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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, July twelve,

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twenty twenty five. Hello, my name is El David Harris.

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I am your host, and this is your Daily Portion

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where we give you God's word every single day, and

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today is no exception. We are continuing in our lesson

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study series through the Book of Exodus, and of course

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we're making our journey from Egypt to the Promised Land.

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We are nearing home. Let me just say that I

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heard that him and my mom when I just said that.

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But before we get into our lesson study for this morning,

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

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those joining us for the very first time. Please go

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over to your Daily Portion dot com. Please join our

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online community. Please pick up Well, let's not do it today.

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I was going to say, pick up your Daily Portion

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Life application guide, but do it after the Sabbath. And

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at your Daily Portion dot com. This is one of

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the ways that we continue to build faith and fellowship.

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

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We thank you. Thank you for the times that you

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are with us and we don't even recognize it. Thank

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you for being patient with us and loving and kind.

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And I pray that we will live the life that

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you have called us to live, even when things are difficult,

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and help us to come out on the other side

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into your promise with thanksgiving. In Jesus' name, I pray,

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Amen and Amen again. Rough start. If this were a

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group coaching or group counseling moment, a group coaching or

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group counseling moment, I bet I could get a bunch

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of people. There are hundreds of you watching live, and

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I don't know how many people are listening live around

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the world right now, but there are so many of

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you that I like, I think would tell incredible stories

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about how rough your start was? Was it when you

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were born? There was some story attached to you being

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born in your mommy, going through some extreme challenges. It

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could be your start as a professional, your start in

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your relationships. It could be your start and your understanding

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of self, personal development, self awareness, etc. But I'm sure

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that we could share a lot of incredible stories about

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how rough the start is. But before we get into

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how rough things are, we should say how good God is?

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Is the roughness or difficulty that we have gone through

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bigger than our God? More powerful than our God? And

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of course the answer, the obvious answer, is absolutely not.

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And so we begin in this story with God's people

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now to be delivered from captivity, and yeah, it's kind

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of a rough start. But the Bible reads in Exodus

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chapter five, verses one and two. Afterward, Moses and Aaron

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went in and told it, did not say asked. The

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Bible says, I don't care what language you read it in.

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Told Pharaoh. Now they're standing on business. They're ten toes down,

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knowing that it is God that is now speaking. Thus

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says the Lord God of Israel. Not asking you any questions, Pharaoh,

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because they're on God's business. Let my people go. They're

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speaking in God's voice. Now let my people go that

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they may hold a feast to me in the wilderness.

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Let me put it to you this way. Pharaoh was

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in the way of God's people being true worshipers. Now

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I know I may have said it in a way

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that's melodramatic, but God is saying, my people are bound.

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They are limited. They are not as free as I

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need them to be to serve and to worship me,

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and therefore the barrier to that reality has to be

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broken down. Now you have an opportunity, Pharaoh. I just

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need you to listen. All you need to do is

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fly to gate, like open the gate, let my people go.

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It's very It's just as simple as that. Let them go,

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and they can now hold a feast to me in

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the wilderness. We don't have time to cover this, but

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when Pharaoh, way later in the story, in case I

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forget to mention it, way later in the story, when

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Pharaoh finally does seem like he was about to comply,

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was like, okay, yeah, let everybody out except these babies

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from twenty years in younger. And God is like, I

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A a ah, let everybody out, And now that we

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know the end of the story. It's like, yeah, if

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God or Moses had allowed Pharaoh to get away with that,

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then only two people would have gone into the Promised Land,

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because Moses and Aaron were dead. The rest of the

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people of God at that moment, they died if they

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were older than twenty because of their lack of faith,

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And the only ones that went into the Promised Land

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were the people who were twenty years and younger at

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the time of their deliverance. But I don't have the

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moment at time to deal with that in detail. But

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the Bible continues, and Pharaoh said, oh, my goodness, these

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ridiculous words. Who is the Lord that I should obey?

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Speaker 1: His voice?

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Speaker 2: Now? Listen, there are a lot of people who have

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tried to test God over the years, a lot of people.

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Who is the Lord that I should obey him? He's like, yo,

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who was? And I don't even want to use I

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don't even want to get into the way that he

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would have been saying it, because that doesn't even feel

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right with me reporting this reality. But he was disrespectful

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to let Israel go. I don't know the Lord, nor

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will I let Israel go. Okay, Well, Okay, I guess

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you're right about you don't know the Lord. But listen,

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Pharaoh was proud. But I promise you God did introduce himself.

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I was gonna ask you the question, but really it's

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a silly question. God introduced himself. Yes, did Pharaoh let

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God's people go? Absolutely? So when he's saying I don't

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know God and I'm not about to let his people go,

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God is like, okay, so listen, I'm gonna introduce myself

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and you're going to do exactly what I said. Spiritual

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crime does not pay. Let me say it again, spiritual

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crime does not pay. God gave you a direct command

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King Pharaoh. Forgot which Pharaoh was in power at the time. Yeah,

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God gave command, So was Pharaoh crowd Yes, yes, his

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own words showed it in again that verse that I

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just read. So this arrogance at this is arrogance at

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its core. Pharaoh places himself above God himself. He questions

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God's identity and authority. In the same breath, he sounds

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exactly like the devil. He was the Devil's son. This

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is the posture of pride, the Bible says in Proverbs

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chapter sixteen and verse eighteen. Basically, don't do that. Pride

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goeth before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall.

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Think about anything that's attached to pride. Think about anything

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where you see the word pride, like lions are a pride,

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and we see they're not very good at hunting. They're

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supposed to be. They are predators, but they're not nearly

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as successful as African wild dogs, who are at a

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in their success rate. But pride, when you attach pride

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to something, look for that something to be antithetical to

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God's ideal. Did God introduce himself?

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Speaker 1: Yep?

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Speaker 2: He did it over and over again, through miracles, through warnings,

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through direct statements, and then ultimately plagues and by the

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way God caused him caused the Pharaoh to fly the

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gate and actually let God's people go. But we're fast

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forwarding the story Exodus, chapter seven and verse five. The

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Bible reads, and the Egyptians shall know that I am

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the Lord when I stretch forth my hand upon Egypt

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and bring out the children of Israel from among them. Remember,

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the Pharaoh asked the question, who is the Lord that

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I should let them go? I'm not going to let

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them go? And God is like, well, I am the Lord.

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I am that I am. I'm going to cause you

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to let my people go, and then you'll know that

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I am the Lord. Oh God, What is it that

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God is going to deliver you from beginning at this moment.

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I talk to you about transform it transformation yesterday. But

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in this moment, even though you may be in that

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rough patch, you may be having a rough start, in

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this moment, God is introducing himself to your challenge as

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your problems, even your pride. He's introducing himself to your

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tribulations financially, relationally, is it a personal problem, and he

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will fly the gate. He will let you go if

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you will just trust him. Don't be proud like Pharaoh.

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The only introduction you need is to submit yourself to

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God and allow him to get you free from whatever

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it is that's binding you today.

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Speaker 1: Peace, Thanks for joining us listening. Friends, Always remember we

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cannot live by bread alone, but by every word that

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comes from the mouth of God. This has been your

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