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Most of us eat every day,
some of us too much, because yesterday's

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food is not enough to supply energy
for today's needs. Why then, do

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some of us expect yesterday's portion of
heavenly manna, the word of God to

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keep us through today's challenges. On
this program, we are going to change

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all of that. Let's experience God's
words today and receive the power we need

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to 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

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morning. It is Tuesday, January
two, twenty twenty three. Hello,

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my name is El David Harris.
I am your host, and this is

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your Daily Portion where we give you
God's word every single day, and today

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is no exception. We are continuing
in our lesson study through the Book of

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Psalms, and our caption for today
is a song for every season, a

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song for every season. We'll get
into that in just a moment, but

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first I'd like to say welcome,
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This is a way that we build
faith and fellowship. Let's go ahead

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

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you for giving us the privilege of
calling you our father, and for all

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of the incredible experiences that your children
had as they were traversing the life of

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holiness, and the psalms that have
been recorded to glorify you and to edify

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us. Please help us to see
and hear and experience all that we need

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to from these passages, and then
live for you in Jesus name, I

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pray, Amen and damen again a
song for every season. There are so

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many seasons in our life. There
are times of joy, there are times

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of thanksgiving and praise, even when
we're having difficulty. There are times that

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we are sad or angry or somehow
dejected or feel lonely. And God is

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saying to us through the book of
Psalms that He is there through all of

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those times, all of those seasons
in our lives. When we're having children,

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when God forbid we have lost a
child, like when we are healthy

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or God forbid, there are times
that our health is imperiled. There are

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times that we meet into accidents and
have injuries, and sometimes we get that

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frightful diagnosis, and God is saying, because I love you, I have

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a message for you in every season
of your life. We know that God

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loves us, We know that He
is there, and through thick and thin,

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we know that He will give us
guidance as the wise who leads us

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beside the still waters. Right.
And I think you know where that came

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from in the Book of Psalms,
chapter twenty three, and so a song

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for every season. Now, the
lesson writer pointed out or highlighted Psalm chapter

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three, chapter thirty three, verses
one through three, and Chapter one hundred

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and nine, verses six through fifteen
as a place of consideration. And so

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these actually convey different facets or a
range of human experience. And they they

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show the emotions and situations that people
encounter. And so in the Book of

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Psalms, chapter three, verses one
through three, the Bible reads, Lord,

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how are they increased that trouble me? Many are they that rise up

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against me? Many there be which
say of my soul there is no help

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for him in God Sillah. But
thou o Lord art a shield for me,

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my glory and the lifter of my
head. And so these verses actually

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express feelings of being overwhelmed and opposed
by numerous enemies. Have you ever felt

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opposed by numerous enemies at work and
your community at home? Have you ever

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felt like on the road, on
the way to work or on the way

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to school, that you have so
many enemies you have to go through the

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garrisons, the different gang communities,
or the different places where different gangs are

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in control, and you feel like
the pressure is overwhelming, or maybe it's

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a socioeconomic gauntlet that you're going through
and you're trying to figure your way through

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it. Well, this is showing
that the psalmist finds comfort and protection in

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God, acknowledging him as the source
of strength, and not only strength,

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but defense. When people are gossiping
about you, he is your defense and

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strength. Yes, when you have
unfortunately made mistakes, and maybe it's repeated

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mistakes, and then you are now
in the fellowship of believers and some of

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the quote believers seem to be more
like enemies me, more like foes than

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friends, and you're wondering, well, what can I do? Well,

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you have to remember that God is
your strength, He is your defense,

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and He has a way of dealing
even with his children who are judgmental and

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pose more challenges than they do encouragement, okay. And so in the Book

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of Psalms, chapter thirty three,
verses one through three, we read,

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rejoice in the Lord, oh ye
righteous, for praise is comely for the

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upright that means beautiful or attractive.
Verse two. Praise the Lord with harp,

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sing unto him with the sultry,
and an instrument of ten strings sing

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unto him with a new song,
play skillfully with a loud noise. And

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so these passages actually reflects a mood
of joy and celebration. You see praise,

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you see sing a new song,
loud noise. This is the attitude

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of people who are are full of
praise. It doesn't mean that people are

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always happy, but there are people
who recognize that He God inhabited the praises

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of his people, whether happy or
sad, whether joyful or downcast. When

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we praise the Lord, we guarantee
that we are in his presence and He

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is in ours. And so this
encourages the righteous to praise God with music

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and song, indicating a time of
happiness and worship, in this case happiness

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and worship. But again I want
to underscore three times, read and bolded

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letters, and then highlight that we
don't have to wait until we are happy

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in order to praise God. He's
worthy regardless of what's going on in our

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lives. And if we can rehearse
and practice this attitude, letting this mind

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be in us, which is also
was also in Christ, Jesus that humbled

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himself before God, our father.
We will at all times have a praise

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even when there is difficulty. Now
I want you to, when you have

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an opportunity, look at Psalms chapter
forty two for an indication of that.

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Now we read in the Book of
Psalms chapter one hundred and nine, beginning

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at verse six, Set thou a
wicked man over him, and let Satan

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stand at his right hand. What
eh, when he shall be judged,

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Let him be condemned, and let
his prayer become sin. Let his days

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be few, and let another take
his office. Let his children be fatherless

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and his wife a widow. Wow, that's scary. Let his children be

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continually vagabonds and beg Let them seek
their bread also out of their desolate places.

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Let the extortioner catch all that he
hath, and let the stranger spoil

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his labor. Let their feed none
to extend mercy unto him. Neither let

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there be any to favor his fatherless
children. Wow, that's heavy. Let

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his posterity be cut off, and
in the generation following, let their name

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be blotted out. Let the iniquity
of his fathers be remembered with the Lord,

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and let not the sin of his
mother be blotted out. Let them

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be before the Lord continually, that
he may cut off the memory of them

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from the earth. And so this
is a stark contrast, if you did

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not notice, right to the other
two, as it expresses a deep desire

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for justice and retribution. This sawmist
is not saying what he wants to do.

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He is saying he wants God to
hear from heaven see the wickedness of

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the wicked he who are choosing not
to repent, and to deal with them

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against an adversary. It's a cry
for the punishment of the wicked, reflecting

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anger and the plea for divine intervention
against one's wicked, unrepentant enemies. But

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together, since we looked at all
three of these. These psalms illustrate the

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broad spectrum of human emotions in all
situations. What an interesting set of passages.

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God has put them there so that
he can receive glory, yes,

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but it is instructional so that we
can have holiness in our minds and know

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that even though we're human, we
can and must submit our will to God.

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Wonderful day. 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,