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02 18 2024 Your Word I Have Hidden in My Heart · 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 Sunday, February eighteen, twenty twenty four. Hello, my name
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  is El 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 your Word I have hidden in my heart
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  like a tongue tied there. Your word I have hidden in my heart.
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  You hide God's word in your heart. We'll get into that in just a
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  moment, but first I like to say welcome to you and ask you to
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  go over to your Daily Portion dot com. Please join our online community,
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  pick up the Your Daily Portion book, and by all means, just share,
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  share, share, continue to share. So many of you around the
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  world are sharing, and this is no hype. It's amazing the number of
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  countries that people are getting this program, even countries that the native language ore
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  tongue is not English. So I'm thankful that God is doing something very special
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  in the hearts of his people, that we can share the gospel of Jesus
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  Christ together. So continue to do so, and as the Lord gives me
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  strength, I will be here. We've been here for thousands and thousands of
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  day hees since we began the program. And it's more than just a program.
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  It is a privilege to be able to get closer to God with all
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  of the many thousands of you who are joining us every day. Let's go
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  ahead and pray, and then we will get underway. Father and Heaven,
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  thank you for this privilege of opening up your word. And I pray God
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  that you will give us your holiness, give us your understanding, give us
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  your holy Spirit. And I pray God that we will keep you near in
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  our hearts, even even through your word. In Jesus' name, I pray
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  Amen and a man again, Your word have I hidden in my heart?
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  Well, I need to go directly to the passage in the Book of Psalms,
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  chapter one hundred and nineteen. I'll read it in two versions of the
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  Bible, King James and then the New English version. It's one that I
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  have treasured since I got baptized, and it reads wherewithal shall a young man
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  cleanse his way. You see, I was a young man, young man,
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  not a boy when I got baptized in ninety six, so that would
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  have made me twenty something, right, twenty something? Looked at them,
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  look that word up right? And so this was particularly of interest to me,
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  of particular interest to me, because I'm thinking, God, how do
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  I live the way that you created me to live. I have practiced and
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  rehearsed sin to the degree that I don't understand what cleansing looks like. I
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  don't understand what holiness, what holiness looks like, or godly love what that
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  looks like. But he said here in answer to that, by taking heed
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  thereunto according to Thy word, with my whole heart, have I sought thee
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  Oh, let me not wander from Thy commandments Thy word? Have I hid
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  in my heart, that I may not sin against thee. So there is
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  an outcome, a desired outcome, Brothers and sisters, young or old,
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  yes, or young or mature. Youthful or mature. Maybe that's more politically
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  correct, right. But whoever we are, at whatever station we are in
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  our lives, wherever we happen to live in the world, whether it is
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  on an island of the sea or it's on some major large land mass that
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  is full of people. Regardless of this, God is saying, if we
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  don't wander from his commandments, if we do seek for him with all of
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  our hearts, if his word is hidden in our hearts. That sounds like
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  new Covenant language, by the way, then I won't sin against him.
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  So the question really is and my treasure in God's words in my heart Verse
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  twelve, blessed art, Thou Lord, teach me thy statutes. Now let
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  me move to the new English version of the same passage. Okay, how
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  can a young person maintain a pure life by guarding it according to your instructions?
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  Are you people who like to follow instructions? With all my heart?
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  I seek you do not allow me to stray from your commandments? In my
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  heart. I store up your words so I might not sin against you.
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  Verse twelve. You deserve praise, Oh Lord, teach me your statues.
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  Let me go one more verse with my lips, I proclaim all the regulations
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  you have revealed. Oh boy, okay, one more. I have no
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  self control. My wife knows I have no self control where the Bible is
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  concerned. One more, one more. I rejoice in the lifestyle prescribed part
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  of me by your rules, as if they were riches of all kinds.
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  That is so beautiful I love. Verse fourteen. I have rejoiced in the
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  way of thy testimonies as much as in all riches. So hiding God's word
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  in our hearts has positive outcome. We begin to live like Jesus lived.
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  We begin to experience the power of God. We are ushered into an eternal
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  relationship with God. Even if God forbid I should lose my life on planet
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  Earth. God has promised to me that I am but sleeping. I'm resting
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  until Jesus does what he did for Lazarus. Huh what he did in the
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  case of Elisha, Well, Elisha was resting like he was already dead.
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  He was already dead in bones right he's already gone. But somehow, when
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  a man dropped into the space where Elisha's bones were, that man was raised
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  from the dead. So God's power to raise us from the dead is something
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  that gives me hope. If I should lose my life here, it doesn't
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  matter, because one day God is going to resurrect me. He's going to
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  resurrect your dead loved ones if they are His children, and then usher us
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  into heavenly places for a thousand years. And then after the thousand years are
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  are finished, we will inherit the earth, but we will live throughout the
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  ceaseless ages of eternity if we keep His word hidden in our hearts. Did
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  you see what we did there? Okay? And so now we're going to
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  take it step by step. Just a few action items for your Sunday.
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  Number one, reflect daily on God's word. Right. It says here again
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  in verse one, how blessed are those Verse one of Psalms Chapter one hundred
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  and nineteen. How blessed are those whose actions are blameless who obey the law
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  of God. Number two, Seek God with your entire heart. We've already
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  read about this, but commit to following his commands. Psalm chapter one nineteen,
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  verse two and ten advice, how blessed are those who observe his rules
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  and seek him with all their heart? And then, of course I will
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  seek you with all my heart. Do not allow me to stray from your
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  commands. Number three, give God thanks every day. In verse seven of
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  Psalm chapter one hundred and nineteen, the Bible reads, I will give you
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  sincere thanks when I learn of your just regulations. Have you thanked God for
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  his word? Like? Have you thanked him even for the rules and regulations.
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  I'm using the words that cause a lot of people anxiety on purpose,
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  regulations, rules, procedures, protocols, statutes. The Bible says, his
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  words are his commandments, his commands. Do you give thanks when you learn
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  of his commands? Okay? Number let's go to pray for direction from Psalm
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  chapter one hundred and nineteen, Verse one thirty three. Direct my steps by
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  your word. Do not let any sin dominate me. Do not let any
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  sin dominate me. And then this one and final, learn from Christ's example
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  from the Book of Mark chapter four, Matthew, excuse me, that didn't
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  even feel right. Matthew. Chapter four, verses one through eleven, we
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  see the life of Jesus and how he dealt with temptation, and how he
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  was fully dedicated to God, our Father, with the Word hidden in his
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  heart. 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,