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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 Sunday, January twenty one, twenty twenty four. Hello, my

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name is Elle 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. Under the caption my frame
was not hidden from you. My frame

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was not hidden from you. We'll
get into that in just a moment,

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but first I'd like to say welcome
to you and ask you to go over

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This is one of the ways that we

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build faith and fellowship at your daily
portion dot com. Let's go ahead and

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

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for giving us this new day and
for the privilege you have entrusted to us

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to serve you. Please teach us
love, teach us that we are always

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in your presence and that we should
live holy because we're always in your presence.

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In Jesus name, I pray,
Amen and Amen again. My frame

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is not hidden from you. So
I remember the other day. I actually

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said something about the lesson writer and
said he, but someone corrected me and

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said it is a woman. So
please pardon me for not knowing and mixing

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that up. I apology the lesson
writer, though, did say on today's

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lesson, did you ever want to
help someone but had no means? Likewise,

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some people try to help you but
did not understand your needs. Unlike

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even the most loving and best intentioned
people, God has both the perfect knowledge

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of us and of our circumstances,
and also the means to help us.

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Can I just tell you that I
have been frustrated over the years. I

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don't think that I'm more complex than
any other human, but I am self

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aware because of my training and my
profession, right, so fine, Sometimes

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when I need assistance, people don't
invest enough time in getting to know the

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me of the situation and the need
of the situation, and then it frustrates

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me because the advice sometimes oftentimes is
not applicable. Why because they didn't get

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to know me, They did not
get to know the situation, and then

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they just use sort of a blanket
approach like God is with you, right,

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it's something set up for something better
in the future or whatever it is.

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And so one thing that is so
good is that when people come to

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us and they have needs, we
can immediately go to God and say,

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God, I don't know this person, even if you think you do,

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I don't know this person God,
and I know that this person has needs

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that only you can supply. Would
you please guide me? I pray that

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prayer even in my practice every day
people come to me because I'm a coach,

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an elite level coach. People come
with all kinds of complexities, and

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I say, God, I don't
know what to do. Can you guide

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me? And one hundred percent of
the time he does guide me. But

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beyond that, though, we are
to direct people to the one who can

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actually help, and that is God
himself. Therefore, the lesson writer says,

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his promise to help and deliver are
not shot shallow like I was talking

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about a moment ago platitudes, but
firm assurances. So we're going to the

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three concepts that are at the beginning
of the lesson, Power, presence,

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and goodness of God. So we're
going to the Book of Psalms, chapter

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one and thirty nine, verses one
through six, and the Bible reads,

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Oh Lord, you examine me and
know me. You know when I sit

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down? Did you just sit down? Brothers and sisters, like, did

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you just sit down? I'm sitting
here in my studio. It's a big

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old desk in front of me.
Right here, I'm sitting in a fairly

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comfortable seat. God knows when I
sit down and when I get up,

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even from far are away. You
understand my motives. And you're like,

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so he understands the minute details.
He understands even the intents of our heart.

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Yes, verse three, you carefully
observe me when I travel. I'm

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on, I'm going to travel in
just a couple of hours. I'm going

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outside of this house. If the
Lord spares my life until then, and

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I'm going to take my son to
school. My wife and I are gonna

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go and exercise together. When I
travel or when I lie down to rest,

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I go to bed at eight at
eight o'clock at night, when I

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go down to rest, you are
aware of everything I do. Certainly,

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my tongue does not frame a word
without you, oh Lord, being thoroughly

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aware of it. God knows what
you're thinking. He knows what you're feeling.

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He knows when you speak, if
God forbid people are gossiping. He

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knows that when you are speaking that
He is good. And how good he

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is. So I think. In
the Book of Malachi, chapter three,

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the closing verses, God says,
I observe and hear how you speak about

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me, and I write it in
a book. Yes, verse six,

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verse five, you squeeze me in
from behind and in front, and you

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place your hand on me. Your
knowledge is beyond my comprehension. It is

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so far beyond me I am unable
to fathom it. So we see the

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power of God. He sees and
experiences all of the minute details of our

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lives and the great big situations.
And he is the one who has the

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power to guide us along the paths
of righteousness. Let's go to the presence

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Psalm one thirty nine, verses seven
through twelve. Where can I go to

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escape your spirit? Where can I
flee to escape your presence? If I

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were to ascend to heaven, you
would be there. If I were to

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sprawl out in shield, you would
be there. If I were to fly

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away on the wings of the dawn
and settle down on the other side of

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the sea, even there, your
hand would guide me. You, your

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right hand would grab hold of me. If I were to say, certainly,

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in the darkness, will it cover
me? And the light will turn

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tonight around me, even when the
darkness is too dark for you to see,

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and the night is bright as day. Darkness and light are the same

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to you. Have you ever heard
that whatever happens in the dark will come

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into the light? Have you ever
heard the story of Jonah As he was

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in the belly of the great fish
or the whale, depending on depending on

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if it's newer Old Testament. When
he was in the belly of that beast

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in the sea, God was there. He understood exactly what he was doing,

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and he was there to guide and
to chide and to correct and to

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direct Jonah. So God is there? So how do you live knowing that

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God is there? When people want
to talk to you about certain things?

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Do you speak as if God is
present? When you want to entertain yourself

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with things on your devices, your
phones, your tablets, the television,

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ah, if you go out of
the home for entertainment, do you live

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as if God is there something that
he can enjoy as well? Something he

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can guide you into the paths of
righteousness through? Yes, knowing that when

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you are having also troubles and trials
on the road, do you know that

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He is there? Yes, I
hope. So when you are in the

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hospital, when you are at work
and facing some complexities, do you recognize

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He is there? In your use
of artificial intelligence? Do you know that

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He is there? Boy, what
have we come to in twenty twenty four?

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We have devices that can and machines
that can do things that were unfathomable

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twenty years ago. Go and then
the goodness of God. Of course,

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from Psalms chapter one hundred and thirty
nine, verses thirteen and eighteen. Thirteen

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through eighteen, we'll read a few
of the verses. Certainly you made my

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mind and heart You wove me together
in my mother's womb. I will give

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you thanks because your deeds are awesome
and amazing. You knew me thoroughly.

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And then, of course the Bible
continues along that vein. I am so

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thankful that there is nothing hidden from
God. But can I tell you the

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real trick? Maybe that's not a
good word, the secret. God knows

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everything about you, and he loves
you anyway. Isn't that wonderful? That

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a wonderful day? Peace. Thanks
for joining us listening. Friends. Always

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

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the mouth of God. This has
been your daily portion with El David Harris.

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Make it a great day. Yeah,