speaker 2: God to show you where you have improvised, but you
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  Speaker 2: should have obeyed follow his word as a pattern precisely,
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  Speaker 2: not approximately this week. Yeah, yeah, yeah, this is good.
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  Speaker 2: This is good. God wants to be in relationship with you.
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  Speaker 2: Do you want to be in relationship with him? Thanks
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  Speaker 2: for joining us listening.
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  Speaker 1: Friends, Always remember we cannot live by bread alone, but
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  Speaker 1: by every word that comes from the mouth of God.
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  Speaker 1: This has been your daily portion with El David Harris.
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  Speaker 1: Make it a great day. Yeah,