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01 31 2024 Has His Promise Failed Forevermore? · 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. It
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  is Wednesday, January thirty one, 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 has His Promise failed? Forever? Has
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  His Promise failed? We'll get into that in just a moment, but first
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  I'd like to say welcome to you and ask you to go over to your
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  Daily Portion dot com. Please join our online community and let us know where
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  you are in the world. Also, pick up the Your Daily Portion book
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  at your Daily Portion dot com. This is the way that we build faith
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  and fellowship. Let's go ahead and pray, and then we will get underway.
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  Father and Heaven, thank you for giving us this new day and for
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  the privilege you have entrusted to us to open your word again. Please teach
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  us that your promises are sure and teach us covenant relationship with you. In
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  Jesus' name, I pray, Amen and Amen again. Has his promise failed
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  forever? Okay, we're going to the Book of Psalms, chapter seventy seven,
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  But first I want to look at the thought question for today. Think
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  about past times when the Lord worked in your life. Think about the times
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  that He has worked in your life. How can that truth help you deal
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  with whatever you're facing now. If you take a peek at the Bible writers,
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  especially in the Psalms, you read in the Book of Deuteronomy and other
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  places, and you will notice that there are references like these, constant references
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  to what God has done in the past. He brought us over on through
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  the Red Sea on dry ground. He caused Jericho's walls to fall down flat.
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  He gave us water in the wilderness, like he gave us manna.
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  He gave us bread when there was no bread, and so forth Right he
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  opened the wombs of our women who were suffering from barrenness. So there's this
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  constant reference to what God has done. He has forgiven my iniquities and my
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  sins and my transgressions. Right, he delivered me from my depressive thoughts.
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  He and then the Bible just continues in that vein where God's people are concerned.
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  Why because there is no need to fear anything in the future except we
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  forget where God has led us in the past. So we should always keep
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  a fresh look, a retrospective look, thinking about what God has done.
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  Why because now we understand and we are fully convinced that since He has been
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  good in the past, since he has this track record, then he will
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  also be good in the future. You see, his track record is good
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  with us. His resume has been proven, and therefore we can count on
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  him to be just as good as he has ever been, has always been.
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  Why because he's still God. See, his nature hasn't changed his purpose
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  for you in terms of what he saw before. There was a beginning that
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  has not changed. And so the past in that regard is a playbook,
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  if you want to say, a guide book for how God is going to
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  be good in your life in the future. Okay, So we're gonna go
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  to Psalm chapter the Book of Psalms, chapter seventy seven and see what God
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  has to say. Or as the Psalmist is struggling through, like where is
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  God? Like? How is he going to give us the same kind of
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  strength that he has in the past? And so the Bible reads in verse
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  beginning at verse one, I will cry out unto God and call for help.
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  I will cry out to God, and he will pay attention to me.
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  In my time of trouble, I sought the Lord. So you hear
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  that in the past, in my time of trouble, I sought the Lord.
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  I kept my hand raised in prayer throughout the night. I refuse to
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  be comfort did I said? I will remember God while I grown. I
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  will think about Him while my strength leaves me. Sillah, you held my
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  eyelids open. I was troubled and could not speak. Have any of you
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  ever been in that situation all through the night's season as you're supposed to be
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  sleeping, Ah, but you're not able to rest. Why because you're looking
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  at the trials that you're facing. Ah, you're feeling the physical pain that
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  is in your body because of some sickness, disease, or injury, and
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  you are wondering, like, is God going to deliver me like he has
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  done in the past. The Bible continues here. I was troubled still in
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  verse four and could not speak. I thought about the days of old,
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  about ancient times, I said, during the night, I will remember the
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  song I once sang, I will think very carefully. I tried to make
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  sense of what was happening. I asked, will the Lord Lord reject me
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  forever? Will the Lord reject me forever? Did Jesus experience anything like this?
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  Maybe not exactly this, but did he experience anything like this? Do
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  you remember while he was on the cross, he cried, my God,
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  my God, why have you forsaken me? All the Bible says here,
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  Will you forget? I asked, Will the Lord reject me? Forever?
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  Will he never again show me his favor? Has his loyal love disappeared?
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  Forever? Has his promise failed? Forever? Has God forgotten to be merciful?
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  Has his anger stifled his compassion? And so now the Bible writer is
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  in his own life looking at what appears to be a contrast how good God
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  was in the past, and he is not wondering if God is still good
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  or not. He's just wondering, like, where is the favor in his
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  own life right now? It's God forgotten to be merciful. Then I said,
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  I am sickened by the thought that the Most High might become inactive.
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  I will remember the works of the Lord. Yes, I will remember the
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  amazing things you did long ago. You see, I'm not here, brothers
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  and sisters to put you into a depressive state and cause you to just remember
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  those difficult times and then say, all right, well, curtain call.
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  I mean not curtain call the you know, draw the curtains. It's over
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  see you tomorrow. No, what I'm saying is I want you to go
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  back into those times of difficulty. And yeah, you may even be experiencing
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  difficulty right now, and you're struggling with these same questions. And so what
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  I am saying is that there is a transition point, though there is a
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  pivot. Let me go back again to verse ten. Then I said,
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  I am sickened by the thought that the Most High might become inactive. I
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  will remember the works of the Lord. Yes, I will remember the amazing
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  things you did long ago. I will think about all you have done.
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  I will reflect on your deeds. Oh God, your deeds are extraordinary.
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  What God can compare to your great are great. God, You are the
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  God who does amazing things. You have revealed your strength among the nations.
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  See all around the world. As God's people were in different parts. God
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  manifests his strength as he overcame kings and kingdoms, as he showed favor on
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  his children in the sight of kings and kingdoms, and caused some of those
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  kings and kingdoms to prosper Yes, when some of them would look in on
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  the people of God and wonder, well, how is it that they are
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  so prosperous, And then God would allow his testimony to come forth in his
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  people and say, it is because they meditate on my laws day and night.
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  It is because they say yes to me and trust me. Whether the
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  times are plenty or or the times are difficult. I come through from my
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  people. And foromever will surrender their will and become my people, I have
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  revealed my strength Verse fifteen. You delivered your people by your strength. The
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  children of Jacob and Joseph. I wish I had the time. I've been
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  reading the Bible chronologically and looking into the lives and styles of Jacob and Joseph.
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  The waters saw you, Oh God, and the waters saw you and
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  trembled. Yes, the depths of the sea shook with fear and so forth.
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  So has God's promise failed forever? Absolutely not. God can't forget you
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  brothers and sisters. Just continue to serve Him and He'll get you through any
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  trial or difficult too. Thanks for joining us listening. Friends. Always remember
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  we cannot live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the
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  mouth of God. This has been your daily portion with El David Harris.
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  Make it a great day. Yeah,