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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, March eleven, twenty
twenty four. Hello, my name is

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

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

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We are continuing in our Lesson study
series through the Book of Psalms,

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and our caption for today is pray
for the piece of Jerusalem. Pray for

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the piece of Jerusalem. Imagine that
is called the City of Peace. Yes,

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we'll get into that in just a
moment, but first I'd like to

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say welcome to everyone joining us.
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are thankful or it's a way for
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go ahead and pray and then we
will get underway. Father in Heaven,

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thank you for this day and the
privilege we have to open your word.

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Please give us your holy Spirit and
teach us how to love you and to

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serve you. Give us peace with
you, peace among your people, peace

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in Jerusalem as we await the coming
of Jesus Christ. In Jesus' name,

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I pray, Amen and amen.
Again. Let me just say that the

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people of God were really focused on
peace in Jerusalem back in the day of

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the Psalms right because it represented the
true presence of God, it represented right

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relationship with God. And as long
as the cityous city of Peace, was

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unpeaceful, then the people of God
knew something was not right between them and

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God. And so what we're looking
forward to in twenty twenty four is the

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coming of Jesus Christ. And after
we have lived with God in heaven for

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a thousand years, we will receive
the New Earth as a blessing. The

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Holy city New Jerusalem will come down
from God out of heaven as a bride

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adorned for her husband. It will
become it will become the capital, if

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you will, of the New Earth. And maybe we'll just have to see

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it may be the capital of the
universe for all I know, but we'll

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just have to get there. But
we know that the New Jerusalem will will

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indeed be where God dwells. And
so we give thanks for the opportunity to

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take a peek and see what we
can learn for our relationship with God.

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From the Book of Psalms, the
Book of Psalms, chapter one hundred and

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twenty two, and we will read
beginning at verse one, the Bible reads,

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I think some of us have said
this before. I was glad when

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they said, unto me, let
us go into the house of the Lord.

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Our feet shall stand within thy gates, Oh Jerusalem. Jerusalem is bilded

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as a city that is compact together, whether the tribes go up the tribes

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of the Lord unto the testimony of
Israel, to give thanks unto the name

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of the Lord. And so when
we are gathered together as God's people,

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do we give thanks or do we
just complain? It's a question. I'm

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not suggesting anything. I'm asking when
we are together, do we invest the

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time to give praise to God and
thank him for what he has done and

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for who he is? Do we
give praise and thanks when we are in

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his presence? Do we become a
testimony? For those who see us from

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the outside, And they wonder,
well, who are these people? What

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is their connection with God? If
there is a God from the people's perspective,

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And then they say, well,
if if there is a God and

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these people represent him, then I
want to be among the people of God.

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You see, all right? And
so the word testimony in the sense

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of an institution ordained by God.
So when God talks about a testimony in

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this context, or the Psalmist says
this, it is that people need to

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see us as a representation, a
representative of God ordain, like to have

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the stamp of God on us,
almost like the prodigal son who received the

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signet ring representing his father. After
he the child, the boy had gone

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astray, and he comes home,
he repents, he gives his heart back

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to his father, and of course
by extension to God. And then the

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Bible says that the father put on
him the signet that represents the family.

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That means that you truly are a
representative of this family. So to give

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thanks to the name of God is
what our purpose is. Okay, let

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me continue. Let me continue here. The Bible reads. Let me start

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with pray for the peace verse six
of Jerusalem. They shall prosper that love

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thee. Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces. For

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my brethren and companion's sake. I
now say, peace be within thee.

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Because of the House of the Lord, our God, I will seek thy

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good. This is such a blessing
for thy brethren. Let's talk about that.

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From the commentary, it was too
obvious advantage of Israel that there should

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be peace in Jerusalem. Lay down
Verses eight and nine. Laid down two

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great principles that should actuate every believer. Love for our brethren, our brothers

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and sisters, Love for the people
of God. Those who love God,

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will love the people of God that
compose the family of God. I know

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that sounds like obvious, like why
are you pausing? Well, because there

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are times that people don't love each
other. Remember Jesus said, he said,

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there's a commandment, a new commandment
that I give unto you, and

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it's to love love one another.
And then there is another one that says,

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by this, people will know that
you are my disciples if you have

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love one toward another. It seems
like a foregone conclusion, but sometimes in

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it's missing. Sometimes we gossip God
forbid, but sometimes we are not looking

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out for the best interest of one
another. Sometimes we allow people to disrespect

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our brothers and sisters by sharing their
personal business which is not there, and

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while they're doing it for the purpose
of building them up, but rather to

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tear them down. And so when
God says that it's a privilege for us

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to love one another, that we
will demonstrate in that love that we are

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your God's children, then now it
becomes clear. And so here are a

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few things that we should incorporate into
our understanding. Okay, as we are

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coming to a swift clothes Number one
embraced pilgrimage as a metaphor. Pilgrimage as

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a metaphor. Verses one through five
of Psalm chapter one hundred and twenty two

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says, again, I rejoice with
those who said to me, let us

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go to the house of the Lord. So consider your spiritual life as a

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journey with other believers, so that
we can encourage one another. So embrace

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the pilgrimage that we have now based
on what we saw back then in those

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passages, and say, you know
what, we're on this journey together.

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We are nearing home. Remember that
vibe that him we are nearing home,

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And so we do this together.
Also we celebrate spiritual gatherings, are rejoiced

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with those who said to me.
So this suggests the importance of cherishing spiritual

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gatherings to strengthen community bonds. Also
justice and fairness among our communities. Yes,

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we can resolve our disputes internally.
We can go like Matthew eighteen says,

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if we have a challenge with one
of our brothers and sisters, just

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between us and that person, and
if those individuals that are having difficulty receive

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one another, then we have won
our brothers, we have won our sister.

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And then of course Matthew eighteen gives
us a fulsome journey or a pathway

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if it doesn't work out quite in
the way that we intended. But the

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point is we look for justice and
fairness and peace and unity among us in

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our faith community at all costs.
And then number four promote peace and unity.

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That's the same concept, peace and
unity. And then encourage living in

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peace with God, living in peace
with God, like do you keep your

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do you keep your experience with God, your record with God up to date.

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Agreement with God is confession peace.
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,