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09 20 2026 The Grace of Jesus · Your Daily Portion with L. David Harris

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  Speaker 1: Most of us eat every day, some of us too much,
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  Speaker 1: because yesterday's food is not enough to supply energy for
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  Speaker 1: today's needs. Why then do some of us expect yesterday's
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  Speaker 1: portion of heavenly manna, the word of God, to keep
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  Speaker 1: us through today's challenges? On this program, we are going
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  Speaker 1: to change all of that. Let's experience God's words today
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  Speaker 1: and receive the power we need to live healthy, vibrant lives.
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  Speaker 1: Welcome to Your Daily Portion. with your host, author, speaker, L.
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  Speaker 1: David Harris.
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  Speaker 2: Good morning, good morning, good morning. It is Sunday, the
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  Speaker 2: 20th day of September in 2026. Hello, my name is L.
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  Speaker 2: David Harris. I am your host, and this is your
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  Speaker 2: daily portion where we give you God's Word every single day.
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  Speaker 2: And today is no exception. We are continuing in our
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  Speaker 2: final week in our lesson study series through the books
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  Speaker 2: of 1 and 2 Corinthians under the caption, The Grace
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  Speaker 2: of Jesus. the grace of Jesus. Before we get into that,
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  Speaker 2: that web address, www.yourdailyportion.com. Please go ahead and click that
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  Speaker 2: begin the assessment button right up under that big header
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  Speaker 2: that says stop guessing what to do with your life.
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  Speaker 2: There are a lot of people who are aimless here
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  Speaker 2: in 2026, not because we're not intelligent or something like that.
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  Speaker 2: It's just Sometimes people say, well, I don't know what
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  Speaker 2: God's calling me to do because maybe sometimes people are
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  Speaker 2: impressed with other people's gifts and nullify their own. Paul said,
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  Speaker 2: don't do that. Under the Holy Ghost, he said, don't
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  Speaker 2: do that. So we're helping you to not do that.
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  Speaker 2: So go ahead and click there to discover God's design.
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  Speaker 2: for your life. And also, please, if you are so inclined,
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  Speaker 2: Portion Ministries is a listener and viewer supported ministry. Let's
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  Speaker 2: go ahead and pray. God, we thank you for giving
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  Speaker 2: us this new work weekend, the blessing of the Sabbath
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  Speaker 2: that we experienced yesterday with you. Father, will you please
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  Speaker 2: fill us with your Holy Spirit? Will you help us
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  Speaker 2: to receive that grace that comes through Christ and all
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  Speaker 2: that he did for us? In Jesus' name I pray.
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  Speaker 2: Amen and amen again. The grace of Jesus, the grace
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  Speaker 2: of Jesus. Jesus. So where I've already told you yesterday,
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  Speaker 2: so you can scroll back to yesterday if you've not
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  Speaker 2: heard the time we had yesterday. But I talked to
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  Speaker 2: you a little bit about what grace is, but let
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  Speaker 2: me say what it's not. It's not just a theological term.
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  Speaker 2: That is how people study in school to know more
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  Speaker 2: about God and maybe teach about God or something like that,
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  Speaker 2: where it becomes an intellectual thing. sort of pursuit. This
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  Speaker 2: is not what we're talking about. In this case, we're
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  Speaker 2: focusing our minds on the person that is Jesus Christ,
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  Speaker 2: the second person, as some may describe him, of the Godhead.
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  Speaker 2: Even though they're co-equal, they are co-eternal, they are all
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  Speaker 2: equally powerful, blessed be God's name, but the second person
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  Speaker 2: of the Godhead who left the courts of heaven and
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  Speaker 2: walked the dusty roads of Galilee and beyond and died,
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  Speaker 2: gave his life on the cross so that you have
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  Speaker 2: what you could never deserve. I defined it yesterday. I
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  Speaker 2: just needed to say it in another voice. This is
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  Speaker 2: what we're talking about today. And I'll reread a passage
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  Speaker 2: in 2 Corinthians from 2 Corinthians 8 and verse 9,
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  Speaker 2: where the Bible reads, For ye know the grace... Remember
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  Speaker 2: the other day we talked about Laodicea who perceived that
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  Speaker 2: they were rich. I think it was Friday. And increased
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  Speaker 2: with goods and had need of nothing. Jesus, in fact...
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  Speaker 2: is rich, but he was rich. He's definitely rich. If
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  Speaker 2: he were hungry, he wouldn't tell you. That's what the
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  Speaker 2: Bible writer said, because he owns everything, and even the
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  Speaker 2: human beings that he created, he owns those too. That
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  Speaker 2: means you. But even though he was rich, yet for
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  Speaker 2: your sakes, the Bible writer is saying, under the Holy Ghost,
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  Speaker 2: for your sakes, he became poor, that through his poverty,
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  Speaker 2: you might be rich in real life, not just saying it.
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  Speaker 2: In real life, not just posing on TikTok and on
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  Speaker 2: Instagram and in whatever other social media platform in front
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  Speaker 2: of these big cars and homes that you can't afford.
