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01 30 2026 The Spirit of Self-Sacrificing Love · 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 Friday, January thirty,
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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 the Spirit of Self
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  Speaker 2: Sacrificing Love. The Spirit of self sacrificing Love. Before we
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  Speaker 2: get into that, I'd like to say welcome to everyone
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  Speaker 2: joining us, especially those joining us for the very first time.
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  Speaker 2: I'm asking you to go over to your Daily Portion
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  Speaker 2: done myself, I've done the ministry. I've done you a
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  Speaker 2: disservice over these many years by not sharing with you
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  Speaker 2: the last couple of months, it is listener supported. Sometimes
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  Speaker 2: people think it's a church entity supported ministry, but it
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  Speaker 2: is not. And so I just want you to have
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  Speaker 2: that in your mind as you consider how God has
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  Speaker 2: blessed you, and how you can bless the ministry and
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  Speaker 2: by extension, the hundreds of thousands of you who come
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  Speaker 2: on every single day, and then the others who will
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  Speaker 2: benefit from the benevolence that comes from the ministry in
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  Speaker 2: their felt needs. Okay, so just keep that in mind
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  Speaker 2: as you go to your Daily Portion dot com pick
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  Speaker 2: up the Your Daily Portion Life Application Guide. And also
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  Speaker 2: is one of the ways that we continue to build
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  Speaker 2: faith and fellowship. Let's go ahead and pray and then
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  Speaker 2: we will get underway. Father, Thank you, Thank you for
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  Speaker 2: the blessing that you have given to us of this
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  Speaker 2: day of preparation. Help us to in fact sacrifice self
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  Speaker 2: for your glory. In Jesus' name, I pray Amen, and
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  Speaker 2: a man again the spirit of self sacrificing love. And
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  Speaker 2: as promised, we are going to use our life application guide.
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  Speaker 2: Today will be the Relationships application. We have four different
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  Speaker 2: applications and today we'll use will use relationships. But first
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  Speaker 2: let me read a quote from Reviewing Harold eighteen seventy four. J. N. Andrews.
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  Speaker 2: Those who would stand in the last conflict must learn
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  Speaker 2: how that strength comes only through entire dependence upon Christ.
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  Speaker 2: Let me ask you a question. Are you fully dependent
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  Speaker 2: upon Christ? And I don't mean just for your daily needs,
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  Speaker 2: like you know what those are, your food, clothing, shelter,
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  Speaker 2: et cetera. But how about if you lose your keys?
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  Speaker 2: Do you depend upon God to help you find them?
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  Speaker 2: I don't even search for stuff if I've lost it,
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  Speaker 2: I stop and I say, God, now you know where
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  Speaker 2: this stuff is? Can you show me where it is
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  Speaker 2: in one hundred percent of the time and within minutes
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  Speaker 2: I'm talking about fewer than ten minutes. One hundred percent
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  Speaker 2: of the time God shows me. I just ask him.
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  Speaker 2: I have so many stories, but I will just continue here.
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  Speaker 2: Human weakness, when united with divine becomes here is a
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  Speaker 2: big word invincible. My God, let me read that last
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  Speaker 2: one for emphasis. Human weakness. That would be me, everything
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  Speaker 2: about me, everything about you, that's human weakness when united
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  Speaker 2: with divine power. Are you a teacher? Are you a preacher?
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  Speaker 2: Are you someone who is in the background who loves
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  Speaker 2: to support anything that is helpful for people? Are you
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  Speaker 2: someone who is a caretaker? Every single day you take
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  Speaker 2: care of either a person or someone's property or both. Huh.
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  Speaker 2: Whatever it is that you do. If you're a professional
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  Speaker 2: in whatever, you're a business person, you're an educator, whatever
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  Speaker 2: it is that you do. Yeah, all of that is
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  Speaker 2: human weakness, even when you do it at the highest levels,
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  Speaker 2: right when left alone. But when you unite with God
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  Speaker 2: in his power, everything you, every single thing that you do,
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  Speaker 2: when you speak a word, a kind word in c
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  Speaker 2: and out of season, when you rebuke in season, out
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  Speaker 2: of season, when you correct, when you embrace someone whom
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  Speaker 2: a lot of people have rejected. When you do that
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  Speaker 2: connected to God, that becomes invincible. My God, you cannot fail.
