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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, January

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twenty six, twenty twenty six. 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

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day and today is no exception. We are continuing in

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our Lesson study series uniting Heaven and Earth, christ in

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Philippians and Colossians, and our caption for today is Light

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in a Dark World, Light in a Dark World. Before

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we get into that, I'd like to say welcome to

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you and ask you to please go over to your

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Daily Portion dot com, please join our online community, pick

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up the Your Daily Portion Life application guide, and please

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please please click that contribute or donation button and let

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us know where you are in the world at your

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Daily Portion dot com. This is one of the ways

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that we continue to build faith and fellowship. Let's go

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ahead and pray and then we will get underway. Father

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and Heaven, thank you for giving us this new day,

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and I ask you to please make us lights, make

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us holy in Jesus name, I pray, Amen, and a

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man again light excuse me in a dark world. This

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is very good because some of us feel like we

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have no direction. We need to find clarity. Well, one

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of the things that we need to know in that case,

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like is that we are lights in the dark world.

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If you need clarity, nothing beats confusion better than clarity.

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God has already said to every last one of us

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that we are to be or shine as lights in

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this wicked and perverse generation. And some people are like, well,

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how that's a different discussion. But the fact is that

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if we accept this calling and submit our will to God,

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he will open up our understanding day after day. So

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keep seeking him, keep seeking Him, and maybe we'll put

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out a newsletter sometime in the near future for those

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who who sign up at Your Daily Portion dot com.

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So we can we can learn more and more together? Okay,

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so let's go ahead with our lesson number one. Lessen

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number one. God calls his people to shine, but here

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is the caveat without complaint or contention, because unity increases

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the brightness of our witness, my God. Let's read from

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Philippians chapter two. This is good Philippians chapter two, verses

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fourteen and fifteen, where the Bible reads, do all things

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without murmurings and disputings. Remember the first generation of individuals

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coming out of Egypt. Huh during the exodus. Yeah, they

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almost all of them were murmurers. Almost all of those millions,

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almost all of them murmured, and many of them disputed.

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And yeah, only two of the people of all of

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those millions actually went into the promised land of the

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adults of twenty years and above you see, or above

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twenty years and so it continues that ye may be

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blameless and harmless, among whom ye shine as lights in

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the world. Can I say it in another version, do

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everything without grumbling or arguing, so that you may be

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blameless and pure, shining like stars in the world. That blamelessness. Ah,

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I'm not sorry to break it to you that blamelessness

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means without defect, without defect, And you're like, ah, now

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you've made it complicated. No, I didn't make it complicated.

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I simplified it for you. To be blameless and without

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defect means to surrender our will to God and say, God,

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now you know good and well that my character cannot

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stand up to that standard. Neither can I stop murmuring

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or disputing on my own. So would you do a

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miracle for me? Oh? Wait a minute, Jesus already told

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us the pathway to that miracle. He said to nick Amus,

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you must be born again. And when we are born again,

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then we have the covering of Jesus Christ, and that

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makes us blameless without spot. Oh I think I read

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that somewhere without wrinkle or any such thing, and without

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defect defect? Did I say defect? I've never heard it

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that way. Defect. And so the action step in that

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case is to choose one. If you have these one

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recurring complaint today? Are you always complaining about a pain

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or an ache in your body? I understand we have those,

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But do you complain about it or do you talk

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to God about it? Is it something else? Is it

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because of some interpersonal thing where you have to interact

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with people, and these people get under your skin some way,

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and you're like, this one always this, that one, always that.

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If that's your complaint or God, why do you have

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me in this situation? Why don't you have me in

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that situation? Look how long I've been praying about this situation.

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So whatever it is, choose one of those you know

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what it is, recurring complaint today and replace it with

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a spoken word of gratitude. Verbalize it. Be more interested

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in showing gratitude than you are in complaining. And if

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you're like, I don't think I complain, I just tell

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the truth. Look up the word complain, and then come

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back to me and let me know what you find.

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Let's go to lesson number two, and that's coming in

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from the Book of Psalms, chapter one hundred and one,

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Verse three. Purity of mind and life protects our witness

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in a world darkened by distorted values. All you have

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to do is go outside, or interact in social media

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or watch the news, and you will see that people

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have a distorted they have distorted values, no core values

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these days. Okay I'm exaggerating, but it seems like it ah,

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very few core values and a lot of other stuff

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that is dark. And so the Bible reads, I will

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set no wicked thing before my eyes. I will not

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even consider doing what is dishonest and so and so

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God wants us to have purity that is unmixed with evil.

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He wants us to be innocent of all evil. Okay, again,

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some of you feel like you're drowning because I just

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said that again, perfect obedience at all times. Oh wait

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a minute, somebody else is feeling like you're drowning. Listen,

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It's never been about you. It has never been about me.

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If I had the time I talked to you about

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when I first got baptized, and for the first two

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years it was like a honeymoon. It was incredible in

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a way that at least for my feelings right, my emotions. Wow,

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and I'm learning so much. And then after that I

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was able to see more clearly my character flaws, and

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I went I sunk into a deep depression because I

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did not first understand. I did not first understand that

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surrender to God is the antidote. I did not first

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understand what the new birth experience really looked like. And

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so when I saw those flaws. As I got closer

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to God, instead of being able to immediately shift my

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gaze or my perspective or attention, I started to look

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more inwardly because I'm hyper analytical. Hah. That judge stood

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up in my brain. And therefore, since I didn't submit

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in that moment, I did not shift my focus to God.

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I did not learn to appreciate the righteousness of Christ

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and his power unto salvation to everyone that believes. Then

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I got depressed. Well, the truth is, I don't have

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to worry about that today, because that pure and unmixed

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with innocence comes only from the righteousness of Christ. And

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He will invest and put mind the mindset of Jesus

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in my life and in yours as well. And so

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the action step is to remove one source of unclean

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or spiritually dulling influence. You're reading, you're listening to, you're watching.

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Remove that today. Remove one today, and thank God as

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he begins to or continues to purify your mind and

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our lesson Number three for today is hold fast to

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the word of life that keeps us from conforming to

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the world and ensures our labor is not in vain.

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And so today go ahead and memorize. Memorize a Bible

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text today that strengthens your resolve to hold fast to

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the truth that is in Christ Jesus, make it a

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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.