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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 us

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

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

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healthy, vibrant lives. Welcome to
your Daily Portion with your host, author

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speaker, Elle David Harris. Good
morning, Good morning, Good morning.

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It is Friday, March twenty nine, 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 really at
the end of our lessons study series through

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the Book of Psalms, and I
just want to congratulate everybody who has continued

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with us us through this entire core
and have received the benefits of being in

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God's presence and considering his word and
asking him to apply his principles to your

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life. So congratulations for your sticktuitive
ness. That's what the old teachers used

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to say when I was young,
yes, And for the fact that God

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is making transformational moves in your life. Let's go ahead and pray and then

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get underway. Father and Heaven,
thank you for giving us this new day

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and for the quarter that you have
entrusted to us through the book of Psalms.

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So much to say, so much
to say in so little time,

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but we did our best. Father. I'm asking you now to please give

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us the embodiment of those principles.
Let your Holy Spirit fill us. Please

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help us to now turn the power
that you are placing within us out toward

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the earth and give to as many
people as will yield their will to you.

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And I pray that ultimately, ultimately
we will wait patiently for you and

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not become antsye or lose our focus
as we await the coming in Jesus name.

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I pray, Amen and amen again, wait patiently for God. And

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I know we we spoke about this
the other day, right about waiting on

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the Lord, and I said we
should wait for the on the Lord like

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the texts say, because he will
do what he has promised to do in

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his own time. But I also
had recommended that we place our w EI

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g H T on the Lord,
as we are awaiting him in all things.

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But sometimes waiting seems to us as
burdensome or unsearchain. According to the

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lesson writer and lonely, we should
remember the disciples on the day of Jesus's

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ascension. And that's what we're going
to do. We're going into the Book

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of Acts, chapter one, and
we will read beginning at verse for to

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show like one of the ways,
like principally, how we should be waiting

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on the Lord. And the Bible
reads here. While he was with them,

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he declared, do not leave Jerusalem, but wait there. This is

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after Jesus raised from the dead.
He said he would lay down his life

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and then take it up again.
And he took it up again, thank

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God. And he said, now, so don't leave Jerusalem, but wait

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there for what my father promised.
So when we're waiting on the Lord,

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we're awaiting the promise of God.
And while we are awaiting the promise of

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God, and it depends on the
situation, we know that the promise of

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God in this case was the fullness
of the Holy Ghost for their time.

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Yes, they would receive power.
I'm going to read that in just a

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moment. But while we are waiting
for God and for him to fulfill his

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promises, we are sting in him. We are putting our weight on him,

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knowing that he will do exactly what
he promised that he would do.

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And so the Bible continues what you
heard about from me. For John verse

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five baptized you with water, but
you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit

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not many days from now. So
when they heard excuse me, so,

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when they gathered together, they began
to ask him, Lord, is this

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the time when you are restoring the
kingdom to Israel? These guys are still

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earthly minded. God never said that
he was going to do that what they

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were expecting. He was talking about
Thy Kingdom, Come, Thy will be

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done on earth as it is in
Heaven, like restoring in the mindsets of

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the people, kingdom mindset, the
kind of mindset that says, this earth

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as it is today is not our
final home. That one day He's going

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to restore or the planet and cause
it to grow in infinitely for the rest

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of the sea. I shouldn't say
the rest. Throughout the ceaseless ages of

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eternity, we're looking forward to that
day. But anyway, they were focusing

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on the earth, and some of
us, not me, I hope God

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forbid, not you, I hope
God forbid. Are still focused on the

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earth narrowly, And so the Bible
continues verse seven. He told them,

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you were not permitted to know the
times or the periods that the Father has

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set by his own authority. But
you shall receive power when the Holy Ghost

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is come upon you, and you
will be my witnesses. So they were

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waiting for a transformation. Even though
they should have known and understood what Jesus

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was gonna say, they were still
looking at earthly things. And he said,

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no, what you're going to receive. What you're going to receive is

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going to be far beyond your ability
to understand. It's not going to be

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earth and earthly kingdom. It's not
going to be some tiny little thing that

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you had hoped. No, I'm
going to give you the power of the

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Holy Spirit, and then you will
be my witnesses of my creative power,

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my witnesses of my ability to deliver
people from abusive relationships, my ability to

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give you wisdom in business, give
you wisdom and your personal development, ah

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to be able to deliver you from
addictions, to sin, to drugs to

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alcohol, right to yourself, to
make you humble in my presence, when

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you are accustomed to being proud.
God is going to do a new thing.

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You will be a witness in Jerusalem, into all Judea and Samaria,

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and to the farthest parts of the
earth. After he had said this,

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while they were watching, he was
lifted up and a cloud hit him from

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their sight as they were still staring
into the sky while he was going Suddenly

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two men, how many men,
two men in white clothing stood near them

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and said, men of Galilee,
why do you stand here looking up into

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the sky, as if to say
I'm pausing right here, as if to

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say that you're all inspired? Yes, that should inspire you, But what

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do you think is going to happen
later? Like he did promise that the

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Holy Ghost is going to come upon
you, he did promise that he's going

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to prepare a place for you.
And once he has gone to do that,

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that's what he's doing. Now,
He's going to prepare a place for

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you. He will come again.
He will return to receive you unto himself,

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so that wherever he is you can
be with him also. So why

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are you still standing there? Aghast
is what they were saying. Why do

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you stand here looking up into the
sky. This same Jesus was taken up

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from you into heaven. He will
come back in the same way you saw

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him go in to heaven. Isn't
it wonderful that God always keeps his promises.

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We have seen so many promises in
the Psalms, in particular that God

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is going to keep He is keeping
in some cases even now. And so

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as we reflect on what we have
learned during this quarter through the book of

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Psalms, let us keep our focus
on the fact that if we wait on

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the Lord and he sees us waiting, he will keep his promise to renew

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our strength. He will give us
the energy that we need to go through

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the trials that will come. He
will give us the energy we need in

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order to encourage other people who are
going through difficulties. He will give us

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the strength and the courage to show
gratitude even when things seem dark and dismal.

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We're looking for the morning light and
we're looking forward to be joyful,

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being joyful, But right now we're
not feeling so joyful when we feel burdened.

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But God has promised that he will
lighten our load. These are the

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lessons that God wants us to experience. Because Jesus Christ is coming. He's

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coming, and every eye will see
him. Every eye will see him.

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He's coming, and his reward will
be with him to give everybody according to

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the works that we have done.
If then Christ is dwelling in our hearts,

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we know that He will work both
in us to will and to do

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of his good pleasure and a wonderful
way. Thanks for joining us listening.

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Friends. Always remember we cannot live
by bread alone, but by every word

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that comes from the mouth of God. This has been your daily portion with

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el David Harris, make it a
great day. Yeah,