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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 Sabbath, January three,

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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 new

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Lesson study series uniting Heaven and Earth christ in Philippians

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and Colossians. That's a mouthful, but I'm getting the hang

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of it. And our caption for today is Reasons for

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Thanksgiving and Prayer. Reasons for Thanksgiving and Prayer. Before we

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

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everyone joining us, especially those joining us for the very

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first time. I'm asking you to please go over to

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Please please let us know where you are in the

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world at your Daily portion dot com. This is one

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of 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 the Sabbath morning. Please teach us

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to serve you with everything we have and everything we

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are and live thanks God, not just give thanks, but

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live thanks. Let it, let it, let it overflow from

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our lives into other people's lives. That you have been

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so good to us, and help us to be faithful

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to you until Jesus comes. In Jesus' name, I pray,

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Amen and a man again. Live Thanks, brothers and sisters.

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So what I'm going to do, I'm moving my notes

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around the screen here is I'm going to take you

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into our life application guide. Some of you have just

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started with us, and you're like, well, what does he

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keep referencing this life application guide. I'll get to that

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in just a moment and share just a little bit

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from that. But first we begin with with our memory text.

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Remember when we actually used to memorize the memory text?

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Who by show of hands like type of one in

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the chat. If you actually memorize the text. God gave

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his people an interesting way of remaining connected with him,

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and so he's given us a memory text. And it

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comes in from Philippians, chapter one and verse six. It reads,

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be confident of this very thing, what thing, brother Paul,

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that he who has begun a good world? You who's that?

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That would be Jesus. He started the work. He who

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began a good work in you, will complete it until

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when complete it, until the day of Jesus Christ, the

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second coming of Jesus Christ. So he started a good

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work in you. He's not going to leave you alone.

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He's not going to leave you in a position where

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you can't continue, you know what I mean. Like sometimes

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people put us in a position where, like in Jamaica,

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they say they give you a basket to carry water.

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It's like they expect you to do some things and

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then don't give you the tools to complete it. We

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must not accept that. But in Christ, whatever he has started,

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has he started you with patience, give thanks for that.

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He will complete it until the end. Even when it

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gets sticky. People who are who get under your skin,

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they will manifest And that may cause you to feel impatient,

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except you yield your will to God. He's beginning and

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He's going to carry you through. Is he giving you

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the ability to be kind? Give thanks for that. He's

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giving you the ability to be generous. Give thanks for that.

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To overcome sickness and trials and temptations and that big

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word tribulations. I know, very similar words, but tribulations just

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sound so much heavier. Then give thanks for that. And

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so the lesson writer said that Paul quite intentionally begins

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his letters or epistles with words of greeting and thanksgiving.

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Here's another example in Colossians chapter one, verses two and three.

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Grace to you and peace from whom God, our Father,

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and the Lord Jesus Christ. We give thanks to the

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God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ for what

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so many different things, for so many things. So we,

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like Paul, have much for which to be thankful. We

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have experienced God's grace in profound ways. Continuing, the lesson

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writers quote ways that even angels can't comprehend. Angels had

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not been victorious I'm not quoting here, not victorious over

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smoking crack, like angels have not gotten victory over being

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addicted to pornography, like angels have not been addicted to

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God forbid abusing your spouse their spouse because they're not married,

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and they have not sinned in this regard. Like so

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the people who are being delivered from impatience, from pride,

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the people who are being delivered from thinking of themselves

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less than we should. When God has elevated us through

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the blood of Jesus Christ. Angels did not have to

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go through that, And so angels can even comprehend some

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of these ways that we give thanks. The same is

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true of God's gift of peace, which embraces harmony with

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God and the hope flowing from God's love. There's so

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much I could say, but now I'm going to go

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into our life application guide. We haven't done that in

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a long time together, and so it is broken up.

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For those who don't know, you're going to get it

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after the Sabbath, Please go and get it after the Sabbath. Yes,

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it's broken up into four life application segments, Spiritual, personal relationship,

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and of course professional. So why don't we jump into professional.

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I know it's Sabbath, but we need to be preparing

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for when the six days that we labor okay, and

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so professional application doub you. So we have an acronym

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or a framework when so doub. What is important now

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starting your work day with a mindset of gratitude rather

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than stress and complaint. Oh my God, help us during

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knee sabbath hours to learn how to be grateful and

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stop the complaining. Always something about which to complain. There

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is always somebody who will get under your skin. There

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is always something that's not going right. There is always

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some kind of protocol or procedure that is not being followed.

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There is always somewhere that they should have communicate, communicated

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more effectively. There is always going to be someone who

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is leading in a poor mindset style, always something for

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which to be a complainer. But don't do that, like,

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don't do that. So we start our workday with a

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mindset of gratitude rather than stress or complain. Let's internalize

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this insight. Let's make it make more sense. How you

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begin sets the tone for how you proceed. Mm hmm.

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Somebody needed to hear that. So during these Sabbath hours,

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while we don't have to meditate on the things of

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the world and what we do in the mundane things

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of life. Prepare your mind here with God. Paul's started

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his letters with thanksgiving, which framed everything else. He addressed

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when you begin your work day by acknowledging what is

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going well, rather than fixating on the problems, you approach

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challenges with a healthier perspective and greater resilience. Okay, now,

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what in the next best move before jumping into the

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tasks tomorrow morning, invest two minutes to write down three

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things you are grateful for in your work and let

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that gratitude shape your attitude for the day. I want

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you to actually do that before you jump into your

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tasks tomorrow. Right after the Sabbath this evening, I want

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you to just take a couple of minutes, invest a

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couple of minutes, write it down, jot it down three

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things that you're grateful for your workplace. What are they?

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And then go to God and say God, I'm thankful,

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I'm grateful. Can I tell you that one of the

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most difficult times of my life, Well, I won't say

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when one of the most difficult times in my life

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in a work setting has set me up to do

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some things in a positive way that I would not

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have been equipped to do except that I went through

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those things for the few years that I did, so

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I'm grateful and I hope you can learn to be

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grateful too. I know I rush some people into the work.

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You're trying to run away from it. But give God thanks.

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As you have the privilege to do work, do it

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unto the Lord. Make it a great Sabbath, peace. Thanks

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for joining us listening.

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Speaker 1: Friends. Always remember we cannot live by bread alone, but

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by every word that comes from the mouth of God.

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This has been your daily portion with El David Harris.

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Make it a great day. Yeah,