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09 11 2026 A Liberal Church · 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 Friday, September 11, 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, and our caption for
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  Speaker 2: today is a liberal... church, a liberal church. We've been
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  Speaker 2: talking about that for the last couple of days and
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  Speaker 2: overflow and generosity, etc. Before we get into that, I'd
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  Speaker 2: like to say welcome to you. And please, please, if
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  Speaker 2: Stop guessing what to do with your life. Discover God's
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  Speaker 2: design for your life. And also, please, please contribute to
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  Speaker 2: your daily portion ministries because we are a listener and
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  Speaker 2: viewer supported ministry. Let's go ahead and pray and get underway. Father,
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  Speaker 2: we thank you for this day of preparation. And I'm
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  Speaker 2: asking you to prepare our hearts more than anything else. Please,
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  Speaker 2: as we prepare for the Sabbath, don't let it just
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  Speaker 2: be that we clean up and all of that kind
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  Speaker 2: of thing. But we are prepared to meet you. to
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  Speaker 2: meet you in holiness. And because of that, now we
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  Speaker 2: can be liberal. We can be cheerful givers. We can
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  Speaker 2: carry your heart to the people where we are concerned.
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  Speaker 2: In Jesus' name, I pray. Amen and amen again. A
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  Speaker 2: liberal church. I'm going to begin. The lesson writer actually
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  Speaker 2: highlighted this quote from the book Acts of the Apostles,
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  Speaker 2: page 71. Acts of the Apostles, page 71, that reads,
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  Speaker 2: those whose hearts are filled with the love of Christ,
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  Speaker 2: before we even go any further, is your heart filled
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  Speaker 2: with the love of Christ? Like, do you love based
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  Speaker 2: on the love that God has given to you? Those
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  Speaker 2: whose hearts are filled with the love of Christ will
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  Speaker 2: follow the example of him who for our sake became poor,
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  Speaker 2: that through his poverty might be made rich. Money, time, influence.
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  Speaker 2: All the gifts they have received from God's hands, they
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  Speaker 2: will value only as a means of advancing the work
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  Speaker 2: of the gospel. There are times that people accumulate stuff,
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  Speaker 2: people who are hoarders, so to speak. You've received so
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  Speaker 2: much stuff. And then it's just like now because you
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  Speaker 2: want to be comfortable. Finally, finally, after so many years
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  Speaker 2: of struggle, you've arrived and you want to be comfortable.
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  Speaker 2: Like I understand wanting to be comfortable. But what about
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  Speaker 2: the people who are comfortless? What about the people who
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  Speaker 2: need clothing, food and shelter, the lame, the main, the blind,
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  Speaker 2: the halt, the fatherless, the widows, right? What about those people?
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  Speaker 2: And so God said that the poor will always be
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  Speaker 2: with us. Those also who have needs will always be
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  Speaker 2: with us. It'll be as a test, though, a test
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  Speaker 2: of the will of the people of God. Will we
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  Speaker 2: choose to overflow in abundance in their directions? Yeah, I
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  Speaker 2: have an obsession with helping people that have had amputations.
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  Speaker 2: I'm careful not to say amputees. I I'd rather not
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  Speaker 2: identify you as people by what has happened to you.
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  Speaker 2: But yes, and so prosthetic limbs, whatever way I can
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  Speaker 2: involve myself in supplying or helping to supply those, that's
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  Speaker 2: what I love to do, among other things. What is
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  Speaker 2: the thing that you love to do? So money, time, influence,
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  Speaker 2: all the gifts they have received from God's hand, they
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  Speaker 2: will value only as a means of of advancing the
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  Speaker 2: work of the gospel. Thus it was in the early church.
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  Speaker 2: And when in the church of today it is seen
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  Speaker 2: that by the power of the Holy Ghost the members
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  Speaker 2: have taken their affections from the things of the world
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  Speaker 2: and that they are willing to make sacrifices in order
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  Speaker 2: that their fellow men may hear the gospel, the truths
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  Speaker 2: proclaimed will have a powerful influence upon the hearts. Can
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  Speaker 2: I say that a simpler way? Nobody really cares how
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  Speaker 2: much you know until they know how much you care.
