Speaker 1: Most of us eat every day, some of us too
much because yesterday's food is not enough to supply energy
for today's needs. Why then, do some of us expect
yesterday's portion of heavenly manna the word of God to
keep us through today's challenges. On this program, we are
going to change all of that. Let's experience God's words
today and receive the power we need to live healthy,
vibrant lives. Welcome to your Daily Portion with your host,
author speaker, Elle David Harris.
Speaker 2: Good morning, good morning, Good morning. It is Friday, February six,
twenty twenty six. Hello, my name is El David Harris.
I am your host, and this is your Daily Portion
where we give you God's word every single day and
today is no exception. We are continuing in our Lesson
study series uniting Heaven and Earth christ in Philippians and Colossians,
and our caption for today is is daily self surrender
and Christian excellence. Let me just say, I know sometimes
I sound like AI. I'm not like I'm really me.
I'm really me. I'm a real life human, I'm actual intelligence.
God fearfully and wonderfully made me just like He fearfully
and wonderfully made you. But sometimes I'm trying to pronounce stuff.
I've lived so many different places in a couple of
countries and my accent mixing me up. So yeah, when
it sounds like I'm AI, it's really because I'm trying
to pronounce stuff because some of you are on the
radio and all you can do is hear me. You
can't see me shaking my head, like what did I
just say? I digress. I'd like to say welcome to
everyone joining us, especially those joining us for the very
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No longer can it be David Harris supported. The load
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we continue to build faith and fellowship. Let me say
something I've not said. I should have said it a
long time ago. Before we begin, there you know, Facebook
is a place that we've grown tremendously over the years,
but they have this new thing, I think it was
like a year ago, where they delete. Basically, they delete
the videos, the live videos. They delete those after thirty days.
And I understand why they're doing it, but listen, I'm
focusing more attention these days in YouTube land because after
you have done what you are to do to share
with so many people, to have the videos just disappear
and those thousands of shares that go out just vanish
after thirty days, that is something that I just that's
untenable to me. So please please join the Facebook, I
mean part of me. Join the YouTube channel as well,
and do your sharing the majority of your sharing. Use
the share button on YouTube direct people there, and we
know that the video, by God's grace will survive after
the thirty days. I said a lot, But let's pray. Father,
We thank you, thank you for this day that you've
made a preparation day. Please Father protect us today and
give us understanding and help us to be self sacrificing
in Jesus' name, AMN and a man again. So, as
per usual, I'm going into our actual life application guide
we're going to actually read from it today, and let's
go with a professional application for those who don't have it.
We go with four different applications of the lesson, and
this one is professional and we use a framework WIN,
an acronym WIN. What is important now in light of
the lesson for today, letting the light of the sun Christ,
the sun of righteousness, shine forth in your work through
good works. There are things that you do to be
helpful to your co workers. Ah, there are things that
you do to be helpful to the people you serve
that's beyond the call of duty, and even the people
who for whom you work. Yes, okay, So let that
shine forth from your work, your good works, words of
truth and deeds of holiness. I remember when I was
in the psych field. I was I was twenty three.
I was in management at the time, and I remember,
maybe I shouldn't say it, but it was a long
time ago, right, yeah, twenty some years ago. But yeah,
I was required in air quotes to tell a lie
on a particular thing. I'll just call it a thing.
And as a new believer, I was like, hold up,
m hmm, I don't care what y'all do to me.
I'm not doing that. I'm not going to do that
because that wouldn't have been words of truth, that would
not have been a deed of holiness. Thank God, it
worked out and I did not lie. Ah, but it
was only by the grace of God. And so these
are the things that we bring into our workplace. We
have to be determined to live according to the light
of the sun of righteousness. Come what may internalize the
insight I the light of the sun of righteousness is
to shine forth in good works, words of truth and
deeds and holiness. In your work. You are called to
manifest God's glory by revealing what the grace of God
has done for you, what God has done by his
grace for you. Your work is an opportunity. Uh oh, your
actual work is an opportunity to show what the Gospel
can do for fallen human beings. I mean, I just
say it again, like when people see your work. You
can be a business owner. You can be a part
owner of a business. You can be an employee whatever
it is. You can be someone who has a business
of selling on the street. You may sell clothing, you
may sell things, you may sell food, you may sell water,
whatever it is that you're selling, produce, whatever it is.
When people see your work, they need to see the
excellence of God in your work. Do I need to
say it again, but I'll try one more time. Like,
when they see your work, they need this. They need
to see the excellence of God in your work. You
must give all and do all for Christ in your
professional life, refusing divided service. Let's go ahead with our
final on this point. The next best move wi N
We're going to win together. Identify one way you can
let the light of the sun of righteousness shine forth
in your work today or on the next day. I
don't know that you go back to work on Sunday
is it Monday? Huh? Words of truth or deeds of
holiness and commit to manifesting God's glory in that area.
I remember back in the day when I was in
higher ed. It was a simple thing. But we had
a copy machine. I don't know if they still have
those in offices, but you know, copy machine, and so
it's like, okay, do you put your own stuff in
that copy machine and runoff copies? That has nothing to
do with the company, the business or wherever you're working. Yeah,
if you're doing that then that is not what we're
talking about. That's not a deed of holiness. You have
to be committed. Don't steal the pens, those are not yours.
Don't run off copies if they still have copy machines,
those are not yours. Don't use the time when you're
supposed to be working. You're on the clock. They're paying
you for the time for you to do your own business,
or take extended lunch periods three in four hours to
schmooz with people, hang out, collect a check anyway, like,
don't do that. Yeah, look for the opportunity, Look for
the opportunity to let the light of Christ shine through you.
Let me give you just one biblical lesson straight out
of the Bible today, and I will call it lesson
number three of the three that I have in my notes.
And as God works in us, we demonstrate to the
world what His grace can accomplish in transformed lives. Where
do we get this from Philippians two and verse thirteen.
For it is God. You see this, You see the
perspective the priority. For it is God which worketh in you,
both to will and to do of His good pleasure. Okay,
for the one bringing forth in you both the desire
and the effort is God. We cooperate with God, but
you know he's the impetus. He's the one that drives it. Yes,
and that word, that word actually that that working means
to energize, to be at work from within God as
the active power shaping you, shaping me as believers. The
action step is to identify one area where God is
currently nudging you to grow. He may be pushing you.
Maybe he's not nudging you, may be dragging you like
the Angel dragged lot inous peoples out of Sodom I
don't know, to grow and take a concrete step today
to cooperate with His work. All right, y'all, if the
Lord spare's life, we will see you this evening for
our musical Bible class and uh yeah, peace. Make it
a great day.
Speaker 1: Thanks for joining us listening. Friends. Always remember we cannot
live by bread alone, but by every word that comes
from the mouth of God. This has been your daily
portion with l David Harris. Make it a great day. Yeah,