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01 26 2026 Light in a Dark World · 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, January
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  Speaker 2: twenty six, 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 Light
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  Speaker 2: in a Dark World, Light in a Dark World. Before
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  Speaker 2: we get into that, I'd like to say welcome to
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  Speaker 2: that we continue to build faith and fellowship. Let's go
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  Speaker 2: ahead and pray and then we will get underway. Father
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  Speaker 2: and Heaven, thank you for giving us this new day,
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  Speaker 2: and I ask you to please make us lights, make
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  Speaker 2: us holy in Jesus name, I pray, Amen, and a
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  Speaker 2: man again light excuse me in a dark world. This
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  Speaker 2: is very good because some of us feel like we
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  Speaker 2: have no direction. We need to find clarity. Well, one
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  Speaker 2: of the things that we need to know in that case,
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  Speaker 2: like is that we are lights in the dark world.
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  Speaker 2: If you need clarity, nothing beats confusion better than clarity.
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  Speaker 2: God has already said to every last one of us
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  Speaker 2: that we are to be or shine as lights in
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  Speaker 2: this wicked and perverse generation. And some people are like, well,
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  Speaker 2: how that's a different discussion. But the fact is that
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  Speaker 2: if we accept this calling and submit our will to God,
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  Speaker 2: he will open up our understanding day after day. So
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  Speaker 2: keep seeking him, keep seeking Him, and maybe we'll put
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  Speaker 2: out a newsletter sometime in the near future for those
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  Speaker 2: who who sign up at Your Daily Portion dot com.
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  Speaker 2: So we can we can learn more and more together? Okay,
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  Speaker 2: so let's go ahead with our lesson number one. Lessen
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  Speaker 2: number one. God calls his people to shine, but here
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  Speaker 2: is the caveat without complaint or contention, because unity increases
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  Speaker 2: the brightness of our witness, my God. Let's read from
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  Speaker 2: Philippians chapter two. This is good Philippians chapter two, verses
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  Speaker 2: fourteen and fifteen, where the Bible reads, do all things
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  Speaker 2: without murmurings and disputings. Remember the first generation of individuals
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  Speaker 2: coming out of Egypt. Huh during the exodus. Yeah, they
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  Speaker 2: almost all of them were murmurers. Almost all of those millions,
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  Speaker 2: almost all of them murmured, and many of them disputed.
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  Speaker 2: And yeah, only two of the people of all of
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  Speaker 2: those millions actually went into the promised land of the
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  Speaker 2: adults of twenty years and above you see, or above
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  Speaker 2: twenty years and so it continues that ye may be
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  Speaker 2: blameless and harmless, among whom ye shine as lights in
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  Speaker 2: the world. Can I say it in another version, do
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  Speaker 2: everything without grumbling or arguing, so that you may be
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  Speaker 2: blameless and pure, shining like stars in the world. That blamelessness. Ah,
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  Speaker 2: I'm not sorry to break it to you that blamelessness
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  Speaker 2: means without defect, without defect, And you're like, ah, now
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  Speaker 2: you've made it complicated. No, I didn't make it complicated.
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  Speaker 2: I simplified it for you. To be blameless and without
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  Speaker 2: defect means to surrender our will to God and say, God,
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  Speaker 2: now you know good and well that my character cannot
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  Speaker 2: stand up to that standard. Neither can I stop murmuring
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  Speaker 2: or disputing on my own. So would you do a
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  Speaker 2: miracle for me? Oh? Wait a minute, Jesus already told
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  Speaker 2: us the pathway to that miracle. He said to nick Amus,
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  Speaker 2: you must be born again. And when we are born again,
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  Speaker 2: then we have the covering of Jesus Christ, and that
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  Speaker 2: makes us blameless without spot. Oh I think I read
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  Speaker 2: that somewhere without wrinkle or any such thing, and without
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  Speaker 2: defect defect? Did I say defect? I've never heard it
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  Speaker 2: that way. Defect. And so the action step in that
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  Speaker 2: case is to choose one. If you have these one
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  Speaker 2: recurring complaint today? Are you always complaining about a pain
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  Speaker 2: or an ache in your body? I understand we have those,
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  Speaker 2: But do you complain about it or do you talk
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  Speaker 2: to God about it? Is it something else? Is it
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  Speaker 2: because of some interpersonal thing where you have to interact
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  Speaker 2: with people, and these people get under your skin some way,
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  Speaker 2: and you're like, this one always this, that one, always that.
