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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 Sabbath, January sixth,
twenty twenty four. Hello, my name

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

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

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exception. We are continuing in our
lesson study series through the Book of Psalms,

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and today we are considering teach us
to pray. Very interesting teach us

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to pray. If you are a
BI student, this should resonate with you.

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We'll get into that in just a
moment, but let me just say

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again a great big happy Sabbath to
everyone joining us. I want to give

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a great big shout out to whoever
is listening on the radio you are on

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up to two thousand. I wish
it were two thousand, up to two

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hundred radio stations around the world,
and I'm thankful that you are here.

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Of course, those who are online
on the various platforms and on television and

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listening after the fact on podcasts.
I just thank God for your presence.

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

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thank you for giving us the privilege
of opening up your word this Sabbath morning,

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and I'm asking you to please give
us your understanding. Teach us how

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to serve you and ultimately Lord in
this case, please teach us how to

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pray. Teach us to pray as
John taught his disciples in Jesus' name,

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I pray, Amen and Amen again. So, as I said a little

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bit earlier, if you're a Bible
student, then our caption for today is

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resonant with you. You you recognize
this from a time or an interaction Jesus

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was having with his disciples, and
so the lesson writer uses the Book of

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Luke as a backdrop. I'm going
to go to Matthew chapter six, and

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what I want you to do.
What I want you to do is answer

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this question. Really, what was
Jesus really And I wrote this in all

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caps. Let see this with my
little pencil here and my device that can

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take this digital pencil, right,
so it's real life to me, is

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what was Jesus really teaching when he
taught his disciples to pray? What was

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he really teaching? I wish we
had five hours, but we just literally

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don't. And did we get it
when he was teaching them? Did we

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get what he was teaching? So
let me go to the Book of Matthew,

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as I said, and read in
chapter six, and let me just

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say he was teaching a good amount
of stuff about hypocrisy and not being like

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hypocrites, not being like religious zealous
who really just wanted people to see them

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praying in air quotes, and not
being people who are into vain repetitions like

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the Heathens do, thinking that somehow
they can impress God with so many words.

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Right, Sometimes people get real rhythmic. If you're not a Heathen,

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you may be a believer who somehow
you get into a frenzy based on the

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rhythmic way in which you pray,
and you feel more excited and you feel

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like that may be a way to
connect with God more. You may not

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say it that way, but when
you're thinking about it, you cry more.

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When you do it that way,
right, you get more excited,

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you get more intense in that way. But what God is saying, it's

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a lot simpler than that. It's
about part of me connection with God.

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I wish I had the time,
But the Bible says, be ye not

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therefore, like unto them, I
just really ran through this verse eight.

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For your father knoweth what things ye
have need of before you ask him.

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So the first thing that we really
need to hear in Jesus's teaching is that

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God listens and he knows even before
you speak, before I speak, he

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knows what we have need of.
So don't try to impress him. It's

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not necessary, and really it just
won't work. And then the Bible reads

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verse nine after this manner, therefore
pray ye see his children, his disciples,

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Jesus's disciples were observing him in his
own communion with God, and they

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were like, please teach us how
to connect with God. Like teach us

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to pray like you do as John
taught his disciples. And he said,

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okay, well, this is what
you do. Verse nine. After this

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manner, therefore, pray ye our
Father, which are in heaven hollowed,

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be thy name. So we respect
God, our father. We respect him,

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and we know that he is indeed
our father. He's holy, He's

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holy. I don't have the time. Verse ten, Thy Kingdom, Come,

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Thy will be done on earth as
it is in heaven. We want

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God's will done in our lives,
and the way that He has his will

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done perfectly in heavenly places, we
want that in our lives. Give us

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this day our daily bread. What
are you listening to today? Look behind

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me, over my shoulder seat.
There your daily portion. You thought I

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got this from out the sky.
Nope, if I didn't give us this

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day our daily bread. And forgive
us our debts, as we forgive our

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debtors. Type in the chat what
you're learning here, because I can't really

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pull those all out today, huh. And lead us not into temptation,

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but deliver us from evil, for
Thine is the kingdom and the power and

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the glory forever and ever a man. And then Jesus says, for if

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ye forgive men their trespasses, your
father will also forgive you. And then

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he teaches us the converse, if
you don't, then neither will the Father.

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So so many jewels here about forgiveness, about relying on God for our

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sustenance, about relying upon God for
our spiritual sustenance, and teaching us how

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we must forgive, how it is
our privilege to forgive others, because after

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all, for Christ's sake, God
has forgiven us. So what was Jesus

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really teaching and did we get it? Was he teaching us to recite his

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prayer When people are reciting his prayer
and they and then they say, let's

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pray together, and then they say
these exact words. Is that what Jesus

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was getting at, like when he
said this is what I'm going to teach

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you after you ask the question,
and then we just by wrote and sometimes

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just sort of mindlessly say what Jesus
said? Is that what his goal was

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when he said that, oh,
I think not, I think not.

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Okay? And so here are some
actionable items from Luke chapter eleven and verse

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one. We read Lord teach us
how to pray as John also taught his

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disciples. Whereas if you study the
life of Enoch how he walked with God,

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then at every time at any time
in the day or night, we

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should be at whatever point we need
to. We should be reaching out to

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God. We should be reaching out
to God. It's like walking with God.

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But if you look into the life
of Daniel, if you look into

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what we can infer from this passage
in Luke eleven and verse one, there

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are times that we should dedicate to
prayer. So while fervent and unrehearsed prayer

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as merit that spontaneous concept that I
mentioned, Jesus's disciples request in Luke chapter

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eleven and verse one shows us seeking
instruction that can enhance our devotional life.

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Daniel he prayed three times a day
inspecific besides when he was walking and interacting

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with people. He had those times
dedicated for connection with God. Jesus came

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aside a great while before day,
and then he also prayed connecting with his

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father before he went in and about
his daily duties. Okay, and then

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we can utilize the Psalms, because
after all we are talking about the Psalms,

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we can utilize the Psalms as a
prayer book. In the Book of

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Psalms, chapter ninety six, verses
one and two, it says sing unto

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the Lord, a new song,
sing unto the Lord. All the earth

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sing unto the Lord. Bless his
name and show forth his salvation from day

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to day. And if you survey
the book of psalms, you will find

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many, many instances when you could
say, okay, I can see how

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inspiration shows to connect to God in
prayer. We can learn from prayers from

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God's people. In the Book of
First Chronicles, chapter sixteen, verses seven

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through nine, it says, then
on that day David delivered this psalm to

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thank the Lord, Give thanks unto
the Lord, call upon his name,

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make known his deeds among the people, sing unto him, sing psalms unto

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him, and take and talk excuse
me of all his wondrous works, and

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so many other takeaways. But these
will sit with for just now. If

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a wonderful rest of your sabbath.
Peace. Thanks for joining us listening.

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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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el David Harris, make it a
great day. Yeah,