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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 Sunday, July twenty eight, twenty twenty four. 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 series through the Book

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of Mark and our caption for today
is Calming a Storm. Calming a Storm.

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We'll get into that in just a
moment, but before we do,

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This is a way that we continue to

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

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get underway. Father in Heaven,
thank you for giving us this new day

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and for giving us an opportunity to
be calm in the midst of the storm.

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Father, please give us the kind
of trust that you deserve, the

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kind of love that you deserve.
Help us to surrender our will in Jesus

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name. I pray, Amen and
Amen again. Okay, calming a storm.

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I don't know if I said it
correctly because my mind was focused in

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a certain thought pattern calming a storm. So it is Jesus who calms the

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storm. Right, And there are
any storms in your life that you have

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seen where God has calmed them.
I remember when I was working in the

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mental health industry and it was tough. I mean it was three and a

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half years by now, and I
was just like God, I can't do

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this anymore. It was too much
based on how the organization I worked for

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did what they did. And I
used to go to prayer meeting every single

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Wednesday night and ask for prayers to
deliver me from this place. Right and

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well, one of my mentors really
the only mentor I had at the time.

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His name is Ralph. He prayed
with me one night and he said,

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now, Dave, be a good
soldier. God is with you.

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And I said, God is with
me. No one had ever given me

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that advice. Everybody was saying that
better days are coming. God has something

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better for you, and they were
just looking at ways for me to get

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out of it. Right, and
and but but but Ralph said, God

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is with you no matter what you're
going through, even if you do go

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into the lions den, even if
you do go into the fiery furnace,

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God is with you. Even when
you do have to actually approach the red

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sea, he will be with you. And I said, okay, So

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when I'm going through the storms of
life, I should be looking out,

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or I should be on the lookout
for God to be with me. He

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may not say peace, be still, but if he does, I thank

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God. But if he doesn't,
then I know that He's with me even

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during the storm. And so in
the Bible Book of Mark, chapter four,

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beginning at verse thirty five, the
Bible reads, and the same day,

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when the even was come, he
said, unto them, let us

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pass over, unto the other side. So Jesus is telling his disciples where

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they are going. They're going to
the other side. So let me ask

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you a question. If God is
showing you where your destination is, is

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it Heaven? Is it the earth
made new? Do you want to call

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it the heavenly promised land? Do
you want to call it the ultimate Canaan

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on earth? After the thousand years
are finished? If God is saying that

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we are going to the other side. In the Book of Revelation, he

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said, to those who overcometh,
he shall. Those who overcome, he

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shall, and he fills in the
blanks. To those who overcome, he

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will. And one of them he
said, I will grant for you to

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sit on my throne with me,
even as I have overcome and am set

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on my father's throne. So he's
telling you what the outcome is going to

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be the other side Verse thirty six. And when they had sent away the

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multitude, they took him even as
he was in the ship, and there

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were also with him other little ships. And there arose a great storm of

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wind, and and waves beat into
the ship, so that it was now

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full full of what full of water? But he said, we're going to

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the other side. Your life seems
to be taking on a lot of water,

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and your spiritual boat, your financial
boat, everything that has to do

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with your relationship's boat has a lot
of water and is now full. It

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seems like your boat is going to
sink. But he said, we're going

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over to the other side. Are
you getting this? Verse thirty eight?

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And he was in the hinder part
of the sheep ship. Sleep not sheep.

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He was in the hinder part of
the ship, asleep on a pillow,

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and they wake him and say,
unto him, master, carrast down,

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not that reperish. Do you notice
that Jesus is resting. Yeah.

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When you look at the creation story, the Bible says that it was in

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six days that he created the heavens
and the earth, and then he rested

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on the seventh day. Wherefore the
Lord bless the Sabbath day and hollowed it.

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There is a lesson in the Sabbath
that we need to learn regarding our

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lives. God is doing the work, and we are supposed to rest with

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him. When God does the work, he promises he's going to take you

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to the other side. He promises
you that he's going to be with you

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always even unto the end of the
world, he promised you. And so

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now he works so that you can
get to the other side. And he's

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resting. Why because he wants you
to rest, he said, he said,

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take my yoke upon you and learn
of me. Huh. My yoke

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is easy, and my burdens are
like. And you shall find what rest

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in the midst of the storm.
You shall find rest. Unto your souls,

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we're doing too much sometimes, of
course, the people are frantic.

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And while he was resting on this
pillow, master carries down, not that

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we perish. And then he arose
and he rebuked the wind and said to

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the sea, peace be still.
And what happened? The wind ceased,

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and there was a great calm.
Why because Jesus said so, Because if

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that hadn't happened, the sea would
have destroyed the boat, and then they

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wouldn't have reached the other side.
You see, we need to trust Jesus

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even when we don't see him working. You think that he was gonna let

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them perish. Come on, he
said that they would go over to the

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other side, And so he did
what he needed to do. Verse forty

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and he said, unto them,
why were you so fearful, how is

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it that ye have no faith?
Let me add this, didn't I tell

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you that we were going to go
to the other side? And they feared

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exceedingly Verse forty one, And said
one to another, what manner of man

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is this? That even the wind
and the sea obey him? You see,

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we should not be confused about this, because when God promises, he

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delivers. And so in the Bible
Book of Psalm chapter one hundred and four,

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beginning at verse nine, I mean
verse one, the Bible reads,

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Bless the Lord, oh my soul, Bless the Lord, oh my God.

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Thou art very great, Thou art
clothed with honor and majesty, who

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coverest thyself with light as with a
garment, who stretches out the heavens like

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a curtain, who layeth the beams
of his chambers in the waters, who

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maketh the clouds his chariot, who
walketh upon the wings of the wind,

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who maketh his angel spirits, his
ministers flaming fire, who laid the foundations

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of the earth that it should not
be removed forever, and so on and

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so on. And we see the
power of God verse seven. At the

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rebuke. At thy rebuke, the
waters stood above the mountains, and they

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fled. The waters fled, and
they the thunder hasted away. They go

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up by the mountains, and they
go down by the valleys of the place

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which thou hast founded for them.
Thou hast set a bound that they may

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not pass over, that they turn
not again to cover the earth. Let

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me just say this, since God
is so good, and you're like,

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how good is he? He's so
good that he has created the heavens and

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the earth. How good is he. He's so good that he has given

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you salvation for free. He's so
good that even when the waters overcame the

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earth, they receded because he said
so. That means if he says that

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we're going to get in this little
boat and go over to the other side

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into eternity, just stand a boat
with him. Let him deal with everything

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else. Peace. 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,