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03 07 2024 The Lord's Supremacy in History · 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 Thursday, March seven, twenty twenty four. Hello, my name
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  Iselle David Harris. I am your host, and this is your Daily Portion
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  where we give you God's word every single day, and today is no exception.
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  We are continuing in our lesson study series through the Book of Psalms,
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  and our caption for today is the Lord's Supremacy in History. The Lord's Supremacy
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  in History. We'll get into that in just a moment, but first I'd
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  like to say welcome to you and ask you to go over to your Daily
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  Portion dot com. Please join our online community. Also pick up the Your
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  Daily Portion book and let me go back to the online community. There are
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  hundreds of you that dropped out or dropped off from the community from before because
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  the company was purchased by another company and then they just it's gone, like
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  the community is gone. And sometimes, unfortunately that happens in business. So
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  we've launched a new community. So please go to your Daily Portion dot com
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  and join the new community and we'll continue to build faith and fellowship. Let's
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  go ahead and pray and then we will get underway. Father and Heaven,
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  thank you for giving us a track record with you where you have demonstrated your
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  holiness, your goodness, your faithfulness. Please teach us to serve you based
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  on your track record. In Jesus' name, I pray, Amen and Amen
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  again. Yes, God's track record is good with us. Yes, if
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  you want to call it his curriculum by tay, you want to call it
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  his resume, you want to call it all of his wonderful works, whereas
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  mighty works in history, His track record, excuse me for the sound,
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  is good with us. Why because God has demonstrated that he was faithful in
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  the past, and so only the only thing that we can expect for the
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  future is that he will continue to be faithful, and I'm going to actually
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  read the quote that I have been reciting to you tomorrow regarding not having any
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  fear for the future. But before I get too far off into that,
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  let's go ahead and jump into our lesson study for today. And we're going
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  to just jump into what we can learn based on Psalm one hundred and thirty
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  five. So many things we can learn. Let's start with some very specific
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  lessons, okay, and so we're going to read various verses. Let's start
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  with verse six Psalm one hundred and thirty five. I won't say Psalm one
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  thirty five again, right, So verse six he does whatever he pleases in
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  heaven and on Earth, in the seas and in all the ocean depths.
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  Has God been good in the ocean depths the seas? Has He been good
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  in the seas? I think he led his people over through the Red Sea
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  bed on dry land, as the sea stood up like wall next to and
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  beside the people of God as they walk through, and then the waters came
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  back down. Same thing with the Jordan River. And so we see that
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  we see Jesus on the Sea of Galilee and in other situations where he calmed
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  the winds and the waves. He caused Peter miraculously to walk on water.
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  There are seas and waves and ocean depths in our lives in twenty twenty four
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  that God still has power over He can still cause peace and stillness in our
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  situation where there is a whirlwind and a torrent ah when there is no water
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  at where Mara, where the people of God experienced the bitterness of waters.
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  After three days of being completely dry, no water, they're thirsty. And
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  then God brings them to a place called Mara Mara, and the water was
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  bitter, and God miraculously provided fresh water for them so they could stay alive
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  and drink. And like I said, stay alive. And so he does
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  whatever he pleases in the heavens and on earth, and in the seas and
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  in the ocean deaths. So praise God for his sovereignty in creation. The
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  creation is not out of control. God has the creation and control. Right
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  now, we see that the creation is moaning, groaning like a woman in
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  travail ready to give birth. And there are all kinds of things going on,
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  but God still has them under his control. Let's go to verse eight.
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  He struck down the first born of Egypt, including both the men and
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  the animals. Now this was after God had fired all kinds of warning shots
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  in the lives of the people who were enemies against God. He gave them
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  opportunity after opportunity to let God's people go three days into the wilderness to give
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  sacrifice and to worship God, not under the oppressor's watch. But the oppressor
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  decided that he didn't know God. He decided he needed an introduction. He
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  decided that he would trust his magicians and trust in his own what he thought
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  was his own spiritual prowess, until he begged for mercy, ultimately with that
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  final final hand of God that struck his first born, both of men and
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  of animals. So we recognize, we recognize God's power in delivering his people.
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  No matter what the power is that is standing against God's people, God
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  is able to deliver us. Is it sickness, is it disease? Is
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  it a pandemic? Is it time when we are in despair in doubt?
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  Is it nations? Is it churches that are wielding civil and religious power?
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  Like is it a Babylonish mindset of confusion? Well, God is able,
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  just like he was in the time of delivering Israel. He is able to
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  use his power for his glory and for our benefit Verse fourteen. For the
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  Lord will vindicate his people and will have compassion on his servants. Have you
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  ever been falsely accused? Have you ever been charged with a crime you did
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  not commit? Do you remember the Bible said that if you are persecuted in
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  the Book of Matthew, if you are persecuted, and all manner of evil
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  is set against you falsely for Jesus's sake, he said, rejoice and be
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  exceeding glad, for great is your reward in heaven. For so persecuted they
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  the prophets which were before you. So historically God's people, though innocent,
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  God's people, though living holy lives. Like Daniel As, all he wanted
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  to do was worship God freely, and he was thrown into the lions den.
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  All the three Hebrew young men wanted to do was to worship God,
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  and they were thrown into the fiery furnace. And we have so many other
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  examples in history. Ah, but God came through because he is righteous.
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  He vindicated his people, and we need to recognize God's compassion and his just
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  this or judgment here's another one from verse four. For the Lord has chosen
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  Jacob for himself Israel to be his possession. God has chosen his people not
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  because we are special, not because we are more in number, not because
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  we are more intelligent, more beautiful, or any other reason, any other
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  external reality, except that for his great love he has chosen us. You
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  understand. So when you recognize in the mornings when you were awaken, and
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  you're like, Wow, I can still move around and have my right mind
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  about me, even though maybe I have had some troubles lately. Maybe my
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  movements are restricted to a degree, but I can still I can still move
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  in the Holy ghost to do what God would have me to do. Then
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  we know that it is because of God's goodness to us that he has chosen
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  us as a special treasure. And then comes verse fifteen. The idols of
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  the nations are made of silver and gold. They are man made. Is
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  it silly or is it me? Like? Is it silly or is it
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  me to worship anything besides God? You worship your vehicle, your household hah.
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  Do you worship your family? Do you worship your own thoughts? Do
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  you worship your job, your bank account? Hah, your business, your
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  brand, your iconic status as an Internet influencer, a social media influencer.
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  What God is saying is that it is futility. It's futile to worship idols
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  or anything in place of God. God's supremacy in history shows that he will
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  always be supreme. Have a wonderful day, Peace, Thanks for joining us
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  listening to friends. Always remember we cannot live by bread alone, but by
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  every word that comes from the mouth of God. This has been your daily
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  portion with El David Harris. Make it a great day. Yeah,