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09 05 2026 Stewardship and Mission · 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 Sabbath, September 5, 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 lesson study series through the
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  Speaker 2: books of 1 and 2 Corinthians. This is lesson number
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  Speaker 2: 11 of 13, under the caption, Stewardship and Love. mission, stewardship,
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  Speaker 2: and mission. We'll get into that in just a moment.
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  Speaker 2: But before we do, I'd like to say welcome to
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  Speaker 2: new people every single time, and some who just need
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  Speaker 2: to be reminded. So stop guessing what to do with
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  Speaker 2: your life. Discover God's design for your life as every
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  Speaker 2: human being hath received the gift. This is what the
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  Speaker 2: Bible says. Even so, minister the same one to another.
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  Speaker 2: So God is showing us that there is a pathway
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  Speaker 2: for all of us to minister, and he wants us
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  Speaker 2: listener and viewer supported. Let's pray and get underway. Father,
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  Speaker 2: we thank you for giving us the privilege of coming
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  Speaker 2: into your presence today, and I'm asking you to please
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  Speaker 2: make us holy. Make us great stewards over your gifts,
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  Speaker 2: over our responsibility, over the calling that you have placed
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  Speaker 2: on our lives, and then the things that you have
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  Speaker 2: entrusted to our care. Help us to live like Jesus lived.
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  Speaker 2: In Jesus' name I pray. Amen and amen again. In
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  Speaker 2: just a couple of hours here, I'm going to be at,
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  Speaker 2: if the Lord wills, I'm going to be at the Meadowvale,
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  Speaker 2: the Meadowvale Seventh-day Adventist Church in Kingston, Jamaica, and do
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  Speaker 2: Sabbath school with you all. And then, of course, later
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  Speaker 2: on at the church we attend most at the New
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  Speaker 2: Kingston Fellowship, we're going to do Bible class at 2.30 p.m.,
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  Speaker 2: of course, Jamaica time. So I just wanted to invite
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  Speaker 2: you if you happen to be in the area.
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  Speaker 1: All right.
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  Speaker 2: So, yeah, God so loved the world that he gave.
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  Speaker 2: I know I just shifted gears quickly, didn't I? Yes.
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  Speaker 2: God so loved the world that he gave us. his
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  Speaker 2: only begotten son, all of heaven, brothers and sisters, in
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  Speaker 2: one gift. He did not waste this gift. He gave
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  Speaker 2: us all that we needed so that we would not
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  Speaker 2: have to come back. He did not burn energy or
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  Speaker 2: resources to give us an inadequate pathway to eternal life
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  Speaker 2: and immortality. I know I've said a lot of words here,
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  Speaker 2: And so when God gives us stewardship over the things
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  Speaker 2: that he's entrusted to us, he's saying, I've already given
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  Speaker 2: you all of heaven in just one gift. Here are
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  Speaker 2: the things that I'm entrusting to your care. Now you
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  Speaker 2: have the power. You are empowered because of the gift
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  Speaker 2: of God through Jesus Christ. You're empowered to live according
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  Speaker 2: to my principles. You're empowered to manage the money that
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  Speaker 2: I entrust into your care well, your influence, your voice,
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  Speaker 2: to manage even your energy, what you put your time into.
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  Speaker 2: You understand what I'm saying? All of those things, your health,
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  Speaker 2: in those things. In fact, I want you, when you
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  Speaker 2: have an opportunity, it occurs to me that this is
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  Speaker 2: covered very well in the talents chapter of the book,
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  Speaker 2: Christ's Object Lessons. And it shows us that there are
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  Speaker 2: eight things that God entrusts to every human being, even
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  Speaker 2: if it doesn't look the same, but there are eight
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  Speaker 2: things that all of us have. So you go ahead
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  Speaker 2: and research that. So what God is saying that every
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  Speaker 2: act of giving is a participation in in the self-giving
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  Speaker 2: character of God. When you're giving freely, it's because you're
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  Speaker 2: receiving freely. So you and God, me, God and I,
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  Speaker 2: we are working from that same sheet of music, so
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  Speaker 2: to speak. And so our first lesson is coming in
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  Speaker 2: from that beautiful passage in John Chapter 3 and verse 16,
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  Speaker 2: don't take it for granted because you've recited it so
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  Speaker 2: many times, thousands of times in your life likely. You've
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  Speaker 2: recited this, but let's go slowly. For God so loved
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  Speaker 2: the world. Come on, come on with me. Don't take
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  Speaker 2: this for granted because you know it. For God so
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  Speaker 2: loved the world. Yes, I'm reading. That he gave, that
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  Speaker 2: he gave his only begotten son, the only son like this.
