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01 14 2025 Pleasing God · 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, January fourteen,
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  Speaker 2: twenty twenty five. Hello, my name is El David Harris.
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  Speaker 2: I am your host, and this is your Daily Portion
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  Speaker 2: where we give you God's word every single day, and
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  Speaker 2: today is no exception. We are continuing in our lesson
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  Speaker 2: study series, God's Love and Justice. Our caption for today
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  Speaker 2: is pleasing God. It's a question pleasing God. We'll get
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  Speaker 2: into that in just a moment, but first I'd like
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  Speaker 2: to say welcome to you and ask you to please
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  Speaker 2: go over to your Daily Portion dot com. Please join
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  Speaker 2: our online community. Please pick up the Your Daily Portion Companion.
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  Speaker 2: It's a companion life application guide related to this quarter's
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  Speaker 2: lesson and that's for every quarter in the foreseeable future.
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  Speaker 2: Let's just see how it goes. Also, click that number seven.
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  Speaker 2: I need ten thousand of you to click that number
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  Speaker 2: seven and join and subscribe there. And that is one
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  Speaker 2: of the ways that we continue to build faith and fellowship.
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  Speaker 2: Let's go ahead and pray, and then we will get underway.
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  Speaker 2: Father and Heaven. Thank you for giving us this new
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  Speaker 2: day and for giving us the privilege of being called
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  Speaker 2: by your name. Thank you for not leaving us on
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  Speaker 2: planet Earth by ourselves to figure out life, but for
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  Speaker 2: giving us Jesus and giving us the power the Holy Ghost,
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  Speaker 2: for giving us the angels who excel in strength. And
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  Speaker 2: I pray that we will co operate with you today
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  Speaker 2: in Jesus' name. I pray Amen and Amen again, pleasing God.
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  Speaker 2: Like that's a question. That's a question. Do you believe,
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  Speaker 2: brothers and sisters that you can please God in any way?
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  Speaker 2: And I promise you this is not a trick question.
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  Speaker 2: There's some people who are immediately wanting to read into
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  Speaker 2: it or somehow give some kind of qualifying distinction that
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  Speaker 2: determines on what standard that we can The question was,
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  Speaker 2: and let me read it again slowly. I wrote it
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  Speaker 2: in my notes. Do you believe you can please God
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  Speaker 2: in any way? Now, remember we did talk about this
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  Speaker 2: in fairly good detail when the Bible talked about Jesus
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  Speaker 2: as he was being baptized, and now he's full of
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  Speaker 2: the Holy Ghost as he's entering into what we call
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  Speaker 2: his public ministry. The Bible says that the Father his
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  Speaker 2: voice thundered from heaven or resounded, if that's a better
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  Speaker 2: way of saying it resounded from heaven, and said, this
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  Speaker 2: is my beloved son in whom I am well pleased.
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  Speaker 2: So let me ask you the question a different way.
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  Speaker 2: Are you one of God's children? Yes or no? Are
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  Speaker 2: you one of God's children? Yes or no? You see,
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  Speaker 2: the Bible does say that those who receive Him to
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  Speaker 2: the to as many as received Jesus to them, gave
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  Speaker 2: he the power or the right to be called his children, okay,
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  Speaker 2: to those who believe on his name. And so if
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  Speaker 2: you are unsure about whether you can please God or not,
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  Speaker 2: consider whether you're one of his children or not. Consider
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  Speaker 2: whether you are submitting your will to God or not,
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  Speaker 2: you see the Bible. The Bible says here, let me
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  Speaker 2: let me read in Roman chapter eight, one of my
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  Speaker 2: favorite chapters in the Bible, Romans, Chapter eight. It says,
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  Speaker 2: after it talks about what it's like, no, let me
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  Speaker 2: just read those verses too. So let's just start with
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  Speaker 2: verse five, for they do. Let's see, for those who
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  Speaker 2: live according to the flesh have their outlook shaped by
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  Speaker 2: the things of the flesh. So that is the worldly mindset,
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  Speaker 2: the one that is separated from God, that is hostile
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  Speaker 2: toward God. Okay, But those who live according to the
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  Speaker 2: Holy Spirit have their outlook shaped by the things of
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  Speaker 2: the Holy Spirit. So just answer the question that I
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  Speaker 2: was asking you in your minds right now. For the
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  Speaker 2: outlook of the flesh is death, but the outlook of
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  Speaker 2: the Spirit, meaning the Holy Spirit, is life and peace.
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  Speaker 2: Because the outlook of the flesh is hostile to God,
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  Speaker 2: for it does not submit to the law of God,
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  Speaker 2: nor is it able to do so. Here is verse eight.
