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07 31 2026 The Cure for Idolatry · 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: 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 Friday, July
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  Speaker 2: thirty one, 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: lessons study series through the books of First and Second Corinthians,
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  Speaker 2: and our caption for today is the Cure for Idolatry,
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  Speaker 2: the Cure for dollar Try. Before we get into that,
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  Speaker 2: Father in heaven, thank you for giving us the opportunity
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  Speaker 2: to come into your presence on this day of preparation.
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  Speaker 2: Please prepare our hearts and our minds to serve you,
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  Speaker 2: to love you, to do all that You've called us
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  Speaker 2: to do. And Father, will you please fill us with
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  Speaker 2: your Holy spirit in Jesus name, I pray, Amen, Amen,
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  Speaker 2: and a man again the cure for idolatry. And some
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  Speaker 2: people are like, bro, I'm not an idolager. I don't
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  Speaker 2: worship idols, I don't bow down and worship idols. Well yeah, well,
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  Speaker 2: if anything has ever been more important to you? And
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  Speaker 2: I'm not saying intellectually, I'm saying, there are times that
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  Speaker 2: your actions, our actions speak louder than our words. If
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  Speaker 2: there is anything that has ever been more important to us, Ah,
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  Speaker 2: then that would than God. Then that would make in
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  Speaker 2: those moments, make us idolatrs. You see what I'm saying,
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  Speaker 2: Like some people actually, and I know that I have
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  Speaker 2: listeners from around the world where idolatry is a big
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  Speaker 2: deal in your regions of the earth, and that is
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  Speaker 2: the reality, like physical visible, just like we would have
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  Speaker 2: seen it in the scriptures. But then there again, some
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  Speaker 2: of you are like God never done that. So well,
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  Speaker 2: screen time on that cell phone may be your idol.
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  Speaker 2: Your relationship with the person that you should have the
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  Speaker 2: relationship with may become an idol to you. Huh. There
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  Speaker 2: may be time that has taken place, taken the place
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  Speaker 2: of God while you are doing things that take away
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  Speaker 2: from time with you and God have become your idol.
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  Speaker 2: And so today the most important thing on my mind
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  Speaker 2: is that idolatry is not only bowing down to a statue. Literally,
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  Speaker 2: I've never done that. It wouldn't even make sense. Somebody
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  Speaker 2: try to teach me how to stop doing that, because
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  Speaker 2: I've never done that and don't anticipate ever doing that.
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  Speaker 2: But it is self serving. Sometimes may be our idol. Right,
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  Speaker 2: love of ease that could be our idol, and gratification
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  Speaker 2: of appetite and passion that could be our idol. The
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  Speaker 2: cure is a life fixed entirely upon God and having
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  Speaker 2: love for others as we love ourselves. I think the
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  Speaker 2: Bible calls that the two great commandments yes, and so
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  Speaker 2: our first lesson comes in from First Corinthians, chapter ten
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  Speaker 2: and verse thirty one. And if you're tracking with me
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  Speaker 2: so far, just go ahead and type yes in the chat.
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  Speaker 2: If you're already tracking with me thus far, then go
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  Speaker 2: ahead and type a yes in the chat. And so
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  Speaker 2: the Bible reads here in First Corinthians, chapter ten and
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  Speaker 2: verse thirty one. Whether therefore ye eat or drink, or
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  Speaker 2: whatsoever ye do, do what all, how much? All to
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  Speaker 2: the what glory of God. Whatever you eat, wherever you drink,
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  Speaker 2: whatever you do, do it all to the glory of God.
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  Speaker 2: This is God's goal for us, and this glory. And
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  Speaker 2: I say this every almost every time I mention the
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  Speaker 2: word glory. My brother Norman, if you're listening, or if
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  Speaker 2: somebody's listening that knows Norman, like, this is your word.
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  Speaker 2: This is DOCSA in the original language in which this
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  Speaker 2: was written, The visible weight and splendor of God's character.
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  Speaker 2: I said, visible weight. You're catching up? Like what visible weight?
