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03 17 2026 Work Relations · 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 seventeen,
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  Speaker 2: twenty twenty six. 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 uniting Heaven and Earth, christ in Philippians and Colossians,
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  Speaker 2: and our caption for today is work Relations, Work Relations.
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  Speaker 2: Before we get into that, I'd like to just say
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  Speaker 2: welcome to everyone joining us, especially those joining us for
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  Speaker 2: Let's pray, Father, we thank you for this day. Help
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  Speaker 2: us to work as unto the Lord, help us to
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  Speaker 2: live like we are in your presence at all times.
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  Speaker 2: In Jesus' name, I pray Amen and a man again.
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  Speaker 2: Yes's so much to say, And as you know, the
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  Speaker 2: Sable School Quarterly was not created so that I could
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  Speaker 2: create a ten minute program off of it. So this
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  Speaker 2: is one that if you rush through it, you will
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  Speaker 2: get all mixed up and sometimes even angered, like if
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  Speaker 2: you don't understand what the Bible is and is not saying.
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  Speaker 2: So what I'm going to do is shift over now
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  Speaker 2: to our life Application Guide, the Your Daily Portion Life
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  Speaker 2: Application Guide, where we go into four key areas for
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  Speaker 2: every day's lesson for application and in this case we're
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  Speaker 2: going to go to the professional application because there is
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  Speaker 2: a lot of stuff we can misunderstand and misapply, and
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  Speaker 2: I don't know that I can treat it the way
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  Speaker 2: that we need to treat it in just a few
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  Speaker 2: minutes here. So let's defer and go over there and
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  Speaker 2: look at the application professional one and we're using the
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  Speaker 2: acronym or framework win W. What is important now? What
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  Speaker 2: is important now? Recognizing that the principles from Colossians chapter three,
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  Speaker 2: Versus twenty two through chapter four and verse one apply
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  Speaker 2: to work relations generally, and that whether you are a
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  Speaker 2: boss some people don't like that word, fine supervisor, boss,
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  Speaker 2: the founder of a company, or an employee, your first
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  Speaker 2: obligation is to the Lord. Where is our first obligation,
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  Speaker 2: No matter where we are on the ladder in this
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  Speaker 2: corporate or organizational structure, where is our first obligation with whom?
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  Speaker 2: Is it with our clients, is it with our boss,
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  Speaker 2: is it to someone else? Our first obligation is to
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  Speaker 2: the Lord. And you must I repeat and underscore and
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  Speaker 2: bold and put it in read letters and put it
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  Speaker 2: in italics too, and then highlight it too. You must
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  Speaker 2: treat others fairly. That is the governing principle. So, no
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  Speaker 2: matter what other language we read in the in the
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  Speaker 2: text from way back in ancient history. You must first
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  Speaker 2: be obligated and responsible to the Lord and treat others fairly.
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  Speaker 2: Now we need to internalize the insight what instructions are
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  Speaker 2: given to And now there's the word that I don't like, slaves.
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  Speaker 2: I don't have time to get into the historical context.
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  Speaker 2: But slaves. Let's work with the term that's there in
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  Speaker 2: that scripture. Please do not mix this up with the
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  Speaker 2: transatlantic slave trade. Please do not mix this up with
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  Speaker 2: a supremacist mindset that people were to be treated as
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  Speaker 2: to be treated as as chattel or somehow property. Okay,
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  Speaker 2: don't mix this up. Don't conflate this with that, because
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  Speaker 2: that's where the confusion and mix up is going to come. Okay,
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  Speaker 2: I gave you a standard in the beginning. What was it.
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  Speaker 2: Number One, We are obligated and responsible to the Lord.
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  Speaker 2: Number two, that we must treat others fairly. That means
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  Speaker 2: with dignity, That means according to the way God would
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  Speaker 2: do it. Okay, So what was the principle given to
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  Speaker 2: the people who are identified in the text with that
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  Speaker 2: word I don't like, but it was their slaves? What
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  Speaker 2: principles are here for work relations. Generally in fact within
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  Speaker 2: the Church, unlike more generally within the Roman Empire, the
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  Speaker 2: slave's first obligation was to the Lord, and their quote
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  Speaker 2: masters were instructed to do what treat them fairly. That
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  Speaker 2: means that all of the stuff that we understood from
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  Speaker 2: the Transatlantic slave trade, all of that stuff is disqualified.
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  Speaker 2: All of that stuff needs to be thrown out the window.
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  Speaker 2: All of that should be identified as what the world
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  Speaker 2: overall has seen that it was not holiness, it was
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  Speaker 2: not godly, so we must not treat it as such.
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  Speaker 2: But let me go here before I become to passionate.
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  Speaker 2: And their masters were instructed to treat them fairly, knowing
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  Speaker 2: that you also have a master in heaven, that's God.
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  Speaker 2: So in your work, your first obligation is to the creator,
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  Speaker 2: whether you are a boss or an employee, treat others
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  Speaker 2: fairly knowing that you have a master, meaning God who's
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  Speaker 2: in heaven. Now, how do we apply this? I know
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  Speaker 2: it's difficult to apply this when we're talking about the
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  Speaker 2: modern era versus what they were doing way back in
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  Speaker 2: Paul's day, versus what we've seen in the Transatlantic slave trade,
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  Speaker 2: plus the things that are going on in many parts
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  Speaker 2: of the world today where people are being subjugated in
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  Speaker 2: every way, treated without dignity, and they're not doing what
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  Speaker 2: God has taught us to do. But again, next best
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  Speaker 2: move is to apply the principles from the same passage
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  Speaker 2: to your work relationships today, remembering what your first obligation
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  Speaker 2: is to the Lord, and if you are a boss
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  Speaker 2: or a founder or somehow the leader of a team,
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  Speaker 2: treat employees fairly knowing you have a master in Heaven,
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  Speaker 2: or if you're an employee, work as unto the Lord
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  Speaker 2: and not unto humans. I needed to get that out
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  Speaker 2: because this one can be very triggering depending on the
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  Speaker 2: culture or place you're from. Okay, and so let me
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  Speaker 2: start here from the Signs of the Times article. I
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  Speaker 2: cannot put my finger on where exactly it came from,
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  Speaker 2: what the date was, but I know it was by J. H. Wagner,
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  Speaker 2: and it reads the Gospel does not destroy order, but
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  Speaker 2: purifies it, lifting duty from fear to conscience. Now, now
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  Speaker 2: let's use lesson number three in my notes, which is
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  Speaker 2: authority must reflect Heaven's justice. Authority must reflect Heaven's justice.
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  Speaker 2: So Paul speaks directly to those who are in quote
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  Speaker 2: authority Leadership is not ownership. You do not own the
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  Speaker 2: people that may work for you, or if you're not
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  Speaker 2: the owner of the company or whatever you want to
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  Speaker 2: call the founder, whatever your your your direct reports are
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  Speaker 2: not your are not your property. So leadership is not ownership.
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  Speaker 2: Rather it is stewardship. Earthly authority is exercised under Heaven's oversight.
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  Speaker 2: So God is watching. God is the one that's given
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  Speaker 2: us the standard, our marching orders. He's shown us what
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  Speaker 2: this is to look like, and therefore whatever doesn't align
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  Speaker 2: with what God has said is unholy. So justice and
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  Speaker 2: fairness are not optional virtues, but divine requirements. There was
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  Speaker 2: just so much. If you lead others, examine whether your
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  Speaker 2: decisions reflect fairness, dignity, and accountability before God. 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,