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03 24 2026 Standing Perfect and Complete · Your Daily Portion with L. David Harris

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  Speaker 1: Most of us eat every day, some of us too
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  Speaker 1: much because yesterday's food is not enough to supply energy
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  Speaker 1: for today's needs. Why then, do some of us expect
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  Speaker 1: yesterday's portion of heavenly manna the word of God to
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  Speaker 1: keep us through today's challenges. On this program, we are
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  Speaker 1: going to change all of that. Let's experience God's words
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  Speaker 1: today and receive the power we need to live healthy,
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  Speaker 1: vibrant lives. Welcome to your Daily Portion with your host,
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  Speaker 1: author speaker, Elle David Harris.
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  Speaker 2: Good morning, Good morning, Good morning. It is Tuesday, March
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  Speaker 2: twenty four, twenty twenty six. Hello, my name is El
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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 of our Lesson study series uniting Heaven and Earth,
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  Speaker 2: christ in Philippians and Colossians, and our caption for today
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  Speaker 2: is standing perfect and Complete, Standing perfect, don't be afraid
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  Speaker 2: of that word and complete. Before we get into that,
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  Speaker 2: I'd like to say welcome to everyone joining us, especially
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  Speaker 2: ahead and pray, and then we will get underway. Father
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  Speaker 2: in heaven, thank you for giving us these great and
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  Speaker 2: precious promises. Thank you for your Holy Spirit, who does
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  Speaker 2: not leave us alone, who teaches us how to live
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  Speaker 2: according to your principles. Father, I pray that we will
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  Speaker 2: we will be perfect because you, our God, is perfect
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  Speaker 2: in Jesus' name. I pray Amen and Amen again. I
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  Speaker 2: just heard myself say you as perfect, So well, God
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  Speaker 2: knows what I'm trying to say. Yeah, So let's go
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  Speaker 2: ahead and begin with a basic concept. Though the church
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  Speaker 2: has been confused over the years, I should say I'm
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  Speaker 2: not saying that we continue to be but over the
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  Speaker 2: years the church has been confused and arguing about what
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  Speaker 2: perfection means. But I like the caption for today because
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  Speaker 2: perfect and complete are connected. The real definition I would say,
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  Speaker 2: if I had to oversimplify, of perfection of godly or
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  Speaker 2: Christian perfection is to be complete in Christ, complete in Christ.
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  Speaker 2: So if a person is lost and will be separated
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  Speaker 2: from God forever and destroyed ultimately in the lake of fire,
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  Speaker 2: that person is incomplete. If someone is lacking confidence and
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  Speaker 2: not believing Jesus's great and precious promises, that person is incomplete.
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  Speaker 2: If a person if we choose to sin, you know,
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  Speaker 2: the Bible says that all have sin. But if we
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  Speaker 2: do commit us sin and do not confess our sins,
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  Speaker 2: then Jesus can't be faithful in the moment and just
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  Speaker 2: in the moment to forgive us in that moment and
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  Speaker 2: to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Because that qualifier or
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  Speaker 2: condition of confession is not present. That means we're incomplete.
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  Speaker 2: I know I said a lot of words. The only
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  Speaker 2: way we can be forgiven is if we ask God
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  Speaker 2: for forgiveness and turn from our sins. Is as simple
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  Speaker 2: as that who's not submitted to God is incomplete, therefore
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  Speaker 2: not perfect. So that's enough of my oversimplification. Somebody just
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  Speaker 2: got that light bulb to come on. So let me
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  Speaker 2: begin by reading a quote from Uriah Smith. Christian perfection
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  Speaker 2: consists not in a claim of holiness, and listen, Uriah
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  Speaker 2: lived in the era that the Church was really torn
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  Speaker 2: about these issues. Christian perfection consists not in a claim
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  Speaker 2: of holiness, but in a continual growth in grace and
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  Speaker 2: a deeper dependence upon Christ. I love it, I love it,
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  Speaker 2: I love it, I love it, type of one in
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  Speaker 2: the chat. If that resonated with you, So our lesson
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  Speaker 2: number one for today is God's will, is that believers
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  Speaker 2: stand firm. I don't know if you've been with me
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  Speaker 2: during our or Sunday morning program at eight o'clock, but
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  Speaker 2: we talked about about the whole armor of God. Having
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  Speaker 2: on the whole armor of God, and ultimately, once we
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  Speaker 2: have those seven implements of war, including prayer and supplication,
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  Speaker 2: then we can stand against the wiles of the enemy. Okay.
