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Most of us eat every day,
some of us too much because yesterday's food

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is not enough to supply energy for
today's needs. Why then, do some

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of us expect yesterday's portion of heavenly
manna the word of God to keep us

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through today's challenges. On this program, we are going to change all of

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that. Let's experience God's words today
and receive the power we need to live

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healthy, vibrant lives. Welcome to
your Daily Portion with your host, author

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speaker L. David Harris. Good
morning, Good morning, Good morning.

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It is Thursday, August twenty four, two twenty three. Hello, my

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name is L. David Harris.
I am your host, and this is

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your Daily Portion where we give you
God's Word every single day, and today

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is no exception. We are continuing
in our Lesson study series through the Book

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of Ephesians. Our caption for today
is spirit filled Worship. Spirit filled Worship.

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and then we will get underway.
Father in Heaven, thank you for this

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new morning and for the privilege to
open your word again. And I'm praying

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that you will give us your holy
spirit, that we will learn from him,

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and that we will serve you even
in our worship experiences. In Jesus

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name, I pray, Amen and
they men again. You know, sometimes

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we minimize, we minimize worship to
a time, a time like you woke

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up this morning and hopefully you had
your personal quote worship. Or yes,

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if you are a person who goes
to Bible study on a Tuesday or a

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Wednesday and you come together, somebody
may open up and say, whether two

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or three are gathered together, there
is God in the midst and that is

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called quote worship. Or on a
Sabbath. Yeah, you may gather in

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a place or in a place or
a combination between a place and a virtual

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space, and you quote worship God
there, And that's what we're talking about

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in some time in some cases where
worship is concerned, but God wants us

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to broaden our horizons, broaden our
perspective. Worship is how we relate to

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God when we give him all of
our dedication. It is not relegated to

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a time on a clock or a
date on a calendar. But in this

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case, in this case, we
aren't talking about a gathering. I just

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wanted to kind of put that out
there before we limit the discussion to a

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gathering, which is completely necessary.
By the way, some of us settle

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for self worship. Can I say
that right here? Some of us settle

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for self worship. Let me say
this before I get into Ephesians chapter five.

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There was a man who prayed in
a story that Jesus told. He

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stood up and he was in the
temple, and he stood up and prayed

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with himself, saying, Lord,
I thank you that I am not like

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and then he starts to point at
other people like he is recommending himself to

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God. He is writing his own
resume, and he is saying to God,

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I'm thankful that I'm not like them. And then he begins to tell

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God how wonderful he is. I
tied in this way, I give in

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that way, and therefore I am
so wonderful. And then in contrast,

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there was a man who would not
so much as lift up his eyes toward

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Heaven, the Bible says, and
he started to smite himself on his chest,

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which was a symbol of humility in
that culture at that time, and

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he said, you know, Lord, be merciful unto me. I'm a

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sinner. And the Bible says that
the one, the last one that I

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mentioned, he is the one who
went home justified, that is, seeing

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just as if he had never sinned, the one who was forgiven and cleansed

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from all unrighteousness and empowered to do
God's will, he went home. He

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went home justified, rather than the
other one who worshiped himself. Well,

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the text doesn't say worshiped himself,
but you see where this is going.

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He prayed with himself, saying,
yeah, where did his prayers go?

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We understand now, so God is
about not us worshiping ourselves, but of

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us, connecting with Him and worship, worshiping him. In the Book of

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Ephesians, chapter five, beginning at
verse eighteen, the Bible reads, and

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be not drunk with wine wherein is
excess, but be filled with the spirit,

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speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns
and spiritual songs, singing and making

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melody in your heart unto the Lord. So we are singing and making melody

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in our hearts to the Lord with
what again, psalms, Yes, hymns

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and spiritual songs. So God is
saying that in these worship experiences we should

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be elevated, elevated into the presence
of God. Because doesn't the Bible say

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that God inhabiteth the praises of his
people. So God is saying, come

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into My presence with thanksgiving, and
into my courts with praise. Yeah.

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And these spiritual songs, these hymns, these psalms are in kind trust to

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an excessive lifestyle, a drunken lifestyle. I'll come back to that verse twenty.

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Give thanks always for all things unto
God and the Father, in the

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name of our Lord, Jesus Christ. So when you come into the presence

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of God with worship, you're coming
in the name of Jesus Christ. That

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means that your worship must meet the
stamp of approval of Jesus, God,

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the Father's Son. When we speak, when we pray, when we praise,

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when we give thanks, when we
sing, when we are quiet and

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silent, lingering in the presence of
God, because He's been so good to

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us. We are doing it.
If it's real, if it's genuine,

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yes, if it is accepted,
it is in the name of Jesus.

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It is the way that Jesus would
have done it, if it were Jesus.

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Right, we hand ourselves into God's
care. We know that the Holy

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Spirit, he is the one that
educates our minds. He's the one who

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gives us the inclination. He's the
one that makes our prayers worth hearing,

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because we don't know what we ought
to pray for, right, but he

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gives our prayers that groanings, that
moanings, worship like that cannot be uttered.

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And all of this now is in
the name of Jesus. And now

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we are worshiping spirit filled worship.
And of course, as I said earlier,

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it is in contrast to the way
that a lot of people came into

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his presence with babbling, came into
his presence under the influence of substances,

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alcohol in particular. And the Bible
says here in Proverbs chapter twenty in verse

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one, that wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging, and whosoever

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is deceived thereby is not wise.
There are people who in the fellowship of

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Christ right or they say it's the
fellowship of Christ, And in the presence

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right in corporate worship, they bring
yes inebriants. Some of you take communion

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with alcoholic beverages. Can you imagine
when God is saying wine is a mocker,

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strong drink is raging. Whosoever is
deceived thereby is not wise. Let

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me go to Proverbs chapter twenty three, beginning at verse twenty nine. Who

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hath woe, who hath sorrow?
Who hath contentions? Who hath babbling?

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Who hath wounds without cause? Who
hath redness of eyes? They that tarry

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long about at the wine, excuse
me that go to seek mixed wine.

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Look not upon the wine when it
is red, when it giveth its color

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in the cup, when it moveth
itself a right, and at the last

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it biteth like a serpent. And
stingeth like an adder. Go ahead and

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type in the chat if you've ever
been bitten by alcoholic beverages. Yeah,

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if you've ever been bitten by alcoholic
beverages, if you've ever been drunk or

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somewhat tipsy, or your mind wasn't
functioning perfectly because you were under its influence.

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Right, the Bible says that this
is what would happen, and stingeth

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like an adder Verse thirty three.
Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and

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thine heart shall utter perverse things.
I won't ask anybody who's ever been in

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that situation. Yea, thou shalt
be as he that lieth down in the

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midst of the sea, or he
that lieth upon the top of a mast.

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Right, you see people stumbling when
they're under the influenced Verse thirty five

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and final, they have stricken me, shalt thou say, And I was

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not sick. They have beaten me, and I've felt it not? And

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when shall I awake? So God
is saying, be sober, don't be

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drunk. Worship God in the beauty
of holiness. Peace. Thanks for joining

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us listening. Friends, Always remember
we cannot live by bread alone, but

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by every word that comes from the
mouth of God. This has been your

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daily portion with L. David Harris. Make it a great day.