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08 27 2026 Triumph in Christ · 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 Thursday, August
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  Speaker 2: twenty seven, 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's no exception. We are continuing in our lesson
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  Speaker 2: study series through the books of First and Second Corinthians,
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  Speaker 2: and our caption for today is triumph in Christ. That's
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  Speaker 2: a good one, triumph in Christ. Before we get into that,
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  Speaker 2: and pray and then we will get underway. Father, we
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  Speaker 2: thank you for giving us this new day, and thank
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  Speaker 2: you for telling us the end of the story. You've
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  Speaker 2: given us the end of the story. You said that
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  Speaker 2: triumph at last is our outcome. Us to cooperate with you.
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  Speaker 2: In Jesus' name, I pray, Amen and a man again.
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  Speaker 2: The most important thing in my view today for our
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  Speaker 2: lesson is that God always leads his servants in triumph
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  Speaker 2: in Christ. So you don't ever have to wonder if
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  Speaker 2: you're going to lose in your experience with God. You
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  Speaker 2: don't have to ever wonder does God love me? Am
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  Speaker 2: I able to do what God has called us all
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  Speaker 2: to do? Am I able to be successful? Spiritually? You
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  Speaker 2: see the Bible says that John, speaking my little children,
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  Speaker 2: these things, write I unto you that you sin not.
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  Speaker 2: And guess what else he said, If anyone sins, you
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  Speaker 2: have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ, the righteous One,
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  Speaker 2: who has become the propitiation for us all. So the
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  Speaker 2: Bible is saying that your spiritual success is guaranteed when
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  Speaker 2: you surrender your will to God. But there are times
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  Speaker 2: that you may slip up and start following yourself again,
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  Speaker 2: just for a moment. I'm not talking about a lifestyle,
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  Speaker 2: a backsliding. There are times that we begin to look
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  Speaker 2: at ourselves. Sometimes it's possible, I'm saying, not necessary, but possible,
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  Speaker 2: And God is saying through brother John, that there is
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  Speaker 2: a way to even recover then. And the reason is
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  Speaker 2: because Jesus is our advocate, but he's also our propitiation,
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  Speaker 2: meaning the mercy seat. He is the one who is
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  Speaker 2: the substitute, the lamb of God, which taketh away the
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  Speaker 2: sins of the world. And so we continue, well, not
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  Speaker 2: always the triumph we expect God's people, not always the
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  Speaker 2: kind of triumph that we expect, but always the triumph
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  Speaker 2: that God intended. So let's go ahead and begin with
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  Speaker 2: our first lesson. It feels like I started, but I didn't.
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  Speaker 2: From Second Corinthians chapter two and verse fourteen. That's the
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  Speaker 2: Bible Book of Second Corinthians, Chapter two and verse fourteen.
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  Speaker 2: The Bible reads, now, thanks be unto God which always
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  Speaker 2: causeth us to triumph in Christ and make it manifest
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  Speaker 2: the savor of His knowledge by us in every place.
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  Speaker 2: Let me read it in the New English translation. But
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  Speaker 2: thanks be to God who always leads us in triumphal
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  Speaker 2: procession in Christ. And so we get to be ushered
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  Speaker 2: in to triumph. We get to be with Jesus. Do
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  Speaker 2: you remember when the Bible talked about a triumphal entry
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  Speaker 2: and all of the children cried Hosanna, and the people
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  Speaker 2: worshiped him, and the detractors said, if you you need
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  Speaker 2: to stop these people like, don't let them worship you
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  Speaker 2: this way. And Jesus said, if these don't, if these
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  Speaker 2: don't don't worship, if these don't don't praise, then the
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  Speaker 2: rocks will cry out. And so Jesus is saying, I'm
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  Speaker 2: gonna bring you with me. I'm gonna bring you with
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  Speaker 2: me in my processional because I have put you in
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  Speaker 2: a position to triumph. And the Bible continues, and who
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  Speaker 2: makes known through us the fragrance that consists of the
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  Speaker 2: knowledge of him in every place, And so this triumph
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  Speaker 2: means to cause to march in a victory procession. Paul
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  Speaker 2: pictures God as a conquering general leading his servants in
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  Speaker 2: a triumphal march, not as prisoners of defeat, but as
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  Speaker 2: participants in a victory already won in Christ. That's actually
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  Speaker 2: the Greek term for triumph. There has a lot of syllables.
