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01 04 2024 The World of the Psalms · 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
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  us through today's challenges. On this program, we are going to change all
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  of that. Let's experience God's words today and receive the power we need to
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  live healthy, vibrant lives. Welcome to your Daily Portion with your host,
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  author speaker, Elle David Harris. Good morning, Good morning, Good morning.
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  It is Thursday, January fourth, twenty twenty three. No, I
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  keep getting that date mixed up. I told y'all i'd have this problem.
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  Is twenty twenty four. Hello. My name is Elle David Harris. I
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  am your host, and this is your Daily Portion where we give you God's
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  word every single day, and today is no exception. We are continuing in
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  our new Lesson study series though in the Book of Psalms, and our caption
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  for today is the World of the Psalms. The World of the Psalms.
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  You're like, what is that? Yeah, just hold on for a moment.
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  Before we get into that, I'd like to just welcome everyone joining us,
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  especially those joining us for the very first time. I'm asking you to
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  please go over to your Daily Portion dot com join our online community. Also,
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  please click that link that says where you are in the world and pick
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  up the Your Daily Portion book at your Daily Portion dot com. This is
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  a way that we can continue to build faith and fellowship. Let's go ahead
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  and pray and then get underway. Father and Heaven, thank you for giving
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  us this new day and for getting us so far into the week and really
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  so far into our lives. I'm asking you now to introduce us, like
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  bring us into the world of your mind through the psalms. In Jesus's name,
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  I pray Amen and Amen again. The Divine mind, God's mind is
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  we can't even comprehend, like to even begin this discussion. We would have
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  to be a part of the god Head, you see, because his mind
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  is infinite. God, the Father's mind infinite, Jesus, God the Son,
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  his mind infinite, the Holy Spirit and all that the Holy Spirit does
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  in finite. But we want a peak like whatever God is going to reveal
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  to us, I would love for us to know. He said, those
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  things that are for us are for our learning, right, Yeah, the
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  mystery is for our learning when he manifests it. But there's some things that
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  belong only to God. So we're not trying to delve into those things.
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  But the things that He has revealed, Yeah, that's what we want.
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  And so it's not just the Psalms, even though we're looking through this prism,
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  it is indeed all that He reveals in his word. And so the
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  lesson writer says, the world of the Psalms is holy, God centered.
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  That means entirely God centered. Well that's the entire Bible, right, those
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  sixty six blessed books are God centric. There are people who are having challenges.
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  You may be one of them. You may be having a challenge with
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  your health, with relationships, you may be having a challenge with your finances,
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  or with some other aspect of your life, your personal development and understanding
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  of self and how you relate to the world. Right, there are people
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  who are asking the wrong questions. I was speaking of a couple of weeks
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  ago to someone about that very thing, Like you're asking the wrong questions.
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  You're asking like can I do or how can I accomplish? And really we
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  need to be saying, like is my God able huh. When Daniel was
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  thrown into the lions den, when all of that was over, that ordeal
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  was over, and King Derias who got snookeered into doing something he shouldn't have
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  done. But he comes in the morning and says, Daniel, what is
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  your God able? See, that's that's the right question. Is your God
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  able? Brothers and sisters to fill in the blank, yes for you.
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  And so the psalms is holy God centric. It seeks to submit in prayer
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  and praise all life experiences to God. God is the sovereign Creator, the
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  King and judge of all the earth. Do you understand this, like even
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  a little bit. There is nothing that is beyond his understanding, Like there
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  is nothing beyond his observation. There is nothing beyond his ability to deal.
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  Right. He is able to change the trajectory of anything that happens according to
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  his will. He is able. Now, of course we have volition.
