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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 Tuesday, January fourteen,

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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, God's Love and Justice. Our caption for today

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is pleasing God. It's a question pleasing God. We'll get

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into that in just a moment, but first I'd like

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to say welcome to you and ask you to please

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go over to your Daily Portion dot com. Please join

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our online community. Please pick up the Your Daily Portion Companion.

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It's a companion life application guide related to this quarter's

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lesson and that's for every quarter in the foreseeable future.

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Let's just see how it goes. Also, click that number seven.

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I need ten thousand of you to click that number

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seven and join and subscribe there. And that is one

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of the ways that we continue to build faith and fellowship.

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

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Father and Heaven. Thank you for giving us this new

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day and for giving us the privilege of being called

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by your name. Thank you for not leaving us on

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planet Earth by ourselves to figure out life, but for

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giving us Jesus and giving us the power the Holy Ghost,

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for giving us the angels who excel in strength. And

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I pray that we will co operate with you today

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in Jesus' name. I pray Amen and Amen again, pleasing God.

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Like that's a question. That's a question. Do you believe,

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brothers and sisters that you can please God in any way?

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And I promise you this is not a trick question.

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There's some people who are immediately wanting to read into

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it or somehow give some kind of qualifying distinction that

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determines on what standard that we can The question was,

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and let me read it again slowly. I wrote it

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in my notes. Do you believe you can please God

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in any way? Now, remember we did talk about this

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in fairly good detail when the Bible talked about Jesus

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as he was being baptized, and now he's full of

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the Holy Ghost as he's entering into what we call

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his public ministry. The Bible says that the Father his

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voice thundered from heaven or resounded, if that's a better

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way of saying it resounded from heaven, and said, this

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is my beloved son in whom I am well pleased.

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So let me ask you the question a different way.

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Are you one of God's children? Yes or no? Are

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you one of God's children? Yes or no? You see,

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the Bible does say that those who receive Him to

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the to as many as received Jesus to them, gave

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he the power or the right to be called his children, okay,

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to those who believe on his name. And so if

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you are unsure about whether you can please God or not,

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consider whether you're one of his children or not. Consider

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whether you are submitting your will to God or not,

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you see the Bible. The Bible says here, let me

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let me read in Roman chapter eight, one of my

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favorite chapters in the Bible, Romans, Chapter eight. It says,

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after it talks about what it's like, no, let me

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just read those verses too. So let's just start with

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verse five, for they do. Let's see, for those who

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live according to the flesh have their outlook shaped by

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the things of the flesh. So that is the worldly mindset,

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the one that is separated from God, that is hostile

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toward God. Okay, But those who live according to the

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Holy Spirit have their outlook shaped by the things of

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the Holy Spirit. So just answer the question that I

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was asking you in your minds right now. For the

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outlook of the flesh is death, but the outlook of

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the Spirit, meaning the Holy Spirit, is life and peace.

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Because the outlook of the flesh is hostile to God,

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for it does not submit to the law of God,

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nor is it able to do so. Here is verse eight.

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Those who are in the flesh cannot please God. And

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some of you are like, aha, Si, I told you

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cannot please God. It says that in verse eight. But

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let's read verse nine. You, however, are not in the flesh.

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So again the question, is there any way that you

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can please God? The Bible says here, if you're in

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the flesh, you cannot. However, you are not in the flesh,

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but in the spirit. If indeed, the Spirit of God

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lives in you. Now, if anyone does not have the

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Spirit of Christ, this person does not belong to him.

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And I'll read one more verse, verse ten. But if

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Christ is in you, it's Christ in you, brothers and sisters,

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is He in you? Your body is dead because of sin,

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but the spirit is your life because of righteousness. Listen,

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we need to stand up and give God thanks in

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this moment, because the Bible is telling us that by

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God's grace, by his spirit, those who submit and surrender

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our wills to Him can indeed and in fact please God.

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We can please God because Jesus is living inside our lives.

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The Holy Ghost is in dwelling our lives, and the

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goal of sending Jesus into this world to live in

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human form and to die the death that we deserve

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with so that we can live the life that he deserves.

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Speaker 1: Like.

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Speaker 2: The reason why he did all of that is because

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he wants to say, this is my beloved daughter, this

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is my beloved son, in whom I am well pleased

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and so covered in Jesus's righteousness, we absolutely can, will

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and must please God. I'm thankful, I am so thankful.

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God is good, and so we continue reading. In fact,

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I'd like for you to turn in your companion guide.

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I'm talking about the Your Daily Portion Companion Guide to

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page forty six to page forty six, and we want

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to do a professional application today. Okay, professional application, Go

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ahead and pick that up at your Daily Portion dot

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com if you have not picked it up. And let's

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see now what is important? Now? We're looking for the

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win win w What is important now? God's delight in

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the righteousness, Oh, excuse me, righteousness, the righteous and cheerful

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giver can serve as a model for how we conduct

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ourselves professionally. Creating a positive and affirming environment at work

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can foster motivation and a sense of purpose. Well, let's

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internalize this insight. I think about how you can reflect

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God's delight in your professional life. Are there ways that

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you can show appreciation for the work, ethic and contributions

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of your colleagues? Consider how your encouragement can inspire others

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to excel? Well, now what n next best move? This week?

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Invest the time to acknowledge a colleague's hard work or

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positive attitude. A simple word of encouragement or recognition can

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go a long way in building a supportive and motivating

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work environment reflecting God's delight in upright actions. Remember, we're

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talking about pleasing God. So that is one of the

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four ways that we apply the lesson every single day.

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So again, get get that companion guide. So again, answer

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the question. I'm going to ask it again, and I'm

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going to ask you slow. Do you believe that you

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can please God in any way? If your answer is uh,

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if your answer is anything but yes, by the grace

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of God, yes, because we're covered in Jesus's righteousness, then

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you're gonna need to go ahead and listen to this

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program again. Now, the Bible says here in closing in

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Psalm chapter one hundred and forty nine, beginning at verse four,

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for the Lord taketh pleasure in his people. He will

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beautify the meek with salvation. Let the saints be joyful

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in glory, let them sing aloud upon their beds. Thank

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God he finds pleasure in his children. 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,