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01 21 2026 The Mind of Christ · 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,
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  Speaker 1: Elle David Harris.
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  Speaker 2: Good morning, good morning, good morning. It is Wednesday, January
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  Speaker 2: twenty one, 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 is no exception. We are continuing in our
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  Speaker 2: Lesson study series Unity Uniting, excuse me, Heaven and Earth
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  Speaker 2: Christ in Philippians and Colossians, and our caption for today
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  Speaker 2: is the Mind of Christ. The Mind of Christ. Now,
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  Speaker 2: we studied some of that yesterday. In fact, we studied
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  Speaker 2: the main passage for today yesterday. But now we're going
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  Speaker 2: to undergird it some more and let you go. Okay,
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  Speaker 2: before we get into that, i'd like to say welcome
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  Speaker 2: This is one of the ways that we continue to
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  Speaker 2: build faith and fellowship. Let's pray, Father, we thank you
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  Speaker 2: for this day and the opportunity that we have to
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  Speaker 2: serve you and to do your will. I'm asking you now, Father,
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  Speaker 2: to please open up our understanding. Give us understanding that
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  Speaker 2: is beyond our our natural abilities. Give us supernatural abilities.
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  Speaker 2: Now give us the mind of Christ. Please, in Jesus' name,
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  Speaker 2: I pray, Amen and amen again the mind of Christ.
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  Speaker 2: Now let me just say, let me just say, yesterday
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  Speaker 2: we explored the mind of Christ from from Philippians chapter
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  Speaker 2: two Versus five through until I just got tired of reading, right, Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: And so the principle that we underscored was his humility
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  Speaker 2: and the fact that Jesus gave all in order to
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  Speaker 2: save us. And quite frankly, we don't just need a
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  Speaker 2: transplant like we need. We don't just need a renovation,
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  Speaker 2: like we need a do over, like we need to
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  Speaker 2: be reborn. So we underscored that. But today I want
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  Speaker 2: you to focus your mind on the humanity of Christ
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  Speaker 2: a little bit, okay, And so the fact that Jesus
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  Speaker 2: is one hundred percent divine, just like the Father is,
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  Speaker 2: just like the Holy Ghost is. And yet he took
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  Speaker 2: on human flesh. That's the great mystery. That's the great mystery, greatest,
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  Speaker 2: the mystery of God, that God became man. So wow,
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  Speaker 2: that's amazing. But while he lived on planet Earth, Jesus Christ,
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  Speaker 2: his humanity was tempted in all points like as we are,
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  Speaker 2: and yet without sin. Well, what does that mean? I'll
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  Speaker 2: say it very simply. If you read in the Bible
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  Speaker 2: books of Matthew and Luke what we call temptations of Christ.
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  Speaker 2: When Jesus was in the wilderness, he was filled with
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  Speaker 2: the Holy Ghost, led into the wilderness of the Holy Spirit.
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  Speaker 2: He is fasting for forty complete days, right, and then
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  Speaker 2: the Bible says that the devil comes to tempt him.
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  Speaker 2: In the book of Luke, we see the temptations in
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  Speaker 2: a certain sequence, in a certain sequence I'm thinking that
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  Speaker 2: the one in Matthew is the natural sequence, like what happened,
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  Speaker 2: And then in Luke, for some reason, it is reorganized
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  Speaker 2: in a different sequence. Well, in that reorganization it agrees
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  Speaker 2: though with or telling of the story right, it agrees
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  Speaker 2: with what John says that we need to walk away,
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  Speaker 2: like run away and abandon, run away from and abandon
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  Speaker 2: the deeds of the flesh, the deeds of the flesh.
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  Speaker 2: So he talks about the lust of the flesh, the
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  Speaker 2: lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, and
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  Speaker 2: those things are contrary to being in the family of God,
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  Speaker 2: you see. And so the devil tempted Jesus. And in
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  Speaker 2: just that one instance, I'm saying, I'm not even talking
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  Speaker 2: about the thirty three and one half years that Jesus
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  Speaker 2: lived on planet Earth. But even in the one instance
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  Speaker 2: in the wilderness being tempted of the devil. In the
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  Speaker 2: Luke account, we see it in that very order, lust
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  Speaker 2: of the flesh turn these stones into bread, lust of
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  Speaker 2: the eyes right, and pride of life. We see all
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  Speaker 2: of these kingdoms. I will give unto you if you
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  Speaker 2: will just do this. He's lying, he has no capacity
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  Speaker 2: to do that. And then pride of life job, throw
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  Speaker 2: yourself down from here, and it's like whoa wait a minute. So,
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  Speaker 2: in all points, in all ways, in all categories of temptation,
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  Speaker 2: Jesus experienced that all at the same time, especially especially
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  Speaker 2: throughout his life, in a way that no human has
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  Speaker 2: ever been tempted, because no human has the capacity to
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  Speaker 2: destroy the planet. No human could have destroyed the devil.
