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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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July fourteen, 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 day,

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and today is no exception. We are continuing in our

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Lesson study series through the Book of Moses. We're journeying

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from Egypt. I most said, exodus from Egypt all the

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way into the Promised Land. Our caption for today again

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is a rough start. I know we had that caption already,

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but here it is again a rough start. Are you

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having a rough start this morning? I hope not, But

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if you are, God is available to you.

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Speaker 1: So Yeah.

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Speaker 2: Before we get into all of that, I'd like to

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just say welcome to everyone joining us, especially those joining

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dot Com. This is one of the ways that we

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continue to build faith and fellowship. Let's go ahead and pray. Father,

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we thank you for this day. Thank you for not

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leaving us in the roughness of the starts, the beginnings

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in our lives, the different different times that if we

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were allowing ourselves, we could excuse ourselves. We can blame

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whatever's wrong with us on someone else. Father, Please help

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not to be bound to the rough starts of life.

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In Jesus name, I pray, Amen and Amen again a

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rough start? Have you had a rough start? When God

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is ready to give you rest? God is ready to

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give you rest. See the devil can still see in

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the supernatural. He can still see the angels of God

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who excel in strength that are being commissioned and commanded

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to go here and to go there to do very

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special things for people on planet Earth. And when God

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is ready to give you rest. The enemy is ready

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to oppress you. He's ready to give you more work.

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I said, when God is ready to give you more rest,

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or give you rest full stop. The devil is waiting.

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He's ready to oppress you and give you more work.

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And so we thank God. We thank God that he

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is more than able to deliver those that take his yoke.

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Jesus said, upon upon you, and learn of him. His

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yoke is easy, his burden is light, and you will

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find rest unto your souls. But again the enemy is there.

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She's like, ah, You're not going to get no rest today.

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I'm here to burden you. I'm here to burden you.

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And of course, when Moses went into Pharaoh and the

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people finally believe that he is being commissioned by God,

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he and Aaron expectations were surely high. The Lord was

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going to deliver the people of God from bondage, finally,

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like great, big, collective sigh of relief. But Moses then

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he went into the king of Egypt with God's demands.

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In that word we use it advisedly, and things became

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even worse for the people of God Yep. In the

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moment that they were to receive rest, and God laid

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down the gauntlet. He said, let my people go, so

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they may worship me or give sacrifice or hold feast

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in the wilderness and not here. That's when the devil

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was like, oh no, no, no, no, no no, and

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he put the clamps on. He put the clamps on

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God's people. But guess what, God knew exactly what he

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was doing. God knew exactly got what he was doing.

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And so we're gonna get some lessons here, some lessons

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here that we can all apply. Okay, so let's begin

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in the Bible book. Let's go with Exodus, chapter five

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and verse twenty one. The Lord look upon you and

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judge because ye have made our savor to be abhorred

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in the eyes of Pharaoh. Let me read it in another translation.

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May the Lord look on you and judge because you

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made us stink in the opinion of Pharaoh. So God

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has sent a deliverer. He's about to let them go

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and take the into the promise that he made to

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Abraham way back in the day. And the people of

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God are saying, they're actually calling upon the name of

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God and saying to Moses, you're messing things up, bro.

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We need to stay here with Pharaoh because he about

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to start squeezing us. How many times has God been

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about to deliver you. He's literally in the process of

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delivering you from that relationship you should never have had.

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And then when something goes wrong, it's just like, oh, well,

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if I hadn't said this, then this negative thing wouldn't

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have happened. And then you're bound by the relationship, saying

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with your workplace, ah, same with different aspects of your mindset,

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like anything that is worth having is going to take work.

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And in the words of my brother Demia's Purdue of

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Purdue Leadership Institute, he said, elevation requires change, That's what

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he said. And so when we're about to elevate, God

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is changing us. He's trying transforming us. And then he's

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transforming our situation. So pain will come, difficulties will come.

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But if you're going to elevate, you must change. And

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so again, may the Lord look upon look on you

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and judge because you have made us stink in the opinion,

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what that was God who put you in this position

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because He's about to set you free. So remain obedient

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even when others misunderstand you. So think of your of

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yourself as Moses in this situation, even though those people

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that you're working, who's upon whom's who's behalf you're working,

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are looking at you sideways because you did exactly what

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God said to do, and you are working on their

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behalf even when they misunderstand you. Uh, stay obedient to God.

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Don't measure God's faithfulness by the first outcome. It's gonna

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be a rough start. This is gonna be a bumpy

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ride job. Put on your seatbelts, put on your seat

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But we're going to get to our destination by God's grace.

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And now we go into the Bible Book of First Peter,

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chapter four and verse twelve. The Bible reads, think it

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not strange concerning fiery trials, which is to try you.

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And by the way, don't blame God for those trials.

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That's not really what it is. God is working out

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as good in your life because he's intentional. He's never changing.

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And so don't think it's strange. Moses obeyed God. But

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the very what very next thing happened. Pharaoh made the

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work harder, resistance increased. That's what happens when we're about

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to elevate, when pressure rises after you say yes to God,

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do not retreat. Forward, march forward, move forward in all

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of the things that God has called you to do,

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do not retreat. I think the people of God invest

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too much time in retreating. Listen, I'm not taking potshots

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at retreat. So do not text me, not email me,

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don't put it in the chat, don't put it in

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the comments section. I'm not saying we should not retreat.

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Jesus did say come aside and rest a while. Yes,

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But I'm saying too many times God's people are retreating

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when we need to be running and marching forward in

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lockstep with God and the people of God that live

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like Joshua and Caleb that said, God has said that

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this is our land, so we're gonna take it full stop.

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Who cares about those giants? Who cares that? In our

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own eyes? Really your eyes, because we not thinking like that.

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Your eyes. You see yourselves as grasshoppers forward and not backward, forward,

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ever backward. Never so recognize it as confirmation that you

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are threatening the enemy's system. Now to Exodus chapter five,

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verses twenty two and twenty three. Lord, wherefore hast thou

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so evil entreated this people? You see Moses is starting

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to sort of assume the mindset of the people because

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they complain so much, and Moses was yielding to that. Now,

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after the backlash, Moses took his frustration strength straight to God.

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At least he went to God. At least he went

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to God. Is like God, this don't look like what

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we planned. I thought that it was supposed to get easier. Ah,

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But even he was honest, and God was not offended.

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The Lord understands when your faith feels heavy, but don't

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bury your discouragement. Bring it to God in prayer. He

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knows how to restore your courage.

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Speaker 1: Ah.

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Speaker 2: So much to say, so little time. It's a rough start.

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It's gonna be a bumpy ride, but we're gonna get

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there by God's grace. 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,