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Speaker 1: Most of us eat every day, some of us too

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much because yesterday's food is not enough to supply energy

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for today's needs. Why then, do some of us expect

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yesterday's portion of heavenly manna, the word of God to

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keep us through today's challenges. On this program, we are

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going to change all of that. Let's experience God's words

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today and receive the power we need to live healthy,

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vibrant lives. Welcome to your Daily Portion with your host,

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author speaker, Elle David Harris.

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Speaker 2: Good morning, good morning, good morning, it is Monday. It's

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June thirty and twenty twenty five. Hello, my name is

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

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your Daily Portion where we give you God's word every

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single day, and today is no exception. We are continuing

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in our new Lesson study series Exodus Journey to the

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Promised Land, and our caption for today is the historical background.

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I know it sounds exciting, I know, I know. Aha,

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the historical background. We'll get into that in just a moment,

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but before we do, I'd like to say welcome to

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you and ask you to go over to your Daily

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Portion dot com. Please join our online community pick up

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the Your Daily Portion life application guide and also let

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us know where you are in the world at your

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Daily Portion dot com. This is one of the ways

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that we continue to build faith and fellowship. Let's go

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ahead and pray, and then we will get underway. Father,

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We thank you for this day. Thank you for the

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day that you have made. Teach us to rejoice and

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be glad in it. Help us to remember where you

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have led us. In Jesus's name, I pray, Amen and

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a men. Again remember a valuable and important statement. We

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have no fear for the future except we forget how

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our God has led us in the past. We have

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no fear. We have no reason to fear the future

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except we forget the way God has led us in

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the past. And I want you to expand your view

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of what it means for God to have led us.

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Who are the us? Like, who's we in this scenario?

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It's my own situation, yes, wherever I live in the

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world with my current family as they are now, Yes,

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But my ancestors they were led by God. Yes. And

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I don't mean just my immediate ancestors in the modern

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era with my surname or some variation of my surname

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back in history. What I'm talking about is even the

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people of God who lived way back in ancient times.

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God has led his covenantal people. This means that He

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will lead me to no matter what the trials or

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tribulations are, no matter who is in power who is not,

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what government is in power or not in power, whether

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the economy is accept or if it has just crashed,

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whether we are in a pandemic or we are in

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the post pandemic era, or there is something looming over

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the beyond the horizon right now that we cannot anticipate,

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whether it's a trial or a blessing. God has led

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his people in the past, and he will also lead

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them right now, lead us right now. And so in

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this historical background, I'll read just a little bit from

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the lesson and will jump to application it reads. The

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most plausible historical background to Joseph's story is the following.

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The new ruler in Exodus chapter one and verse eight,

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who knew not Joseph is almost from fifteen eighty to

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fifteen forty six BC. The next came Amenotep from fifteen

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fifty three to fifteen thirty two BC. The ruler who

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feared the Israelites and oppressed them. Later took most the

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first and you can see the dates there issued the

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death decree for all of the people of God, the

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male children his daughter I can't pronounce it. From fifteen

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oh four to fourteen eighty two BC was the princess

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who adopted Moses to be her son, and then Pharaoh

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took most. The third from fifteen oh four to fourteen

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fifty BC, who was for some time co regent with

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that one I can't pronounce, was the Pharaoh of Exodus

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and the Bible, and the lesson writer continues with more

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research from a man that I know and dearly care for,

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doctor William H. Shay, And you can see the reference there.

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So we have some reference about who were the pharaohs

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and when. And now we get to application. I'd like

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to first go into our life Application guide on page

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ten to the professional application. To the professional application. First

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of all, what is important now Professional success is ultimately

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tied to God's favor and not human's approval or permission.

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I said, ultimately, leadership changes cannot override God's divine appointments. Remember,

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we started out from Exodus, chapter one and verse eight

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about the Pharaoh who did not know Joseph, who didn't

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revere the God of Joseph, who decided to oppress the

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people from whom Joseph came. But when you're at work

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and things go really really weird, or really really well

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for that matter, Yeah, your favor or the difficulties that

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you have are not left into the hands of human beings.

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God is always with you. And if you continue with

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that in your reality, knowing that He is watching over

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you and guiding every footstep, leadership changes cannot override divine appointments.

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Now we're going to internalize the insight we're spelling the

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world word to win. Joseph was elevated because God was

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with him, even in a foreign territory, even under foreign rulers.

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Divine favor opened doors that no human could shut. But

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what is my action step the next best move in

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your professional life this week? I'm talking about this week,

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not next week. Now, pause to pray before every meeting

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or decision. In fact, I'm going to do the very

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same thing. Acknowledge God's authority over all of your assignments.

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That's one way that we can apply the less. Now

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let's go into the Bible book again of Genesis, this

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time of Genesis chapter thirty nine and verse two. The

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Bible reads, and the Lord was with Joseph, and he

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was a prosperous man. So why was he a prosperous

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man because the Lord was with him. So the first

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lesson for today is that God plants purpose sometimes in pain.

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You see, Joseph was betrayed, he was sold and in prison,

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he was sold by his own brothers. I wish I

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had the time. That's crazy and in prison, but God's

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presence never left him. God was always with him, like

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he promised to be with us and never forsake us.

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And that presence turned in justice. I'm going to slow down,

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quiet down. The presence of God turned in justice into influence.

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That's me beating on the desk. I said that presence

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turned injustice into influence. Look at the story of Joseph

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and the peaks and valleys of his life and we

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see that God was with him and through all of that,

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God did something special in order to make him so

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influential that he saved so many people. Really, God did

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it so many people from starvation and death, etc. So

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the action today is ah the trials that we have.

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I want you to pray something like this, God, don't

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just get me out of my trials, but please get

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your purpose out of me while I am going through

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the trial, like let your will be done in my life.

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I think Jesus prayed that prayer in the garden of Getsemine.

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And then we see from Genesis chapter forty one and

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verse forty two, and Pharaoh took off his ring and

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put it on Joseph. This was the good times, These

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were the good times onto Joseph's hands. So God's favor

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opens doors, as I've said that no human can shut.

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And so today don't chase the promotion though. We want

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the presence of God, not the promotion. We want the

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presence of God. Stay faithful where you are and let

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God bring visibility when it serves his purpose. And then finally, finally,

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God's timing may seem long, but it is always right.

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Joseph's rise to the Exodus was hundreds of years, but

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God still got glory. And God's people.

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Speaker 1: Thanks join us listening. Always remember we cannot live by

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bread alone, but by every word that comes from the

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mouth of God. This has been your daily portion with

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