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07 03 2026 Jesus 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 2: Vibrant lives.
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  Speaker 1: Welcome to Your Daily Portion with your host, author speaker,
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  Speaker 1: Elle David Harris.
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  Speaker 2: Good morning, Good morning, Good morning. It is Friday, July three,
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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. This is your Daily Portion where
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  Speaker 2: we give you God's word every single day, and today
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  Speaker 2: is no exception. We are continuing in our lesson study
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  Speaker 2: series through the books of First and Second Corinthians, and
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  Speaker 2: our caption for today is Jesus Christ Period full stop
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  Speaker 2: for those of us in Jamaica. Yes, Jesus Christ Period.
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  Speaker 2: Before we get into that, I'd like to say welcome
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  Speaker 2: to everyone joining us, especially those joining us for the
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  Speaker 2: very first time. I am asking you to go over
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  Speaker 2: our online community. Will you, please let us know where
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  Speaker 2: you are in the world. There is a form there
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  Speaker 2: click the contribute button because your daily portion Ministries is
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  Speaker 2: a listener and viewer supported ministry. Let's go ahead and
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  Speaker 2: pray and then we will get underway. Father, We thank
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  Speaker 2: you for this new morning and for the privilege of
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  Speaker 2: this time of preparation. Help us to have our focus
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  Speaker 2: heavenward Jesus Christ. Period. In Jesus' name, I pray, Amen
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  Speaker 2: and Amen again. The most important thing in my view
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  Speaker 2: this morning, from our lesson from today is when everything
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  Speaker 2: around you is confusing, corrupted, or discouraging, your only hope
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  Speaker 2: is Jesus Christ and what he has done to save
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  Speaker 2: us from our sins. Are you understanding what I'm saying?
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  Speaker 2: There are times that even the people among the faith
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  Speaker 2: fellowship have general meetings and annual meetings and meetings in between,
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  Speaker 2: and executive committee meetings and meetings at the local congregation
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  Speaker 2: level that are all critical and important. I just need
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  Speaker 2: to be very clear there. But once in a while,
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  Speaker 2: and sometimes, depending on the time of year, maybe even
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  Speaker 2: more frequently, there may be some things that start to
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  Speaker 2: confuse some people and they are having divisions in their
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  Speaker 2: minds based on world events and decisions that are being
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  Speaker 2: made and that which is entered into the record via
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  Speaker 2: the minutes, and people sometimes turned that into interpersonal prier
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  Speaker 2: problems that fragment the church, and they want to make
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  Speaker 2: it seem as if it's one hundred percent spiritual problem.
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  Speaker 2: I am right, you were wrong, when in fact God
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  Speaker 2: has shown us that war began in heaven. War it
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  Speaker 2: began in heaven. Can I just say that one more time?
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  Speaker 2: War began in heaven? And Lucifer, when he was Lucifer
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  Speaker 2: losing his spiritual mind was very good as he was
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  Speaker 2: becoming the devil, very good at stirring up conflict. Now
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  Speaker 2: is no different, and so I want you to keep
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  Speaker 2: your focus on what Jesus taught us, to focus on
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  Speaker 2: Him and him crucified, and as he transforms our lives,
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  Speaker 2: he gives us the mission to reach the world so
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  Speaker 2: they too can be transformed and can live with God eternally.
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  Speaker 2: Did I oversimplify? I don't know, perhaps, but I think
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  Speaker 2: we're on a good track, and so our first lesson
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  Speaker 2: is coming in from First Corinthians, chapter two and verse two.
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  Speaker 2: I mentioned that to you when I was talking about
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  Speaker 2: First Corinthians one seventeen several days ago. But here is
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  Speaker 2: what Paul said, because he was seeing this kind of
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  Speaker 2: stuff and more back in his day. For I am determined,
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  Speaker 2: I have determined not to know anything among you. You're
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  Speaker 2: having all of these arguments, Paul, what do you think
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  Speaker 2: about this? And I'm tempted to say some stuff that
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  Speaker 2: we argue about in twenty twenty six, but I don't
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  Speaker 2: want to confuse the matter. Paul, what do you think
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  Speaker 2: about this? Paul? What do you think about that? Paul?
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  Speaker 2: Have you seen what this minister has said or done? Paul?
