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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 Wednesday, February seven,
twenty twenty four. Hello, my name

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is Elle David Harris. I am
your host, and this is your Daily

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

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

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and our caption for today is pour
out your your indignation. Let me

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say it again, pour out your
indignation. And I want you to really

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focus on the terminology your the Psalmist
is speaking to God. Okay, yeah,

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I'll come back to that in just
a moment, But first I'd like

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to say welcome to everyone joining us, especially those joining for the very first

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go ahead and pray, and then
we will get underway. Rother and Heaven,

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thank you for giving us this new
day and for getting us to the

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middle of the week. Lord,
I pray that you will give us not

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just the drive to get through our
daily tasks, but to be able to

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really pull up to your table and
eat and feast from the tree ruths that

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you share, and to be transformed
in every way in our lives. In

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Jesus' name, I pray, Amen
and a man again, pour out your

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indignation now. The reason I am
emphasizing the terminology your and I actually underscored

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mine and read and then put a
big exclamation point over it is because sometimes

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people are too vengeful. I shouldn't
say too vengeful. Sometimes people are vengeful,

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and God is saying no, no, no, no no no.

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Vengeance is mine. But I don't
want to preempt myself. I want to

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begin here in Romans chapter twelve.
Romans chapter twelve, and I will read

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beginning at verse fourteen. Can I
just say really quickly that humans are not

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innately holy, that we borrow any
holiness or any aspect of a holy mindset

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from God. And so this is
why the Bible says here beginning at verse

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fourteen, Bless them that persecute you. Bless and curse, not rejoice with

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them that do rejoice. Weep with
them that weep. Be of the same

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mind one toward another. Not mind
not high things, but condescend to men

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of low estate. Be not wise
in your own conceits, recompense no man

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evil for evil did you get that? Provide the things honest in the sight

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of all men. If it be
possible, as much as liath unin you

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live peaceably with all men, it
says, if it's possible, be at

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peace with everyone, Dearly beloved,
avenge not yourself. So I need this

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to be very clear, like clear, clear, clear, because there are

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too many people who are seeking vengeance
for themselves, but rather give place unto

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wrath. For it is written and
vengeance is mine. I will repay set

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the lord who can recompense or who
can bring vengeance. It says here,

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vengeance is mine set the Lord,
I will repay. Therefore, if thine

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enemy be hungry, feed him.
If he be thirsty, give him drink,

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Or in so doing you shall he
calls a fire on his head.

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Be not overcome of evil, but
overcome evil with good. And You're like,

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Dave, why did you go through
all of that? Because are you

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trying to give an excuse for what
we're going to read in the Psalms or

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what is it? Well, frankly, sometimes we read these things wrong.

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Yeah, sometimes we read these things
wrong. Okay. So I've been struggling

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for many years. I'll be honest
with you with some of the Psalms because

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I'm like, Lord, it just
seems so harsh what these people are saying.

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But it occurs to me that they
are asking God to do what God

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what God promised he would do to
unrepentant evil. They're asking God to do

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what God promised to do in the
case of unrepentant evil. Okay. And

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so if we were to read through
the entire chapter of Deuteronomy twenty eight,

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which we won't, you will see
something very interesting. Let me just read

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a few verses here, and it
shall come to pass. If thou shalt

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hearken diligently unto the voice of thy
God. It says, to hearken diligently.

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We're listening to God and doing his
will right, to observe and to

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do all his commandments, which I
command thee this day, that the Lord

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thy God will set THEE high above
all nations of the earth, and all

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these blessings shall come upon thee and
overtake thee. If thou shalt hearken unto

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the voice of the Lord thy God, blessed our thou to be in the

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city, Blessed, shalt thou be. In the field Blessed shalt the fruit

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of thy body be, the fruit
of thy ground, and the fruit of

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thy cattle, the increase of thy
kind and flocks of thy sheep. Blessed

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shall be thy basket in store.
Blessed shall be thou when thou comest in.

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Blessed shalt thou be. When thou
goest out, the Lord shall curse

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thine enemies, and that rise up
against thee to be smitten before thy face.

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They shall come out against THEE one
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The Lord shall command the blessing upon
thee in thy storehouses, and in

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that thou settest thine hand to do. He shall bless THEE in the land

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which the Lord thy God giveth thee. The Lord shall establish thee in holy

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place unto himself, as he's sworn
unto thee. If thou shalt keep the

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commandments of the Lord thy God and
walk in his ways. And then the

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Bible continues for several more verses,
and then it makes a transition in verse

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sixteen. In verse sixteen, it
says, well, if you don't do

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these things, cursed shalt thou be
in the city. Curse shalt thou be

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in the field. And so the
curses come when we choose to go against

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God's will. Yes, there was
a context here, but all in justice.

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God says he's going to deal with
He's he's going to seek vengeance upon

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those who are unrepentant and unjust,
who are oppressors for those who do not

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hold to the principles of holiness.
And that is why when the Psalmist,

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and I'll just give one example,
Psalm chapter fifty eight and verse six,

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he says, break their teeth,
Oh God, in their mouth, break

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out the teeth of the young lions, Oh Lord, let them melt away

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as the waters which run continually when
he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows.

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Let them be as cut into pieces
as a snail which melteth. Let

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every one of them pass away,
like the untimely birth of a woman,

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that they may not see the sun. And on and on in multiple verses

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we go, and so what the
psalmists are really doing is going back to

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what God said in Deuteronomy chapter thirty, Deuteronomy chapter twenty seven, Deuteronomy chapter

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twenty eight, verses sixteen through to
the end, that there is a consequence.

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There is a lasting consequence when people
are oppressive to the poor and needy.

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There is a lasting consequence when people
choose to go against God and make

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God's people their enemies and do not
repent. There is a consequence to unholiness.

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And these Psalmists are seeking God,
God's vengeance, God's indignation, not

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their own. Let me just say
in closing that, as in psalm chapter

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ninety four, verses one and two, Oh Lord, that God, to

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whom vengeance belongeth, Oh God,
to whom vengeance belongeth, show thyself lift

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up yourself, Thou judge of the
earth, render a reward to the proud.

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So we want God to show his
justice and vindication. We also want

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to cultivate forgiveness and pray for our
enemies. And lastly we want to advocate

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for justice and speak against evil.
Remember God's indignation not ours. Peace.

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Thanks for joining us listening. Friends. Always remember we cannot live by bread

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alone, but by every word that
comes from the mouth of God. This

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