1 00:00:01,199 --> 00:00:04,160 Speaker 1: Most of us eat every day, some of us too much, 2 00:00:04,599 --> 00:00:07,879 because yesterday's food is not enough to supply energy for 3 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:12,240 today's needs. Why then, do some of us expect yesterday's 4 00:00:12,240 --> 00:00:15,400 portion of heavenly manna, the word of God to keep 5 00:00:15,480 --> 00:00:19,199 us through today's challenges. On this program, we are going 6 00:00:19,239 --> 00:00:23,280 to change all of that. Let's experience God's words today 7 00:00:23,559 --> 00:00:27,480 and receive the power we need to live healthy, vibrant lives. 8 00:00:28,160 --> 00:00:31,879 Welcome to your Daily Portion with your host, author speaker, 9 00:00:32,039 --> 00:00:33,119 Elle David Harris. 10 00:00:33,280 --> 00:00:37,200 Speaker 2: Good morning, good morning, Good morning. It is Sunday, January eighteen, 11 00:00:37,359 --> 00:00:41,920 twenty twenty six. Hello, my name is El David Harris. 12 00:00:41,960 --> 00:00:45,320 I am your host, and this is your Daily Portion 13 00:00:45,479 --> 00:00:48,200 where we give you God's word every single day, and 14 00:00:48,320 --> 00:00:51,320 today is no exception. We are continuing in our Lesson 15 00:00:51,359 --> 00:00:56,679 study series uniting Heaven and Earth, Christ in Philippians and Colossians, 16 00:00:56,719 --> 00:01:00,920 and our caption for today is Disunity in Philippi. This 17 00:01:01,520 --> 00:01:05,400 unity in Philippi. Before we get into that, I'd like 18 00:01:05,480 --> 00:01:08,439 to just welcome everybody joining us, especially those people who 19 00:01:08,480 --> 00:01:10,439 know what it's like to forget what year it is, 20 00:01:10,519 --> 00:01:13,760 because for three hundred and some days you've been saying 21 00:01:14,079 --> 00:01:16,879 twenty five, twenty five, twenty five. It takes me about 22 00:01:16,920 --> 00:01:19,680 a month more time to get my mind wrapped around 23 00:01:19,760 --> 00:01:23,760 the new year. And I'd like to also welcome everybody else. 24 00:01:23,920 --> 00:01:26,920 Please please go over to your Daily Portion dot com, 25 00:01:26,959 --> 00:01:30,439 please join our online community, pick up the Your Daily 26 00:01:30,480 --> 00:01:35,159 Portion Life Application Guide, and please, if you will, please 27 00:01:35,159 --> 00:01:38,000 go ahead and click that donate button. You have no 28 00:01:38,159 --> 00:01:42,159 idea what impact your donations can have. It doesn't matter 29 00:01:42,159 --> 00:01:46,040 how small or how large. Really at your Daily Portion 30 00:01:46,159 --> 00:01:48,439 dot com. This is one of the ways that we 31 00:01:48,519 --> 00:01:52,640 continue to build faith and fellowship. Let's go ahead and 32 00:01:52,680 --> 00:01:55,480 pray and get under way. Father, thank you, thank you 33 00:01:55,560 --> 00:01:58,560 for this new work WEEKND. I pray that we will 34 00:01:58,680 --> 00:02:04,239 learn unity, learn unity, and then do exactly what you 35 00:02:04,280 --> 00:02:07,519 have called us to do. In Jesus' name, I pray, 36 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:14,400 amen and amen again disunity in PHILIPPI. Okay, let's go 37 00:02:14,479 --> 00:02:16,599 right into the scriptures. We're not going to burn any 38 00:02:16,639 --> 00:02:20,879 time going into Philippians chapter two, beginning at verse one. 39 00:02:20,960 --> 00:02:24,599 That's the Book of Philippians, chapter two, and I will 40 00:02:24,639 --> 00:02:28,360 read beginning at verse one. The Bible reads, Therefore, if 41 00:02:28,439 --> 00:02:34,039 there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort provided by love, 42 00:02:34,479 --> 00:02:39,560 any fellowship in the Holy Spirit, any affection or mercy, 43 00:02:39,800 --> 00:02:45,680 complete my joy and be of the same mind. What 44 00:02:45,879 --> 00:02:48,280 is the same mind? Unity? He wants you to be 45 00:02:48,400 --> 00:02:51,120 bound together in love. He wants you to have affection. 