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  Speaker 2: There's no other son like this, not the angels, not
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  Speaker 2: the children of God that become his children through the
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  Speaker 2: Holy Ghost. This is special. Jesus is not just any son,
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  Speaker 2: that whosoever believeth in him should not perish. That means
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  Speaker 2: every human being who's ever been born has the privilege
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  Speaker 2: and opportunity to be saved. But we have to make
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  Speaker 2: the choice, the consistent choice to do so. But have
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  Speaker 2: everlasting life. And this means, this word to give that
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  Speaker 2: is used in this passage means to bestow freely, to
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  Speaker 2: grant without reservation. You know how sometimes people give you
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  Speaker 2: stuff with strings attached? All right, if I do this
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  Speaker 2: for you, this is what I need from you. God
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  Speaker 2: is giving the life and the power that comes through
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  Speaker 2: Christ freely so we can be saved. Anything that comes
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  Speaker 2: as a result of that is because God's working within us,
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  Speaker 2: both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
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  Speaker 2: You see what I'm saying? So this is the giving
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  Speaker 2: of God. This is the model and the motivation for
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  Speaker 2: every act of Christian stewardship. That means to manage the
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  Speaker 2: things that God's in put into our care. God did
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  Speaker 2: not lend his son or loan his son. He gave.
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  Speaker 2: He gave completely and without reservation. So stewardship begins at
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  Speaker 2: the cross. Yes, stewardship begins at the cross. The moment
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  Speaker 2: you see what God gave for you, giving becomes the
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  Speaker 2: most natural response. The minute you are transformed by what
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  Speaker 2: God gave to you, that is the natural response. The
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  Speaker 2: language of heaven is the language of giving. And the
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  Speaker 2: believer who has been gripped by what we just read
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  Speaker 2: in John chapter 3 and verse 16 will find it impossible.
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  Speaker 2: I know. I know. I know what I just said,
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  Speaker 2: but if in this moment you are in the grip
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  Speaker 2: that Paul said, the love of God constraineth me, in
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  Speaker 2: that moment, it's impossible for you to be selfish in
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  Speaker 2: that moment. And so we want God to multiply those moments,
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  Speaker 2: don't we?
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  Speaker 1: Uh-huh.
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  Speaker 2: And so what do we want to do? What do
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  Speaker 2: we want from this now? What is the action? Well,
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  Speaker 2: let John 3.16 be your stewardship theology, like the way
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  Speaker 2: you understand God and study him today. Before any financial decision,
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  Speaker 2: return to what God gave. Can't be selfish when God
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  Speaker 2: gave all, hmm? And let that reality shape how you
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  Speaker 2: freely give to his mission. Now we go to 2
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  Speaker 2: Corinthians 8 and verse 9. It becomes simple now. The
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  Speaker 2: Bible reads, for ye know the grace of our Lord
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  Speaker 2: Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your
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  Speaker 2: sakes he became poor, that through his poverty you would
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  Speaker 2: become rich. So give something today that costs you something. Listen,
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  Speaker 2: don't empty your closet of those old clothes and give
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  Speaker 2: them to people. Don't empty your cupboards. Of that old
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  Speaker 2: stuff that you don't want to eat anyway? No. Lavish
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  Speaker 2: upon people. Give them the stuff that you would want.
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  Speaker 2: Give them the time that you need. Give them the
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  Speaker 2: energy that you would otherwise have used for yourself. Like,
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  Speaker 2: don't give people the leftover stuff. Give them the premium,
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  Speaker 2: best stuff. I see this a lot at APOC. a
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  Speaker 2: place of change ministry in Grand Ledge in Michigan. This
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  Speaker 2: is a beautiful thing taken straight out of the Bible.
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  Speaker 2: And in that case, as a deliberate participation in the
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  Speaker 2: poverty to riches pattern of Jesus Christ. Y'all make it
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  Speaker 2: 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 L. David Harris. Make it a great day.