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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 Sabbath, April

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twenty six, twenty twenty five. Hello, my name is El

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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

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day and today is no exception. We are continuing in

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our lesson study series how to study Bible Prophecy, and

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our caption for today is The Nation's Part two, The

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Nation's Part two. Get into that in just a moment,

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but first I'd like to say welcome to you and

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ask you to go over to your Daily Portion dot com.

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Please join our online communities. Also, also please let us

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know where you are in the world at your Daily

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Portion dot Com. This is one of the ways that

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

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and pray, and then we will get underway. Father in Heaven,

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thank you for giving us this new day and for

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the privilege that we have to open up your word

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and to study from the scriptures. I pray that you

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will help us to see where we are in this

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earth's history. It won't be long now until Jesus comes,

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the one for whom we have waited. Father, Please make

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us holy, help us to surrender our will in every

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particular in Jesus' name. I pray, Amen, and a man

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again the Nation's Part two. Let me begin by reading

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from the Bible Book of Psalms, the Bible Book of Psalms,

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chapter forty six, and I will read verse ten. I'll

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probably read it again in just a little while. The

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Bible reads. Be still and know that I am God. Now,

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the Bible is showing us very clearly here that people

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have a tendency to be too fast, rushing along by

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every day and forgetting that God is who exactly he

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said he is. He's the creator of all humankind, the

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creator of the universe. He's the one who redeems us

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by his blood, and if we yield our will to him,

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we will be just like him. One day we'll see

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him as he is. But but but sometimes blasphemously people

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run by blasphemously. Sometimes people are forgetting that God is

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the one who laid the foundations of the earth, because

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these humans are deciding to try to change everything, challenge everything,

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challenge God's word, challenge his holy institutions, challenge the principles

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that God has taught us. And he wants us to

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take our time be still, because I think it was

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as in the days of Noah. Ah people were eating

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and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage until the day

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that Noah entered into the ark and the floods came

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and took them all away. And so the Bible is

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teaching us that we need to pause and then not

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just having assent to the truth, but begin to worship

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God as if intimately we are with him, understanding that

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he indeed is the God who created all things. Blessed

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be his name. There's no God like him, there is

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no other God worthy of worship. And the Bible continues,

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I will be exalted. Is He exalted in your life?

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I'm asking myself the same question as God exalted in

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my life. Even in this moment, just about four minutes

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into our broadcast, I'm asking myself honestly before God, are

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you exalted God in my life? And if not, why not?

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And then when we discover the why not? Then what next?

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And the Bible continues, I will be exalted in the earth.

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God will be exalted. And so the lesson writer identifies

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a bunch of problems, a lot of problems. People say

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all kind of creepy, crazy, goofy stuff about God and

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make up all kinds of arguments. People make it seem

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as if God intended for us to do evil so

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that he could surprise the planet, shock the world with

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his new plan of salvation. But that is not the case.

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God never intended for us to sin. He knew that

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we would. But we can't blame God for knowing everything.

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He knew that we would turn away from him, and

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he always had the plan so that he could fix

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this if we will yield our will to him. But

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we don't blame God. We don't make it seem as

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if God desired this, because it was always intended for

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us to be one with God with no hitches. But

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Adam failed, Eve she failed, and now we have this

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big mess. But I'm thankful that where sin abounds, grace

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did much more abound. And the lesson writer says, this

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week we will the coming week, meaning tomorrow. Beginning tomorrow,

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we will continue looking at the problem caused or the

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problems caused by the fall and the desire for human

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government as opposed to God's governance. These truths are powerfully

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revealed in the Book of Daniel, which shows that God

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was right when he warned his people about what would

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happen when they turned away from Him and chose earthly

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monarchs instead. This is exactly what they got, earthly monarchs instead.

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I want you to hear that word instead in the

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place of God. It's not that now that we have

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governments that God is recommending that we go against. No,

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that's not the point. The point is that where governments

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are in alignment with God's will, then we're good to go,

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because really we're following God's mandates. But if and when

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governments are guiding us against the truth of God, against

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what God has taught us, then we can see in history.

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We can see in the time of Daniel, Michel Hannanaiah

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and Azariah. What happens if people turn their backs on

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God in preference or deference to earthly rulers, and so

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that is the word instead there, this is exactly what

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they got, earthly monarchs instead, and sinners lording it over sinners.

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Never again combination. Okay, So we choose God one hundred

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percent of the time, and anything else or anyone else

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that aligns with God's will, we choose that too. It

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is until or unless those go against God. Now, of course,

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the lesson writer says, we're going to identify problems, and

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I think God's people it's no disrespect, no shade intended.

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But God's people have a habit of being able to

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identify problems. It's like, of course you're supposed to be

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able to do that, Dave, I understand. But we need

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some solutions too, Okay, So don't get stuck in the

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identification of problems loop, that rut that happens sometimes on

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Sabbath mornings. Right in a few a couple of hours,

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there are gonna be some people with microphones standing up

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in churches all around the world, ready to identify problems.

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But I ask you to challenge all of us teachers

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from the scriptures to provide solutions that God has given us. Okay,

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and so I'm going to just three this morning because

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we don't have a lot of time. Number one comes

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from the Bible Book of Proverbs, chapter three and verse five,

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and the Bible reads, trust in the Lord with all

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thine heart, and lean not unto thine own understanding. Okay,

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let's pause right there. So the action step based on

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this is to daily surrender to God's rule. Daily, I said,

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I should say, momentarily submit to God's rule. Submit decisions

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to his word. Every decision that you're trying to make,

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submit it to God's rule. Trust in his timing, and

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follow his leadership. Okay, that is solution number one. Number

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two comes from the Bible Book of Psalms. I told

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you i'd read it again, Verse ten of chapter forty six.

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Be still and know that I am God. Be still

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and know that I am God. And this means to

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practice the visible presence of God. I think an inspiration.

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We have been enjoined to do just that. Rest in

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His control. You like control us a heavy word. Yes,

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If God is in control, I think we're good to go.

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Wait on his timing and trust in his plans. Finally, finally,

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from Matthew chapter six and verse thirty three. But seek

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ye first the Kingdom of God and his righteousness, and

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all things needed, all things needful will be added unto us.

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Of course, we're prioritizing eternal values. We're building kingdom principles.

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We're living heavenly citizenship and maintaining eternal focus above and

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against ours. Make it a great day, 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,