46 00:02:51,240 --> 00:02:54,280 He wants you God's people in Philippi. But of course 47 00:02:54,439 --> 00:02:58,000 us two to understand what it's like to be merciful 48 00:02:58,080 --> 00:03:00,680 and live according to the code of condom of people 49 00:03:00,960 --> 00:03:03,599 who are merciful, Complete my joy and be of the 50 00:03:03,639 --> 00:03:07,479 same mind. Like the bonus round in Paul's mind was 51 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:11,759 all of those things are wonderful, all of them are necessary, 52 00:03:11,840 --> 00:03:15,400 and I want to see this manifest in a unified 53 00:03:15,919 --> 00:03:22,080 or a united spirit. By still in verse one two, 54 00:03:22,240 --> 00:03:26,039 excuse me by having the same love, being united in 55 00:03:26,080 --> 00:03:30,439 the Holy Ghost, and having one purpose instead of being 56 00:03:30,639 --> 00:03:36,800 motivated by selfish ambition. In that word selfish ambition means, 57 00:03:37,199 --> 00:03:42,039 it means. It means that we are thinking thoughts motivated 58 00:03:42,120 --> 00:03:46,439 by only ourself. We couldn't care less about other people. 59 00:03:46,840 --> 00:03:48,800 We couldn't care less about what God is doing in 60 00:03:48,840 --> 00:03:52,599 their lives, couldn't care less about what people are supposed 61 00:03:52,599 --> 00:03:57,439 to receive from us because we are focused on something 62 00:03:57,560 --> 00:04:03,479 other than what God wants. And then of course our vanity. 63 00:04:04,039 --> 00:04:08,240 Each of you should, in humility, be moved to treat 64 00:04:08,319 --> 00:04:14,840 one another as more important than ourselves. What now? The 65 00:04:14,919 --> 00:04:18,160 lesson writer says it must have been a tremendous disappointment 66 00:04:18,199 --> 00:04:21,439 for Paul to see that the Church of God that 67 00:04:21,600 --> 00:04:25,920 he established and loved so much was racked with rivalry 68 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:30,439 and consumed with contention. He uses a very strong word 69 00:04:30,519 --> 00:04:35,680 to describe the problem, selfish ambition, which being translated, is 70 00:04:35,879 --> 00:04:41,519 used in other places referring to self interested rivals in 71 00:04:41,639 --> 00:04:47,360 Rome bent on promoting themselves rather than advancing the cause 72 00:04:47,759 --> 00:04:51,600 of Christ. Oh, wait, man, like, what year was this 73 00:04:52,480 --> 00:04:55,279 the two twenty twenty six when Paul wrote that, No, 74 00:04:55,360 --> 00:04:58,199 Paul has been resting since a long time ago. Well, 75 00:04:58,240 --> 00:05:00,240 it seems like the people of God still have the 76 00:05:00,279 --> 00:05:03,720 same problem sometimes. And so what God wants us to 77 00:05:03,800 --> 00:05:06,800 do is take the guidance straight out of the scriptures 78 00:05:07,319 --> 00:05:11,639 and yield to Him and be unified by the spirit. 79 00:05:11,720 --> 00:05:15,959 So our first lesson is self ambition destroys unity and 80 00:05:16,040 --> 00:05:21,399 opens the door to every kind of spiritual confusion. My 81 00:05:21,519 --> 00:05:24,240 brother and friend with whom I work every day, it 82 00:05:24,360 --> 00:05:28,120 seems of my life. Eric Thomas talks about the pack. 83 00:05:28,519 --> 00:05:33,040 It's a pack mentality, and this pack we're talking about 84 00:05:33,079 --> 00:05:36,319 it in a positive way. The African wild dog like 85 00:05:36,480 --> 00:05:41,959 they have no self interest, it's weird. And their ability 86 00:05:42,040 --> 00:05:45,360 to hunt and to be successful in the hunt for 87 00:05:45,439 --> 00:05:50,120 the thriving of their species, not just survival, is eighty 88 00:05:50,199 --> 00:05:55,639 percent success rate in their hunting because they don't fight 89 00:05:55,759 --> 00:06:00,800 among themselves like other species of even dogs. They come 90 00:06:00,839 --> 00:06:03,279 in late and take stuff that doesn't belong to them. 91 00:06:03,439 --> 00:06:06,759 And I could go on through other species completely, but 92 00:06:06,879 --> 00:06:10,120 what we're seeing in nature, and I'm thankful that E 93 00:06:10,519 --> 00:06:15,120 and TJ. Pastor TJ. Tius have pointed these things out, 94 00:06:15,480 --> 00:06:18,920 Like our focus needs to be all for one and 95 00:06:18,920 --> 00:06:21,680 one for all. Remember the Three Musketeers. Maybe that's not 96 00:06:21,800 --> 00:06:26,240 the best example, but humans have a habit of looking 97 00:06:26,240 --> 00:06:30,079 out for ourselves. I remember being taught growing up in 98 00:06:30,120 --> 00:06:32,519 New York City, like the first law of nature is 99 00:06:32,560 --> 00:06:38,240 self preservation. Wow, that's antithetical to the Gospel, isn't it? Okay? 100 00:06:38,240 --> 00:06:40,800 And so we need to make sure that nothing be 101 00:06:41,480 --> 00:06:47,279 done through strife or vein glory. Examine one area of 102 00:06:47,399 --> 00:06:51,519 rivalry or competitiveness in your life and surrender it to 103 00:06:51,600 --> 00:06:54,439 Christ today for cleansing. Again, if you look at the 104 00:06:54,480 --> 00:06:57,720 African wild dogs, and you see that their success is 105 00:06:57,759 --> 00:07:00,959 eighty percent or more, sometimes even up to a ninety 106 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:05,600 percent success rate. It's because they don't have these selfish ambitions. 