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  Speaker 2: I need you to get this. You cannot fail. Let
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  Speaker 2: me just stop because I'm a get to preaching. So
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  Speaker 2: let's go to our relationships application. We're using our framework
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  Speaker 2: whin wn W. What's important now declaring yourself openly for
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  Speaker 2: Christ and his truth, especially when the test comes and
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  Speaker 2: multitudes of false brethren are distinguished from the true. How
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  Speaker 2: many of you have coworkers, how many of you have
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  Speaker 2: neighbors who say that they have encountered people of your
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  Speaker 2: faith community, whether online, whether at work, or some other
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  Speaker 2: place on the road, and they discovered they came from
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  Speaker 2: your faith community, and they have disparaging things to say
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  Speaker 2: because those individuals that they encountered were not representing Christ.
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  Speaker 2: So what we need to do is actually become the
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  Speaker 2: reality that people are anticipating that those who are connected
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  Speaker 2: with Christ live and breed and act a certain way.
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  Speaker 2: I'll say it again. What is important now declaring yourself openly.
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  Speaker 2: I'm not saying with your mouth like some people get
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  Speaker 2: too ridiculous with it, just always telling people live it.
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  Speaker 2: Declaring yourself openly for Christ and its truth, especially when
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  Speaker 2: the test comes and multitudes of false brethren are distinguished
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  Speaker 2: from the true. Internalize I internalize the insight. When multitudes
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  Speaker 2: of false brethren are distinguished from the true, then the
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  Speaker 2: hidden ones will be revealed to view. That would be you,
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  Speaker 2: right and with Hosanna's range over the banner of Christ.
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  Speaker 2: Those who have been timid and self distrusts trustful will
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  Speaker 2: declare themselves openly for Christ and as truth. The most
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  Speaker 2: weak and hesitating in the faith fellowship of God will
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  Speaker 2: be as David willing to do and dare remember he
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  Speaker 2: went and as even his brothers were disrespectful toward him.
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  Speaker 2: When he saw that Goliath was disrespecting God and God's people,
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  Speaker 2: David was like, listen, I'm coming out from these sheep.
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  Speaker 2: I'm done with the sheep for this moment. I gotta
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  Speaker 2: go deal with that giant in Jesus's name. Of course,
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  Speaker 2: he didn't say Jesus, but you know what I'm saying.
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  Speaker 2: You must be willing to declare yourself openly for Christ.
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  Speaker 2: How many times have I said that this morning? Three
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  Speaker 2: times thus far, even when it costs you personally. Let
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  Speaker 2: that settle in. Let's go in for the next best
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  Speaker 2: move and identify one relationship or situation where you have
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  Speaker 2: been timid. You've been timid. You've wanted to be helpful
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  Speaker 2: to someone. You've wanted to share what God has told
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  Speaker 2: you to share, but you haven't. You've been self distrustful,
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  Speaker 2: which we should be. But that's the problem. That means
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  Speaker 2: that if we don't act because we're self distrustful, that
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  Speaker 2: means we've gotten stuck on focusing on ourselves. Like I'm
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  Speaker 2: looking at the camera, but then I look down my gaze,
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  Speaker 2: I drop my gaze a little bit, and I see
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  Speaker 2: myself in a little box. And maybe if I focus
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  Speaker 2: on that little box, and I'll notice the many times
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  Speaker 2: that I do things that I probably wouldn't do knowing
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  Speaker 2: that you're observing me on TV, on YouTube, on Facebook. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: and I'm like, oh my, oh, my goodness, And now
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  Speaker 2: I'm focusing on myself and getting nervous. That's the problem.
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  Speaker 2: Let's just say God is the camera. I need to
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  Speaker 2: be focusing on God, not on myself worrying about all
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  Speaker 2: the details about myself. Focus on God. I won't see
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  Speaker 2: myself and I will just simply do what God says.
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  Speaker 2: So you've been timid or distrustful of self and declaring
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  Speaker 2: yourself for Christ, and take a step today to openly
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  Speaker 2: declare your faith and stand for His truth again. I'm
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  Speaker 2: not saying get a trumpet. I'm saying be a trumpet, Like,
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  Speaker 2: don't get a trumpet, be a trumpet for Christ. 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,