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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 Wednesday, January fourteenth,

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twenty twenty six. 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 uniting Heaven and Earth, christ in Philippians and Colossians,

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and our caption for today is stand Fast in Unity,

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Stand Fast in Unity. Before we get into that, I'd

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like to say welcome to you and ask you to

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go over to your Daily Portion dot com. Please join

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At your Daily portion dot com. This is one of

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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. Father,

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we thank you for this day getting us through to

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the middle of the week. Father, Please help us to

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be unified like you and Jesus are. In Jesus' name,

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I pray, Amen, and a man again stand fast in unity.

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And so I'm going to the Bible Book of John

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John chapter seventeen, and I will read three verses John

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chapter seventeen. I will read three verses, and the Bible

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reads here in verse seventeen, sanctified them through thy truth.

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Thy word is truth. This is Jesus praying to God,

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our father, while Jesus was living on planet Earth. And

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I know that most of you know this, but there

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are people who don't really have the context here. So

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Jesus is praying what we now have called the high

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priestly or mediatorial prayer, and he is showing that he

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wants the people of God that God has entrusted to

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Christ while he was living in his earthly ministry. He

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wants them to be made holy through the Word, which

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is truth. Verse eighteen, As thou hast sent me into

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the world. Even so have I also sent them into

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the world. So now we can see that the people

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of God are ambassadors in the same way that the

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Father sent Jesus. And Jesus is being interpreted his name

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Emmanuel being interpreted God. With us, we are seeing a

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manifestation of the ministry of God to the world through

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our lives. Jesus is sending us into the world in

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the same way that God, our Father, sent Jesus into

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the world. And for their sakes Verse nineteen, we are

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about to get some instructions, brothers and sisters, we are

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about to get the blueprint. And for their sakes, I

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sanctify myself. Remember, Jesus is the example. The Father sent

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Jesus into the world. Jesus is sending us into the world. Well,

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what is it that Jesus did? How was his life cultured?

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Speaker 1: Like?

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Speaker 2: What was it about Jesus that was unique or special?

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It says for their sakes, I sanctify myself that they

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also might be sanctified through the truth. So what does

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that mean for us as we receive holiness unto the Lord,

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As we begin to experience that sanctification when we are

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out and about in the world, and we are leading

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people to God. It is for the same purpose, so

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that they can be made holy in the same way

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that God is making us holy through Christ. I hope

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that makes sense. And so with that our lesson number

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one is unity is grounded in what God's sanctifying truth.

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In fact, in the same chapter, Jesus said, make them

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one as we are one. And so we see that

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God is making us wholly through his word. And that

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unity needs to be measured by the unity in heaven,

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the unity of God. So they God, the Son God,

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the Father God, the Son God, the Holy Ghost. They

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are not unified on error. They are not unified on

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just the points that they have in common. And don't

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worry about anything else because they are a God one.

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This is an Old Testament word talks about one in

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Deuteronomy chapter six, where it talks about Shama Shama make

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them one. God wants us to be one. He said

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that they are unified, and that oneness or that unification

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is how God wants us to be unified. See he says.

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The Bible says, here, o Israel, the Lord, our God

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is one one account. And then you love God with

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everything that you have and everything you are. And so

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God wants us to be unified one in the truth,

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not by ignoring the truth. We need to learn this,

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especially in the last days. A lot of people groups

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that are attached to faith communities are attempting to unify

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on quote on the points that they have in common.

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This is not it. The Bible is what we have

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in common. The Truth that we are sanctified by is

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what we have in common. The Holy Ghost who is

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teaching all of us is what we have in common.

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And so we don't turn away from truth to be unified,

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but we are sanctified by the truth. We are set

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aside or set apart for a holy use. And so

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the action step is to read one passage of scripture today,

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asking God to make your heart more united with His truth.

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Just one passage, studying to the end the one passage,

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learning how does that? How does that impact my sanctification?

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How does that impact my relationship with God and my

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holiness does? How does that impact that and my salvation?

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What is the relationship to my growth into the family

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of God. That's the action step. Lesson number two. Unity

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requires believers to live as citizens of Heaven and not

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merely citizens of earth. And when I say heaven, I'm

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saying heavenly places. Spiritually speaking, we will have the earth

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made new, we know after a thousand years following the

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Second Coming. But the Bible reads here in Philippians, chapter

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one and verse twenty seven, only let your conversation or

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your conduct conversation be as it becometh the Gospel of Christ.

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And so God wants us to live as citizens of

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godly places, heavenly places, connection with God. But our conduct,

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our behavior needs to be what in alignment with where

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we're going. Where are we going, by God's grace, We're

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going to live with God forever in heaven, in the

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earth made new. We're in dwelleth righteousness. So that means

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our conduct in twenty twenty six needs to be aligned

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with where we are going. And by the way, the

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God created us to be with him eternally, that's what

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he wanted us to do. He wanted us to live

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that way, and therefore what we do leads to align.

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And so our action step is to choose one attitude today.

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Is it based on somebody giving you constructive criticism? Is

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it based on someone giving you or telling you something

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you just don't like, and they're being evil toward you.

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They're accusing you falsely. Well, choose one attitude today that

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reflects heavenly citizenship. Oh, no matter how people come to

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me that I'm a child of the king, hah, I'm

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a king's kid. I'm a child of the king. And

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this means that when I am experiencing these trials, these tribulations,

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or even rewards or potential rewards, then that means that

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my behavior, my thought process, my mindset need to be

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in alignment. Hotly goes, Would you please help me?

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Speaker 1: So?

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Speaker 2: Choose one attitude today reflects heavenly citizenship. Mercy. Oh, that's

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a good one. Humility, m h. Peacemaking. Blessed are the peacemakers,

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for they shall be called the children of God. And then,

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of course our lesson number three is unity grows where

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humility replaces pride and self promotion. I will read just

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part of Micah, chapter six and verse eight. Do justly.

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This is what God wants from us. He wants us

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to love mercy. This is what God wants from us.

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He wants us to walk humbly with God. That's what

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God wants us from us. And so he has given

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us the opportunity to live in unity with God and

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with other believers stand fast 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,