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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. Huh,
good morning, morning, good morning.

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It is Thursday, February twenty two, twenty twenty four. Hello, my

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name is El David Harris. I
am your host who couldn't find his unmute

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button ha, And this is your
Daily Portion where we give you God's word

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every single day. Today is no
exception. We are continuing in our lessons

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study series through the Book of Psalms, and our caption for today is Blessings

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of Righteous Living, Blessing of Righteous
Living. We'll get into that in just

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

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to please go over to your Daily
Portion dot com pick up the Your Daily

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Portion book. Also, let us
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and don't forget to join our online
community at your Daily Portion dot com.

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This is a way that we continue
to build faith and fellowship. Let's go

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ahead and pray, and then we
will get underway. Father and Heaven,

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thank you for giving us this day
and giving us the privilege of opening your

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word. Please teach us the benefits
the blessings of righteous living in Jesus name.

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I pray, Amen and Amen again. Now there is so much to

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say, so little time, but
the lesson writer says something right here in

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the first paragraph of Many Blessings,
the many blessings promised to those who revere

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the Lord, Peace is perhaps one
of the greatest. Can you agree with

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that? Like, if you desire
to have peace that passes all understanding,

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go ahead and type of one in
the chat. If you're watching online on

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YouTube, on Facebook or some other
platform, please go ahead and type of

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one in the chat. I know
the people on radio, television and podcast

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can't do it, but you get
the point. Like I want to see

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if you want the peace of God, like the kind of peace that you

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cannot purchase, You cannot barcher for
the kind of piece that only comes from

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God. Go ahead, and type
of one in the chat. Now we

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also are going to read from the
book Great Controversy, The Great Controversy,

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page six seventy five. And we
can see the peace that God has planned

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for his children in the earth made
new, heavenly, the heavenly in heaven,

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and in the earth made new.
Okay, And so the Bible.

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According to the quote in the Bible, the inheritance of the saved is called

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a country Hebrews, Chapter eleven,
verses fourteen through sixteen. There is there

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the heavenly shepherd leads his flock to
fountains of living waters. The tree of

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Life yields its fruit every month,
and the leaves of the tree are for

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the healing or the service of the
nation. There are ever flowing streams,

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clear as crystal. Can you see
that? And beside them, waving trees

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cast their shadows upon the paths,
preparing for the ransomed of the Lord.

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There the wide spreading plains swell into
hills of beauty. The mountains of God

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rear their lofty summits on those peaceful
plains. Beside those living streams, God's

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people so long pilgrims and wanderers shall
find a home, and that is the

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end of the quote. There are
times that we don't feel like we belong

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in certain places, whether it's because
of our upbringing and someone making us feel

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less than, or maybe it's our
socioeconomic status where we feel like, oh,

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because money is indeed an object and
we can't afford the beauty that some

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people purchase, that we begin to
kind of take that personally and feel like,

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oh, we're not worthy. Or
people who do have the means to

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purchase X, Y or z,
but then there's abc that they can't purchase,

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and maybe they don't feel worthy until
they aspire and then gain that and

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then it's rinse and repeat. The
cycle just keeps going over and over and

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over. But never do we find
peace when we allow these paradigms of the

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world to press in on our mindset. So what God is saying is really

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basically what Jesus said. He said
that He's going to prepare a place for

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us, and when he does go
to prepare a place for us, he's

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going to return. He's going to
come again and receive us unto himself that

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where he is we can be,
also we will be. Also, I

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shouldn't have said, can right,
And the Bible continues that I is not

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seen, neither ear heard, neither
has it entered into the heart of humanity,

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the things that God is preparing for
his children. So I need you

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to recognize that God is preparing a
place. But first he's preparing of people.

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If you are one of his people, he is preparing you. If

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you're not one of his people,
as yet, today is your day.

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You can make a decision to begin
to experience the blessings of the righteous.

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Yes, and so we read from
the Book of Psalms, the Book of

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Psalms, chapter one, and I
will read beginning at verse one, and

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the Bible reads, how blessed is
the one who does not follow the advice

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of the wicked. So right now
we have a blueprint. Don't follow the

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advice of the wicked. There are
so many things social media, so many

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things in mainstream media, and people
just coming to us directly in our daily

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movements that would lead us away,
like bad advice from the wicked, or

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stand in the pathway of sinners,
or sit in the assembly of scoffers.

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Instead, he finds pleasure in obeying
the Lord's commands. He meditates on his

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commands both day and night. May
I just say that God has given us

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the blueprint for peace. He's given
us the blueprint for connection with Him,

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and He's given it to us in
his word. All we need is God's

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word and the fullness of the Holy
Spirit to teach us how to live and

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apply the principles of His word.
And then we begin to understand what God

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is saying. My pleasure is in
God's commands verse three. He is like

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a tree planted by flowing streams.
It yields its fruit at the proper time,

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and it's leaves never fall off.
He succeeds in everything he attempts.

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Not so for the wicked. Instead, they are like wind driven chaff.

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For this reason, the wicked cannot
withstand judgment, nor can sinners join the

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assembly of the godly. Certainly,
the Lord guards the way of the godly.

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This is the part that I love
the most, that God guards the

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way of the godly. But the
way of the wicked ends in destruction.

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And so God is saying that one
of the blessings really in godly living is

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to have him. The chief blessing
of godly living is to have Him to

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give us wisdom and guidance in every
situation that we will face, every step

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that we make, every move that
we make. When we consult God first,

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God is leading us along the pathway. Sometimes the pathway is littered with

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pain and the journey is different.
But there are many times that there is

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triumphs, there is happiness, there
is gladness. But at all times,

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as long as we continue to surrender
our mindset and will and activities to God's

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care, we have peace. Yes, when we make decisions, we don't

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know what's going to happen after we
make the decision, we have peace because

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we say, God, You're watching
every move that I make. We have

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peace in every situation. When even
people come to us and they begin to

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disrupt our lives and our peace,
we can say, God, you see

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what is happening here. You said
that if I meditate on your law day

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and night, if I yield my
will to you, that you will give

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me peace. I put these people
or this person into your hands. Where

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my peace is being disturbed, my
connection with you is being disturbed. Will

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you please make a transition in my
life so that I can live like Jesus

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lived. So many actual practical benefits
and maybe you need to come into the

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community, and we can talk about
some of those. But let me just

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give you just three things that you
and I can do in order to have

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the peace of God. First,
of course, obviously is yielding our will

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to Him. But then as an
outgrowth of this, we embrace a heart

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of generosity and compassion. In Psalm
chapter one hundred and twelve and verse nine

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we see that principle. Of course
we find peace and his promises. So

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every day we lay hold upon the
promises of God and say, God,

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how do these apply to me?
And then, of course, ultimately we

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reflect on the righteousness and sacrifice of
Christ, consider the Cross and what Jesus

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has done for you, and you
will experience the blessing of holiness. Thanks

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for 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

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