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  That's a different discussion. But the universe, not just the Earth, is
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  under the sovereign Creator's care, the King and judge of the earth. He
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  provides all things for his children. If you will just take a deep breath,
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  whether you need an inhaler or not, take a deep breath, whether
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  you've needed nebulizer treatments recently, Take a deep breath. If you are on
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  a ventilator right now in the hospital or in some other home or otherwise healthcare
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  system, and you even mechanically are able to take another breath, take another
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  breath. That breath comes from God. Did you get that? Like?
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  That is God's breath? What if God foreclosed upon our breath? Right?
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  So all things we get from him. Therefore he is to be trusted at
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  all times. Even the enemies of God's people ask where is your God?
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  When God's people seem to be failing? According to Psalm chapter forty two and
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  verse ten. So it is all about God. That is what we need
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  to get before we go into anything else. Now, let's go to the
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  Book of Psalms sixteen and verse eight. And for anybody out there who are
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  Bible teachers or lesson teachers or whatever, you have to always go actually into
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  the Word. These concepts, they're cool. Sometimes we bury people with so
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  many concepts and philosophies and editorializing God's word. Let's read his word and see
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  what God has to say. Sixteen and verse eight the Book of Psalms I
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  have set the Lord always before me. You see before your eyes, brothers
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  and sisters. Are you watching for his movements? As Blackaby says, when
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  God is moving, go where He is, Go where God is moving.
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  Huh, he said, I have set all of the Lord always before me,
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  because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved,
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  and so moved. And so what I need for all of us to do
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  is to acknowledge the constant presence of God wherever you happen to be. Are
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  you in a place that you shouldn't be? God is there. If you
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  were in the depths of hell, meaning I'm not what you think it means,
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  not the burning place, but you're in the depths of the earth,
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  is God there absolutely? I think the Bible writer said so Hi. If
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  you were able to go into the depths of the sea like Jonah, would
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  God be there? Absolutely? If you are in trials and tribulations, if
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  you are in triumph, if you are overcoming tragedy, if things are going
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  well or things are not going so well, God is there. Be aware
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  of His presence. Be aware of His presence when you're speaking to people,
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  when you're speaking about people, when you're assisting people. I was assisting someone
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  the other day, and I began to pray as soon as this person began
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  to speak, because I'm like, Lord, I can't be trusted in here
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  talking to this person. I don't know nothing. I do not know anything
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  except what you reveal. Okay, So acknowledge God's constant presence. And by
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  the way, by the way, if you want to have and experience with
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  God that is unlike any other, just learn how to praise him. Learn
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  how to praise him because the Bible says he inhabits the praises of his people.
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  Ah or gather two or three together, because He's promised to be in
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  the midst You see where this is going. Be in agreement with God.
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  Confess to God. Be in agreement with God, and he will be in
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  your life. Abide in him. And if his word abides in you,
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  then you can ask what you will and it shall be done unto you because
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  your will and his will will be aligned. Okay, here's another one.
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  I want you to trust in God's sovereignty. From the Book of Psalms,
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  chapter forty four and verse eight, the Bible reads, in God, we
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  boast all the day long and praise Thy name forever, trust in God's sovereignty.
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  Embrace the sovereignty of God in every aspect of life, recognizing his authority
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  and giving him praise continually. Also, we want to seek refuge in God.
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  Alms chapter forty six and verse one. The Bible reads, God is
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  our refuge and our strength and a very present help in trouble. Have you
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  ever seen trouble? Brothers and sisters, have you ever had to run into
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  His pavilion, into his sanctuary, into his refuge, into his tabernacle,
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  and be safe guided under his divine care. Bible also teaches us to celebrate
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  God's kinship like Oh, clap your hands, Oh ye, people, shout
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  unto God with the voice of triumph, for God is the king of all
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  the earth, sing ye praises with understanding. We are reminded to joyfully acknowledge
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  and celebrate God's reign over all creation, including us peast. Thanks for joining
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  us listening. Friends. Always remember we cannot live by bread alone, but
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  by every word that comes from the mouth of God. This has been your
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  daily portion with el David Harris, make it a great day. Yeah,