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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, February

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twenty three, 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 if

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you continue in the faith, If you continue in the Faith.

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

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to you and ask you to please, if you've not

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already done so, go over to your Daily Portion dot com.

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Please join our online community. Pick up your Daily Portion

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Portion dot com. This is one of the ways we

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continue to build faith and fellowship. Let's go ahead and pray. Father,

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we thank you for this day. Please help us to

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remain steadfast. Please, in Jesus' name, I pray Amen, and

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amen again if you continue in the faith. All right, So,

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one of the problems with people who start following Jesus

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is that we stop. I was trying to find the

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right way to say it. One of the problems with

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people who start to follow Jesus is we stop, We

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get sidetracked, We say, okay, well all right, Jesus, I'll

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catch you later, rather than continuing like we start with

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Christ by faith and then try to continue by our

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own works. And I know we're not studying the Galatians.

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But this is something that Paul really like zeroed in

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on and said, well, who has beguiled you? How did

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you get to the point where you knew that you

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should start, pardon me with Christ by faith and then

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suddenly you feel like you're gonna do things in your

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own strength well, if I had to rewrite the script,

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it's the same way here in our lesson for today,

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where where we start we get off to a good

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start and then get tired. We start with Jesus and

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then hang back and don't do anything and don't remain steadfast.

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That is, if it's the worst case scenario. Okay. And

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so what I'd like to do is read a couple

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of quotes and then we'll jump in with two feet okay.

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And so from way back Pioneer Style eighteen sixty eight

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from Reviewing Harold, we read salvation is secured only by

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a living Okay, So that means we can't stagnate, Like,

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that's not the that's not the reality of a believer.

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Only by a living okay, abiding Wait a minute, faith

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that endures to the end. How many ways did this

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brother say that we continue with God? Salvation is secured

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only by a living Okay, that's a continual growth, abiding.

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That means we don't separate ourselves from God. Faith. Well,

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that's also a living reality that endures. So that means

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we don't give up until the end. Well, when it

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is in the end, when Jesus returns, let's go to

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the Acts of the Apostles, page four hundred and seventy six.

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We are to remain thank God. We are to remain

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steadfast in the faith, holding fast to the hope of

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the Gospel. Hold fast that means to grabble onto whatever

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it is that God has taught us, whatever has to

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do with us remaining connected to God. Do not allow

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your fingers to open up and release that thing. Hold

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on for dear life. And I don't mean in a

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desperate sort of sense. I'm talking about you treasure to

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the reality. So maybe I shouldn't have said for dear life,

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but you treasure this reality, this blessing, this connection with God,

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so much that you have no desire, no intention, and

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there's nothing in you that will release it, as if

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it doesn't matter. We are to remain steadfast in the face,

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holding fast to the hope of the Gospel. What is

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the gospel? What is the gospel? It is the power

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of God unto salvation, to everyone who believes the power

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of God, unto salvation. So we're not letting go. I

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think John said in the book Revelation, he said, hold

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that fast, that thou hast that no man take thy crown,

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And so lesson number one today is coming in from

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Colossians chapter one and verse twenty three. Colossians chapter one

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and verse twenty three, and the Bible reads, if ye

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continue in the faith, grounded and settled. That means we're

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not shifting. We're not looking for somewhere else to go.

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We're not testing the waters to see if this is

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the right place. Like when you walk into the room,

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meaning the relationship with God, you're not looking around and

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saying is this the right place, waiting for some greeter

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or a host to say, yes, you're in the right

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place and please have a seat here. No, when you

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step into that relationship with God by faith, you know

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that this is the right place. This is where you belong,

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and that is your identity. So you're grounded, you are settled,

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continuing the text, and be not moved away from the

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hope of the gospel. Don't go nowhere, Okay, don't go nowhere.

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This means to remain, persist and to continue. And here

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is what the Greek this is the power of this

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Greek word about remaining is to continue right. That means

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to remain, persist and continue. Here's a big word deliberately,

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not by default. Not just hoping for the best passively,

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but deliberately intentionally. Okay, So Paul's if in quotes does

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not express that's not the goal of the if. It

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assumes ongoing faithfulness while stressing responsibility, you have the responsibility

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LD if you get up in the morning and switch

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on your lights, camera, and you pray and then go forth,

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you are going to reach the masses if you see,

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faith is not one time. It's not a declaration that

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just you know, now you put it up on the board.

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You know how people give you these plaques and awards

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and all kinds of stuff for doing what God said.

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I wish I had the time to deal with that,

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No shade, I'm just saying, like, because because because you preach, teach,

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and baptize, somebody gives you an award. That's weird, by

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the way, that's weird behavior. I don't see how that's biblical.

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But okay, but okay, okay, so so and then I'm

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not saying this happens. But then you put it up

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on the board, and then and then say look at that,

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Look at what I did in nineteen eighty two, nineteen

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eighty six, nineteen seventy four, Look at what I did,

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and then we buffet and shine it, take pictures next

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to it, and say look what I did past tens.

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This is not the movement of the believer. In terms

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of what we're talking about. Faith is not a one

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shot situation. It is a daily posture of trust and

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reliance upon Christ. Continuance is the evidence of genuine faith.

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So the action step off my soapbox now is make

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faith a daily decision. Choose Christ again each morning and

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let me just say it this way instead, every moment

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of the day. Choose Christ every decision that we have

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the privilege of making. What does this have to do

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with my connection with christis is the right way to go?

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Based on how God would have me to live through

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prayer and surrender. Lesson number two From Aesians chapter three

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and verse seventeen, the Bible reads that Christ may dwell

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in your hearts by faith, that ye being rooted and

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grounded and in love. In love, a grounded believer is

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not just emotional looking back to when the day that

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we gave ourselves to the Lord. No, not anchored in

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experience or emotion or tradition. The foundation is Christ himself,

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as revealed in Scripture. When faith rests in Christ's word,

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it is not easily shaken by a false teaching or hardship. Listen,

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continue in the faith full stop, and God will see

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you through Maykans.

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Speaker 1: For joining us listening. Friends, Always remember we cannot live

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by bread alone, but by every word that comes from

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the mouth of God. This has been your daily portion

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with El David Harris. Make it a great day. Yeah.