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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 Tuesday, February ten,

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twenty twenty six. 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 uniting Heaven and Earth, christ in Philippians and Colossians,

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and our option for today is Rejoice in the Lord always,

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Rejoice in the Lord always. Before we get into that,

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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. Thank you,

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Thank you, Thank you to those who come in every day.

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But to our ministry partners, I'm so glad that you're there.

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If you're watching on YouTube, you'll see in the chat

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see Facebook and you'll see all these comments and you're like,

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see what we're doing on YouTube. Anyway, long story, thank

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you for all of you on the radio and in

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podcast land. Thank you also for people who have clicked

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that contribute button. You are getting us closer and closer

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to all of the goals that we have set to

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continue to reach you, reach people that are your friends

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and neighbors with the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and also

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for some of the felt needs that we are assisting. Okay,

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

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Thank you for this day. Please help us to rejoice

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in You. In Jesus' name, I pray amen and Amen again,

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rejoice in the Lord always. Now we have identified this

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and focused on this a few times, but let's take

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another look. Okay, and before we get too tight into it,

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I'm going to read a quote from eighteen seventy eight,

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eighteen seventy eight reviewing Harold. The Christian may pass through storms,

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and you have to think of how people wrote in

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the eighteen hundreds. That means that you will. That's what's

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going to happen. We know that this is going to happen.

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And then comes this contrast of thought like, Okay, the

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Christian may pass through storms. Yep, that's true, that's true.

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But the peace of God within is a calm harbor

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into which no tempest can enter. Oh, I need you

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to think about that very clearly. Think of it very clearly.

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The Christian may pass through storms, that's going to happen, Yes,

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but the piece of God within is a calm harbor

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into which no tempest can enter. What does that mean

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all of the storms whirling around us can have no

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appreciable impact when we're we are in the calm harbor

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of God's care. Oh, I wish I had the time.

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I wish I had the time. Let me read from

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another place. October eleven, nineteen oh five, signs of the Times.

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Perfect peace will be ours as we learn to leave

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every That's a big word, y'all look it up if

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you've not seen it lately. That means to the exclusion

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of everything else, like all like God wants us to

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give everything to him. Don't leave anything out. We need

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to learn to leave every perplexity in his hands. Oh man,

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and here comes another one, and trust him fully. Wow.

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Everything you have a little ache or a pain, you're

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tempted to talk to people about it. I mean, of course,

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if you need to go to the doctor, you need

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to talk to the doctor about it. I get it.

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But apart from that, like telling people that you have

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aches and pains, waste of time. Give that perplexity to him.

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You're trying to figure out what's good, what's your month

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and your money, and it's not balancing out. Go to

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God first, before you even think about going to a human.

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You understand, before you even think about going into your

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mind and strategizing. We understand this is what you must do,

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but don't do it. First, go to God first, trust

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him fully. You have a disease or you have a

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new diagnosis, and you don't know what to do as

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you were getting your consultations from wise counselors that know

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God and people who may in the medical world or

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in the naturopathic world, depending on the pathway that you

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must take. I'm not trying to give you guidance on that.

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But before you do any of that, go to God,

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leave that perplexity in his hands, and trust him fully.

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And so our lesson number one is coming in from

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verse four of Philippians chapter four. We've read it over

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and over again. Let's go again. Rejoice in the Lord

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always and again. I say rejoice in case you didn't

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get it the first time, even though I'm locked up

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in prison. Paul is saying, even though that's the case,

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I'm saying that rejoicing in the Lord is a choice

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rooted in trusting God, not worrying about my circumstances, my

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my mind, and so and so the word rejoice means

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to be glad and to delight. In case somebody's like, ah, well,

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rejoice doesn't mean rejoice, it means something else, because how

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could you rejoice if you're going through you understand well

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the text means what it means. Under inspiration Brother Paul,

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while he was locked up, Brother Paul, when things were

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not always just so peachy clinking, he said, be glad

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and delight. Rejoicing is not an emotional denial. This is

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what some people do. Like I've had people say, like,

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how you doing today? And maybe I'm sad because you know,

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I remember when my mom passed away, and I say,

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I may say I'm sad or whatever, and you know,

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quickly people would say, don't claim that, brother, Like claim what?

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Speaker 1: Like?

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Speaker 2: What do you mean by claim? Don't claim the sadness?

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What does that mean? I don't even understand. When Jesus

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was in the garden of Gysemite, he was sweating as

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it were great drops of blood. When he was on

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the cross, he cried out, Father, my God, my God,

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why hast thou forsaken me? So we're not turning our back,

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we're not burying our heads in the proverbial sand. We're

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not acting as if things are not going the way

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they're going. But we are still learning. It is a

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spiritual act that places confidence in God before situations change,

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and so the action step is to speak one sentence

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of praise. I know it's like, what, that's so wow,

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so regimented. Why are you so particular? Because some people

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are in the clouds and you're stuck in inspiration mode

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or receiving information mode, and you're not going to do

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nothing with it. So I'm just trying to give you

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a prescription here. It is, speak one sentence of praise

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aloud today before asking God for anything. That's a good practice.

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Anchor your prayer in trust. Anchor your prayer to God

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in trust. Lesson number two, verse six Philippians, chapter four.

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Be careful or anxious for nothing right instead, in every situation,

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through prayer and petition or supplication with thanksgiving, tell your

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requests to the Lord supplication. Supplication means the Greek word

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for it actually means urgent request in deep need. So

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again we're not burying our heads in the sand. We

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do have urgent requests. We do have deep needs. There

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are things that are really getting under our skin that

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we cannot manage, and God is saying, through Paul, take

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that to God with thanksgiving. And so the lesson is

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that prayer with thanksgiving is the divine antidote to anxiety,

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opening the heart to God's peace. And what is the action.

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The action is to write down a current worry, put

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it right before you. Really, you're putting it before God.

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Pray over it with thanksgiving that God has already received

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your request. I want you to study I didn't think

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about this before, but study Daniel chapter ten, and we'll

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have to circle back on that principle Daniel chapter ten

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in this vein. 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,