107 00:07:06,040 --> 00:07:08,000 They want to make sure that everybody in the pack, 108 00:07:08,319 --> 00:07:11,879 from the alpha male alpha females to the pups. Everybody 109 00:07:11,920 --> 00:07:15,399 in the pack gets to eat, and the weaker ones 110 00:07:15,439 --> 00:07:17,399 are served first. I wish I had the time, like 111 00:07:17,480 --> 00:07:20,480 I'm grateful that God is showing us in his word, 112 00:07:20,600 --> 00:07:23,199 he shows us in nature, and he's showing us through 113 00:07:23,240 --> 00:07:26,120 the Holy Ghost the way that we must live, not 114 00:07:26,279 --> 00:07:30,680 only to survive in the last days, but to thrive lesson. 115 00:07:30,759 --> 00:07:34,439 Number two comes in from Philippians chapter two. In verse one, 116 00:07:34,519 --> 00:07:38,480 the Bible reads, the Holy Spirit creates unity when believers 117 00:07:38,759 --> 00:07:45,160 choose compassion, fellowship, and mercy over pride. Let's go back 118 00:07:45,600 --> 00:07:48,839 to verse one of Philippians chapter two. We read it already. 119 00:07:49,319 --> 00:07:53,680 If there be any consolation in Christ and any fellowship 120 00:07:53,800 --> 00:07:56,759 in the Spirit, then of course we see what Paul 121 00:07:56,839 --> 00:08:00,480 continues to say. So we're looking for that encouragement in Christ. 122 00:08:00,560 --> 00:08:03,279 We're looking for that fellowship in Christ, and it is 123 00:08:03,360 --> 00:08:07,279 found in that love and mercy and godly affection and 124 00:08:07,399 --> 00:08:11,120 in unity, as he described later. And so we want 125 00:08:11,199 --> 00:08:16,800 all of these things in place of pride. This fellowship 126 00:08:16,959 --> 00:08:24,000 connea means shared life, spiritual partnership. Again shout to et 127 00:08:24,199 --> 00:08:28,160 on this one too. Covenant living is greater than just 128 00:08:28,240 --> 00:08:32,679 co It's just greater than just a commitment. Covenantal living 129 00:08:32,759 --> 00:08:35,639 is greater than a commitment. Let me say it this way. 130 00:08:36,039 --> 00:08:38,000 Let me say it this way. I remember one time, 131 00:08:38,039 --> 00:08:40,799 many years ago, somebody was looking at what, you know, 132 00:08:41,159 --> 00:08:43,159 trying to talk about what Cain said, Am I my 133 00:08:43,279 --> 00:08:48,559 brother's keeper when he had exterminated his brother. Am I 134 00:08:48,639 --> 00:08:51,240 my brother's keeper? Where is your brother? Am I my 135 00:08:51,360 --> 00:08:56,480 brother's keeper? This? This guy said, I'm not my brother's keeper. 136 00:08:57,279 --> 00:09:03,080 I am my brother. Can I say it again, I'm 137 00:09:03,080 --> 00:09:07,679 not merely my brother's keeper. I am my brother. And 138 00:09:07,720 --> 00:09:11,000 that lines up perfectly with the second and great commandment, 139 00:09:11,159 --> 00:09:14,919 namely this to love your neighbor as yourself. That's covenantal 140 00:09:14,960 --> 00:09:17,519 living if you think about it the way he talks 141 00:09:17,559 --> 00:09:22,559 about it. Covenantal living doesn't only look on others to 142 00:09:22,639 --> 00:09:26,399 be of assistance to them. It's a mutual lifestyle that 143 00:09:26,519 --> 00:09:29,720 really sees the people that we love, the people we're 144 00:09:29,759 --> 00:09:33,960 serving as ourselves like. We literally see ourselves in them, 145 00:09:34,159 --> 00:09:38,120 and it makes us inseparable. It makes us unified under 146 00:09:38,159 --> 00:09:40,120 the Holy gullst to do whatever it is that God 147 00:09:40,120 --> 00:09:43,039 has called us to do as a collective. Make it 148 00:09:43,080 --> 00:09:44,399 a great day. Peace. 149 00:09:45,039 --> 00:09:48,519 Speaker 1: Thanks for joining us listening. Friends. Always remember we cannot 150 00:09:48,600 --> 00:09:51,600 live by bread alone, but by every word that comes 151 00:09:51,639 --> 00:09:54,720 from the mouth of God. This has been your daily 152 00:09:54,759 --> 00:10:00,279 portion with el David Harris. Make it a great day. Yeah.