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  Speaker 2: If that's your complaint or God, why do you have
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  Speaker 2: me in this situation? Why don't you have me in
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  Speaker 2: that situation? Look how long I've been praying about this situation.
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  Speaker 2: So whatever it is, choose one of those you know
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  Speaker 2: what it is, recurring complaint today and replace it with
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  Speaker 2: a spoken word of gratitude. Verbalize it. Be more interested
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  Speaker 2: in showing gratitude than you are in complaining. And if
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  Speaker 2: you're like, I don't think I complain, I just tell
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  Speaker 2: the truth. Look up the word complain, and then come
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  Speaker 2: back to me and let me know what you find.
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  Speaker 2: Let's go to lesson number two, and that's coming in
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  Speaker 2: from the Book of Psalms, chapter one hundred and one,
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  Speaker 2: Verse three. Purity of mind and life protects our witness
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  Speaker 2: in a world darkened by distorted values. All you have
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  Speaker 2: to do is go outside, or interact in social media
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  Speaker 2: or watch the news, and you will see that people
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  Speaker 2: have a distorted they have distorted values, no core values
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  Speaker 2: these days. Okay I'm exaggerating, but it seems like it ah,
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  Speaker 2: very few core values and a lot of other stuff
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  Speaker 2: that is dark. And so the Bible reads, I will
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  Speaker 2: set no wicked thing before my eyes. I will not
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  Speaker 2: even consider doing what is dishonest and so and so
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  Speaker 2: God wants us to have purity that is unmixed with evil.
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  Speaker 2: He wants us to be innocent of all evil. Okay, again,
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  Speaker 2: some of you feel like you're drowning because I just
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  Speaker 2: said that again, perfect obedience at all times. Oh wait
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  Speaker 2: a minute, somebody else is feeling like you're drowning. Listen,
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  Speaker 2: It's never been about you. It has never been about me.
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  Speaker 2: If I had the time I talked to you about
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  Speaker 2: when I first got baptized, and for the first two
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  Speaker 2: years it was like a honeymoon. It was incredible in
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  Speaker 2: a way that at least for my feelings right, my emotions. Wow,
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  Speaker 2: and I'm learning so much. And then after that I
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  Speaker 2: was able to see more clearly my character flaws, and
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  Speaker 2: I went I sunk into a deep depression because I
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  Speaker 2: did not first understand. I did not first understand that
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  Speaker 2: surrender to God is the antidote. I did not first
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  Speaker 2: understand what the new birth experience really looked like. And
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  Speaker 2: so when I saw those flaws. As I got closer
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  Speaker 2: to God, instead of being able to immediately shift my
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  Speaker 2: gaze or my perspective or attention, I started to look
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  Speaker 2: more inwardly because I'm hyper analytical. Hah. That judge stood
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  Speaker 2: up in my brain. And therefore, since I didn't submit
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  Speaker 2: in that moment, I did not shift my focus to God.
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  Speaker 2: I did not learn to appreciate the righteousness of Christ
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  Speaker 2: and his power unto salvation to everyone that believes. Then
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  Speaker 2: I got depressed. Well, the truth is, I don't have
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  Speaker 2: to worry about that today, because that pure and unmixed
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  Speaker 2: with innocence comes only from the righteousness of Christ. And
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  Speaker 2: He will invest and put mind the mindset of Jesus
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  Speaker 2: in my life and in yours as well. And so
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  Speaker 2: the action step is to remove one source of unclean
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  Speaker 2: or spiritually dulling influence. You're reading, you're listening to, you're watching.
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  Speaker 2: Remove that today. Remove one today, and thank God as
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  Speaker 2: he begins to or continues to purify your mind and
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  Speaker 2: our lesson Number three for today is hold fast to
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  Speaker 2: the word of life that keeps us from conforming to
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  Speaker 2: the world and ensures our labor is not in vain.
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  Speaker 2: And so today go ahead and memorize. Memorize a Bible
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  Speaker 2: text today that strengthens your resolve to hold fast to
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  Speaker 2: the truth that is in Christ Jesus, make it a
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  Speaker 2: 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.