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02 23 2026 If You Continue in the Faith · 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 Monday, February
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  Speaker 2: twenty three, 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
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  Speaker 2: day and today is no exception. We are continuing in
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  Speaker 2: our Lesson study series uniting Heaven and Earth Christ in
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  Speaker 2: Philippians and Colossians, and our caption for today is if
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  Speaker 2: you continue in the faith, If you continue in the Faith.
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  Speaker 2: Before we get into that, I'd like to say welcome
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  Speaker 2: Portion dot com. This is one of the ways we
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  Speaker 2: continue to build faith and fellowship. Let's go ahead and pray. Father,
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  Speaker 2: we thank you for this day. Please help us to
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  Speaker 2: remain steadfast. Please, in Jesus' name, I pray Amen, and
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  Speaker 2: amen again if you continue in the faith. All right, So,
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  Speaker 2: one of the problems with people who start following Jesus
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  Speaker 2: is that we stop. I was trying to find the
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  Speaker 2: right way to say it. One of the problems with
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  Speaker 2: people who start to follow Jesus is we stop, We
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  Speaker 2: get sidetracked, We say, okay, well all right, Jesus, I'll
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  Speaker 2: catch you later, rather than continuing like we start with
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  Speaker 2: Christ by faith and then try to continue by our
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  Speaker 2: own works. And I know we're not studying the Galatians.
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  Speaker 2: But this is something that Paul really like zeroed in
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  Speaker 2: on and said, well, who has beguiled you? How did
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  Speaker 2: you get to the point where you knew that you
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  Speaker 2: should start, pardon me with Christ by faith and then
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  Speaker 2: suddenly you feel like you're gonna do things in your
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  Speaker 2: own strength well, if I had to rewrite the script,
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  Speaker 2: it's the same way here in our lesson for today,
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  Speaker 2: where where we start we get off to a good
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  Speaker 2: start and then get tired. We start with Jesus and
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  Speaker 2: then hang back and don't do anything and don't remain steadfast.
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  Speaker 2: That is, if it's the worst case scenario. Okay. And
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  Speaker 2: so what I'd like to do is read a couple
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  Speaker 2: of quotes and then we'll jump in with two feet okay.
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  Speaker 2: And so from way back Pioneer Style eighteen sixty eight
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  Speaker 2: from Reviewing Harold, we read salvation is secured only by
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  Speaker 2: a living Okay, So that means we can't stagnate, Like,
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  Speaker 2: that's not the that's not the reality of a believer.
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  Speaker 2: Only by a living okay, abiding Wait a minute, faith
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  Speaker 2: that endures to the end. How many ways did this
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  Speaker 2: brother say that we continue with God? Salvation is secured
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  Speaker 2: only by a living Okay, that's a continual growth, abiding.
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  Speaker 2: That means we don't separate ourselves from God. Faith. Well,
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  Speaker 2: that's also a living reality that endures. So that means
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  Speaker 2: we don't give up until the end. Well, when it
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  Speaker 2: is in the end, when Jesus returns, let's go to
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  Speaker 2: the Acts of the Apostles, page four hundred and seventy six.
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  Speaker 2: We are to remain thank God. We are to remain
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  Speaker 2: steadfast in the faith, holding fast to the hope of
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  Speaker 2: the Gospel. Hold fast that means to grabble onto whatever
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  Speaker 2: it is that God has taught us, whatever has to
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  Speaker 2: do with us remaining connected to God. Do not allow
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  Speaker 2: your fingers to open up and release that thing. Hold
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  Speaker 2: on for dear life. And I don't mean in a
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  Speaker 2: desperate sort of sense. I'm talking about you treasure to
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  Speaker 2: the reality. So maybe I shouldn't have said for dear life,
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  Speaker 2: but you treasure this reality, this blessing, this connection with God,
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  Speaker 2: so much that you have no desire, no intention, and
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  Speaker 2: there's nothing in you that will release it, as if
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  Speaker 2: it doesn't matter. We are to remain steadfast in the face,
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  Speaker 2: holding fast to the hope of the Gospel. What is
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  Speaker 2: the gospel? What is the gospel? It is the power
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  Speaker 2: of God unto salvation, to everyone who believes the power
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  Speaker 2: of God, unto salvation. So we're not letting go. I
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  Speaker 2: think John said in the book Revelation, he said, hold
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  Speaker 2: that fast, that thou hast that no man take thy crown,
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  Speaker 2: And so lesson number one today is coming in from
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  Speaker 2: Colossians chapter one and verse twenty three. Colossians chapter one
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  Speaker 2: and verse twenty three, and the Bible reads, if ye
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  Speaker 2: continue in the faith, grounded and settled. That means we're
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  Speaker 2: not shifting. We're not looking for somewhere else to go.
