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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 Monday, March nine,

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twenty twenty six. Hello, my name is Elle 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 caption for today is and Earthly net. Yes, what,

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that's where I come from. I come from planet Earth.

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I don't know where you come from. Well maybe I don't.

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I don't know end Earthliness. Before we get into that,

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

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especially those joining us for the very first time. Thank

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you for those who are you know, consistent viewers and listeners.

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Without you, this just wouldn't make sense. And for those

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who are coming in for the first time, I am

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so glad you're here. We're going to be here if

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the Lord spears life tomorrow as well. Please, please, if

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This is one of the ways we continue to build

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faith and fellowship. Let's pray and get underway. Father, we

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thank you, Thank you for this day. Thank you for

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giving us something to look forward to. I don't like

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how it is down here anymore.

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Speaker 1: God.

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Speaker 2: I know that you have given us so many blessings,

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but I'm tired of the way it is down here.

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So please, will you give us heaven soon and then

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we can have the New Earth. In Jesus' name, I

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pray Amen and Amen again, And so Lord Jesus quickly come.

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I'm tired of things the way they are. If you're

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tired of planet Earth the way that it is. I

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don't care how beautiful the country is, where you live,

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the home you live in, what your bank account looks like.

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There's always something that just really just really makes certain

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things unpleasant. I don't know if it's it doesn't matter.

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I don't have to go down the list. You know

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what it is. And so I'm really looking forward to

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the day that we can end this situation down here. Yeah,

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I've never seen anybody with a placard or a picket

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sign that said end earthliness. That's what I'm looking forward to,

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ending earthliness. And so I'm going to begin I'm going

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to begin by reading reading a quick quote. True victory

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over sin comes only as the believer yields fully to

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Christ's in dwelling life, not by human resolve. I can't

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quite put my finger on exactly where this one is from,

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but E. J. Wagner is purported to have said this

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one more time. True victory over sin comes only as

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the believer yields fully to Christ's indwelling life, not by

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human resolve. Oh, this is good. So we're not talking

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about willpower here, brothers and sisters. Hopefully that'll take some

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of the pressure off of you. Mm hm. In Colassan,

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chapter three and verse five, we read, so mortify or

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put to death whatever in your nature belongs to the earth.

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This is good. Put to death whatever in your nature

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belongs to earth. Is it your temper? Put that to

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death that belongs to the earth. Oh, my goodness, is

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it anxiety? Put that to death that belongs to this earth?

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Oh worry? Put that to death that belongs to this earth?

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Are you getting it? Okay? Okay? Oh and here's a

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list that the Bible writer gave us. Sexual immorality, Yeah,

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put that to death that belongs to earth. Impurity, shameful passion, evil, desire,

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and greed, which is idolatry. Put all of that stuff

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to death. So earthliness is ended by death, not by management.

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What does management look like? Management means trying to wean

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yourself off of pornography. You're not gonna do it that way.

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That's not what God wants. Trying to wean myself off

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of saying bad words. That is not how this thing works.

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Trying to wean myself off of road rage. That's not

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about the work. Pride not going to work. God is

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saying mortify those, put those to death by surrendering them

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to God. So Paul doesn't call us to manage our

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sinful impulses or negotiate with them. He calls for death.

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Earthliness is not restrained through willpower, but ended through union

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with Christ's death. Because believers have already died with Christ,

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they are now empowered to put earthly practices to death

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in lived experience. I know, take a deep breath, I said,

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a mouthful. So please, would you identify one specific earthly

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pattern you have tried to manage some examples in the beginning,

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rather than putting to death and surrender it fully to

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Christ today. M that's it. Yeah, lesson number two. It's sobering.

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I know resurrection power makes mortification possible. Putting these things

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to death? Are its possible? Because Jesus, when he took

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his life back up again, he had the keys to

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hell death in the grave in his hands. The Bible

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reads in Romans chapter six and verse six. Knowing this,

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we know that our old man was crucified with him,

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so that the body of sin, which no longer would

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excuse me, no longer dominate us, so that we would

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no longer be enslaved to sin. You don't have to

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be a slave no more. A slave. You should be

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excited about this. You don't have to be bound to

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the liquor bottle anymore. You don't have to be bound

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to anxiety or spiritual pride anymore. You don't have to

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be bound to abusing your spouse anymore. You don't have

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to be bound to those entertainment patterns that you know

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God is not pleased with anymore, because you have a

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new life in Christ. And so the insight is to

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command to mortify earthly desires is rooted the command to

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mortify earthly desires is rooted in a completed spiritual reality.

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Believers don't fight sin to gain life. You see how

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that's backwards. Yeah, Christ came to give us life, and

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that life more abundantly. That's the gift that he came

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to give. We don't have to earn. We can't earn it.

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We don't have to try to earn it. We don't

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fight for it. That's not how it's attained. We receive

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the life as a free gift and we continue to

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cooperate with him. They fight from life already given. Resurrection

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power does not remove temptation instantly, but it does remove

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sin's authority. Victory flows from identity, that is our identity

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with God not trying harder the next time. Okay, let's

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take a deep breath and really think about what we

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are saying. Sin has authority over human beings who have

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not surrendered our will to God. So that means whenever

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sin comes bump bump bump knocking at your door, God forbid.

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But whenever that happens, that means you have to answer it.

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You have to do the wickedness that is a temptation

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to you when you don't have resurrection power working in

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your life. And so today the action step for this

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one is when temptation arises or comes bump bump knocking

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at the door, as I described, a firm allowed that

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you are no longer enslaved to sin, but alive with Christ. Lessen.

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Number three and final, persistent earthliness invites condemnation? Who persistent

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earthliness invites condemnation? May I just say this, simply surrender

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your will. I will do the same to God. And

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then we don't have to worry about condemnation because there's

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no condemnation for those who are in Christ. Jesus 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,