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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, February four,
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 through the Book of

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Psalms, and our caption for today
is the Majestic Warrior. The Majestic Warrior.

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

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

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Father and Heaven, thank you for
giving us this new day and for

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the privilege that we have to open
up your word. I pray that you

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will fill us with your holy spirit. Teach us how to serve you,

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teach us how to do your will, and reveal yourself as the majestic warrior

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in our lives. In Jesus' name, I pray Amen and a men.

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Again. I'm going to jump in
before I get into the other passage that

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I'd like to read. I'm going
to jump into the Book of Psalms,

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chapter eighteen, and I'll read verses
three through fifteen, and the Bible reads

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the Lord thundered from heaven, and
the most high uttered his voice, hailstones

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and calls of fire. He sent
out his arrows and scattered the foe lightnings

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in abundance. He vanquished them.
Then the channels of the sea were seen,

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the foundations of the world were uncovered
at your rebuke, O Lord,

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and the blast of breath from your
nostrils, And so the lesson writer aptly

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put it this way, The sheer
determination and magnitude of God's action should disperse

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any doubt about God's great care and
compassion for the sufferers, or about his

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ability to defeat evil. He we
just need to wait for him to do

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it. Now we see there are
times that God is in the person of

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Jesus. Christ is represented as a
lamb, a meek and lowly one.

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But listen, Jesus is also seen
in the Bible as the lion of the

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mighty tribe of Judah, the captain
of the Lord's hosts, right, the

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commander of the Lord's armies. He's
the one who is able to destroy wickedness

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with just a thought. And so
we need to get into our minds that

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God teaches that he is who we
need him to be at the time that

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we need him to be. In
the Psalms, King David, who was

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known as a successful warrior, assumes
his role as a skilled musician and praise

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as the Lord as the only deliverer
and sustainer of his people. Praise and

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prayer to the Lord are David's sources
of strength, which are more powerful than

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any weapon of war. God alone
is to be trusted and worshiped. Let's

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go ahead into the Book of Psalms, chapter seventy that's the Book of Psalms,

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chapter seventy six, and we will
read beginning at verse three, and

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the Bible reads there break heed the
arrows of the bow, the shield and

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the sword, and the battle sillah, Thou art more glorious and excellent than

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the mountains of prey. Thus stouthearted
are spoiled. They have slept their sleep,

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and none of the men might have
found their hands at thy rebuke,

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o, God of Jacob. Both
the chariot and the horse are cast into

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a deep sleep. Thou even thou
art to be feared, and who may

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stand in thy sight? When once
thou art angry, thou didst cause judgment

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to be heard from heaven. The
earth feared and was still when God arose

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to judgment to save all the meek
of the earth. And let me just

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read verse twelve. He shall cut
off the spirit of princes. He is

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terrible to the kings of the earth. You see, we see a picture

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of God and earthly kings. In
contrast in the Book of Daniel chapter eleven,

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chapters eleven and twelve right, and
in other parts. Like in Daniel

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chapter two, we see we see
earthly kingdoms and God's kingdom. In contrast,

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kingdoms stand up. Babylon it stood
up like in strength. It stood

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up, and then and then it
it had to sit down, right and

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then and then Meto Persia had to
had stood up, and and then it

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has to sit down. In Grecia
it it stood up, and then it

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had to sit down. And then
and then the Western Roman Empire it stood

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up, and then it had to
sit down. And then Papal Rome had

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to stand up and then and then
sit down. And of course we see

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the divisions of Western Rome. Uh
even today we see much of what that

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is in terms of modern Europe.
And we see that even though these nations

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stand up and try to stand together, they cannot adhere, like they cannot

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come together as a united front in
the way that maybe they had intended.

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All kingdoms, all earthly kingdoms,
they stand up, and then they must

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sit down. And then we see
in again Daniel chapter eleven, we see

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all kinds of alliances and marriages and
interesting ways that humans try to engineer power

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on planet Earth. And those kingdoms
they stand up, and then they must

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sit down and then the Bible says
in Daniel chapter twelve that Michael, whom

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we know and understand to be Jesus, one who is what God is.

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Jesus, he stands up, and
then the Bible says that he stands up

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for his people. He stands up
for his people. Let's call him in

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this case the same as this majestic
warrior, where God is seen as the

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one who stands against his foe,
the devil, and everything that would try

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to subjugate God's people, whether it
be disease, whether it be your bad

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finances, whether it be actual earthly
kingdoms, whether it be some oppressor,

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even your mindset. If you will
yield your will to God, he can

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give you a new mindset. But
this majestic warrior, Jesus Christ, he

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stands up, and the only time
you see him sit down after this is

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when he sits down on the throne
of the universe. Finally, he will

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be enthroned in a way that the
entire universe will see him as King of

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kings and Lord of lords. No
more trials, no more tribulations for the

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people of God. For those who
have chosen to submit their wills to God,

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there is power and so really and
truly the question is on whose side

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do you find yourself when you're experiencing
doubt. Do you side with the war

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who God is and then just follow
his commands, or do you follow the

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mindset that you are in at the
moment when your money is shorter than the

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month and you are trying to decide
whether to do something dishonest or to continue

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with your faith. Do you choose
the warrior who God is or do you

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choose something else a temptation? That
is the question. And so as we

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read through the Book of Psalms,
chapter eighteen seventy six and one hundred and

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forty four, these hymns of praise
to the Lord for his awesome power over

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the evil forces that threaten his people
come to the surface, They come to

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the forefront. They portray God and
his Majesty as warrior and judge. You

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see, sometimes nations, when they
are angry and they have wars, they

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are unjust. And I say that
again nations sometimes when they are angry and

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they have wars, they are not
always just. But the Bible shows here

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that when God is seen as the
warrior, he is also seen as judge

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and justice. In the Bible,
and righteousness almost always are synonymous. The

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image of God as warrior is frequent
in the psalms and highlights the severity and

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urgency of God's response to his people's
cries and suffering. So if you are

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suffering under the hand of any oppressor, you continue to cry out to God

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and the majestic Warrior will stand up
for you and then vanquish the enemy.

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Have a wonderful day, peace.
Thanks for joining us listening. Friends.

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

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from the mouth of God. This
has been your daily portion with l David

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Harris. Make it a great day. Yeah,