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  Speaker 2: We're not testing the waters to see if this is
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  Speaker 2: the right place. Like when you walk into the room,
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  Speaker 2: meaning the relationship with God, you're not looking around and
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  Speaker 2: saying is this the right place, waiting for some greeter
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  Speaker 2: or a host to say, yes, you're in the right
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  Speaker 2: place and please have a seat here. No, when you
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  Speaker 2: step into that relationship with God by faith, you know
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  Speaker 2: that this is the right place. This is where you belong,
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  Speaker 2: and that is your identity. So you're grounded, you are settled,
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  Speaker 2: continuing the text, and be not moved away from the
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  Speaker 2: hope of the gospel. Don't go nowhere, Okay, don't go nowhere.
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  Speaker 2: This means to remain, persist and to continue. And here
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  Speaker 2: is what the Greek this is the power of this
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  Speaker 2: Greek word about remaining is to continue right. That means
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  Speaker 2: to remain, persist and continue. Here's a big word deliberately,
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  Speaker 2: not by default. Not just hoping for the best passively,
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  Speaker 2: but deliberately intentionally. Okay, So Paul's if in quotes does
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  Speaker 2: not express that's not the goal of the if. It
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  Speaker 2: assumes ongoing faithfulness while stressing responsibility, you have the responsibility
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  Speaker 2: LD if you get up in the morning and switch
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  Speaker 2: on your lights, camera, and you pray and then go forth,
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  Speaker 2: you are going to reach the masses if you see,
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  Speaker 2: faith is not one time. It's not a declaration that
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  Speaker 2: just you know, now you put it up on the board.
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  Speaker 2: You know how people give you these plaques and awards
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  Speaker 2: and all kinds of stuff for doing what God said.
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  Speaker 2: I wish I had the time to deal with that,
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  Speaker 2: No shade, I'm just saying, like, because because because you preach, teach,
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  Speaker 2: and baptize, somebody gives you an award. That's weird, by
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  Speaker 2: the way, that's weird behavior. I don't see how that's biblical.
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  Speaker 2: But okay, but okay, okay, so so and then I'm
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  Speaker 2: not saying this happens. But then you put it up
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  Speaker 2: on the board, and then and then say look at that,
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  Speaker 2: Look at what I did in nineteen eighty two, nineteen
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  Speaker 2: eighty six, nineteen seventy four, Look at what I did,
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  Speaker 2: and then we buffet and shine it, take pictures next
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  Speaker 2: to it, and say look what I did past tens.
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  Speaker 2: This is not the movement of the believer. In terms
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  Speaker 2: of what we're talking about. Faith is not a one
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  Speaker 2: shot situation. It is a daily posture of trust and
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  Speaker 2: reliance upon Christ. Continuance is the evidence of genuine faith.
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  Speaker 2: So the action step off my soapbox now is make
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  Speaker 2: faith a daily decision. Choose Christ again each morning and
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  Speaker 2: let me just say it this way instead, every moment
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  Speaker 2: of the day. Choose Christ every decision that we have
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  Speaker 2: the privilege of making. What does this have to do
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  Speaker 2: with my connection with christis is the right way to go?
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  Speaker 2: Based on how God would have me to live through
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  Speaker 2: prayer and surrender. Lesson number two From Aesians chapter three
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  Speaker 2: and verse seventeen, the Bible reads that Christ may dwell
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  Speaker 2: in your hearts by faith, that ye being rooted and
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  Speaker 2: grounded and in love. In love, a grounded believer is
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  Speaker 2: not just emotional looking back to when the day that
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  Speaker 2: we gave ourselves to the Lord. No, not anchored in
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  Speaker 2: experience or emotion or tradition. The foundation is Christ himself,
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  Speaker 2: as revealed in Scripture. When faith rests in Christ's word,
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  Speaker 2: it is not easily shaken by a false teaching or hardship. Listen,
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  Speaker 2: continue in the faith full stop, and God will see
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  Speaker 2: you through Maykans.
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  Speaker 1: For joining us listening. Friends, Always remember we cannot live
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  Speaker 1: by bread alone, but by every word that comes from
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  Speaker 1: the mouth of God. This has been your daily portion
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  Speaker 1: with El David Harris. Make it a great day. Yeah.