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Most of us eat every day,
some of us too much, because yesterday's

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food is not enough to supply energy
for today's needs. Why then, do

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some of us expect yesterday's portion of
heavenly manna, the word of God to

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keep us through today's challenges. On
this program, we are going to change

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all of that. Let's experience God's
words today and receive the power we need

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to 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

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morning. It is Monday, January
fifteenth, twenty twenty four. Ha ha

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ha, I almost messed up again. My name is Elle David Harris.

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I am your host, and this
is your Daily Portion. We give you

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God's word every single day, and
today is no exception. We are continuing

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in our lesson study series through the
Book of Psalms, and our caption for

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today is the Lord Rains. I'm
going to come back to that in just

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a moment, but first I'd like
to say welcome to you and ask you

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pray, and then we will get
underway. Father and Heaven, Thank you

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for giving us this privilege to come
together again and for your word that is

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so true and it is transformative because
your word is power. Thank you for

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speaking over our lives. Now help
us to live according to what you have

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said in Jesus name. I pray
a men and a man again. The

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Lord rains, the Lord reigns.
And of course, for those who have

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been listening for any period of time, you may have recognized that I love

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songs like I love psalms and hymns
and spiritual songs. And so this passage

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actually brings to my mind him number
what is the number here? Him number

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seven from the Seven day Adventist hym
no And I'll share just a little bit

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of it with you. And this
audio is actually coming from the no Him

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no him App. I want you
to look that up. A K n

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O w h y m n app. It's incredible. And yeah, let

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me share just a little bit of
it and then we can we can jump

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into the lesson here it is let
me sing a little bit here the Lord

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in Zion raiin have led all the
world, rejoices and come before his throne

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of grace with tune fall hard and
voice the Lord Incion rain, and there

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his pray shall reign to him,
shall princess bend the knee, and kings

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there glory brings. I could sing
all day, but I shouldn't because we

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have something to talk about today.
But the fact is really and truly that

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God reigns like he reigns, he
reigns, and we're going into the scriptures.

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Let's begin in the Book of Psalms, chapter ninety seven and verse two

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to see something about this reign of
God as King of kings and Lord of

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lords. It's an honor to worship
and to serve him, I promise you

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it is in the book inverts to
it reads, clouds and darkness are round

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about him. Righteousness and judgment are
the habitation of his throne. And what

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is the action item in that regard? Then then we should strive to live

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a life of righteousness and fairness,
mirroring God's righteous nature. It says he

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is righteous, Righteousness and judgment are
the habitation of his throne. We want

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to be in his throne with him. I think Jesus said to those who

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overcome, he will grant to sit
with him in his throne, even as

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he is overcome and is set in
his father's throne. And therefore it is

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our privilege right now to live a
life of righteousness I'm saying it again,

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and fairness mirror ring God's just or
righteous nature. Here's another one from Psalm

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chapter ninety seven and verse one.
The Lord reigneth, let the earth rejoice,

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let the multitude of the isles be
glad thereof. And so we want

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to celebrate God's sovereignty. Take time, I should say, invest time each

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day to rejoice in God's sovereignty.
Aren't you glad that God is sovereign over

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all and not you. You don't
need to make any decisions that have to

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do with the eternity of people.
You don't make decisions about people on all

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of these continents on planet Earth.
You don't make decisions about what happens to

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all of the animals and all of
the other elements and everything that is surviving

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and thriving on planet Earth. Because
God is the one who reigns, and

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we should be celebrating his sovereignty.
Invest time each day to rejoice about God's

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sovereignty. Acknowledging his rule over your
life and over the world will put a

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hole in pride. You understand that, you recognize that He is sovereign over

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all, and you celebrate that,
it will put a hole in pride.

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Let's go to verse five Psalms,
chapter ninety seven, and the Bible reads

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the hills melted like wax at the
presence of the Lord, and the presence

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of the Lord of the whole earth. I want you also to invest moments

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in nature. We were in nature
the other day, my wife and I,

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yes, and just enjoying the seaside
the stones that were on that sea

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side at Wikiwacky Beach in Saint Andrew, Jamaica, right, and we looked

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at the dark colored sand. It's
different than the sand on the North coast,

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but it was it was a part
of God's nature. And so we

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invested time in nature, just quietly
recognizing the blessing that God is in how

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He has given us the privilege of
being good stewards over it. So we

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want to reflect on God's power and
his presence in creation, not that God

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is creation. We don't have the
time to deal with that problem. But

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God is the lord of, He
is the creator of. He's the one

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who is always in charge of the
nature that we see. I love being

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in Saint Elizabeth here in Jamaica.
Right, it's a parish, and there's

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a place called Lover's Leap. You
can look that up. But there comes

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a point when you walk toward this
this like a little a little fence if

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you want to say, so you
don't accidentally fall over and then go down

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into the sea. Right, there's
a point where you can't descern, depending

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on the way that the sun is
shining or not shining, right, you

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can't discern which part is the sky
and which part is the sea. It

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is the most incredible experience. It's
weird because your body wants to process,

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your mind and eyes want to process
what's going on. Sometimes you can't see

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whether that's the sky or whether that's
the sea. So I appreciate the magnitude

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of the God who created everything that
we can see and cannot see, like

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animate and inanimate, including us.
I'm thankful. Let me just pause right

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there. Let's see if we can
do another verse here. Verse ten Psalm

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chapter ninety seven. Ye that love
the Lord hate evil. If you love

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God, you hate evil. Brothers
and sisters. He preserveth the souls of

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his saints. He delivereth them out
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we want to join hands, join
forces with God and combat evil with good.

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He said, don't be overcome with
evil, but overcome evil with good.

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That's what he wants. Stand against
injustice. I think our brother,

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our brother, doctor Martin Luther King
Junior, the late doctor Martin Luther King

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Junior, said something like injustice anywhere
is in justice everywhere. Stand against injustice

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and evil, trusting in God's protection
and his guidance. I'll share a couple

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of more points. Find joy in
God's ways that's from verse eleven, and

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also express gratitude verse twelve. Rejoice
in the Lord, ye righteous, and

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give thanks at the remembrance of His
holiness, and each day in prayer of

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thanksgiving, reflecting on God's holiness and
goodness in your life. The Lord reigns?

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Does he reign in your life?
Our wonderful day? 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,