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  Speaker 2: Let me say it again. You're not getting static on
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  Speaker 2: your radio, but nobody cares how much you know until
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  Speaker 2: they know how much you care.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: And that goes for all of us. So God gave
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  Speaker 2: with a liberality that can never be exceeded. Remember, I've
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  Speaker 2: talked to you about the song, you can't beat God
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  Speaker 2: giving no matter how hard you try. The more he gives,
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  Speaker 2: the more you give, the more he gives to you.
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  Speaker 2: So just keep giving because it's really true. You cannot
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  Speaker 2: beat God giving no matter how hard you try. So
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  Speaker 2: the church, the faith fellowship that follows his example is
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  Speaker 2: finds that giving is the only way left to show
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  Speaker 2: how much they love him.
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  Speaker 1: Yes.
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  Speaker 2: Okay. Okay. So we're going to go into the Old
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  Speaker 2: Testament Bible book of First Chronicles. First Chronicles chapter 29
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  Speaker 2: and verse 14. And you have heard this song in churches.
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  Speaker 2: All things come of thee and of thine own. We
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  Speaker 2: have given thee. Can you hear it in your mind?
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  Speaker 2: All things come of thee and of thine own have
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  Speaker 2: we given thee. And so Nathan, that's the interesting word,
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  Speaker 2: the term, that's what it means, Nathan, to give, to grant,
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  Speaker 2: to bestow. So David's declaration before the entire assembly of
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  Speaker 2: God's people strips away any sense of personal achievement and giving.
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  Speaker 2: Isn't it ironic that that term actually Is Nathan, when
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  Speaker 2: God sent that prophet to him, to correct him? But
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  Speaker 2: that's what the term actually means. Everything returned to God
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  Speaker 2: was his to begin with. The giver is not a
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  Speaker 2: donor making a contribution. We are stewards returning what was
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  Speaker 2: always his. We give thee but thine own, whatever it
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  Speaker 2: may be. All that we have is thine, O Lord,
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  Speaker 2: a trust, O Lord, from thee. That is the reality
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  Speaker 2: of the thing. And so when people say that, you know,
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  Speaker 2: among the faith fellowship that we are paying our tithe,
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  Speaker 2: it's like, how could you be paying? Where'd you get
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  Speaker 2: it from? I thought the Bible said that God is
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  Speaker 2: the one that gives us the ability or the power
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  Speaker 2: to get wealth. I thought that all things come from God.
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  Speaker 2: God has not withheld any good or perfect gift. And so, really,
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  Speaker 2: God does not need our offerings. I think the Bible
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  Speaker 2: writer said it. David said it, too. He was like,
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  Speaker 2: if I had a need, this is God. If I
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  Speaker 2: had a need, I wouldn't tell you. Like, the cattle
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  Speaker 2: on the thousand hills are mine. I don't need anything
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  Speaker 2: from you, but he owns everything. What he invites is
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  Speaker 2: not our charity. Just hold on for a second. but
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  Speaker 2: our participation. God is saying, I'm giving you an opportunity
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  Speaker 2: to join me in this ministry. I'm giving you an
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  Speaker 2: opportunity to join me in this ministry. Praise God. Okay, okay, okay, okay, okay.
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  Speaker 2: So giving is the language God has provided for us
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  Speaker 2: to say with our hands what our mouths declare with words,
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  Speaker 2: that we love him, that we trust him, that we
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  Speaker 2: recognize everything we have came from God. So what is
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  Speaker 2: the next action? Give your next offering with David's words
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  Speaker 2: in your heart. All things come of you, O Lord,
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  Speaker 2: and we give you only what is already yours. And
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  Speaker 2: let that perspective turn the act of giving into pure worship.
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  Speaker 2: Let's see if we can get one more quote in
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  Speaker 2: before I let you go, before I let you go.
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  Speaker 2: The Lord does not need our offerings. We cannot enrich
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  Speaker 2: him by our gifts, says the psalmist. All things come
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  Speaker 2: of thee and of thine own have we given thee.
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  Speaker 2: Yet God permits us to show our appreciation for his
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  Speaker 2: mercies by self-sacrificing efforts. That is coming in from Councils
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  Speaker 2: on Stewardship, page 18. 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 L. David Harris. Make it a great day.