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

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

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

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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

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

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and receive the power we need to live healthy, vibrant lives.

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Welcome to your Daily Portion with your host, author speaker,

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Elle David Harris.

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

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June twenty ninth, 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 the Journey to

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the Promised Land, and our caption for today is God's

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People in Egypt, God's People in Egypt. Before we begin,

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I'd like to just say welcome to everyone joining us,

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especially those joining us for the very first time. I

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want you to go over to your Daily Portion dot

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Click the red button there and also pick up the

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new Your Daily Portion Life Application Guide. And this is

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one of the ways that we continue to build faith

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

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will get under way. Father, we thank you, We thank

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you for hearing our voice when we need you. We

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thank you for hearing our voice of praise and thanksgiving.

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Please help us to see ourselves in the way that

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you see us. In Jesus name. I pray, Amen and

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Amen again God's people in Egypt. What's in a name?

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That's what I want to know, just very quickly, like

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what is in what is in a name? What is

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in a name? Have you ever really thought about what

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your name is and how that may shape how you

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enter into the world. My name is David. That means

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unbeloved or beloved. I take that seriously. Somehow my parents

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understood that I would be beloved. Do you know what

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your name is and what you are to represent in

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the world? Of course I am named after King David.

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There is so much to say there. There is wisdom

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in his son Solomon. I ask God for double the

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wisdom that God gave Solomon. Yes, and we know that

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Jesus Christ came from the same line of David. So

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in my mind I represent just like you do. But

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I represent the King of Kings and Lord of lords,

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blessed be his name. And I am not interested in

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making some of the mistake, making the mistakes that King

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David made. I do want to do what he did

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when he when he learned like, wait a minute, I

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mess done. So please, God, will you deliver me from

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my blood guiltiness? Will you believe? Will you deliver me

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from my sin? And then I will teach transgressors your way.

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If you will not withdraw your Holy Spirit from me,

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then I will teach transgressors your way. So there was

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a lot in a name. And the Book of Genesis

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is called in Hebrew shamat literally names in English, according

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to the opening words of that ancient document, and these

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are the names. This is how it begins. The names

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of the patriarch Jacob's family are enumerated right from the start.

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So can I just say right here, I actually took

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this out of the book. I should have left it

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in there. But let me give you what I was

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intending for this day's life application, in the spiritual application.

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What is important now, w we're spelling the word win w.

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God begins Exodus by listing names, reminding us that he

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never forgets his people. Every generation matters to him. Now,

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let's internalize this insight in the letter I reflect on

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Exodus chapter one, verses one through five. Each name recorded

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carries covenantal significance, covenantal importance. I want you to study

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that out. What are these names and what importance do

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they hold where covenant with God is concerned. In God's story,

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no one is nameless. No one is nameless or forgotten.

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And then the letter and the next best move. This

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is time for action. Thank God for calling you by name.

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I think the Bible says, and I'm saying that for

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a fact, that he will write his name in our foreheads. Yes,

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if we're faithful, begin your devotion multiple times this week

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by reading in Isaiah chapter fourty three and verse one.

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You may decide to read it aloud. Fear not, for

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I have redeemed the I have called thee by thy name.

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And it does not stop there. It says, thou art mine.

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God claims you. He has not turned his back on you.

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God claims you, and he said you are his. Thank God.

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And so here are some lessons that we can learn

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from today's study. First of all, First of all, I

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would love for us to read Exodus, chapter one and

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verse eight, and the Bible reads, now there arose up

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a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph. Oh,

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there was a lot of really good coming out of

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this experience of God's people being in Egypt, because Joseph

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was faithful to God. He had favor with God and humans,

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just like Jesus favor with God and humans. And he

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was the governor. I don't know if that's the right term,

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but he was the governor of Egypt and represented the

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prosperity that had come to the people in the then

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known world through Egypt. And we're grateful. But there was

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a pharaoh, a new pharaoh that was fearful, a new

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pharaoh that did not believe in the God of brother Joseph,

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and he decided to oppress the people of God. So

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let me just say this, never confuse blessings with permanence.

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And it almost sounds pessimistic, but please just follow me here.

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Do not confuse blessings with permanence. So in this moment,

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let's just say, at noon today, God gives you a

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special blessing and that goes on until noon six months

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from now noon one year from now on the same day,

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yes noon, eighteen months from now on the same day.

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I'm not asking you to become paranoid or brace for

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the next trial. But let me just say that we

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count the blessings new blessings every morning. Great is God's faithfulness,

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and we say thank You for the moment. There will

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be times, however, that the blessing that we are experiencing

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today won't go tomorrow. There may be a trial waiting

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around the corner. But does it matter, Well, I don't know.

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It depends on your perspective. But if God is for you,

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who can be against you? And so in the case

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of the people of God, there was a time of

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oppression that came after that time of favor. So give

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thanks to God for your current blessings. Don't worry about

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anything else in this moment. Thank God for your current blessings.

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But anchor your security in God, not in your job.

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You might lose that, not in your leader. Your leader

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may no longer be there, the one that smiles on

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you and has found favor in you, or the one

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that you like that led your country wherever you are

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in the world, So your faith in security or not

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in your job, not in your leader, and not in

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your nation. Your faith should be anchored firmly in the

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security of God. Lessen. Number two, God's promises out last

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political shifts. Oh, this is good. Yes, And the Bible

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reads in verse seven. And the children of Israel were

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faithful and increased abundantly. They increased increased abundantly. Leaders change,

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though nations rise and fall. I think we know this.

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But God's covenant remains, whether Joseph is there or not,

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whether the Pharaoh that found favor in Joseph is there

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or not. Whether Potiphar, who learned to trust the God

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or the God in Joseph for a time, is there

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or not. God's covenant remains. The people multiplied in oppression, Oh,

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because God's word to Abraham is still active. They continue

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to multiply even though they were in bondage, because God

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remembered his covenant. And so our action for today is

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to reflect on these passages, post one of the verses

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and a place where you can see it daily. Remind

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yourself that God's promises do not expire with your season.

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I wish I had the time. God is faithful and

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he knows your name. You are his peace.

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Speaker 1: Thanks for joining us listening. Friends, Always remember we cannot

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live by bread alone, but by every word that comes

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from the mouth of God. This has been your daily

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portion with El David Harris. Make it a great day. Yeah,