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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, January twelve,
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 our caption for today
is just one word, just one word.

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What is it? Mercy? Uh? Our day is about mercy.

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We'll get into that in just a
moment, but first I'd like to say

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way for us to build faith and
fellowship. 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 time of preparation. Please
prepare our minds and our hearts to experience

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you to the fullest degree possible.
Father, Please help us to be merciful,

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because you have been merciful toward us. In Jesus name, I pray,

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Amen and Amen again we're talking about
mercy. Mercy, all right.

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Okay, So the lesson writer actually
used a quote from the book Education,

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pages one sixty two to one sixty
eight, but I'm only going to read

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a small portion of it, and
it reads, how often by words of

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holy song are unsealed in the soul, the springs of penitent and faith,

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of hope and love and joy.
Indeed, many a song is a prayer.

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That's the end of the quote.
Let me ask you how many times,

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really, not how many times?
Let me ask it this way.

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Have you ever sung a song in
worship in church on the road as you

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were lifting your mindset toward God and
you and you were really just praying.

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Huh, there's a song here our
prayer, Oh Lord, here our prayer,

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Oh Lord, and cline thine ear
to us and grant us thy peace.

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And that was a song, yes, but it was actually a prayer

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where you were speaking to God,
a I will lift up mine eyes to

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the hills from whence cometh my help? Remember that song, My help cometh

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from the Lord. And then the
continue they continue, and it's and and

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and then the and then the psalmness
just just really uh clearly is sensing the

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help that she has my help all
of my health. And then of course

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the choir is there ready, and
you're like, wait a minute, but

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I'm actually I'm actually praying while I'm
singing. And this song, this psalm

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is a prayer. I think you
understand where I'm going with this. And

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so I'm thankful that we have these
psalms and hymns and spiritual songs that we

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can make melody in our hearts unto
God and actually begin to connect with God.

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And many times we are asking Him
for his mercy, his mercy.

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Now, I wanted to do something
different this morning. I really challenged myself

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for this study. I wanted to
see what we could learn about God,

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and I want you to just be
really clear about the perspective today about God

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through Psalm fifty one. And then
I wanted to see what names has God

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revealed to us that would teach us
something from the same chapter. And you're

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like, what, Yeah, let's
see what we can get here. Okay,

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So we're gonna go to the Book
of Psalms, chapter fifty one and

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verse three, and the Bible reads, for I know my transgressions, and

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my sin is always before me.
You see, that is what the passage

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says, right, God is fully
aware of our sins and our need for

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his mercy. You know the name
that comes to my mind, el Royi

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or Roi, el Roi, the
God who sees me. I think there

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was a woman named Hagar who needed
to be seen at the time, and

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she was having contention with Sarah over
Ishmael and Isaac. It was just a

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mess. And to know that God
would come to her and manifest himself so

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that she would know that God sees
her. How about in the Book of

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Psalm chapter fifty one and verse two. I guess I don't have to say

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Psalm fifty one anymore. The Bible
reads, wash me through lee from mine

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iniquity, and cleanse me from my
sin. Here was another word, another

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name. Blessed be his name,
Jehovah Rafa. Jehovah Rafa, the Lord

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who heals. In fact, my
son Josiah's name means Yahweh heals, all

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right, Jehovah Rafa, the Lord
who heals. Do you think if you

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need to be cleansed, if I
need to be cleansed from my sin and

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iniquities and transgressions and unrighteousness, that
I need healing. I think if I'm

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broken, then I would need healing. It is the name of God who

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which is a strong tower, and
those who flee into him are safe.

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Jehovah Rapha, the Lord who heals. Let's see now, let's go to

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verse ten, verse ten, creating
me a clean heart, O God and

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renew a steadfast or a right spirit
within me. See, he's the God,

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God that sanctifies and renews the name
Jehovah. And I'm gonna mess this

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one up. I apologize Jehovah mccad
ah man. I messed it up.

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I messed that one up. I
actually was supposed to type this one out

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phonetically so I could remember. But
it means the one the Lord who sanctifies.

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Okay, And then comes verse four, verse four against you. And

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you only have I sin end and
done what is evil in your sight.

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So you are right in your verdict
and justified when you judge. Yes,

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God's judgments and righteousness are just.
God's judgments are righteous. Excuse me and

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just. This is Jehovah sid Canu, Jehovah Sidknu, the Lord our righteousness.

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So I think the Bible says this
is the name by which he will

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be called the Lord our righteousness.
Yes, here we are in verse twelve,

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Verse twelve. Restore to me the
joy of your salvation, and grant

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me a willing spirit to sustain me. M Restore to me the joy of

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your salvation, and grant me a
willing spirit to sustain me. This name

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Jehovah Shalom, the Lord is our
peace. Here's another one, verse eleven,

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verse eleven. Don't cast me from
your presence or take your holy spirit

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from me. L Alam, the
ever Lasting God. He is asking for

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God's eternal presence, which is unending. God's eternal presence, which is unending.

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What have we learned about God that
he is a present help in our

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times of trouble. He's the one
who was, and is and is to

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come. He's the one who was
in your past when your grandpa or grandma

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struggle with the same things that you
struggle with. Right, he knew that

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you would be born because he was
going to create you, and you would

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struggle sometimes in the same ways.
But he was there in your past.

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Yes, he is the one who
is. He's the one who knows right

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at this moment, which you have
need of. He's the one who is

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to come. He knows your futures. So at any point in time,

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God is there to take care of
what you need in the way of mercy.

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Here's the last one for today,
verse thirteen. Then I will teach

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transgressors your ways so that sinners will
turn back to you el elyon the most

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High God, Blessed be his name. God is the supreme ruler of the

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universe. He always leads sinners or
his ways lead sinners to repentance. He's

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the God of mercy. There's so
much more I could say, but I

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think you get the message. God
is a good God. Blessed be his

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name. And very merciful peace.
Thanks for joining us listening. Friends,

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Always remember we cannot live by bread
alone, but by every word that comes

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from the mouth of God. This
has been your daily portion with El David

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Harris. Make it a great day. Yeah,