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  Speaker 2: How do you measure that? The visible weight and splendor
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  Speaker 2: of God's character to do all his glory means every
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  Speaker 2: act of daily life becomes a display of who God is.
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  Speaker 2: When I'm eating, is this a display of who God is?
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  Speaker 2: Or is it me or something else? Drinking and speaking
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  Speaker 2: and working, all of it offered back to Him? Right
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  Speaker 2: and so and so the heart of this insight today
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  Speaker 2: is a God focused life is not confined to this
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  Speaker 2: setting where you're watching me online or listening to me
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  Speaker 2: on the radio, or in your congregational church setting or
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  Speaker 2: in prayer. It reaches into every so called ordinary moment
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  Speaker 2: and transforms it into worship. When you're having that conversation
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  Speaker 2: with that brother, that sister, is that to the glory
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  Speaker 2: of God? Like? Is that what we're talking about? Is
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  Speaker 2: that worshipful Nothing is too small to be offered to God?
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  Speaker 2: And so what is the action step choose a routine
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  Speaker 2: act today? Is it having conversations with people. Is it eating?
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  Speaker 2: Is it you being on a commute to work or
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  Speaker 2: to school a conversation? Do it consciously as an offering
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  Speaker 2: to God, asking him to be glad glorified in my life. Lord,
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  Speaker 2: remember that song, be glorified, Be glorified in my life. God,
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  Speaker 2: be glorified today. Ask him to do that in all
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  Speaker 2: that you do. I am beginning to do that more
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  Speaker 2: and more every day. Lessen number two. Lesson number two
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  Speaker 2: is coming in from Philippians, Chapter two and verse four.
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  Speaker 2: The Bible reads, look, not every man on his own things.
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  Speaker 2: Don't just focus on your own things, the Bible is saying,
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  Speaker 2: but everyone also on the things of others. So we're
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  Speaker 2: learning to put others above ourselves. We're learning to put
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  Speaker 2: the needs and sometimes even desires, depending on what they are,
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  Speaker 2: of others above our own. And God wants us to
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  Speaker 2: look at. This comes from a Greek word that means
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  Speaker 2: to look at, to fix one's gaze on, to pay
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  Speaker 2: careful attention, and Paul was encouraging believers at that moment
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  Speaker 2: to deliberately direct their attention toward the needs and wealth,
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  Speaker 2: beings well being of others. I have a sister, a
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  Speaker 2: sister friend named Danita, and Danita lives this lifestyle. She's
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  Speaker 2: always looking out toward the others. It's a posture that
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  Speaker 2: directly dismantles idolatry of self looking on the things of others,
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  Speaker 2: esteeming the needs sometimes of others above our own. That
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  Speaker 2: is not to go to the extreme, which is why
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  Speaker 2: I use the words sometimes. Sometimes if you are on
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  Speaker 2: an airplane, they say that in the unlikely event that
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  Speaker 2: this cabin should lose pressure, then this oxygen mask is
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  Speaker 2: going to come down automatically from above. I need you
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  Speaker 2: to put that on your over your nose and mouth
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  Speaker 2: and then begin to breathe freely. I need you to
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  Speaker 2: do that before you do anything else, before you try
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  Speaker 2: to help other people. And that's why I said sometimes, Okay,
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  Speaker 2: So God wants us to course with him, be into
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  Speaker 2: self care, and then we are able more to be
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  Speaker 2: of assistance to others. He doesn't want us pouring from
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  Speaker 2: an empty an empty cup. And so this is a
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  Speaker 2: posture that directly dismantles idolatry itself. Self focus is the
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  Speaker 2: root of idolatry. Yeah. Yeah, A person a person who
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  Speaker 2: fixes their gaze on others, their needs, their conscience, their
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  Speaker 2: salvation has already begun to dethrone self. I think we'll
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  Speaker 2: pause right there. So much else we could say, so
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  Speaker 2: little time, But God has given us the cure for idolatry.
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  Speaker 2: It's worshiping Him, serving others. Peace.
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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,