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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

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

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

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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 morning.

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It is already Tuesday, February twenty
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 exception.

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We are continuing in our lesson study
through this series through the Book of

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Psalms, and our caption for today
is the Lord's Test. The Lord's Test.

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There are times, brothers and sisters, is that God tests us And

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it's a blessing because He could just
leave us out there to you know,

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flail around until yeah, we meet
our untimely demise. So God's tests are

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for his glory and for our benefit. We'll get into that in just a

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

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that we continue to build faith and
fellowship. Let's go ahead and pray,

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and then we will get underway.
Father in Heaven, thank you for this

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day and for the privilege of being
tested and tried by you. Thank you

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for not leaving us into the hands
of our enemies. But God, I

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pray now that you will give us
the strength to go through and the wisdom

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to go through your testing, because
we know that once we do, and

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we have yielded our will to you, that this will bring holiness into our

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lives. In Jesus name, I
pray, Amen and Amen again. Okay,

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So what we're going to do is
begin by reading from the book Testimonies

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for the Church, Volume four,
and I'll read page from page one hundred

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forty six. That's Testimonies for the
Church, Volume four, and I will

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read from page one hundred forty six, and it reads God requires prompt and

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unquestioning obedience of his law. But
men are asleep or paralyzed by the deceptions

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of Satan, who suggests and excuses
and subst in subterfuges and conquers their scruples,

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saying, as he said to even
the garden, ye shall not surely

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die? Can I just pause for
a moment? We may not use those

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terminologies as much today unless we're in
the military. Right. But what he's

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saying here is that the devil has
a habit of distracting people. He has

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a habit of distracting people. God
says we should go left, and the

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devil insinuates doubt and tells us go
right, or go down, or just

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sit still, don't go where God
says. And then like a torpedo huh

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in a warship, underwater a submarine, he boom sends it and then boom.

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If we accept that insinuation, we
really blow up our situation, like

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we mess up our lives by listening
to the enemy. That's all He's interested

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in, blowing a hole in our
commitment with God, and so disobedience.

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Continuing the quote not only hardens the
heart and conscience of the guilty one,

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but it tends to corrupt the faith
of others. Have you realized that when

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you have chosen to sin, sometimes
people are watching, yes or yeah.

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Let me start with the people watching
part. People are watching, and then

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they're like, oh, my goodness, my brother, my sister. If

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they're doing that, then now they
feel like they have permission to do the

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thing that is not holy. Or
there are people who may not have seen

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you do anything wrong, but when
they need you, they need holy advice,

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they need you, They're in need
of healing and prayers, they need

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you. You're not available. Why
why not, I should say, because

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God forbid? Maybe you have been
nursing and babying and rocking these sins,

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these darling little sins, and then
don't have the power, sort of like

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the disciples when the people were like, well, why is it that your

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disciples can't cast out these devils?
Why can't your disciples do these things?

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And of course it was because they
were not fully connected to God, they

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were semi connected. I wish I
had the time. Let me continue.

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Disobedience not only hardens the heart and
conscience of the guilty one, but tends

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to corrupt the faith of others,
that which looked very wrong to them at

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first gradually loses this appearance by being
constantly before them, till finally they question

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whether it really is a sin and
unconsciously fall into the same error. That's

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the end of the quote. So
God is teaching us that we need to

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immediately once he brings it to our
awareness, our consciousness. This is the

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way walking in it. He wants
us to immediately walk in the truth that

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he shows us, not wait,
not delay, not like the man in

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the New Testaments, And almost thou
persuadest me, no, no, no,

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no, no, no, Now
is the time. Now is the

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time. Let me read now from
the Book of Psalms, the Book of

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Psalms, chapter eighty one, and
I will read verses seven and eight.

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The Bible reads, in your distress, you called out, and I rescued

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you. I answered you. From
the dark thunder cloud, I tested you

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at the waters of Marabah Sillah.
I said, listen, my people,

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I will warn you, oh Israel, if only you would obey me,

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there must never be another god among
you. You must not worship a foreign

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god. I am the Lord,
your God, the one who brought you

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out of the land of Egypt.
Open your mouth wide and I will fill

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it. But my people did not
obey me. Israel did not submit to

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me. I gave them over to
their stubborn desires. God, please do

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not give me over. I hope
you're praying this prayer with me. When

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you test me and try me,
please teach me to live according to your

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principles. Please don't turn me over
to my foolish desires and unholy desires.

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Please don't do that. Huh.
But my people did not obey me.

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Israel did not submit to me.
I gave them over to their stubborn desires.

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They did what seemed right to them. If only my people would obey

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me, if only Israel would keep
my commands, then I would quickly subdue

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their enemies and attack their adversaries.
Lord, help us to humble ourselves before

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you. This is a real prayer, brothers and sisters, so that we

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can honor you, so that when
you see us, you can be pleased,

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just like when you saw Jesus Ah. So that when we are in

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these trials and tribulations, you can
get the honor for getting us through them,

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not dragging us out from them,
not putting us in a position where

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we are constantly saying sorry, sorry, sorry, please forgive me, forgive

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me, forgive me, But to
be yielded to you in such a way

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that you can say, have you
considered my servant? Fill in your name

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here? Have you considered my servant? Who is living like I have prescribed?

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There is none like this person,
these persons, and all the earth.

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God is looking for faithfulness, but
he's putting it in the bosoms of

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people who will just yield our will
to him. And I'm really encouraged by

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his word in this regard. And
let me just give There are so many

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things we need to read here,
but let me give some key points from

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the Book of Psalms, chapter eighty
one and one hundred and five. The

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first one is to trust in the
Lord's plan, and the Bible reads in

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eighty one verse ten, I am
the Lord, your God, who brought

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you from the land of Egypt.
Open your mouth wide, and I will

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fill it. All we need to
do is open our mouths wide in this

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regard right, and he will fill
it. This teaches us to trust God's

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plan and his provision even when the
situation seems challenging. Here's another one,

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learn from our past mistakes. I
neglected to mention Psalm chapter seventy eight,

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this time in verse ten, they
did not keep God's covenant, and they

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refuse to live according to his law. Reflect on the times that we and

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other people of God did not do
the right thing, whether personal or those

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from before us, and strive not
to repeat them. There are some things

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we just don't need to do.
And then, of course, beware of

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spiritual hardening of our hearts. In
eighty one and verse eleven, the Bible

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reads, but my people did not
listen to me, Israel did not obey

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me. Be vigilant against the spiritual
hardening of our hearts. Be holy and

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thankful that God is willing to continue
to get us through these tests so that

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we can have a testimony that God
is powerful enough to make his people holy.

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A wonderful day, Peace, Thanks
for joining us listening. Friends.

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Always remember we cannot live by bread
alone, but by every word that comes

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from the mouth of God. This
has been your daily portion with el David

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Harris. Make it a great day. Yeah,