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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 author

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

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It is Sabbath, February three,
twenty twenty four. Hello, my name

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is Elle David Harris. I am
your host sten This is your Daily Portion

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where we give you God's word every
single day, and today is no exception.

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We are continuing in our lesson study
series through the Book of Psalms,

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and on this Sabbath morning, our
caption is I will arise. This is

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God's speaking, I will arise.
I can't wait to get into this,

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but before I do, I'd like
to just say welcome to you and ask

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you to please go over to your
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Pick up. Make sure that you
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that way I can continue to build my

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map. My son and I haven't
looked at it together lately, but it's

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encouraging to see from what vantage point
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God every day so that we can
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ahead and continue to share, and
we will. We will build God's kingdom

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until it comes. Let's go ahead
and pray and then get underway. Father

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and Heaven, thank you for this
day and for the blessing you are too.

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Pardon me to us. I pray
that you will give us your Holy

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spirit today, teach us on this
Sabbath morning, how blessed we are to

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be in your presence, and I
ask that we will live like people who

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are aware always of your presence.
In Jesus' name, I pray, Amen

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and damen again, I will arise. Okay, So I'm going to read

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from the lessons straight from the New
King James version of the Bible, Psalms

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Chapter twelve, verse five, and
then I'll read more verses in just a

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moment, okay. And so the
Bible reads for the oppression of the poor,

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for the sighing of the needy.
Now I will arise, says the

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Lord. I will set him in
safety for which he yearns. I need

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to encourage someone today that God is
not sleeping. He can't sleep. He's

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eternal and all powerful God, blessed
be his name. Like so, when

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you are wondering where God is,
when you see people who are oppressed and

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it appears that there is no way
through their trials, or if you're oppressed,

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I want you to know and rest
assured that if you especially surrender your

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will to God, He's going to
arise in your situation. Sometimes it won't

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be as easy as we hope in
our earthly lives, God will arise,

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and ultimately, ultimately he will deliver
you. I use the word ultimately because

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sometimes on planet Earth things don't go
the way that we need them to go.

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But I promise you not because I
made the promise, but because God

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made the promise based on his own
name and his own character, and he

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cannot lie that he's going to arise. He's going to arise in your situation.

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And deliver you one day. If
you are one of his children,

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he is going to take you to
the Kingdom of Heaven one day. If

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you're one of his children, he
is going to give you the earthmade new,

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where you will plant and no one
will steal. Ah, no one

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will harvest, you will build,
and no one will occupy what you have

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built except you and whoever is in
your blessed new celestial family. If that's

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a way of saying anything, but
God is faithful, okay. And so

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before we go too far afield,
I'm going back to verse one of the

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same chapter Psalms chapter twelve, and
the Bible reads, for oh, excuse

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me, deliver, Deliver Lord,
Deliver Lord, for the godly have disappeared.

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Have you ever felt like the godly
or nowhere to be found? Remember

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when Elijah was having his experience right
after Mount Carmel, and he wanted God

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to let his life end, and
he felt like he was the only person

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among God's people still around. God
said, no, I have seven thousand

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who have not bowed the knee.
Who are you talking about here? Ah?

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So for the godly have disappeared,
People of integrity have vanished, People

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lie to one another. They flatter
and deceive. May the Lord cut off

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all flattering lips and the tongue that
boasts. They say, we speak persuasively.

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We know how to flatter and boast. Who is our master? Because

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the violence done to the oppressed,
because of the painful cries of the needy,

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I will spring to action. So
I use the phraseology from the King

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James and New King James version before
I will arise. But now you know

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what it means. God is saying, because of the painful cries of the

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needy, he will do what spring
into action, says the Lord. I

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will provide safety. They also desperately
desire. The words are of the Lord

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are absolutely reliable. They are as
untainted as silver purified in a furnace on

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the ground where it is thoroughly refined. You Lord will protect them. You

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will continually shelter each one of these
from evil people. And so a commentator

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says that God cares for the helpless
and the poor. He promises to rescue

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the downtrodden from and confront their oppressors. We should identify with God's attitude.

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His work is not done until we
care for the needs of the poor.

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See God is welcoming us into relationship
with him, covenantal relationship with him,

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not only to receive what we would
consider to be benefits, but also to

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benefit others, those needy and poor. Yeah, we have the privilege of

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being of assistance to them, those
who are oppressed. We have the privilege

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of doing what we can to set
the captives free. I think if you

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will go back, I know we
in the United States, you commemorated the

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birth of Martin Luther King Junior.
There were also civil rights activists and others

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who would would have had a lot
to do even before doctor King was around

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to deliver people from slavery and bondage, underground railroad and other blessings in revolution.

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If you want to say, the
mindset was so dark and burdensome that

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people were fearful that they could ever
be delivered. But I'm thankful that some

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of our forebearers took up that mantle
and helped to deliver people. There are

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people in modern times that do it
all around the world still, because there

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is human trafficking and other types of
slavery that happen even in twenty twenty four.

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So if you have the power and
the will and God has called you

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to do so, you deliver the
captives, make them free. I wish

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I had the time. I'm going
to read directly from the lesson. It

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says here, Yes, the Lord
is long suffering and holds his wrath and

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his great forbearance, not wanting anyone
to perish, but to repent and to

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change their ways. And though God's
proper time for his intervention does not always

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coincide with human expectations, the day
of God's judgment is coming. We just

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need to trust him and in his
promise. Until that day has come.

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We have to trust him, brothers
and sisters. And I know it's easy

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for me to say, because I
appear to be free, right, I'm

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able to come on this internet and
on the radio every day, and on

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television every single day and speak as
I choose to speak. And some people

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are not able to move freely.
They are wrongfully incarcerated, they are bound

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in dungeons where they have been oppressed. Yes, it's easy for me to

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say, but it's not about me. It's about God keeping his promises.

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From the time of Righteous Able's death
until now, he has always kept his

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promises, so really and truly he
said, he will arise, he will

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snap into action. It's for us
to trust him and then see when he

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does. With the wonderful rest of
your sabbath 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 E. L. David
Harris. Make it a great day. Yeah,