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09 23 2026 The Fellowship of the Holy Spirit · Your Daily Portion with L. David Harris

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  Speaker 1: Most of us eat every day, some of us too much,
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  Speaker 1: because yesterday's food is not enough to supply energy for
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  Speaker 1: today's needs. Why then do some of us expect yesterday's
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  Speaker 1: portion of heavenly manna, the word of God, to keep
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  Speaker 1: us through today's challenges? On this program, we are going
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  Speaker 1: to change all of that. Let's experience God's words today
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  Speaker 1: and receive the power we need to live healthy, vibrant lives.
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  Speaker 1: Welcome to Your Daily Portion. with your host, author, speaker, L.
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  Speaker 1: David Harris.
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  Speaker 2: Good morning, good morning, good morning. It is Wednesday, September 23, 2026. Hello,
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  Speaker 2: my name is L. David Harris. I am your host,
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  Speaker 2: and this is your Daily Portion, where we give you
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  Speaker 2: God's Word every single day, and today is no exception.
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  Speaker 2: We are continuing in our final week of our Lesson
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  Speaker 2: Study Series through the books of 1 and 2 Corinthians,
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  Speaker 2: under the caption, The fellowship of the Holy Spirit. The
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  Speaker 2: fellowship of the Holy Spirit. Before we get into that,
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  Speaker 2: I'd like to say welcome and ask you, if you've
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  Speaker 2: what to do with your life. Discover God's design for
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  Speaker 2: your life. Of course, God has given every single one
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  Speaker 2: You will come away with a personal blueprint, a clear
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  Speaker 2: those of you who have been doing so, and I
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  Speaker 2: am grateful. And of course, now the kingdom is even
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  Speaker 2: more enriched because of the blessing that you are to
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  Speaker 2: this ministry. Let's go ahead and pray, and then we
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  Speaker 2: will get underway. Father, we thank you for giving us
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  Speaker 2: this new day, and I'm asking you now to help
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  Speaker 2: us to respect the Holy Spirit and have expectations of
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  Speaker 2: God because of the power of the Holy Ghost. In
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  Speaker 2: Jesus' name I pray, amen and amen again. So the
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  Speaker 2: most important thing at this moment for me with this
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  Speaker 2: particular lesson is that the Holy Ghost is a real.
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  Speaker 1: Being.
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  Speaker 2: I wanted to be prayerful, not careful, but prayerful how
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  Speaker 2: I describe the Holy Spirit. A real being. A real being,
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  Speaker 2: not just some kind of force or wind or theoretical presence,
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  Speaker 2: but a real being. This is why the Bible says,
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  Speaker 2: don't grieve the Holy Ghost. And we can go on
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  Speaker 2: and on to demonstrate that the Holy Ghost is one
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  Speaker 2: of the three beings in what we call the Godhead. Okay, Father, Son,
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  Speaker 2: Holy Spirit, three co-equal, meaning they are together, but they're equal. Co-eternal,
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  Speaker 2: meaning all of them always create, all of them were alive.
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  Speaker 2: All of them were there from eternity past. No one
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  Speaker 2: created them. They had no beginning. They've always been. And
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  Speaker 2: of course, all powerful, blessed be the name of God.
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  Speaker 1: Okay.
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  Speaker 2: And so that's oversimplifying, but he is a person and
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  Speaker 2: fellowship with him is the source of every genuine fellowship
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  Speaker 2: within the faith fellowship. Every time that you are having fellowship.
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  Speaker 2: good fellowship with anyone in the faith, it's because of
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  Speaker 2: the Holy Ghost. Anytime you are getting closer to God,
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  Speaker 2: it's because of the divine being called the Holy Ghost.
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  Speaker 2: Because when you are off track, God is saying, okay,
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  Speaker 2: get back on track. Holy Spirit convicts the mind. Holy
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  Speaker 2: Spirit guides us into all truth. Do you see where
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  Speaker 2: we're going with this? And so our first lesson is
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  Speaker 2: coming in then from 1 Corinthians 2. 1 Corinthians 2,
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  Speaker 2: and I will read verses 10 and 11. The Bible reads,
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  Speaker 2: God has revealed these to us by the Holy Spirit.
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  Speaker 2: So revelation of God's will comes by the Holy Spirit.
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  Speaker 2: For the Spirit searches all things, see? He's a divine being,
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  Speaker 2: even the deep things of God. So we know that
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  Speaker 2: he is in cooperation with God, our Father, for who
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  Speaker 2: among men knows the things of man except a man's
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  Speaker 2: spirit within him? So too, no one knows the things
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  Speaker 2: of God alone. except the Spirit of God. And so
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  Speaker 2: this searching means to investigate thoroughly, to explore with careful attention.
