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01 29 2026 Hold Such Men in Esteem · 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 Thursday, January
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  Speaker 2: twenty nine, twenty twenty six. Hello, my name is Elle
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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 uniting Heaven and Earth, Christ in Philippians
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  Speaker 2: and Colossians, and our caption for today is hold such
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  Speaker 2: men in esteem, Hold such men in esteem. 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: chat that lets us know newcomer, something like that. And again,
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  Speaker 2: very very special welcome. As you will see people who
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  Speaker 2: to welcome you, and so I'm very grateful that you
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  Speaker 2: at your Daily Portion dot com. This is one of
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  Speaker 2: the ways that we continue to build faith and fellowship.
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  Speaker 2: Let's pray, Father, thank you for giving us your holy spirit.
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  Speaker 2: Please help us to live according to your principles and
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  Speaker 2: keep you in high regard and your people in Jesus name,
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  Speaker 2: I pray, Amen and Amen again hold such men in esteem.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know if I if I don't recall if
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  Speaker 2: I announced our caption. And so we're going into the
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  Speaker 2: Bible Book of Philippians Philippians Chapter two, and we will
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  Speaker 2: read Versus twenty five to thirty Philippians, chapter two, and
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  Speaker 2: we will read beginning at verse chapter verse twenty five,
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  Speaker 2: and the Bible reads Yet I suppose let me read
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  Speaker 2: it from another another translation, new English translation. But for
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  Speaker 2: now I have considered it necessary to send a pa
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  Speaker 2: Pphforditis to you, for he is my brother, co worker
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  Speaker 2: and fellow soldier, and your messenger and minister to me
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  Speaker 2: in my need. So he's already elevating. When I say elevating,
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  Speaker 2: I'm talking about in terms of service. He's elevating Epaphroditis
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  Speaker 2: in the sight of the people to say, if you
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  Speaker 2: need a servant who will stick by you, look no
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  Speaker 2: further than Epaphroditis, like he becomes now the gold standard
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  Speaker 2: of a fellowship, companionship, etc. Indeed, verse twenty six, he
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  Speaker 2: greatly missed all of you and was distressed because you
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  Speaker 2: heard that he had been ill. So we see now,
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  Speaker 2: of course he was ill. But besides that, you can
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  Speaker 2: see that Paul is saying, not only do I care
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  Speaker 2: for you, not only do I have your best interest
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  Speaker 2: at heart, but so does Epaphroditis, even to the degree
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  Speaker 2: that when he is not well, he's still thinking of you.
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  Speaker 2: Do you have anybody like that with you, that when
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  Speaker 2: you're ministering, they think as you do in terms of
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  Speaker 2: the well being of the people to whom you minister
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  Speaker 2: verse twenty seven. In fact, he became so ill that
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  Speaker 2: he nearly died, but God showed mercy to him, and
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  Speaker 2: not to him only, but also to me. Now we
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  Speaker 2: see the care and love and compassion of Paul saying
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  Speaker 2: that not only was our brother spared, but I was
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  Speaker 2: spared too, in a sense, because what would I do
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  Speaker 2: without him? What would I do without him? And not
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  Speaker 2: to him only, but also to me, so that I
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  Speaker 2: would not have grief on top of grief verse twenty eight. Therefore,
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  Speaker 2: I am all the more eager to send him so
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  Speaker 2: that when you see him again, you can rejoice and
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  Speaker 2: I can be free from anxiety. So welcome him in
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  Speaker 2: the Lord with great joy and honor people like him,
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  Speaker 2: since it was because of the work of Christ that
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  Speaker 2: he almost died. Now we see that he didn't get
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  Speaker 2: hit by a stage coach. I know they didn't exist
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  Speaker 2: back then, but he didn't get run over by a camel.
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  Speaker 2: You feel me like he didn't drop out of a
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  Speaker 2: tree while he was picking something to eat for the day.
