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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 Tuesday, February six,
twenty twenty four. Hello, my

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name is Elle David Harris. I
am your host, and this is your

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Daily Portion where we give you God's
word every single day, and today is

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no exception. We are continuing in
our lesson study series through the Book of

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Psalms, and our caption for today
is how long will you judge unjust Lee?

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How long will you judge Unslee?
We'll get into that in just a

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

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dot com. This is a way that

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

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we will get underway. Father and
Heaven, thank you for giving us this

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new day and for the opportunity we
have to open your word. I pray

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that you will give us understanding,
teach us to serve you, and teach

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us to live like Jesus lived.
In Jesus' name, I pray Amen and

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aamen again. Okay. And so
yesterday we when we were looking at our

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action steps, like it's time for
action, right, we saw where Jesus

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lived a certain way, where the
oppressed and the needy we're concerned. And

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then we saw revelation of what true
and undefied and true and pure religion look

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like in action. And so we're
going to continue that discussion now, but

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we're going to look more closely at
judgment. Okay. And so let's begin

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our discussion in the Book of Psalms. The Book of Psalms. Have you

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ever wondered like, where is the
justice? Where is the justice? Well?

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I have the Bible reads beginning at
verse one of Psalms, chapter eighty

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two. God standeth in the congregation
of the mighty. He Judgeth among the

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gods lower case G. If that
matters to you, it does to me.

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Okay. So he is in the
midst of the people of God,

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or the congregation of the powerful,
or people who have the influence and power

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to make a difference in other people's
lives. He judgeth among the gods.

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So he's looking at all that is
happening, and he is using a righteous

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measure among the people with this kind
of authority and power to see what happened.

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Now verse two, how long will
ye judge unjustly? So now we

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have a picture of what God is
seeing as he is in the midst of

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those who are powerful enough to be
in the kind of authority to make a

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difference in people's lives to judge justly. So we have judges and magistrates,

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we have other people of power and
authority. How long will ye judge unjustly

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and accept the persons of the wicked? Sillah, defend the poor and the

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fatherless. Now he's giving marching orders
instead of what you're doing. This is

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what you need to do. Do
justice to the afflicted and the needy,

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deliver the poor and the needy,
Rid them out of the hand of the

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wicked. And so again I said
that there are people who wave their fingers

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at God and say, well,
what of the poor, what of the

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needy? What of the oppressed?
What of the fatherless and the widows and

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those who are in affliction? What
about these people? God? Are you

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not watching? And so we can
almost hear from God's voice? Are you

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not watching those who have the ability
to set the captives free? Are you

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not watching when there are people near
you that are begging? Are you not

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watching when there are people who are
oppressed that you can advocate for the fatherless

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and the widows, that you can
actually visit yourself and help the afflicted ones.

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Are you not watching? Let's keep
reading. Deliver the poor and needy,

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Rid them out of the hand of
the wicked. They know not,

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neither will they understand. They walk
in darkness. All the foundations of the

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earth are out. Of course,
I have said, ye are God's lowercase

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G. So these are the people
who have the ability, have the authority,

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have the means to make a difference
in all of these types of people's

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lives. Yes, and the people
are expecting this from you. Okay,

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I have said you are gods,
and all of you are the children of

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the Most High. So God has
a high standard. He has a high

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expectation and a high calling for those
who are in these positions. Mm hmm.

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But ye shall die like men.
So you are as gods and you

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are children of the Most High God. But verse seven, you will die

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like men. So don't get out
of out of sorts like don't be confused.

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God is not saying that humans,
that any human is omnipotent. He's

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not saying that any human in his
or her own nature are immortal. God

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is saying here that I have entrusted
you with responsibility to the lane, the

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main, the blind, the afflicted, those who cannot do for themselves,

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those who are being treated unjustly.
He has given power and authority to some

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humans to make a difference in these
people's lives. But you will die like

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men and fall like one of the
princes. Arise O, God, judge

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the earth, for thou shalt inherit
all nations. And so God is always

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watching. He never slumbers, he
never sleeps. He's always watching. But

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he's also giving responsibility to human beings
to make a difference in this world.

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Okay, and so we see now
that we are to uphold. We are

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to uphold in verses three and four
of Psalm chapter eighty two, we are

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to uphold justice and fair treatment.
It is not all way, some miraculous

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move, but leaders should actively protect
and defend the rights of the vulnerable,

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ensuring that their needs are met and
that they receive fear treatment. This includes

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standing against oppression and corruption that may
harm these groups. Some of you are

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elected to certain offices in this world. Some of you are elected to certain

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offices in the body of believers,
and God is saying you have that authority.

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There is some who have means.
And I don't mean that you're just

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wealthy and rich. But if you
have more than you need, then God

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is saying that you can be of
service. I can be of service to

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someone else, you see. And
so God is saying, take action in

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this regard. And then in the
Book of Mark chapter ten, verses forty

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two through forty five, and Jesus
called them and said, unto them,

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ye know that they which are accounted
to rule over the day entiles exercise lordship

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over them. And they're great ones
exercise authority upon them. But so shall

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it not be among you. But
whosoever shall be great among you shall be

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your minister, And whosoever of you
will be the chiefest, shall be the

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servant of all. For even the
son of Man came to be menaced to

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minisce, to not be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give

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his life a ransom for many.
So people who have authority, let me

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just take this a little bit slower. Now. People who are leaders in

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air quotes are to be servants.
First. The best leaders are servant leaders.

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The best leaders, the only valid
leader in God's sight are servants leaders.

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Can I say that again? The
only kind of leader that registers in

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God's sight are those who are servants. So embrace a leadership style marked by

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humility and willingness to serve others rather
than to dominate and to control them.

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And then in Micah chapter six and
verse eight, as we come to a

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swift close, he has showed thee, O man, what is good and

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what doth the Lord require of thee
But to do justly, to love mercy,

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and to walk humbly with thy God. Demonstrate personal accountability to God's law

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in actions and decisions. Model accountability
in all ways, in all cases,

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in God's sight. 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,