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  Speaker 2: The Holy Ghost does not merely transmit information about God.
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  Speaker 2: He searches the deep things of God and then reveals
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  Speaker 2: them to every single believer. This is the activity of
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  Speaker 2: a person with intelligence, with purpose, not a force without
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  Speaker 2: a mind of its own. And we know that Jesus said,
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  Speaker 2: as he was about to go back to heaven at
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  Speaker 2: the ascension, he said, I'm going to go away. I'm
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  Speaker 2: going to go away. And if I don't go away,
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  Speaker 2: then I can't send the Holy Spirit. And the Holy Spirit,
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  Speaker 2: I'm going to send so he can teach you all
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  Speaker 2: things whatsoever I commanded you. So the person of the
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  Speaker 2: Holy Spirit has to search the things of God, our Father,
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  Speaker 2: and reveal those things, including the teachings of Jesus Christ,
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  Speaker 2: as he would have taught his people when he lived
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  Speaker 2: on planet Earth. And so the Holy Spirit knows everything.
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  Speaker 2: God from the inside. He searches the depth of divine
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  Speaker 2: nature and brings what he is searching to the human heart.
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  Speaker 2: Every genuine understanding of God that a believer possesses is
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  Speaker 2: given by the Holy Ghost, who alone has access to
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  Speaker 2: the deep things of God. You could not possibly knock
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  Speaker 2: on heaven's door and just get a revelation. You need
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  Speaker 2: the Holy Ghost. So ask him today. Ask him today.
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  Speaker 2: I ask God for the Holy Ghost every single day,
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  Speaker 2: but ask him today to reveal something deep about God
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  Speaker 2: to you. Not just information, but a living knowledge of
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  Speaker 2: his character, something that you are willing to respond to
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  Speaker 2: or even ask the Holy Spirit. Can you make me
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  Speaker 2: willing to respond and open the word with the expectation
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  Speaker 2: that the Holy Ghost who searches all things will illuminate
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  Speaker 2: what you read? You're looking for the brightness of God
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  Speaker 2: to be shown to you to the degree that you
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  Speaker 2: begin to live what you see. We're going now for
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  Speaker 2: our second lesson to 1 Corinthians 3, verses 16 and 17.
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  Speaker 2: The Bible reads, Oh my! So Jesus said, Abide in
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  Speaker 2: me and I in you. You ask what you will
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  Speaker 2: and it shall be done. So the Holy Spirit is
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  Speaker 2: dwelling within you too, as he's saying here, if you
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  Speaker 2: are willing to surrender your will. If a man defile
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  Speaker 2: the temple of God, him shall God destroy. For the
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  Speaker 2: temple of God is holy, which temple ye are. So
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  Speaker 2: the Holy Spirit is there to dwell with us, to
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  Speaker 2: transform our lives. to keep us close with God, to
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  Speaker 2: reveal God's will to us and the teachings of Jesus
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  Speaker 2: Christ himself. To dwell, to dwell. We're using the word
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  Speaker 2: to dwell, as Paul used it, to take up permanent residence.
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  Speaker 2: You see, we're not looking to have the Holy Spirit
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  Speaker 2: today and then evict him tomorrow like King Saul did.
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  Speaker 2: What an unfortunate story. where he was full of the
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  Speaker 2: Holy Ghost, transformed in a moment of time, and yet
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  Speaker 2: he evicted the Holy Spirit. That is not our goal.
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  Speaker 2: The Holy Spirit wants to inhabit our lives as his home.
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  Speaker 2: The Spirit of God does not visit the believer occasionally.
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  Speaker 2: He dwells in us as a permanent Holy Ghost, a
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  Speaker 2: holy resident. The people of God are his temple, and
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  Speaker 2: every member is a space. He has chosen to inhabit.
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  Speaker 2: That's why we don't grieve the Holy Ghost. That's why.
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  Speaker 2: So live today with the conscious awareness that the Holy
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  Speaker 2: Spirit dwells in you. Let that awareness shape how you
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  Speaker 2: treat your own body, how you engage with other people,
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  Speaker 2: and how you approach the presence of God in prayer.
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  Speaker 2: I'm so grateful for the fellowship of the Holy Ghost.
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  Speaker 2: Are you? Yeah. Make it a great day.
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  Speaker 1: Peace. Thanks for joining us, listening friends. Always remember, we
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  Speaker 1: cannot live by bread alone, but by every word that
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  Speaker 1: comes from the mouth of God. This has been your
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  Speaker 1: daily portion with L. David Harris. Make it a great day.