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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. It

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is Monday, January twenty nine,
twenty twenty four. Hello, my name

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is El 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 not
something that maybe you're welcoming, but

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it is at Death's door. At
Death's Door, we'll get into that in

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just a moment, but before we
do, I'd like to ask you to

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It is a way that we can continue

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to build faith and fellowship. Let's
go ahead and pray, and then we

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will get underway. Father and Heaven, thank you for giving us the privilege

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of being called by your name.
And I'm asking you to please teach us

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to serve you, teach us to
love you. Father, please teach us

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to do your will in all situations. In Jesus' name, I pray,

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Amen and Amen again. Well,
there is a situation that most people on

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planet Earth face, invariably, including
God's people. I need you to get

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this while I'm saying it. Okay, including God's people, we are not

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if we live on planet Earth immune
to death. We're not immune to death.

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Now, I understand death is a
sleep. It is a temporary sleep

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for those who are God's people.
Like when Jesus returns, He's going to

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resurrect his people and then take us
to heaven for a thousand years. Understood.

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But in the meantime, unfortunately,
as we would have seen during the

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pandemic, some of God's people will
go to sleep because of COVID or complications

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from COVID. Yes, Unfortunately,
some of God's people will go to sleep

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because of car accidents, like my
mother. She went to sleep in twenty

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twenty because a tractor trailer ran through
her vehicle and she did not survive.

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There are some of God's people who
will suffer because of leukemia and some other

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disease that maybe we've not heard of
before. Maybe it will be for them

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to have a rare situation. You're
like, Dave, this sounds so morbid,

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Like why are you making this sound
so morbid? Well, really and

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truly are. Our lives are in
God's hands, and the best decision that

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we can make at this moment,
like four minutes into our discussion this morning,

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is to choose to serve God.
Choose to serve God, not just

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to escape death, but because we
only have moments. We don't know how

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long will last. Today, like
I may not get through this broadcast.

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And you're like, Dave, there
you go, sounding morbid and pessimistic again.

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No, that's not what I'm trying
to teach. What I'm saying is

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we can maximize and capitalize on and
amplify the moment in which we live in

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order to make an impact on the
world, to make an impact on people

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that we see as we go to
the gym, as we enjoy ourselves recreational

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activities in the worship setting at work. Huh, when we're going out to

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eat, we encounter people on the
road in a public transportation, encounter people

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all day, every day. And
God is saying that, whereas we are

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humans and no moment is guaranteed to
us, that we should maximize each moment

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and be of service as much as
it is possible. Because the times are

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short. We're at death's door almost
at all times. Okay, let me

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not sit there too much longer.
The bottom of the lesson has an interesting

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thought. Think about Jesus on the
cross and what he suffered because of sin,

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and I might add because of our
sins. How should that reality that

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God in Christ suffered even worse than
any of us help us keep faith even

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amid times of suffering and trial?
Did you get that? So Jesus suffered

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on the cross, He suffered because
of our sins, an excruciating experience,

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and then he died. He suffered
saying my God, my God, why

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have you forsaken me? Like he
felt forsaken by his father, and he

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did it for us. He suffered
the ripping out of his beard. He

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suffered having a crown of thorns on
his head and then they beat it onto

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his head. He suffered somebody stabbing
him in the side and people slapping him.

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You understand. He suffered being hung
on the cross by his hands or

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wrists or whatever is historically accurate,
with a nail driven through it and a

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nail driven through his feet. And
he did it in order to save you

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and to save me. And so
whatever trial we go through will not measure

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the trial that it was for Jesus
toime to suffer under the burden of sin,

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even though he had never sinned,
for him to take on that burden

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in order for us to be saved. Oh my, So, how can

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we complain when we're going through trials
and tribulations? How can we complain when

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people say bad things about us?
Like? How can we complain when things

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seem to be overwhelming and maybe they
are right? Rather than to go to

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God and say, God, we
have seen you do some special things in

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the lives of your people in the
past. We have seen you do special

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things in the life of Jesus Christ
as he was living on planet Earth as

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a human being, in order to
save me, would you please, for

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your name's sake, and for the
honor of your name and the honor of

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Jesus's name. Huh, will you
please come through for me? You see,

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so now the perspective is different.
So let's read now from the Book

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of Psalms. I think I've said
enough the Book of Psalms, chapter forty

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one, and I will read.
Beginning at verse one, Bible reads here,

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blessed is he that consider it the
poor. The Lord will deliver him

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out of his trouble. The Lord
will preserve him and keep him alive.

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He shall be blessed upon the earth. And thou wilt not deliver him unto

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the will of his enemies. The
Lord will strengthen him upon the bed of

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languishing. Thou wilt make all his
bed in his sickness. And I said,

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Lord, be merciful unto me.
Heal my soul, for I have

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sinned against thee. And then the
Bible continues, and some morbid thoughts from

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the enemies of God. But God
is attentive to the prayers of his people.

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He's attentive to the contrite heart of
people who were once walking away from

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Him and living evil lifestyles and did
dishonor to God's name, and who turned

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the shoulder, who turned their backs
to sin in their faces to God.

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God is a tent unto their prayers. And He can transform you, brothers

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and sisters. He can transform me
in a moment, in an instant of

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time, as long as we simply
make a decision to serve him. So

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he is not turning his back on
the poor, He is not turning his

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back on the suffering. He is
not turning his back on any people group

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on planet Earth who has suffered privation
and death at the hands of other people.

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He is always watching. He does
not slumber, He does not sleep.

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These prayers of salvation from illness and
death demonstrate that God's children are not

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exempt from these kinds of trials.
Right The Psalms reveal the Psalmist's terrible afflictions.

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He was without strength, He was
withering like grass, unable to eat,

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set apart with the dead, lying
like slain in the grave, repulsed

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by his friends or being repulsive to
his friends, suffering and in despair,

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his bones did cling to his skin, and God permitted the trouble. But

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guess what, trouble will not last
always, no matter what we go through

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on planet Earth, if we will
surrender our will to God and not turn

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back. At the end of all
things, sometimes we get relief from certain

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suffering on planet Earth. But regardless
of that, as the children, those

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young men who were thrown into the
fiery furnace, they said, if God

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does not deliver us, we still
won't bow, because ultimately, one day,

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when Jesus does return, he will
give us the reward for which Jesus

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is worthy. So yeah, death
is at our door, but life eternal

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is greater. If a wonderful day. Thanks for joining us listening. Friends,

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

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comes from the mouth of God.
This has been your daily portion with el

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David Harris. Make it a great
day. Yeah,