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03 13 2026 The Mind of Christ · 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 Friday, March thirteen,
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  Speaker 2: twenty twenty six. Hello, my name is Elle 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 uniting Heaven and Earth, Christ in Philippians and Colossians,
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  Speaker 2: and our caption for today is the Mind of Christ.
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  Speaker 2: The Mind of Christ. I can't believe it, like I can't.
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  Speaker 2: I can't believe what I discovered that today's lesson is
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  Speaker 2: not in the Life Application Guide. I'm like, how did
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  Speaker 2: that happen? And so please somebody type in the community.
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  Speaker 2: In the community for me to post what today's Life
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  Speaker 2: Application notes would have been if it got into the book.
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  Speaker 2: I apologize for that. Somehow it didn't get in there.
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  Speaker 2: But anyway, I'd like to welcome everyone joining us, especially
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  Speaker 2: those joining us for the very first time. Please go
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  Speaker 2: over to your Daily Portion dot com please pick up
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  Speaker 2: the Life Application Guide that's missing just today's post. I
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  Speaker 2: apologize again. Also, please let us know where you are
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  Speaker 2: in the world and click the contribute button because we
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  Speaker 2: are listener and viewer supported. This is one of the
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  Speaker 2: ways we continue to build faith and fellowship. Let me
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  Speaker 2: welcome everybody out to our music Bible class that happens
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  Speaker 2: exclusively on the YouTube channel this evening at seven pm.
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  Speaker 2: We try to get started just a couple of minutes early,
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  Speaker 2: so seven pm and yeah, please please share, share, share, share,
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  Speaker 2: and we will have an experience tonight like none other.
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  Speaker 2: Let's pray, Father, we thank you for this day of preparation.
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  Speaker 2: Will you give us the mind of Christ. Thank you
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  Speaker 2: in Jesus name, I pray, Amen and Amen again. Well,
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  Speaker 2: the lesson writer gave us an incredible quote coming in
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  Speaker 2: from the book The Acts of the Apostles, page four
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  Speaker 2: hundred and seventy six. I'll read just a little bit
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  Speaker 2: of it and we'll get started here. When the spirit
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  Speaker 2: of God controls the mind and heart, the converted soul
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  Speaker 2: breaks forth into a new song, for he realizes that
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  Speaker 2: in his experience, the promise of God has been fulfilled,
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  Speaker 2: that his transgression has been forgiven, his sin has been covered. Now, listen,
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  Speaker 2: I don't know if you have ever sensed the freedom
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  Speaker 2: of being forgiven before. I hope you have, Like I'm
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  Speaker 2: hoping that. I'm hoping that everybody has had that experience
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  Speaker 2: who's on this program. But let's just say you're a seeker.
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  Speaker 2: You are a newcomer. You're someone who hasn't really had
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  Speaker 2: a full experience or relationship with God as yet, and
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  Speaker 2: you don't know what this feels like. Listen, I don't
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  Speaker 2: even know how to describe it. People, I want you
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  Speaker 2: to type in the chat, what does it feel like
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  Speaker 2: when God has kept his promise and that He has
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  Speaker 2: forgiven all of the kind of stuff that you do
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  Speaker 2: that you have done, I mean all of the sins
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  Speaker 2: that you have committed. There are some stuff that I've
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  Speaker 2: done in the past, Brothers and sisters, I promise you,
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  Speaker 2: when I first got saved, it was tough. It was
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  Speaker 2: a burden. I had to go to confess stuff to
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  Speaker 2: humans that could really hurt me. I'm talking. I'm not joking, like,
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  Speaker 2: I'm not saying this. Theoretically, I had to confess to
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  Speaker 2: some folks that could have done me bodily harm. I
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  Speaker 2: don't fear death and all that kind of stuff, but
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  Speaker 2: I'm just letting you know what the reality is. I
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  Speaker 2: was just like, man, if I tell this dude this,
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  Speaker 2: then that outcome could be the outcome. But I'm a
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  Speaker 2: new creature, so there's some stuff that he needs to
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  Speaker 2: know about how I was doing him when I was
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  Speaker 2: not a believer. I need to confess this stuff and
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  Speaker 2: make amends if possible. And well, as you can see
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  Speaker 2: all these years later, I'm still alive, right but regardless
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  Speaker 2: like the freedom that that brought, that God eliminated the transgression,
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  Speaker 2: the iniquity, the sin and the guilt that's attached to it,
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  Speaker 2: and I'm a new creature. Listen, talk about a new song.
