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06 19 2026 Sibling 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're 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: 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 Friday, June nineteenth,
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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 about growing in a relationship with God, and
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  Speaker 2: our caption for today is sibling Love Love. You probably
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  Speaker 2: were not anticipating that one. Before we get into that,
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  Speaker 2: pray and then we will get underway. Father, we thank
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  Speaker 2: you for giving us the privilege of love. Will you
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  Speaker 2: teach us to love our brothers and sisters in Jesus name,
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  Speaker 2: I pray, Amen and Amen again. Okay, so let's just
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  Speaker 2: jump in with two feet here. You're wondering, like, what
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  Speaker 2: do you mean by sibling love? Well, the Bible reads
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  Speaker 2: in first John, chapter four and verse twenty. If a
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  Speaker 2: man say, now, we need to be thoughtful of what
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  Speaker 2: we say, what are we professing? What are we agreeing to?
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  Speaker 2: What are we confessing? If a man say I love God, okay,
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  Speaker 2: that's good, and hateth his brother, Wait a minute, he's
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  Speaker 2: a liar, my my mi, So God is calling us
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  Speaker 2: out if we say that we we love somebody but
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  Speaker 2: don't like him. I've said stuff like that before in
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  Speaker 2: the past. But what God is saying, is that there
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  Speaker 2: is a level check where the commandments is concerned. And
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  Speaker 2: maybe you weren't anticipating this, but God did say that
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  Speaker 2: we are to love our God with everything we have
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  Speaker 2: and everything we are. And the second great commandment is
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  Speaker 2: like unto that same commandment, and namely this love your
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  Speaker 2: neighbor as yourself. And on these two on these two
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  Speaker 2: principles hang all the law and the prophets. And so
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  Speaker 2: we really cannot love God and hate people. We cannot
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  Speaker 2: hate people and love God, especially when we're talking about
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  Speaker 2: people within the faith community. So God is just really
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  Speaker 2: showing us that God is He wants us to have
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  Speaker 2: love with commitment and an act of self or really
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  Speaker 2: a lifestyle of selfless care. And so the thought behind
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  Speaker 2: this is that love for God shows up and how
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  Speaker 2: we treat people m h In fact, the Bible writer
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  Speaker 2: said they will They recorded of Jesus that you will
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  Speaker 2: know people will know that you are my disciples if
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  Speaker 2: you have love one for another. Mm hmmm hm. True
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  Speaker 2: love flows from the heart connected to Christ. And sometimes
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  Speaker 2: people say, oh, that person is hard to love. Yeah, well,
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  Speaker 2: human beings are difficult to love if we try to
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  Speaker 2: do it in our own strength. But God is talking
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  Speaker 2: about the kind of love that comes from him. He
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  Speaker 2: said he is God is love. If God is love,
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  Speaker 2: and he on the Bible also says that we love
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  Speaker 2: him because He first loved us. That means that God
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  Speaker 2: is the cause of our ability to love. He's the impetus,
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  Speaker 2: He's the driver of our ability to love. And if
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  Speaker 2: that is the case, and in fact it is, then
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  Speaker 2: we know that the root of our love ability is God.
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  Speaker 2: So examine your relationships today and choose one intentional act
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  Speaker 2: of unselfish love. And honestly, I hate to have to
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  Speaker 2: prescribe this because it should be a natural outgrowth of
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  Speaker 2: our experience with God. But the fact is that human
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  Speaker 2: beings have challenges in this area. To the degree that
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  Speaker 2: Jesus said a new commandment, I give unto you love
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  Speaker 2: one another. It's like, how could that be a new commandment, Well,
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  Speaker 2: it's a new commandment to some people, because some people
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  Speaker 2: just don't have the tendency to love in a way
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  Speaker 2: that pleases God. Our second lesson comes in from John
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  Speaker 2: chapter fifteen and verse eight. Go ahead and type in
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  Speaker 2: the comments section if you are tracking with me, if
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  Speaker 2: this is making sense. John chapter fifteen and verse eight,
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  Speaker 2: the Bible reads herein is my Father glorified that ye
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  Speaker 2: bear much fruit, So shall ye be my disciples. I'll
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  Speaker 2: read it from another translation. My Father is honored by
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  Speaker 2: this that you bear much fruit and show that you
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  Speaker 2: are my disciples. So the manifestation of our discipleship is
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  Speaker 2: in question here. The evidence of our growth is the fruit.