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  Speaker 2: And Jesus held the level of submission to God our Father,
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  Speaker 2: and he resisted speeding up the process. He resisted making
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  Speaker 2: himself comfortable while he's on planet Earth. He resisted doing
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  Speaker 2: things in all to keep himself from committing sin that
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  Speaker 2: you can't do. Okay, So we see Jesus doing all
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  Speaker 2: kinds of things while on planet Earth that you don't
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  Speaker 2: have the capacity to do, nor do I. However, nothing
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  Speaker 2: that has to do with overcoming sin, nothing that has
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  Speaker 2: to do with making himself comfortable, was done in his
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  Speaker 2: own strength. He relied on the Father's and the holy
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  Speaker 2: ghosts through the entire process. Even angels had to minister
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  Speaker 2: to Jesus at certain points in his earthly life, okay.
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  Speaker 2: And so the mindset of Christ is complete submission to
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  Speaker 2: God our Father's will and allowing him through our submission,
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  Speaker 2: through our humility, not talking about where the greatest of
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  Speaker 2: all time? Like the lesson writer illustrated one of the
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  Speaker 2: athletes in boxing used to talk about that. We don't
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  Speaker 2: talk about it that way in our lives, right, but
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  Speaker 2: to say, we are submitting ourselves to God and then
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  Speaker 2: we have the capacity to resist the devil and he
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  Speaker 2: will flee from us. That is the mindset of Christ,
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  Speaker 2: humility and submission. So let's see if we can get
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  Speaker 2: some lessons out of this. I said a lot already.
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  Speaker 2: The lesson number one is Christ's humility is the model
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  Speaker 2: for all Christian unity and self denial. So what I
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  Speaker 2: want you to do, because we've already read the passages
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  Speaker 2: I would have read right here, what I want you
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  Speaker 2: to do is just choose one privilege or preference today
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  Speaker 2: and willingly lay it down, lay it aside for someone
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  Speaker 2: else's good. Maybe I shouldn't say privilege. Maybe I should
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  Speaker 2: say right right, choose one right today and then willingly
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  Speaker 2: lay it aside so it can benefit someone else. Maybe
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  Speaker 2: you have the right to comfort because you worked really hard.
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  Speaker 2: You worked really hard, and today was the day that
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  Speaker 2: you were going to rest your weary bones. Well, maybe
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  Speaker 2: today is the day that you reconfigure and you invest
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  Speaker 2: some more time with someone that needs you. Maybe you
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  Speaker 2: have the right to spend or invest the money that
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  Speaker 2: you have earned through your hard work and dedication. But
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  Speaker 2: there's someone who needs you. They need food, they need clothing,
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  Speaker 2: they need shelter, They need a visit from you because
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  Speaker 2: they're incarcerated. They need a kind word from you because
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  Speaker 2: they feel like their month and money don't align and
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  Speaker 2: they just can't take it anymore. So choose one right
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  Speaker 2: or preference today and willingly lay it aside for someone
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  Speaker 2: else's benefit. Let's go to lessen number two. Christ obeyed
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  Speaker 2: fully even through suffering, revealing a path for true discipleship.
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  Speaker 2: And Hebrews chapter five and verse eight, the Bible reads,
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  Speaker 2: though he were a son, yet learned he obedient by
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  Speaker 2: the things he suffered. Let me read it another way,
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  Speaker 2: although he was a son, he learned obedience through the
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  Speaker 2: things he suffered. And so today respond to one difficult situation,
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  Speaker 2: just one today, with obedience to God's word rather than
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  Speaker 2: emotion or pride. Lesson number three. Christ's voluntary death as
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  Speaker 2: our substitute, calls us to humility, gratitude, and worship, not
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  Speaker 2: self reliance. Today I want you to invest a moment
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  Speaker 2: thanking God for Jesus's sacrifice, acknowledging that nothing you do
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  Speaker 2: can add to his complete work of salvation. Make it
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  Speaker 2: a great day, Peace. Thanks for joining us listening. Friends.
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  Speaker 1: Always remember we cannot live by bread alone, but by
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  Speaker 1: every word that comes from the mouth of God. This
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  Speaker 1: has been your daily portion with El David Harris. Make
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  Speaker 1: it a great day. Yeah.