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03 23 2026 Church Connectivity · 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 Monday, March
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  Speaker 2: twenty three, 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
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  Speaker 2: day and today is no exception. We are continuing in
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  Speaker 2: our Lesson study series Uniting Heaven and Earth Christ in
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  Speaker 2: Philippians and Colossians, and our caption for today is Church Connective.
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  Speaker 2: We just have a few more days left in this series,
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  Speaker 2: Brothers and Sisters, Church Connectivity. Before we get into that,
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  Speaker 2: I'd like to just say welcome to you and ask
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  Speaker 2: Application Guide for Quarter two twenty twenty six. And also,
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  Speaker 2: and viewer supported at your Daily Portion dot com. This
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  Speaker 2: is one of the ways we continue to build faith
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  Speaker 2: in fellowship. Let's pray, Father, thank you for this day
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  Speaker 2: and the privilege we have to come together. Please teach
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  Speaker 2: us to come together in the beauty of holiness and
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  Speaker 2: the fullness of our experience, to be able to fellowship
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  Speaker 2: with our brothers and sisters around the world and to
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  Speaker 2: worship you. Please help us to remain connected with you
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  Speaker 2: and with each other until Jesus comes in Jesus name,
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  Speaker 2: I pray, Amen and Amen again. Church connectivity and of course,
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  Speaker 2: as you would probably have anticipated, the lesson writer says,
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  Speaker 2: in a world connected by the Internet, we connect so
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  Speaker 2: many ways, brothers and sisters, social media, and countless devices.
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  Speaker 2: It is difficult to imagine the challenge that Paul faced
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  Speaker 2: in helping God's people feel that they were part of
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  Speaker 2: something bigger than their local congregations. But let me just
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  Speaker 2: say that even with all of our quote connectivity, with
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  Speaker 2: all of what the lesson writer made allusion to, or
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  Speaker 2: direct account to We can become disconnected. We can make
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  Speaker 2: it seem as if we are on our own because
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  Speaker 2: the devil has backed some humans into a corner, and
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  Speaker 2: in that mindset of depression, spiritually speaking, or elitism, like
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  Speaker 2: I'm the only one that is holding or holding the
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  Speaker 2: line like you feel me, like Elijah said when he
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  Speaker 2: was running from Jezebel, And God said, no, I have
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  Speaker 2: seven thousand who have not bowed the knee to bail.
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  Speaker 2: You are not the only one, because you're not the
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  Speaker 2: only one with the Holy Ghost. And once the Holy
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  Speaker 2: Ghost has come upon us, we shall be God's witnesses
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  Speaker 2: wherever we are around the world. And when Jesus returns,
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  Speaker 2: he's coming for a people full of the Holy Ghost,
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  Speaker 2: covered in the righteousness of Christ, who are without spot
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  Speaker 2: and without wrinkle or any such thing. And so we
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  Speaker 2: are asking God for holy connection now, okay, And so
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  Speaker 2: I read now from J. N. Andrews. The Church of
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  Speaker 2: Christ is strong guest when it's members labor together. Okay.
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  Speaker 2: So we don't need to just be talking about God
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  Speaker 2: together only, or sharing about God in our words or
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  Speaker 2: speech only, but labor. We need to work together to
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  Speaker 2: be of service to other people. Together in harmony. How
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  Speaker 2: do we receive harmony through the Holy Spirit, just like
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  Speaker 2: the first century believers did after that the Holy ghost
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  Speaker 2: had come upon them, then they could labor for the
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  Speaker 2: people around them. Okay. And so when it's members labor
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  Speaker 2: together in harmony, each esteeming the other better than himself,
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  Speaker 2: that's how you know if we're in harmony, if we
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  Speaker 2: esteem the others as better or put others in priority
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  Speaker 2: above ourselves. Okay. And so also also we're going to
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  Speaker 2: begin with our lesson number one coming in from Colossians,
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  Speaker 2: chapter four and verse ten. So this can all make sense, okay. Aristarchus,
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  Speaker 2: my fellow prisoner, saluteth you and Marcus, marcus sister's son
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  Speaker 2: to Barnabas, touching whom ye received commandments. If he come
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  Speaker 2: upon you or come to you, receive him. I'll read
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  Speaker 2: it in another translation. Aristarkus, my fellow prisoner, greets you,
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  Speaker 2: and so does Mark, the cousin of Barnabas, about whom
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  Speaker 2: you received instructions. If he comes to you, welcome him.