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  Speaker 2: Oh wait, what is the fruit of the spirit. The
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  Speaker 2: fruit of the spirit is love. And then we see
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  Speaker 2: the outgrowth of that fruit in those various principles that
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  Speaker 2: come later in that same text, in actual chapter one
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  Speaker 2: and verse eight, the Bible says, you shall be witnesses
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  Speaker 2: unto me after that the Holy Ghost has come upon you.
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  Speaker 2: After the Holy Ghost has come upon you. So spiritual
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  Speaker 2: growth increases through active service. Engaging in God's work strengthens
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  Speaker 2: our faith and deepens our devotion. When we are the
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  Speaker 2: hands and feet of Jesus, when we are doing in
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  Speaker 2: the world that which He has called us to do
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  Speaker 2: through the Great commission. Now we can see that the outgrowth,
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  Speaker 2: the manifestation, or the fruit, if you will, is what
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  Speaker 2: demonstrates or reveals whose we really are. Are we children
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  Speaker 2: of God? Are we siblings of one another? Where we
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  Speaker 2: are actively like gods. Like we said last quarter, toward
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  Speaker 2: the end of the quarter, we were talking about moving together,
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  Speaker 2: like doing God's work together.
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  Speaker 1: M hm.
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  Speaker 2: So if we are in fact God's children, then the
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  Speaker 2: love and regard that we have for one another will
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  Speaker 2: overflow into the world so that they can be saved.
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  Speaker 2: So do one thing for this step. Take one step
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  Speaker 2: today to serve someone and point them toward Christ. And
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  Speaker 2: let me just say that we don't need to do
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  Speaker 2: it alone. That's why I talked about what we did
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  Speaker 2: last quarter. We don't need to do this alone. God
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  Speaker 2: sent the people. And two because we need like, Okay,
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  Speaker 2: we is greater than me, shout to doctor Eric Thomas.
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  Speaker 2: We is greater than me, shout to Carlos Quinny Junior CJ.
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  Speaker 2: Because because we have tried to do too many things
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  Speaker 2: things as singular individuals. When God said, resolve your conflicts,
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  Speaker 2: uh huh, get the unity that comes through the power
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  Speaker 2: of the Holy Ghost mm hm, and then you will
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  Speaker 2: be my witnesses. Listen number three and final coming in
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  Speaker 2: from the Bible Book of Luke, chapter fifteen and verse seven,
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  Speaker 2: where the Bible reads, I say unto you that likewise
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  Speaker 2: joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth.
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  Speaker 2: I tell you, in the same way, there will be
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  Speaker 2: joy in heaven over one sinner who repents. So this
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  Speaker 2: means a change of heart, a change of direction. And
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  Speaker 2: we read from Romans eight and verse eighteen. For I
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  Speaker 2: consider that our present sufferings cannot be compared to the
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  Speaker 2: coming glory. God invites us to participate in his work
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  Speaker 2: of redemption. Serving others connects us with the joy and
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  Speaker 2: prepares us for His glory. Even when we go through
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  Speaker 2: trials and tribulations. We don't need to do that alone.
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  Speaker 2: Even when we are having temptations. We can build one
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  Speaker 2: another up in those moments that we feel weak. And then,
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  Speaker 2: of course the revelation of the glory of God will
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  Speaker 2: come ultimately in the end. So focus on eternal impact today.
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  Speaker 2: Whatever you do, focus on this eternal impact. Let your
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  Speaker 2: actions reflect the value, yes, of even the one soul. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Christ's object lesson says when self is merged with Christ,
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  Speaker 2: love springs fourth spontaneously. In page three eighty four, peace,
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  Speaker 2: 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,