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  Speaker 2: I ain't talking about that. Or the people who want
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  Speaker 2: you to feel like they're rich because they have so
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  Speaker 2: many big vehicles. And that's fine if you got it
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  Speaker 2: like that. But why pose and do that? I digress. Jesus,
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  Speaker 2: who is infinitely wealthy, chose wealth. chose to be in
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  Speaker 2: poverty so that you could be rich. Now, this word grace,
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  Speaker 2: this word grace is actually freely given, unmerited favor. I'm
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  Speaker 2: going to, I said it yesterday, but I'm going to
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  Speaker 2: read it now from the actual Greek, charis, and it
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  Speaker 2: means unmerited favor, like I said yesterday, of God expressed
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  Speaker 2: in action. So, Paul defines grace of God in Christ,
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  Speaker 2: not as just a concept, but the life of Jesus,
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  Speaker 2: the event of all that he had done for us,
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  Speaker 2: Christ becoming poor. Grace is not an attitude that God
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  Speaker 2: holds in his mind or in his mindset. It is
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  Speaker 2: his movement toward the undeserving, his infinite love at the
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  Speaker 2: infinite cost of Jesus. The infinite cost of Jesus Christ.
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  Speaker 2: I remember a quote, I cannot recall where it's found,
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  Speaker 2: but I think it's Steps to Christ, page 49. I
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  Speaker 2: could be wrong on that, but you can find it
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  Speaker 2: and then go ahead and type that in the chat
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  Speaker 2: once you have found it here. But it would have
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  Speaker 2: been an infinite humiliation for the Son of God. to
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  Speaker 2: take on human form as it was in Adam's innocence.
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  Speaker 2: So if he took on that style of humanity, it
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  Speaker 2: would have been an infinite humiliation. But Jesus actually took
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  Speaker 2: on humanity after it had been degraded by 4,000 years
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  Speaker 2: of sin. Can you imagine now the infinite cost of
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  Speaker 2: that gift? Now Jesus released, uh, into our lives power
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  Speaker 2: to live according to his principle. And what Jesus released
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  Speaker 2: to come for us exceeds what human minds can calculate,
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  Speaker 2: the glory of eternal existence. This is why when he
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  Speaker 2: was praying, And we see it recorded in John chapter 17.
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  Speaker 2: He was like, I've done everything that you said. I've
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  Speaker 2: not lost anyone. Can you restore the glory that I
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  Speaker 2: had from before there was a beginning? Can I please
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  Speaker 2: have that back, Father? We did what we said we
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  Speaker 2: were going to do. Can I have that back, God?
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  Speaker 2: Can I have that back? And so now we see
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  Speaker 2: the eternal existence, the worship of angels, the fullness of
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  Speaker 2: divine prerogative. He emptied himself and he did it for
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  Speaker 2: your sake and mine, brothers and sisters, that the grace
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  Speaker 2: Paul was talking about could not and stop writing about
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  Speaker 2: would transform our lives beginning right now. Right now. So
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  Speaker 2: sit into that poverty that is described. about Jesus. Sit
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  Speaker 2: there in your mind today. Sit with that, not as
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  Speaker 2: some theological discussion or a fact that we can argue
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  Speaker 2: about when we come to church, God forbid, but as
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  Speaker 2: a personal reality. He became poor for your sake. And
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  Speaker 2: think about it. There are people who reject this gift.
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  Speaker 2: There are people who will never ever be transformed by
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  Speaker 2: God and will never ever come to the side of holiness.
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  Speaker 2: But he did it for all of us, knowing that
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  Speaker 2: that would be the case. Let that land in your
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  Speaker 2: heart and shape how freely you extend grace to everyone
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  Speaker 2: around you. When people do you dirty, when people lie
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  Speaker 2: on you, who say all manner of evil against you
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  Speaker 2: falsely for the sake of Christ. Remember that. Freely ye
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  Speaker 2: have received, freely give. Extend grace to those around you.
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  Speaker 2: Let's see if we can quote here from Christ's Object
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  Speaker 2: Lessons 419. The grace of Christ is freely offered to
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  Speaker 2: every one of us, every soul. Those who accept this
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  Speaker 2: grace become channels of light wherever they go. That's you,
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  Speaker 2: brothers and sisters, wherever I go. They shed a light
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  Speaker 2: that is divine. How does it feel today, this day
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  Speaker 2: with God? How does it feel knowing that you are
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  Speaker 2: a light in this wicked and perverse generation because Jesus
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  Speaker 2: is a light in your life? Yeah, accept the grace
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  Speaker 2: of Christ today, please.
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  Speaker 1: Peace. Thanks for joining us, listening friends. Always remember, we
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  Speaker 1: cannot live by bread alone, but by every word that
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  Speaker 1: comes from the mouth of God. This has been your
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  Speaker 1: Daily Portion with L.
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  Speaker 2: David Harris.
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  Speaker 1: Make it a great day.