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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 Sabbath, March 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 Lessons of the Past. Lessons of

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the Past. We'll get into that
and just a moment, but first I'd

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like to say happy, happy Sabbath
to you, and especially for people who

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maybe have never kept a Sabbath.
You didn't know about Sabbath years ago or

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maybe even two months ago, and
this is your first time keeping the Sabbath.

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Holy, I am so thankful that
you're here, and I know that

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there are hundreds and thousands of people
who are happy as well that you're able

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to see that God has made a
covenant with this people. And part of

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that covenant has to do with coming
into this pavilion huh on the seventh day

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Sabbath to experience Him in a way
that there is no way in any other

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day that we experience Him, even
though we worship God every day. I

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said a lot, but that's just
to say welcome to you, and welcome

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to all of our brothers and sisters
around the world on two hundred plus radio

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stations, couple of television stations,
all over the internet, and on podcasts.

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We are in this thing together to
spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

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Let's go ahead and pray and then
get underwigh. Father, Thank you for

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this Sabbath morning. Thank you for
loving us. Please teach us to serve

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you and not forget what you've done
for us in the past. In Jesus'

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name, I pray, Amen and
Amen again. Well, there is an

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infamous quote, and maybe I don't
know if I'm using the right terminology.

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But there is a quote that just
comes to my mind among the people of

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God that says, there is no
fear for the future. We have no

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need to fear in the future except
we forget how God has led us in

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the past. May I just say
it to you one more time. We

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have no need to fear anything that
is coming along the pathway in the future,

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except if we forget how far and
how long and in the ways that

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God has led us in the past. Ah, Yes, Now has God

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been good to you? And I
said that in past tense? Right?

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Has He been good to you in
the past? Yesterday? Was He good

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to you when you were having pain
in your body, when your mind was

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not right, when you sinned against
God? Huh? When you had a

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prayer that you felt like God was
not answering, and then you found out

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later on that He gave you the
exact right answer that you needed at the

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time, even though you did not
like what the answer was. Or in

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other times that you overcame trials and
other times where you lived in triumph.

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God gave you a moment in your
dark pathway. He gave you a moment,

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a glimmer of hope and gave you
the opportunity to be happy for just

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a moment, and then he gave
you the strength to get through whatever you

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were going through. Like, have
you a past with God that you can

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remember and say, Well, since
you have been good to me before,

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God, you will be good to
me in the future. Your track record

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is good with me. God.
You've been good to friends of mine.

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You've been good to people that I've
seen in my workplace. I have seen

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people escape death who tried to kill
themselves. I've seen people who escape death

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who were sent into the war zones
of the world because they are serving their

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countries, and they came back safe
and sound. I have seen where you

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have comforted people in my life who
have lost loved ones unfortunately. I know

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that if I can just remember that
you brought your people through so many trials,

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through so many tribulations, have given
us power to overcome so many temptations,

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that certainly you will do it again. Okay, now that we have

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gotten that sorted out, let's go
ahead and read from the Bible from the

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Book of Psalms, chapter seventy eight, Verses three and four. The Book

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of Psalms, chapter seventy eight verses
three and four, and the Bible reads

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which we have heard and known,
and our fathers have told us. And

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so there is a legacy that we
expect in the family of God, that

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we will hear how or what great
things the Lord has done for his people

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over the years. Right, we
will not hide them from our children.

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So we pass them on to our
children, telling them the telling to the

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generation to come, the praises of
the Lord and his strength and his wonderful

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works that he has done. And
so we should build into our daily reality

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when we are thinking and praying that
God has been good? In what ways

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has he been good? Remember that
song, counter your blessings, count them

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one by one, or name them
one by one. That is an experience

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that we need to actually have.
Maybe that is a part of the legacy

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that you will build in your family
unit or among people that you mentor or

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take good care of. So here
are seven takeaways, seven takeaways in that

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vein, and I will read first
from the Book of Zechariah. The Book

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of Zechariah, chapter one and verse
four. Don't be like your ancestors,

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so clearly, so clearly, we're
talking about some of the people who did

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not do what God said, do
not be like your ancestors, to whom

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the former prophets proclaimed. This is
what the Lord of Hosts says, Turn

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now from your evil wickedness. But
they would not listen to me, says

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the Lord. And so what we
need to do is learn from our people's

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past mistakes, even if it's you, even if it's your own past mistakes.

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Learn from the past mistakes from our
ancestors are forbearers in the faith,

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our family members. I did say
ancestors already, and even from our own

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past mistakes. We need to learn
that when we delay, oh be,

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it is disobedience. When we delay
our obedience, it is disobedience. Okay.

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And so let's go to the Book
of Psalms, chapter one hundred and

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thirty five and verse nine, and
the Bible reads he performed, meaning God

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awesome deeds and acts of judgment in
your past, oh Egypt, against Pharaoh

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and all his prophets. And of
course that was the bad Pharaoh. There

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was a good pharaoh during Joseph's day
that followed what God was leading him to

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do through Joseph. Okay, but
we're talking about the one that enslaved God's

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people and So what we want to
do was celebrate God's mighty acts. Celebrate

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his mighty acts. He performed awesome
deeds of acts of judgment in your midst.

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You see. Let's go to another
one from the Book of Ephesians,

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chapter two and verse nineteen. So
you are no longer foreigners or non citizens,

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but you are fellow citizens with the
saints and members of God's household.

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We need to recognize that we are
a part of the spiritual heritage, the

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inheritance. Once we choose to serve
God. We are Abraham's seed. We

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are heirs according to the promise.
The promises that God made to Abraham become

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our promises, and we will one
day inherit the heavenly Canaan and the earth

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made new, the earthly Canaan that
is now free of sin. There is

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no more death, dying, pain, or death because the former things are

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passed away. So we want to
connect to our spiritual heritage by simply making

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a decision. Making a decision to
serve God, then all of the promises

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that God has made to his people
become fulfilled in our lives. I thank

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God for that. Okay, And
so we want to go let's go.

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Let's go quickly, because I see
we're running out of time. Let's go

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with Psalm chapter one hundred and nineteen
and verse fifty four nineteen verse fifty four

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the Book of Psalms and the Bible
reads. Your statutes have been like songs

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to me in the house where I
live. So we want to recognize and

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understand our role in God's plan wherever
we happen to live. Brighten the corner

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where you are. Remember the goodness
of God, remember his words, live

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according to his words, and embrace
them like beautiful music in your lives,

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and become the melody that God wants
to sing in the world. And then

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we again recognize our role to assist
others into a right relationship with God.

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So much to say and not enough
time. But these are the lessons of

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the past. Let us follow God's
word and live according to his principles.

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Peace, happy sam Thanks for joining
us listening. Friends. Always remember we

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cannot live by bread alone, but
by every word that comes from the mouth

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of God. This has been your
daily portion with el David Harris. Make

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it a great day. Yeah,