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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 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, March nineteen,
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 this is a twelfth
week. We're getting up to thirteen,

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so yes, it's been a good
time. Our caption for today is Lord,

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who may abide in your tabernacle,
Who may abide, who can abide

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in your Tabernacle. We'll get into
that in just a moment, but before

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we do, I'd like to say
welcome to everyone joining us, especially those

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joining us for the very first time. Good afternoon to those who are living

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on the continent of Africa. Some
of you are in the UK and in

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other places of the world. That
is, yeah, they've gotten ahead of

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us. And very very good early
morning to the rest of us who are

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experiencing this time at just minutes after
five am. Let's go ahead and pray

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and then get underway. Father in
Heaven, thank you for the privilege that

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you have entrusted to us to open
your word. And I am asking you

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to give us that abiding mindset that
we will not be willing to separate ourselves

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from you. In Jesus' name,
I pray Amen and a men again.

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You know, God is a very
welcoming person. God is very welcoming.

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I need to be very careful how
I represent God's nature. Okay, so

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that's why I am I'm stuttering here
because I was about to misrepresent him.

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God is very welcoming. He's a
welcoming God. And yeah, so you

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wonder, well what kinds of people
are welcomed into his holy hill, into

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his tabernacle, his presence. And
I need to be very careful how I

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communicate this to you because God is
a good God. Right, He's good,

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And you want to say, well, how good is he? He's

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so good that he gave his only
begotten son that whosoever, and I love

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that terminology. Right now, whosoever
Ah believeth in him should not perish,

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but have everlasting life. God did
not send his son into the world to

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condemn the world, but that the
world through him might be saved. And

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so who is it that God is
welcoming. It's whosoever will surrender our will

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to him. That can be everybody
on planet Earth. But unfortunately, not

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everybody will accept the invitation. And
so I want you to understand the question

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and then the answer here in Psalms
chapter fifteen. God is welcoming. God,

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who does he welcome into his presence? Well, he welcomes everybody,

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But everybody can't come. Everybody won't
be able to enter. Why not because

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some people will disqualify ourselves. God
forbid, some people will disqualify ourselves.

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Okay, so make some more sense, make this make sense, all right?

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And so fifteen, beginning at verse
one, Lord, who may be

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a guest in your home? I
like how the New English translation translates this,

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who may be a guest in your
home, who may live on your

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holy hill. The Bible says,
whoever lives a blameless life, who does

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what is right and speaks honestly.
I think now we get to we get

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the picture like In order for us
to live like this, who to live

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a blameless life, to do what
is right and to speak honestly, and

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whatever else we are about to read
these individuals, we need to surrender our

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will to God. Let him in
his power, transform our lives so that

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we do live blameless lives. Ah, that we do what is right,

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that we do learn to speak honestly. Continuing verse three, he does not

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slander, nor do harm to others, or insult his neighbor. He despises

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a reprobate, but honors the Lord's
loyal followers. He makes firm commitments and

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does not renege on his promises.
Wo there are so many people who make

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vows and break them. We get
married, we vow to love forever these

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spouses that we have chosen, and
then we live a life that's contrary sometimes

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and break that vow and go outside
of the marriage, and God forbid even

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divorce, and break the marriage covenant
completely, sever the bond to the one

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that we said we would be with
until Jesus comes, or if God forbid,

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we should go to sleep before he
comes. Ah. Sometimes we have

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made commitments to people in business relationships, and these people have done their end

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of the given their end of the
bargain. But we reneg on those promises.

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And so the people who don't reneg
who do keep our commitments, these

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individuals are welcome to do what into
it live in his home, You understand.

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I thank God for his promises.
What if God renegged on his promises.

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Let's go to verse five. God
forbid Huh. He does not charge

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interest when he lends his money.
He does not take bribes to testify against

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the innocent. Uh. The one
who lives like this will never be up

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ended. Now I'm going to read
from the Bible commentary here from verse one.

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It's very interesting, very interesting.
Let me scroll to it. The

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thing is eluding me. Ah,
Okay, here we go. Go to

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verse one. It says here the
psalm begins with the idea of God as

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a host. So God is hosting
brothers and sisters people people where in his

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presence? What language do we see
as representing his presence? That is tabernacle.

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It's actually it can be seen as
a verb like to tabernacle, to

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abide with God, to be in
alignment with God, so that we are

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we are are in agreement, and
when we're in his presence, there's no

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rub, there is no conflict.
We are in harmony with the Lord.

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Okay, so it begins in this
way, Well, what kind of guests

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does God want in his house?
Eleven particulars are given to answer the question,

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and of course we would have read
through those. And then he wants

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us to abide. That means literally
to sojourn. It means not staying,

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but so journing only for a little
while as a guest. What And then

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the second half brings this idea of
dwelling. The second half of the verse

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carries the temporary idea over into that
of permanence. What guest is qualified to

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become a permanent part of God's household? Do you see what's happening here?

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Yeah? So living on planet Earth
is really tricky. You know why because

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every single day we have the opportunity
and the privilege really to decide, really

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the right let me take back privilege. We have the right to decide whether

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We're going to be on God's side
or not. We can choose whether we're

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going to be on the enemy's side
or on God's side, all day,

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every day. Even as I'm speaking
to you eight minutes into our broadcast this

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morning, I am making a decision. Am I going to be on the

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Lord's side? As for me and
my house? Are we going to serve

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the Lord? And so if the
answer is yes, and we continue along

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that pathway of yes, or if
God forbid, we stumble and fall and

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we live a lifestyle that manifests and
no answer a negative response to being holy

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and being in right relationship with God. If we will repent now and confess

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our sins, God is faithful and
just to forgive us our sins and to

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cleanse us from all unrighteousness, and
then if the Lord, if we accept

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the Lord's strengthen our lives and continue
along that pathway, then we will have

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a permanent home and experience as tabernacle
with God. So make the decision every

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day, all day, brothers and
sisters, as the Lord gives strength,

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then one day we will be sealed
in that mindset, and we will be

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among those who are righteous, righteous, and who remains righteous still, Who

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Lord, who may abide in your
tabernacle. Anybody who is cooperative with you?

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Isn't that wonderful? Be cooperative with
God. Peace. 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.