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  Speaker 2: Those who are in the flesh cannot please God. And
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  Speaker 2: some of you are like, aha, Si, I told you
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  Speaker 2: cannot please God. It says that in verse eight. But
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  Speaker 2: let's read verse nine. You, however, are not in the flesh.
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  Speaker 2: So again the question, is there any way that you
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  Speaker 2: can please God? The Bible says here, if you're in
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  Speaker 2: the flesh, you cannot. However, you are not in the flesh,
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  Speaker 2: but in the spirit. If indeed, the Spirit of God
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  Speaker 2: lives in you. Now, if anyone does not have the
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  Speaker 2: Spirit of Christ, this person does not belong to him.
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  Speaker 2: And I'll read one more verse, verse ten. But if
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  Speaker 2: Christ is in you, it's Christ in you, brothers and sisters,
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  Speaker 2: is He in you? Your body is dead because of sin,
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  Speaker 2: but the spirit is your life because of righteousness. Listen,
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  Speaker 2: we need to stand up and give God thanks in
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  Speaker 2: this moment, because the Bible is telling us that by
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  Speaker 2: God's grace, by his spirit, those who submit and surrender
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  Speaker 2: our wills to Him can indeed and in fact please God.
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  Speaker 2: We can please God because Jesus is living inside our lives.
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  Speaker 2: The Holy Ghost is in dwelling our lives, and the
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  Speaker 2: goal of sending Jesus into this world to live in
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  Speaker 2: human form and to die the death that we deserve
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  Speaker 2: with so that we can live the life that he deserves.
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  Speaker 1: Like.
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  Speaker 2: The reason why he did all of that is because
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  Speaker 2: he wants to say, this is my beloved daughter, this
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  Speaker 2: is my beloved son, in whom I am well pleased
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  Speaker 2: and so covered in Jesus's righteousness, we absolutely can, will
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  Speaker 2: and must please God. I'm thankful, I am so thankful.
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  Speaker 2: God is good, and so we continue reading. In fact,
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  Speaker 2: I'd like for you to turn in your companion guide.
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  Speaker 2: I'm talking about the Your Daily Portion Companion Guide to
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  Speaker 2: page forty six to page forty six, and we want
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  Speaker 2: to do a professional application today. Okay, professional application, Go
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  Speaker 2: ahead and pick that up at your Daily Portion dot
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  Speaker 2: com if you have not picked it up. And let's
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  Speaker 2: see now what is important? Now? We're looking for the
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  Speaker 2: win win w What is important now? God's delight in
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  Speaker 2: the righteousness, Oh, excuse me, righteousness, the righteous and cheerful
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  Speaker 2: giver can serve as a model for how we conduct
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  Speaker 2: ourselves professionally. Creating a positive and affirming environment at work
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  Speaker 2: can foster motivation and a sense of purpose. Well, let's
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  Speaker 2: internalize this insight. I think about how you can reflect
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  Speaker 2: God's delight in your professional life. Are there ways that
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  Speaker 2: you can show appreciation for the work, ethic and contributions
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  Speaker 2: of your colleagues? Consider how your encouragement can inspire others
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  Speaker 2: to excel? Well, now what n next best move? This week?
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  Speaker 2: Invest the time to acknowledge a colleague's hard work or
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  Speaker 2: positive attitude. A simple word of encouragement or recognition can
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  Speaker 2: go a long way in building a supportive and motivating
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  Speaker 2: work environment reflecting God's delight in upright actions. Remember, we're
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  Speaker 2: talking about pleasing God. So that is one of the
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  Speaker 2: four ways that we apply the lesson every single day.
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  Speaker 2: So again, get get that companion guide. So again, answer
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  Speaker 2: the question. I'm going to ask it again, and I'm
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  Speaker 2: going to ask you slow. Do you believe that you
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  Speaker 2: can please God in any way? If your answer is uh,
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  Speaker 2: if your answer is anything but yes, by the grace
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  Speaker 2: of God, yes, because we're covered in Jesus's righteousness, then
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  Speaker 2: you're gonna need to go ahead and listen to this
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  Speaker 2: program again. Now, the Bible says here in closing in
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  Speaker 2: Psalm chapter one hundred and forty nine, beginning at verse four,
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  Speaker 2: for the Lord taketh pleasure in his people. He will
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  Speaker 2: beautify the meek with salvation. Let the saints be joyful
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  Speaker 2: in glory, let them sing aloud upon their beds. Thank
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  Speaker 2: God he finds pleasure in his children. 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,