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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, February fifteen,
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 forget
not all his benefits. Don't forget

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his benefits. Yeah, we'll get
into that in just a moment, but

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first I'll like to say welcome to
you and ask you to please go over

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not least, let us know where
you are in the world, so we

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can just continue to see like the
Gospel of the Kingdom is being preached into

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all the world for a witness,
and we know that very soon the end

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will come. Yes, this is
one way that we continue to build faith

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and fellowship. Let's go ahead and
pray, and then we will get underway.

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Batherine Heaven, thank you for giving
us the privilege of opening your word

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again. And I pray that you
will teach us to listen for your benefits,

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to know how good you have been, and then live like people with

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gratitude. In Jesus' name, I
pray, Amen, and a man again

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forget not all his benefits. All
right, So I'm going to read from

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the book Desire of Ages Get us
started, page eighty three, that the

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Desire of Ages page eighty three,
and it reads, it would be well

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for us to spend a thoughtful hour
each day in contemplation of the life of

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Christ. We should take it point
by point. Did you get that?

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So every day that you live looking
at the life of Christ with a worshipful

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and prayerful mind is key to spiritual
success. Let me say it another way,

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where Missus White says here we should
take it point by point. Let

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me continue and let the imagination grasp
each each scene. So when he was

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born and there was nobody to worship
him except a few people. Ah,

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when he was with his parents and
and his parents were on the run to

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protect him from herod. Yes,
to take those scenes of when he was

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in the temple and speaking with them
the leaders, and the leaders being amazed,

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thinking this is a little boy,
like how is it that he understands

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these things? And when he was
in the Jordan river, seeing when he

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was a light having been baptized,
and then the father's voice is heard from

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heaven. This is my beloved son
and whom I am well pleased. And

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then the Holy ghost is lighting upon
him as a dove. Yes, when

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he was on the cross and it
was darkness all around, and people jeering

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him, and at the same time
he is asking his father to forgive them,

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for they know not what they do. Take it point by point,

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see it in your mind. And
it says here, especially the closing moments,

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and continuing the quote, as we
thus dwell upon his great sacrifice for

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us, And so our focus is
his sacrifice for us. Our confidence in

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him will be more constant, our
love will be quickened. Like think about

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it, God, you did this
for me. You went through all of

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this for me. People ripped out
your beard and beat you in the head

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with a stick and put on a
crown of thorns. And you did this.

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You did this so that you could
save me. You took on all

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of my sins and sorrows in one
moment. And everybody around the world who

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has ever lived or will ever live, has this same benefit. You did

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that for us. Let me continue. We shall be more deeply imbued with

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his spirit. If you would be
saved at last, or we would be

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saved at last. We must learn
the lesson of penitence and humiliation at the

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foot of the cross. That's the
end of the quote. And so Jesus's

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life is the perfect example. And
one elder said to me many years ago,

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while I was learning and I was
becoming an elder. He said that

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before we are reborn born, Jesus
is our savior, and he's all of

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our savior, really, but that
is who he is to us. But

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as we are reborn, when we
become born of the water and of the

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spirit, he becomes our example.
You see, before we are born,

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we can't follow his example. And
so I guess the invitation really right now

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is for anybody listening or watching to
give your life to Christ if you've not

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done so already, and then as
you continue along the pathway in relationship with

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Him, then you will be able
to be humble just like Jesus was.

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You'll be giving and caring just like
Jesus was. You'll have power to deliver

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people from different challenges that are in
their lives. If he sees fit just

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like Jesus did. He said,
freely ye have received, freely give.

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He said, when I go back
to Heaven and the Holy Spirit comes upon

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you, greater works than these shall
ye do. Why because Jesus said,

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I go unto my Father. Yes. And so the power of the Holy

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Ghost, the example and victory that
Jesus left behind as a legacy, and

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the fact that He is with us
alway, even unto the end of the

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earth, gives us a reason to
thank him, gives us a reason for

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which to be thankful. So these
are just some of the benefits of being

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in connection with God. And so
let's go ahead and begin to read from

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the Book of Psalms, chapter one
hundred and three. We won't be able

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to read the entire chapter, but
please in your spare time do that.

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In your time of worship, please
do that. And the Bible reads beginning

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at verse one. Praise the Lord, oh my soul, AH, with

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all that is within me. Praise
his holy name. God is holy,

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you know, Ah. Praise his
holy name. Praise the Lord, oh

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my soul. Do not forget all
his kind deeds, or forget not all

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his benefits. He is the one
who forgives all your sins. Can you

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see how this is a reason to
praise him. Yes, he is the

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one who forgives all your sins and
heals all your diseases, who delivers your

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life from the pit, who crowns
you with his loyal love and compassion,

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who satisfies your life with good things, so your youth is renewed like an

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eagle's. The Lord does not The
Lord does what is fair and executes judge

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justice for all the oppressed. The
Lord revealed his faithful acts to Moses,

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his deeds to the Israelites. The
Lord is compassionate and merciful. He is

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patient and demonstrates loyal love. He
does not always accuse, He does not

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stay angry, He does not deal
with us as our sins deserve. He

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does not repay us with the dis
misdeeds that our misdeeds deserves. And then

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I will just pause right here and
go down to verse nineteen. The Lord

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has established his throne in heaven.
His kingdom extends over everything. Praise the

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Lord, you angels of his,
you powerful warriors who carry out his decrees

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and obey his orders. Praise the
Lord, all, you warriors of his,

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you servants of his who carry out
his desires. And twenty two.

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In final, praise the Lord all
that he has made in all regions of

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his kingdom. Praise the Lord,
oh my soul, if you think about

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it, If you think about it, the Psalmist is saying that we should

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come into line with all of nature
and creation throughout the universe, with the

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angels who praise him, Yes,
with those beings seen in Revelation chapters four

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and five. We praise him with
all of the creatures that he has created

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that are not human beings, the
animals and the creation, the seas and

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the skies, the sun that comes
out like a bridegroom, that is released

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from his chamber, where the entire
earth is able to see and cannot escape

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its rays. We are to praise
God. Why because He's good, his

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mercy endures forever, and so since
we are saved by grace through faith,

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it is that we should have a
heart of gratitude. Praise the Lord,

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oh my soul, forgetting out all
of his deeds. His deeds have to

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do with me being saved as well
his creative power. Yes, but his

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deeds are in recreating humans who were
suffering from the burden of sin, but

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now can become his children. So
much to say, no time, but

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don't forget his benefits. God is
good and his mercy endures forever. Peace.

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Thanks for joining us listening. Friends, Always remember we cannot live by

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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 great

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day. Yeah,