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  Speaker 2: Have you seen with this field around in the world
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  Speaker 2: has done? Paul? What do you think about this? And
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  Speaker 2: Paul's like, I got put your cameras away. You are
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  Speaker 2: not going to quote me. What I'm going to tell
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  Speaker 2: you is that I know nothing among you except this
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  Speaker 2: one thing Christ and him crucified everything else got to
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  Speaker 2: go and let me just say that. So all of
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  Speaker 2: the arguments that you're having, the things that have created
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  Speaker 2: schisms in the faith fellowship, I am not interested. I
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  Speaker 2: am thinking about what Jesus has done in our lives
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  Speaker 2: to transform us and rid the world of sin. Forever.
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  Speaker 2: I'm not getting distracted. And so Paul learned that people
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  Speaker 2: were not saved by polished arguments. And I know, I
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  Speaker 2: know some of you are our armchair apologists. Some of
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  Speaker 2: you are like that like I am, and some of
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  Speaker 2: you are actually trained and professional theologians and apologists that
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  Speaker 2: do segment and dissect arguments in order to bring clarity
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  Speaker 2: among the people of God. And if there needs to
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  Speaker 2: be a statement for the world to know what our
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  Speaker 2: stance is, then you are very good at that. And
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  Speaker 2: I mean that in the best mode, most positive way.
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  Speaker 2: But some people, there are some humans who attempt to
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  Speaker 2: do that same thing. But what they do is turn
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  Speaker 2: that into a a whipping a whipping stick like a
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  Speaker 2: way to create problems inside of the fellowship, a way
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  Speaker 2: to become elite in their minds and pushing other people
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  Speaker 2: away unless the other people do exactly as that person.
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  Speaker 2: The first person prescribes. But but, but but he said,
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  Speaker 2: I'm not going into that with y'all. I'm not going
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  Speaker 2: to do it. I'm not going to do it. And
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  Speaker 2: so the action step in this regard would be to
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  Speaker 2: put Jesus and the sacrifice that he has given for
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  Speaker 2: us huh at the center of your thinking today and
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  Speaker 2: refuse to allow anything else to take first place. There
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  Speaker 2: are many things that are important, many things that do
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  Speaker 2: consume our mind and time where the life of the
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  Speaker 2: church is concerned. But we need to make sure that
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  Speaker 2: Jesus is preeminent, that his mission is number one focus,
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  Speaker 2: and then everything else. He will mark out a path,
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  Speaker 2: a straight path before our feet. Our second lesson comes
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  Speaker 2: in from Acts chapter eighteen, versus eight, I mean verses
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  Speaker 2: nine and ten, where the Bible reads One night the
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  Speaker 2: Lord said to Paul in a vision, do not be afraid,
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  Speaker 2: but speak, and do not be silent, because what I
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  Speaker 2: am with you. We've read this before, and no one
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  Speaker 2: will assault you to harm you, because I have many
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  Speaker 2: people in this city. And so he wanted Paul to
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  Speaker 2: speak on his behalf in that city. And Paul was
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  Speaker 2: ready to leave, but Jesus told him to stay and speak.
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  Speaker 2: God had people in Corinth, and the Gospel had work
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  Speaker 2: to do there. There are times that you might say
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  Speaker 2: it's a waste of time or what's the use, because
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  Speaker 2: the people in your community, the people at your workplace,
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  Speaker 2: the people maybe even in your household, seem to be
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  Speaker 2: resistant and maybe they in fact are. But when God
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  Speaker 2: says to continue, you continue. Do not become weary and
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  Speaker 2: well doing, brothers and sisters, do not quit. This is
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  Speaker 2: the action step. Do not quit in the place where
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  Speaker 2: God has sent you until He makes your next step clear.
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  Speaker 2: Do not stop until God releases you and says, okay,
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  Speaker 2: it's time to move on less than number three from
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  Speaker 2: verse eleven. And he continued there six months. See he
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  Speaker 2: was ready to quit. He was ready to leave, but
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  Speaker 2: the Bible says that God had him there for another
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  Speaker 2: six months months teaching the word of God among them.
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  Speaker 2: Thank God, he was instructing them and imparting truth. That's
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  Speaker 2: with that word didasco, which means to teach. God's had
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  Speaker 2: Paul to stay because he had spoken. God had spoken.
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  Speaker 2: Faithfulness in ministry often means remaining where God is placing
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  Speaker 2: you and continuing to teach his word. And so please
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  Speaker 2: stay steady, brothers and sisters. And I'm speaking to myself
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  Speaker 2: in the assignment that God has given you, and keep
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  Speaker 2: doing it until He gives you the next faithful thing.
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  Speaker 2: Make it a great day. See you tonight. 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,