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  Speaker 2: It was because of the work of Christ that he
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  Speaker 2: almost died. He risked his life so that he could
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  Speaker 2: make up for your inability, oh to serve me. Did
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  Speaker 2: you get that last part? He risked his life so
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  Speaker 2: that he could make up for your inability to serve me. WHOA,
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  Speaker 2: Now that is interesting. Let's go ahead and get to
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  Speaker 2: some of our lessons for today. Lesson number one. Christian
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  Speaker 2: character is seen in sacrificial service Epaphroditis's services. His service
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  Speaker 2: was clearly seen, So it's not in our status or position,
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  Speaker 2: but it was what because of his service? I'll read
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  Speaker 2: it in the King James verse twenty nine again, receive
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  Speaker 2: him therefore in the Lord with all gladness and hold
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  Speaker 2: in such reputation. And that word actually means high honor,
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  Speaker 2: high value, esteem due to proven worth. What was the
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  Speaker 2: standard for the worth his service? His service to God
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  Speaker 2: and service to people. I think that's what the great
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  Speaker 2: commandments are. Love the Lord your God with everything you
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  Speaker 2: have and everything you are, and love your neighbor as yourself.
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  Speaker 2: And of course he took the great commission very seriously.
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  Speaker 2: So what I want you to do is to identify
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  Speaker 2: one selfless person. I don't know if it's somebody who
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  Speaker 2: comes with you to your daily portion in the mornings
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  Speaker 2: or in the evenings. I don't know if it's that
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  Speaker 2: person or someone else in your church community, and express
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  Speaker 2: intentional gratitude. I see most of the time it's people
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  Speaker 2: on Facebook, on Facebook, on the various platform on Facebook
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  Speaker 2: that really greet one another every morning. And I see
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  Speaker 2: the list of people whose names you are identifying, So
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  Speaker 2: I don't know is it one of those people, but
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  Speaker 2: express gratitude intentionally to affirm their ministry Lesson number two,
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  Speaker 2: faithfulness is proven through reliability under pressure, even at personal cost.
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  Speaker 2: Do we really need to highlight the fact that this
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  Speaker 2: brother almost died and he was sick and almost died,
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  Speaker 2: and that whatever it was was related to his service
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  Speaker 2: to God? Yeah? Yeah, yeah yeah. So he put himself
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  Speaker 2: to risk, to hazard and exposed himself to danger for
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  Speaker 2: another person's sake. That's with the word I can't pronounce
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  Speaker 2: it has too many syllables one, two, three, four, five, six,
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  Speaker 2: seven syllables in Greek. That identifies the kind of service
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  Speaker 2: that this brother had. And so the action step, the
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  Speaker 2: action step is to choose one area of ministry where
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  Speaker 2: you can step forward with deeper commitment nobody's asking you
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  Speaker 2: to try to climb up on a cross, because Jesus
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  Speaker 2: already did that to save us from our sins. Jesus
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  Speaker 2: already did that. We're not looking for a way to
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  Speaker 2: punish ourselves to prove that somehow we are filling the
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  Speaker 2: blank positive, that's not it. But I still want you
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  Speaker 2: to choose one area of ministry where you can step
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  Speaker 2: forward with deeper commitment, because remember, he was there because
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  Speaker 2: the people somehow were not able to serve Paul even
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  Speaker 2: when it demands sacrifice less A number three. In Final
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  Speaker 2: God calls the people of God to esteem those whose
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  Speaker 2: lives reflect the humility of Christ and of course, of
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  Speaker 2: course talking about the kind of humility that Jesus showed.
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  Speaker 2: And so the action step for this is to pray
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  Speaker 2: specifically for fellow soldiers ah in your spiritual circle and
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  Speaker 2: ask God to help you honor them through encouragement and unity.
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  Speaker 2: And we thank God. Let me see if I can
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  Speaker 2: get a quote in very quickly from James White in
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  Speaker 2: eighteen sixty A mena of sacrificing self, sacrificing devotion are needed.
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  Speaker 2: People who will hazard ease and life itself for the
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  Speaker 2: cause of truth. Such servants heaven will honor. Yeah. Make
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  Speaker 2: it a great day. We'll see you in the morning
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  Speaker 2: of the Lord Spear's life. 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,