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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, January eighteen,
twenty twenty four. Hello, my name

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is Elle 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
testimony speaking of God. Are very

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sure your testimonies are are very sure. We'll get into that in just a

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moment, but first I like to
just say welcome to you and ask you

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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 we will get
underway. Father in Heaven, thank you

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for giving us the opportunity to open
up your word. And I'm asking you,

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Father, to give us your wisdom. Please teach us your testimonies,

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help us to live according to those
testimonies. In Jesus name, I pray,

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Amen and Amen again. There is
a passage in the Book of Psalms,

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chapter one hundred and nineteen that I
really love that has to do with

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God's people who are really connected to
Him and those individuals being wiser than the

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ancients, wiser than even their teachers. Why because they keep the testimonies of

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God. So what I want to
do is go into the Book of Psalms

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chapter nineteen not one nineteen nineteen to
see this transition of thought. It's very

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intriguing to me. And it begins
in verse one. The heavens declare the

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glory of God. So even the
now, let me not appreach you yet,

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No, no, no, nope, okay, let me continue,

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and the firmament showeth his handiwork day
and today uttered speech, and night unto

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night showeth knowledge. There is no
speech nor language where their voice is not

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heard. Their line has gone out
through all the earth, and their words

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to the end of the world.
In them hath set he a tabernacle for

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the Sun, which is as a
bridegroom, coming out of his chamber and

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Rejoiceth as a strong man to run
a race. He and his God going

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forth is from the end of the
earth in his circuit unto the ends of

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it, talking about the Sun,
and there is nothing hid from it or

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the heat thereof. And then God
does something very interesting in this transition.

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So we see his his power.
We see his creative no the we see

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the power of his creation. Like
he's the sovereign of the universe. Blessed

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be his name. And He has
created all things seen and unseen, like

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animate and inanimate, like even you. He created you, all of your

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four parents. He created you,
Adam and Eve, the first people on

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planet Earth. He created them.
And so God is saying that he manifests

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himself in his creation. And by
the way, even in twenty twenty four,

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you can get a glimpse of God
through creation, sort of like the

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sun. When you see the sun, it's everywhere in the world, or

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maybe we can see the sun from
everywhere in the world. And then he

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does something very interesting. He makes
this transition in verse seven and says,

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the law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul, just like his

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creation. Wait a minute, what
his creation is perfect? Yeah? When

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he created everything, it was good, good, very good. It was

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the same sovereign God, the same
just and holy God that created the laws

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of gravity, that created photosynthesis,
the one who created those laws that say

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matter left alone. At least that's
the way we see it now. In

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our context, tend to break down
like and so forth, like cause precedes

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effect. I wish I had the
time. But what God is saying here

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is that same God is the one
who says, the law of the Lord

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is perfect, converting the soul.
The testimony of the Lord is sure,

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making wise the simple. What the
testimony of the Lord is sure, making

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wise the simple the testimony. It
comes from a Hebrew word that is frequently

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used to describe the Ten Commandments.
It means to bear witness. It's the

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revelation of God in God's witness or
testimony, because it is his own affirmation

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concerning his nature, his attributes,
and his commands. What does that mean?

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We can see aspects of God's nature. We can see God's attributes of

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God, of God's character, and
his commands as He reveals himself in nature

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in the Ten Commandments law through the
power of the Holy Spirit. I wish

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I had the time through the entire
word of God, those sixty six blessed

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books. So when we are talking
about the testimonies of God, especially in

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the case of his commandments, which
are our transcript of his character, then

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that means that nothing else we know
of him, no other prism through which

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we see aspects of his character,
can be in conflict about him. Why

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because his testimonies are sure, there's
no air in it. There is no

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way that he deviates from his testimonies, because they are a transcript of who

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He is, at least in small
bite forms, so we can see and

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experience him. I'm so thankful.
And that word actually for sure means amen,

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to be faithful, to be lasting, to be firmly established. And

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so even the simplest people, the
simplest mindsets, if we submit ourselves to

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God, can hear and experience these
testimonies as an amen like a soul.

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Let it be done even in our
lives. God's promised to me that I

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can actually keep his testimonies, which
makes me wiser than even those in the

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wisest settings who have not submitted to
him. I wish I had the time.

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Okay, So let's go to Psalm
chapter ninety three and verse five.

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The testimonies, Thy testimonies are very
sure. Holiness becometh Thine house, O

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Lord forever. So God's testimonies are
described as extremely reliable, and his house

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is characterized by holiness. You remember, the Bible says that God said to

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Moses, make us sanctuary. Have
them make me a sanctuary that I may

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dwell among them. So that house, that tabernacle, that experience in the

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pavilion and refuge of God is to
be in his presence. You see his

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testimonies when we embrace them, usher
us into his presence. Here's another one.

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Here's another one in verse one hundred
and sixty five of the longest Psalm,

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when nineteen it reads great peace have
they do you have peace? Brothers?

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And sis, I don't mean pseudo
peace. I don't mean something that

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you have told yourself while you're in
the midst of the storm and you're just

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looking as an optimist for a way
to just settle yourself. I'm saying,

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no real peace, Like do you
have peace? The Bible says, great

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peace have they which love Thy law? And nothing shall offend them. That

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term to offend means to cause us
to go away from him, Like there

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were disciples who were offended in quotes
because of him. And then Jesus looked

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around about his disciples and said,
will you also depart from me? Will

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you also leave me? Will you
also forsake me and turn your back from

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me? And of course the disciples
said, but God, where would we

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go? Where would we go?
So people who actually delight in God's law,

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people who have real peace, it's
because they love his law. And

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there is nothing, absolutely nothing,
when they love God's law that would cause

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them to turn away from him.
Okay. In verse two of the Book

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of Psalms, chapter one, the
Bible reads, but his delight is in

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the law of the Lord, and
in his law doth he meditate day and

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night. So delighting and meditating on
the law of God is portrayed as a

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pathway to righteousness. You want to
be righteous, and look in his law.

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Verse five books of the Bible talks
a lot about it, but not

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just the first five books. But
look into his law and see what promises

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he is making making. His law
is the law of love, it is

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the law of liberty. And when
we embrace this, then we will continue

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to be righteous. Have a wonderful
day, peace. Thanks for joining us

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listening. 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,