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Most of us eat every day,
some of us too much, because yesterday's

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food is not enough to supply energy
for today's needs. Why then, do

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some 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 Sabbath, March sixteen,
twenty twenty four. Hello, my

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name is El 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. This is week

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number twelve in the Book of Psalms, and our caption for today is Worship

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that never ends. Worship that never
ends. We'll get into that in just

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a moment, but first I'd like
to say welcome to you and ask you

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to please go over to your Daily
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go ahead and pray and then we will

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get underway. Father and Heaven,
Thank you for this day and for the

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privilege that we have to open your
word. Thank you for your Holy Spirit,

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who is kind enough to give us
everything that we need. From Christ,

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Father, please teach us to worship
you now in Jesus name. I

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pray, Amen and Amen again.
You may recall or remember the hymn that

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says something like, worship the Lord, Oh, worship the Lord and the

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beauty of holiness. That is our
privilege every single day. And I just

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say that Tomorrow it will be our
privilege. Monday, it will be our

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privilege. On Wednesday it will be
our privilege. During the evening of Wednesday,

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it'll be our privilege. We worship
God every single day. And I

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know that there are some Sabbath keepers
getting a little antsy, like, Elder,

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where you going with this? Well, it's our privilege, That's where

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I'm going. I said it clearly. It's our privilege to worship God every

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single day, not just one day
of seven. But there is only one

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day that is holy. You understand
the difference here. A person who does

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not live a worshipful lifestyle every single
day is not a believer in Christ.

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Every single day we wake up,
every single day we have the privilege of

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laying down and resting. Is a
day that we live in the atmosphere of

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worship. And on the seventh day, of course, we commemorate and memorialize

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the works of God, and it
is a sign between between God and us

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that we are sanctified by Him.
And that is the only day, the

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seventh day Sabbath is the only day
that is holy. Okay, we're not

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going into a Sabbath seminar today,
but I just need you to understand the

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difference. And so the Bible reads
here in the Book of Psalms, the

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Book of Psalms, Chapter one hundred
and four and verse thirty three, I

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will sing to the Lord as long
as I live. So if I'm singing

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unto the Lord, that means that
I'm worshiping God. I will sing praise

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to my God while I have my
being. That means that I am worshiping

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God while I have my being another
place, the Psalmist says that we we

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need to do that because our dates
are numb. Like we may get seventy

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we make it eighty years. We
can't put our trust in princes nor in

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the sons of men, because really
and truly we can be here today and

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gone today, not even tomorrow.
Good So God is giving us a bird's

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eye view into the mind of one
of his children, who was saying,

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while we are alive, it is
our privilege to worship God. And so

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the lesson writer says, as our
experience of God's grace and power increases,

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we are prompted to ask, with
the Psalmist, what shall I render to

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the Lord for all of his benefits
toward me? The inevitable reply is to

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devote our life to being faithful to
God. What shall I render faithfulness?

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It's not that we are giving God
a paycheck of some sort, you know.

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It's not that we we repay God, and he's like, thank you

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for repaying me. That is not
what we're saying here. What the Bible

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writer is saying is that it is
the least that I can do. Because

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Jesus came and purchased us with his
life, he became a human being,

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though he continued to be equal to
the Father. But when he lived in

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human flesh, he had to eat
like we eat. He had to sleep

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and rest like we sleep and rest. He had some challenges sometimes with people,

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just like we have challenges with people. Right, could you not pray

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for just an hour with me?
While Jesus is agonizing in the garden of

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Gethsemane, his friends left him high
and dry. Those three men, Peter,

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James and John did not stand watch
and pray with him, and so

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he experienced even temptations and trials hard
to bear, just like we experience temptations.

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You know what else he did,
He actually relied on God, his

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Father, and the way that we
can rely on God the Father. You

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see, the Holy Spirit filled Jesus
just in the same way that he will

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fill us if we will surrender our
will to him. And so the fact

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is that when Jesus has done all
of this in order to save me.

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The least I can do, What
shall I render for all of His benefits

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toward me? The least I can
do is surrender my will to him.

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The least I can do is become
faithful to God with the strength that he

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gives me to be faithful. And
so how may I bless the Lord by

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yielding my will to him? That's
the short answer, okay. And so

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the lesson writer also points out that
the Lord wants all the world to join

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his people in worship. So part
of this faithfulness living, this living and

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faith principle, is to welcome other
people. We're welcoming people into right relationship

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with God to say, because God
has been good to me, I have

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chosen to serve Him. And this
is the kind of lifestyle that I get

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to enjoy by serving Him, even
when trials come. Even when trials come,

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now I have somewhere to take my
trials. When triumph comes, I

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have someone to think and say,
well, I am so appreciative God for

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all of the great things that you
are doing in my life. And when

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things are unsure and uncertain, then
we can say, you know what God

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has some really good thoughts toward me, thoughts of peace and not of evil,

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right thoughts that will lead us,
and a lifestyle and intent from God's

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holy hill that will lead us to
an expected end or a hope and a

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future. Please, will you come
into the same kind of relationship with God,

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just like I have and even better? Yes? And so that is

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what God wants from me. So
when God wakes me up up in the

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morning, what is my prey mary
purpose? And so? The Book of

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Psalms, The Book of Psalms,
chapter twenty two, beginning at verse twenty

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reads, deliver me from the sword, save my life from the claws of

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wild dogs, Rescue me from the
mouth of the lion, and from the

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horns of wild oxen. You answered
me verse twenty two. I will declare

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your name to my countrymen in the
middle of the assembly, I will praise

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you. So wherever your feet are
planted, brothers and sisters, wherever your

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influence happens to be in cyberspace.
I need you to do what the Bible

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writer says. I will declare your
name no matter where I am. In

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the middle of the assembly, I
will praise you. Verse twenty five.

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You are the reason I offer praise
in the Great Assembly, I will fulfill

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my promises before the Lord's loyal followers. You know, sometimes we need encouragement

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among ourselves that God has been good. Yes, Verse sixteen of Psalms,

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chapter thirty five. When I tripped, they taunted me relentlessly and I and

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tried to bite me. Oh Lord, how long are you going to watch

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this? Rescue me from the destructive
attacks, guard my life from the young

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lions. Then I will give you
thanks in the Great Assembly. I will

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praise you before the large crowd of
people. And so God is so good,

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and you want to say, well, how good is he? He

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is so good that when we praise
him that we have his presence. The

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Lord inhabits the praises of his people. So continue to worship him and live

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in it. Thanks for joining us
listening. Friends, Always remember we cannot

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live by bread alone, but by
every word that comes from the mouth of

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God. This has been your daily
portion with el David Harris. Make it

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a great day. Yeah,