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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 Tuesday, January thirty, 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 where
is God? Where Is God? We'll

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get into that in just a moment, but first I'd like to say welcome

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Let's go ahead and pray, and
then we will get underway. Father

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and Heaven, thank you for giving
us the privilege of coming into your presence

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with thanksgiving and into your courts with
praise. Father, I ask you now

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to please help us to see you, even in the difficult situation, see

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you in the great situations. In
Jesus name, I pray, Amen and

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Amen again. Likely I neglected to
give our caption for today. Where is

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God? Where is God? Ask
that question again? Where is God?

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And then I'll answer it Where he's
always been. Heaven is his throne and

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earth is his footstool. Like he
is our God that inhabiteth eternity. He's

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the God that does not sleep,
He does not slumber. He is always

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present. He's our ever present help
in trouble. Where is God? He

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is there, and he is available
to everyone who submits our will to him.

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We'll get into that detail in just
a moment. In just a moment.

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The lesson writer asks an important question, what can we learn from the

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Psalmist's responses to God's apparent and I
really need to put that in a big

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underscored bolded air quotes apparent absence?
How do you respond to times when God

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does not going? God seems silent? What sustained your faith? You got

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that? How do you respond in
times when God seems to be silent?

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What sustains your faith? And I
always make allusion to this psalm because it

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represents this discussion well in the Book
of Psalms, Chapter forty two and verse

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and verse one. As a heart
or as a deer panteth after the water

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brooks, So panteth my soul after
thee Oh God, my soul thirsteth for

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God, for the living God.
When shall I come and appear before God?

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The Psalmist is having some challenges right
now in his life. Ah,

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He's a hunted, fugitive pa trying
to find refuge in a cave and rocks

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of the wilderness, exiled from the
House of God, where he had found

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his joy in participating in Sabbath services. But now he is crying out to

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God, saying, where where are
you? Like? Where is it?

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When shall I appear before God.
My tears have been my meat day and

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night, while they continually say,
unto me, where is thy God?

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Where is thy God? Can you
hear him crying out to God? Can

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you hear him crying out to God? People are saying, you're not here

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from me God. I have cancer. People are saying that you're not here

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with me. God. I've lost
my job. People are saying that my

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God is not here with me.
God. I lost my child in child

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birth, and I saw my wife
having such challenges and then the child is

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gone. Where is your God?
People are saying, you get held up

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by gunmen and robbed and worse.
Where is your God? Was he there?

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Of course the answer is absolutely he
was there. And of course David

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said, my tears have been my
meet day and night, while they continually

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say, unto me, where is
your God? When I remember these things,

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I pour out my soul in me. You see he didn't turn away

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from God. He turned toward God. Huh, For I had gone with

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the multitude. I went with them
to the House of God. See,

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he's remembering those good days. He's
remembering the times when he could see and

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experience the mercy of God. Even
in his emotions. Yes, with the

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voice of joy and praise and multitude
that kept Holy Day. And so he

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asks himself a question. Now we
see it is under inspiration of the Holy

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Ghost. Why art thou cast down, O, my soul? And why

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art thou disquieted within me? And
then he begins to encourage himself. I

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think there is a song that says
that I encourage myself to have faith in

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the Lord. He said, I
hope thou in God, or I shall

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yet praise Him or the help of
his countenance. Oh, my God,

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my soulace casts down within me.
He's being honest. He hasn't. He

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hasn't acted like everything is peachy keen, because he has faith in God,

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because he has hope in God.
He didn't act like things suddenly were feeling

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better to him. He said,
you know what, my solace casts down

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within me. Therefore I will remember
thee from the land of Jordan. I

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will remember what you've done, God, I will remember what you have done

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in the past, and of the
Hermonites. And from the hill Mizar deep

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coleth unto deep, and at the
noise of thy waterspouts at the at thy

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waves, and thy billows are gone
over me. Yet the Lord will command

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his loving kindness in the daytime.
I think somebody said that that that that

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that weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.

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He said, Ah, Yet the
Lord will command his loving kindness in the

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daytime, and in the night his
song shall be with me and my prayer

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unto God, the God of my
life. I will say, unto God,

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my Rock, why hast thou forgotten
me? Why go I mourning because

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of the oppression of the enemy,
as with a sword in my bones mine

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enemies reproach me while they say daily
unto me? Where is Thy God,

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Oh God? Why art thou cast
down all my soul? Why art thou

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disquieted within me? If you have
ever felt this way, go ahead and

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type of one in the chat.
If you've ever felt like you want to

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know where is God in this certain
situation. I'm not asking about you losing

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faith. I'm saying in the moments
that your faith is still strong, but

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your courage is weak. You're wondering, God, when will you come through

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from me? Go ahead and type
of one in the chat. Hmm.

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And then he said, hope thou
in God he's encouraging himself or I shall

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yet praise him. You to get
this now, brothers and sisters. When

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he is in that worst state,
that difficulty, he says, I'm going

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to praise him. Praise him for
a mighty acts, Praise him for his

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excellent greatness. Praise him. In
the difficult times. You realize that God

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inhabited the praises of his people.
When you're seeking his face, when you

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have surrendered your will to him and
you are wondering in those moments of despair,

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Hi, in those moments when you
feel like giving up, you ask,

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where is my God? I want
you to hope in God and then

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praise him. You want the presence
of God in your life. Praise Him,

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who is the health of my countenance
and my God. You see,

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we named Simona and I we named
our son after God. A few to

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multiple times. When I say that, I mean his name is Josiah,

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which means yahweh, heals, yahweh, heals. His middle name is Adam,

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that was the first man created.
Jesus calls himself the second atom.

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And then of course you know his
surname is Harris, so yah heals.

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Josiah, the first man Adam,
who Jesus said of himself that he's the

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second atom, and then Harris,
and so that means that his initials are

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Jah. I understand the whole Hebrew
about no Jay, but we understand that

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Jah is a name that we attribute
to God. So when I am wondering

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where is God, I look into
my family unit and I see my son,

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and I say, God, You've
been good to me, and my

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hope is in you, and be
wonderful. Thanks for joining us listening to

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

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

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L. David Harris. Make it
a great day. Yeah,