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  Speaker 2: Let me try it. Three m by you all, three
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  Speaker 2: am by all, And that means to lead in triumphs,
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  Speaker 2: as I mentioned. And so Paul wrote these words while
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  Speaker 2: anxious about Corinth, uncertain about Titus, and moving through personal distress.
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  Speaker 2: So it's not that we cover our eyes and act
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  Speaker 2: as if nothing is going weird or wrong or sideways
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  Speaker 2: in our lives. But we know that ultimately Jesus gives
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  Speaker 2: us the victory, the triumph. What he declared was not
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  Speaker 2: based on his circumstances. It was based on who was
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  Speaker 2: leading the procession. God always leads in triumph even when
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  Speaker 2: the servant cannot yet see the outcome. God always leads
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  Speaker 2: in triumph, even when the servant cannot yet see the outcome.
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  Speaker 2: So what do we do with this? It sounds good
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  Speaker 2: on paper doesn't it. Yes, well, declare the triumph of
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  Speaker 2: Christ today in whatever situation feels unresolved. Do you have
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  Speaker 2: a health problem, then declare the triumph. If you are
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  Speaker 2: trying to figure out how does the month always always
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  Speaker 2: stretch out farther in law younger than the money, then
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  Speaker 2: you begin to declare the triumph when your children seem
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  Speaker 2: to have lost their mind. I want you to declare
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  Speaker 2: the triumph not because you're hiding your eyes from the
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  Speaker 2: challenges that exist, not because you're forgetting the trials and temptations,
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  Speaker 2: but because you know in Christ, he is leading the
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  Speaker 2: processional as his people become his trophies, that He is able,
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  Speaker 2: more than able, and willing to deliver us from all
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  Speaker 2: that is going wrong in our lives. Okay, our second
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  Speaker 2: lesson comes in from Let's go to the Bible Book
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  Speaker 2: of Two Corinthians, Chapter two and verse seventeen. So many notes,
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  Speaker 2: let me just move down to this one. The Bible reads,
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  Speaker 2: for we are not as many which corrupt the word
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  Speaker 2: of God, but as of sincerity, but as of God
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  Speaker 2: in the sight of God, speak we in Christ New
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  Speaker 2: English translation for we are not like so many others
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  Speaker 2: hucksters who peddle the word of God for prophet. Wait
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  Speaker 2: a minute, whoa wait, wait wait wait wait yeah, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: But we are speaking in Christ before God as persons
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  Speaker 2: of sincerity, as persons sent from God. So we're not
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  Speaker 2: peddling the word of God. We're not trading in goods
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  Speaker 2: for personal gain. Paul uses the language of a marketplace
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  Speaker 2: to describe false ministers who handle the word of God
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  Speaker 2: as a commodity. Do you remember when Jesus created that
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  Speaker 2: scourge of chords? True, nobody was necessarily preaching in that place,
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  Speaker 2: but they were mishandling the things of God in order
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  Speaker 2: to disrespect and to use against the people who needed
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  Speaker 2: them for worship. And so God is saying through Paul,
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  Speaker 2: like this is not how it's to be done, something
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  Speaker 2: to be packaged and sold for self advancement rather than
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  Speaker 2: proclaim for the glory of God. So the distinguishing mark
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  Speaker 2: of a servant of God. Are you one of God's servants?
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  Speaker 2: Go ahead and type a yes in the chat if
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  Speaker 2: that's you, If you're a servant of God, a true
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  Speaker 2: servant of God, then that means it is not the
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  Speaker 2: size of your platform or the results of their ministry.
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  Speaker 2: It is the purity of your motive, speaking in Christ
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  Speaker 2: in the sight of God, with no hidden commercial interest.
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  Speaker 2: That is the standard Paul held himself to, and he
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  Speaker 2: calls every minister to meet. So examine everything that you
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  Speaker 2: are seeking from your service today, recognition, oh security or influence.
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  Speaker 2: If it's crept into your motivation, bring it in to
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  Speaker 2: God and ask him to replace it for one single
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  Speaker 2: desire to serve him. 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,