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  Speaker 2: And we can see the growth in brother Paul's life,
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  Speaker 2: because listen, this dude was not his Paul was not
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  Speaker 2: his biggest fan. Marcus's biggest fan he saw. He thought
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  Speaker 2: that Marcus was soft, like when the trouble came, that
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  Speaker 2: Marcus would run away. And so now we are seeing
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  Speaker 2: that he's saying because he is all together fruitful, his
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  Speaker 2: ministry is all together fruitful. We are seeing Paul say,
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  Speaker 2: even now, okay, when he comes to you, I want
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  Speaker 2: you to welcome him, and I want you to welcome
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  Speaker 2: him in the way that you would welcome me. Okay.
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  Speaker 2: And so of course he's also given greetings from Aristarchus.
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  Speaker 2: And so the lesson is that the church is strengthened
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  Speaker 2: through visible partnership. The best thing you can do in
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  Speaker 2: your church or a fellowship and community is show that
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  Speaker 2: you have deference toward one another, that you have love
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  Speaker 2: for one another. When someone else who is also responsible
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  Speaker 2: and powerful shows up on the scene, you need to
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  Speaker 2: show that you're not intimidated by the gift that God
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  Speaker 2: had given him or her. You are not in competition
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  Speaker 2: with the gifts that God had given to him or her.
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  Speaker 2: You support, and they also support. And so Paul intentionally
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  Speaker 2: names coworkers to reinforce the truth that the Gospel advances
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  Speaker 2: through shared labor and not isolated effort. And so here
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  Speaker 2: is a key word from what we are talking about here.
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  Speaker 2: Fellow captive, he said, fellow laborer, fellow prisoner. That's one
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  Speaker 2: sharing the same struggle with Whom are you sharing the
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  Speaker 2: same struggle, brothers and sisters? Is it one of your
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  Speaker 2: church brothers and church sisters or a bunch of you
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  Speaker 2: in the same community hm hm. Unity deepens when believers
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  Speaker 2: share hardship for the same reason, So Paul highlights the
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  Speaker 2: shared sacrifice. Connectivity grows when believers know that they are
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  Speaker 2: not suffering or serving alone. Think of your church. Now,
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  Speaker 2: many churches have that one person who's serving. Is it
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  Speaker 2: a deacon, a deaconess. Is it another person in usher?
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  Speaker 2: Is it an elder? Is it a one of the
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  Speaker 2: people on the pastoral staff who are saying, you know,
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  Speaker 2: and moaning and lamenting and saying everything is falling upon me,
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  Speaker 2: all of the burden is on me. So what we
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  Speaker 2: are looking at is that that's not really true. There
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  Speaker 2: may be some adjustments that need to be made, but
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  Speaker 2: connectivity grows when believers show they are not suffering or
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  Speaker 2: serving alone. So identify one person in your church fellowship
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  Speaker 2: who is carrying a heavy load in ministry. Encourage that person.
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  Speaker 2: This week through prayer or in a direct message. Lesson
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  Speaker 2: number two, The Bible or the Gospel reconciles broken relationships,
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  Speaker 2: and the Bible reads in verse eleven Colossians four, and Jesus,
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  Speaker 2: which is called Justice. That's not the one who gave
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  Speaker 2: his life for us who are of the circumcision. These
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  Speaker 2: only are my fellow workers unto the Kingdom of God,
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  Speaker 2: which have been comfort unto me. Okay, and so Paul's
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  Speaker 2: mention of Mark signals restoration after pre failure, showing that
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  Speaker 2: reconciliation is essential to church unity. There are times that
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  Speaker 2: things don't go as planned. There are times that we
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  Speaker 2: make God forbid mistakes, not because we have to, but
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  Speaker 2: it happens. And when it happens, God has given us
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  Speaker 2: the pathway of relationship success in Matthew chapter eighteen, how
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  Speaker 2: to reconcile situations between brothers and sisters of Christ. And
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  Speaker 2: so we receive comfort and relief and consolation. Restored relationships
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  Speaker 2: become sources of strength. People can see, Oh, this can
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  Speaker 2: be done. And so church connectivity is really submitting our
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  Speaker 2: will to God through the Holy Ghost until Jesus comes,
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  Speaker 2: make it a great day. 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,