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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 Sunday, January

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twenty five, 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 is

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I love this one. We work out what God works in.

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Let me say it again. I was too excited. I'm

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not joking, Like, we work out what God works in.

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This is good. This is really good. This is really good.

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

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to everyone joining us, especially those joining us for the

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

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Pick up the Your Daily Portion Life Application Guide if

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That button is very important because we're trying to get

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red button. And this is one of the ways that

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we continue to build faith and fellowship. Let's go ahead

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and pray. Father, We thank you, Thank you for this day,

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and thank you for working in our life lives. You're intentional,

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as the songwriter said, never changing. Please help us to

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cooperate with you. In Jesus name, I pray, Amen and

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Amen again. We are working out what God is working in.

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I remember there was a quote from Blackaby. I forgot

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what his first name is, but the Blackaby who wrote

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Experiencing God. He said that we are to work where

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God is already working. It's early, but I need your

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mind to be active. We are to work where God

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is already active. And the lesson writer, we work out

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what God works in. Where is God working? Join him?

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That's the goal for today join him. Let's go ahead

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and begin with a quote. A quote from the Signs

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of the Times. It's an article from eighteen ninety one E. J. Wagoner.

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Faith works because God works in the believer. Sometimes our

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focus is on our faith rather than on the God

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of our faith. Our faith lays hold upon the power

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of God. Faith works because God works in the believer.

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So if I have faith, if I say I have

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faith and I'm sitting on my hands, if I say

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I have faith and the things that I do are

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contrary to God's work or his will, then that means

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that the faith quote that I have is not genuine faith.

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The obedience that follows is the fruit, never the root

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of salvation. So we are looking at the manifestation of

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our faith, our faith in God. When we live according

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to God's principles. We're living according to God's principles because

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of God, and our faith lays hold of the power

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of God. You see the priority there, God is priority.

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We need God. So He's given us a vehicle, a

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conduit through which His power can and must flow. What

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is that vehicle. It's called faith. When the faith on

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one end is connected to God, the power source and

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then faith, on the other hand, is connected to us.

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We now see how faith actually works and from the

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Booksteps to Christ, page eighteen. Man cannot transform himself by

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the exercise of his will. That is not where the

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transformation happens. He must submit to the working of God.

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A divine power will unite with human effort. So sometimes

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people through willpower. I mean, that's a whole paradigm. Back

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when I was young, in the seventies and eighties, early eighties,

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that was a thing, like everything was about willpower. But

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the Bible says that we are to work out our

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own salvation. You know what, Let me not get ahead

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of my skis, let me get let me get to

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that first lesson. Lesson number one. As we work out

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our salvation, because God is already working in or within us,

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Our obedience is a response to God, not the cause. Philippians,

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Chapter two, verses twelve and thirteen. The Bible reads, work

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out your own salvation with fear and trembling. A lot

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of people get stuck there. A lot of people begin

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there right. For it is God which worketh in you,

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both to will and to do of His good pleasure.

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Did you get that? For it is God which worketh

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in you both to will and to do of His

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good pleasure. The only way that you can work out

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your own salvation with fear and trembling is because God

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is already working in you. He's working it out as

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the gospel song writer. He's working it out for me,

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and I would add in me. And so this work,

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the kind of work that we're talking about, means to energize, energize,

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to activate, to produce power inwardly. So God is the

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one that works in us so we can do his

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good pleasure, his good pleasure. Our action step is to

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acknowledge one area. Want you just find that one area

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where God is prompting you to obey and take a

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single concrete step in that direction. I think I said

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this to you recently. Eric Thomas e. T, the hip

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hop preacher. He says that when people are like floundering

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and trying to figure it out and they're all confused,

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like I don't know what to do next, he said,

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go back to what God told you to do that

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you didn't do. That's the next step. Whatever He told

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you to do ten minutes ago that you did not do,

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that you did not execute on whatever he told told

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you yesterday that you did not execute on it is

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now now is the time that you do it. It's

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very simple. We don't have to be confused. We don't

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have to spin around, spin around three times, touch our

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neighbor and tell them sixteen different ways. God is working

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it out for me. No, you need to do what

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God has already told you, with the power that He's

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already working in you to do his good pleasure. Let's

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move on before I get a little bit too passionate

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lesson number two. Salvation is entirely God's work. Yes, I'm

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beating on my desk. Salvation is entirely God's work. Grace

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originates in him, flows through him, and finishes through him.

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Are you getting that pathway? God's work is salvation, that's him,

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all him. Grace originates in him. That's the power to

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do God's will. Huh. And unmerited favor that comes from him.

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It flows through him. So if you think you're going

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to get around him, be like, Okay, I got this,

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I'll take it from here and keep it pushing. Nope,

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that's not how this works and finishes through him. He's

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the author. Jesus is the author and finisher of our faith,

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He who began a good work in you, will also

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complete it until the end. And so in Ephesians chapter

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two and verse eight we read four by grace, are

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ye saved through faith? I'll pause right there. Verse nine,

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not of works, lest any man should boast. Grace means

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our curists unearned favor, divine power freely given. I said

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that quickly, but I didn't tell you that that's the

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actual theological term. Our action step is reject one subtle

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form of self trust today and rest your confidence entirely

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in Christ's righteousness. Reject one subtle form of self trust today.

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It could be that you've done all that you need

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to do. You paid your car insurance, you lock the doors,

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you locked your windows, and you expect that that's going

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to protect you. Well, no, I mean you do those

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things because they're sensible, but really it's God that will

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take care of you. You see where that's going. And

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then we can move that into our spiritual lives. The

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concept into our spiritual lives. Our lesson number three and

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final for today is while works cannot save us, the

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saved are recreated unto good works that God himself prepares.

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While works cannot save us. The saved are recreated for

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good works that God himself prepares.

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Speaker 1: Make it a great day. Thanks for joining us listening. Friends,

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Always remember we cannot live by bread alone, but by

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every word that comes from the mouth of God. This

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has been your daily portion with El David Harris. Make

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it a great day. Yeah,