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  Speaker 2: I'm grateful and this does not happen by happenstance. When
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  Speaker 2: we say yes to God and we accept the mind
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  Speaker 2: of Christ, the covering of Christ, that says, you know what,
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  Speaker 2: the way that I have been living. That's not godly.
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  Speaker 2: I don't want to live that way anymore. I need
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  Speaker 2: to do only what God wants me to do. I
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  Speaker 2: need a new mindset. I need to shift from the
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  Speaker 2: dark mindset that I inherited and then cultivated as a
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  Speaker 2: person disconnected from God. And I need the mind of Christ,
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  Speaker 2: which is to be humble, which is to think of
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  Speaker 2: others before I think of myself, which is to rather
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  Speaker 2: die than to sin in the least particular. That brings
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  Speaker 2: a new song out of us like none other, because
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  Speaker 2: we are so free. We're so free, and so the
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  Speaker 2: mind of Christ. Let's look at a few lessons from
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  Speaker 2: the Bible. The first one is Justifyation brings peace, not
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  Speaker 2: passivity or passiveness. Justification, that's a great, big theological word
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  Speaker 2: that means to be seen by God, just as if
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  Speaker 2: we had not sinned. That happens when we yield our
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  Speaker 2: will to God. We surrender. And so the Bible reads
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  Speaker 2: here in Romans chapter five, verse one. Therefore, since we
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  Speaker 2: have been declared righteous by faith, not by we doing
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  Speaker 2: the right things perfectly, and then God says, so he
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  Speaker 2: gives us the into our account like he writes a
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  Speaker 2: spiritual check and puts all of those millions of dollars
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  Speaker 2: of spiritual capital into our bank account. That is the
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  Speaker 2: covering and righteousness of Christ. He's putting that into our
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  Speaker 2: bank account and saying, this is how I see you
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  Speaker 2: as fully funded. I see you as fully righteous immediately,
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  Speaker 2: because Jesus gave you that gift. He gave you his character,
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  Speaker 2: and put that into your bank account spiritually speaking. And
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  Speaker 2: then I'm going to teach you how to actually live
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  Speaker 2: up to that. But immediately I see you, I declare
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  Speaker 2: you as righteous by faith. The Bible continues, we have
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  Speaker 2: peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, and so
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  Speaker 2: justification by faith brings real peace with God. But it
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  Speaker 2: does not end spiritual engagement with God. It doesn't give
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  Speaker 2: us license to sin. I've said this so many times
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  Speaker 2: in the last few days. I'm tired of saying it.
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  Speaker 2: But listen, listen. Becoming a believer does not give us
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  Speaker 2: license to sin. It doesn't open up the floodgates and say, well,
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  Speaker 2: since I'm a believer, I can now have other gods
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  Speaker 2: before God's. Because I'm a believer, I can now be
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  Speaker 2: an adulteress or an adulterer. Because you know it frees
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  Speaker 2: me from sin, I mean frees me from from the law.
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  Speaker 2: It's like, no, that doesn't even make sense. No. Justification
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  Speaker 2: by faith brings peace with God, but does not clear
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  Speaker 2: the guilty, like it doesn't absolve us our responsibility. Peace
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  Speaker 2: with God is the foundation for our growth. It's not
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  Speaker 2: an excuse for spiritual inactivity. It's not an excuse to
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  Speaker 2: just disregard God's holy tank commandments law. Conversion begins the
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  Speaker 2: Christian life. It does not complete it. Oh, it's just
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  Speaker 2: the beginning of our experience. And so we want to
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  Speaker 2: thank God today for justification by faith, then intentionally step
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  Speaker 2: into obedience. God gives us the power to be obedient
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  Speaker 2: when we submit to Him, and to grow rather than
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  Speaker 2: become spiritually complacent. Our second lesson is daily consecration is
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  Speaker 2: the Christian's battle plan. So I die daily consecration is
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  Speaker 2: consecration is to be set aside for a holy use,
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  Speaker 2: to die to sin and self and become alive unto holiness.
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  Speaker 2: And so Paul's counsel aligns with the other teachings of
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  Speaker 2: the scriptures, where conversion does not erase inherited tendencies or
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  Speaker 2: learned habits toward evil, but it does require daily surrender
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  Speaker 2: to God, and thereby we have the mind of Christ,
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  Speaker 2: which is not my will, but thine be done, Father,
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  Speaker 2: and that way we are holy. Make it a great day.
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  Speaker 2: See you tonight, 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.