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  Speaker 2: And so from Colossians chapter four and verse twelve, the
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  Speaker 2: Bible reads a path for us. Who is one of
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  Speaker 2: you a servant of Christ, saluteth you always laboring fervently
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  Speaker 2: for you in prayers. So this brother is praying for
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  Speaker 2: the people. He's sending greetings to them, encouraging them that
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  Speaker 2: ye may what stand perfect and complete in all the
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  Speaker 2: will of God. I'm grateful that Epaphras had no confusion
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  Speaker 2: about that. Brother Paul did not have any confusion about that.
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  Speaker 2: In fact, Paul taught in a very interesting teaching where
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  Speaker 2: it talks about we press toward the mark for the
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  Speaker 2: prize of the high calling in Christ.
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  Speaker 1: Jesus.
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  Speaker 2: He talks about in the beginning of that discussion, he says,
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  Speaker 2: not as though I have already attained to or apprehended,
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  Speaker 2: but I follow after. And then it talks about him
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  Speaker 2: pressing toward what God has called him to do and
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  Speaker 2: to be, or to be and to do. And then
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  Speaker 2: he gives a little more description, and he said, the
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  Speaker 2: individuals who are perfect, even though he said, not as
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  Speaker 2: though I were already perfect, but I follow after. He said,
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  Speaker 2: the people who are perfect in Christ have this mindset.
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  Speaker 2: And I'm like, oh, okay, God, so really you're talking
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  Speaker 2: about not being self sustaining, self confident, perfect in self.
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  Speaker 2: But when we are your children, then you transform us
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  Speaker 2: into people who surrender our will to you and our
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  Speaker 2: confidences in you. Then our strength comes from you. And
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  Speaker 2: even our ability to do what you've called us to
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  Speaker 2: do comes from you, because you said that if we
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  Speaker 2: we are working out our own salvation with fear and trembling. Yes,
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  Speaker 2: but it is God that worketh in you both to
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  Speaker 2: will and to do of your good pleasure. And so
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  Speaker 2: I'm grateful that God has shown us a brother who said, yep,
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  Speaker 2: you can be standing, perfect and complete in the will
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  Speaker 2: of God. And so there's a key word of the
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  Speaker 2: standing firm. The Greek for that term means to remain fixed,
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  Speaker 2: to hold one's ground. Remember John said in the Revelation recording,
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  Speaker 2: what Jesus would say to hold that that thou hast
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  Speaker 2: that no one take your crown. Stand firm, brothers and sisters,
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  Speaker 2: hold your ground in your connection with God. Remain fixed.
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  Speaker 2: Standing requires grounding. Faith that stands is faith rooted in
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  Speaker 2: truth and not your external circumstances. And so I want
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  Speaker 2: you to please identify one truth from the scriptures you
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  Speaker 2: need to anchor yourself in this week, write it down
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  Speaker 2: and pray about it daily. What is it you need
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  Speaker 2: more faith? Is that the truth? You need to be
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  Speaker 2: more solid in your keeping of the Seventh day Sabbath
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  Speaker 2: is that what it is Is it growth in grace?
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  Speaker 2: Is that what it is? Whatever it is, I want
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  Speaker 2: you to anchor yourself in that way through prayer and
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  Speaker 2: connection with God for this week. Our second lesson for
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  Speaker 2: today is Christian maturity is character huh, not a rival.
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  Speaker 2: So it is the journey and not the destination. So
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  Speaker 2: the word perfect in the Bible does not mean a
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  Speaker 2: sinless achievement, but spiritual maturity expressed through love and obedience.
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  Speaker 2: And so the action step here, I think, as we
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  Speaker 2: come to a swift close yep, ask God to reveal
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  Speaker 2: one area where growth is still needed. He'll show you
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  Speaker 2: and then invite the Holy Ghost to develop christ like
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  Speaker 2: character right there. Yeah. Make it a great day, y'all.
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  Speaker 2: See you in the morning.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks for joining us listening. Friends. Always remember we cannot
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  Speaker 1: live by bread alone, but by every word that comes
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  Speaker 1: from the mouth of God. This has been your daily
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  Speaker 1: portion with El David Harris. Make it a great day. Yeah,