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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 Friday, February two,
twenty twenty four. Hello, my

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name is El 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 God Confidence, God Confidence. We'll

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get into that in just a moment, but first to say welcome to you

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and fellowship at your Daily portion dot
com. Let's go ahead and pray,

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

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us this day of preparation, and
for your Holy Spirit who has been so

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faithful at leading us and guiding us
thus far. Father, please fill us

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with your Holy Spirit, teach us
to serve you with everything that we are,

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and to put all of our faith
and trust and confidence in you.

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

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Let me ask you a question in
whom do you have confidence? Is

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it in yourself? Because you have
done some things very well well for many

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years, and people have congratulated you
or maybe even said, you know what,

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I'm really thankful for what God has
done in your life. And then

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maybe sometimes the confidence starts to go
in your direction. Do you have confidence

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in your children, confidence in your
bank account, confidence in your boss or

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the business leader you may follow on
Facebook or YouTube? Where is your confidence?

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Is your confidence in your abilities?
You're an athlete, You've excelled at

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the highest levels against the greatest competition. Where is your confidence? That's a

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question that we all need to be
answering. But before we get into some

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of that detail. I would like
to talk about this chapter in one of

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my face No actually my favorite book
outside of the Bible, Steps to Christ.

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It's a short little book, but
it is so powerful. The final

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chapter is is rejoicing in the Lord, and the writer goes into an interesting

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discussion as she sees in her in
her, in her understanding. She sees

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two people walking on the pathway.
So she's walking with with a woman,

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and this woman is supposed to be
a representative of people of God. The

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people of God are are symbolized by
this woman. And so they're walking through

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through a field, and there is
so much beauty in that field. There

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are lilies, there are pink flowers, there are roses, and all kinds

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of other other flowers. And so
the woman, for some reason, she

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starts to see the thorns and the
briars. And the writer is saying,

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but hold on, do you not
see all of the beautiful flowers here?

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Why is it that you're focusing on
the briars? She said, do not

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focus on the brier They will only
wound you. Now, the reality is

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there are so many people who have
confidence in ourselves and in other things,

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and so when trials come we lose
focus, we lose confidence, we lose

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trust, we lose our desire sometime
to serve God. Why because our confidence

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has been misplaced, it has been
in the wrong reality. What God is

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saying is that what he says is
true, what he says is real.

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He said that we're not to look
on the things which are seen, because

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those things are temporal, but the
things which are not seen, which are

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eternal, you see. And so
God is giving us the privilege to be

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a good mouthpiece for him, the
kind of mouthpiece that is different than one

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that you see in the Book of
Malachi chapter three, that are throwing up

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their hands and saying, you know, what is the benefit of me serving

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God? Because I still have all
of these trials, And God is saying,

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well, I'm writing down these things
in a book. I'm keeping a

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record of how you speak about me, how you misrepresent me. And what

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I'm also gonna do is listen to
the people of God. I'm going to

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listen to the people who have God
confidence, and I'm going to record even

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that when they are showing, or
when I am showing the world, the

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difference between those who are holy and
those who are not. And so We're

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going to center our attention now in
the book of Psalms, chapter fifty six.

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Psalms, chapter fifty six, and
see what else God is saying to

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us, beginning at verse one,
have mercy on me, oh God,

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for men are attacking me. See
those are thorns, those are briers.

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Those are the experiences that David could
focus on while the Philistines had him captured

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in death right all day long.
Hostile enemies are tormenting me. Those who

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anticipate my defeat attack me all day
long. Indeed, many are fighting against

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me, Oh, Exalted One.
When I am afraid, wait a minute,

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he's not. He's not. Wait
a minute. I think he's about

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to make a pivot. I think
he's about not to be looking at the

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thorns and the briers and those things
that will wound him. He's not going

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to continue to look at the things
and speak of the things that would make

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him not be a good testimony to
those who are also going through trials.

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When I am afraid, what does
he do? I trust in you,

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in God, I boast in his
promise. In God, I trust.

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I am not afraid. Did you
get that? When I am afraid,

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I trust in you in God,
I boast in his promise. In God,

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I trust, I am not afraid. Do you see the difference.

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A moment ago he was talking about
the fear that would come upon him,

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like those thorns in those briers,
that would only wound him. That natural

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reason response that comes when we look
at things from a human perspective. And

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he said, you know, when
I feel fearful, I change my mindset

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immediately. And I trust in you, In God, I boast in his

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promise. In God, I trust, I am not afraid. When men,

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or mere men, what will they
do to me? All day long?

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They cause me trouble. They make
a habit of plotting my demise.

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They stalk and lurk as they watch
my every step, as they prepare to

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take my life, because they are
bent on violence. Do not let them

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escape, and your anger bring down
the nations. Oh God, you keep

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track of my misery. Put my
tears in your leather container, in a

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bottle. Are they not recorded in
your scroll? Remember I said that God

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takes a record, and I got
that out of the Book of Malachi,

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chapter three. Well it's here too, God takes a record Verse nine.

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My enemies will turn back when I
cry out for your help. You see,

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some of you have enemies of broken
relationships. Some of you have enemies

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of depression and doubt. Some of
you have enemies of despair. You have

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enemies of where is my next meal
coming from? Because my money is shorter

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than my month, my trials are
longer than my faith. And God is

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saying that he will put those enemies
to flight. But only when you cry

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out to him. I know God
is on my side Verse ten. In

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God, I boast in his promise. Do you get that again? His

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confidence is where in God I boast
in his promise. See, God made

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a promise to his people that he
would never leave us, he would not

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forsake us, he would not put
us in a position that could not be

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overcome. Look at the life of
Joseph. I'm reading the Bible in chronological

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order these days. And yes,
in early in mid January, I moved

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from the story of Joseph and then
him passing away, and then it moves

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directly into the story of Job.
Before you see God's people in captivity in

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Egypt, right, And I'm looking
at the story of Job and saying,

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but, oh, my goodness,
like Job went through an incredibly hard trial,

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but his confidence even when he was
tired, even when he was saying,

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I need a daze man, I
need an intermediary between God and I.

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Yes, even then, he did
not lose his faith. He said,

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just like David here and God,
I boast in his promise. I

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boast in his promise. I trust
in God. I am not afraid.

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And whom is your confidence? I
hope it's God. Peace. Thanks for

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joining us listening. Friends. Always
remember we cannot live by bread alone,

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but by every word that comes from
the mouth of God. This has been

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your daily portion with El David Harris. Make it a great day. Yeah,