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01 14 2026 Stand Fast in Unity · 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 Wednesday, January fourteenth,
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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 uniting Heaven and Earth, christ in Philippians and Colossians,
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  Speaker 2: and our caption for today is stand Fast in Unity,
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  Speaker 2: Stand Fast in Unity. Before we get into that, I'd
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  Speaker 2: At your Daily portion dot com. This is one of
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  Speaker 2: the ways that we continue to build faith and fellowship.
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  Speaker 2: Let's go ahead and pray, and then we will get underway. Father,
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  Speaker 2: we thank you for this day getting us through to
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  Speaker 2: the middle of the week. Father, Please help us to
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  Speaker 2: be unified like you and Jesus are. In Jesus' name,
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  Speaker 2: I pray, Amen, and a man again stand fast in unity.
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  Speaker 2: And so I'm going to the Bible Book of John
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  Speaker 2: John chapter seventeen, and I will read three verses John
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  Speaker 2: chapter seventeen. I will read three verses, and the Bible
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  Speaker 2: reads here in verse seventeen, sanctified them through thy truth.
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  Speaker 2: Thy word is truth. This is Jesus praying to God,
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  Speaker 2: our father, while Jesus was living on planet Earth. And
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  Speaker 2: I know that most of you know this, but there
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  Speaker 2: are people who don't really have the context here. So
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  Speaker 2: Jesus is praying what we now have called the high
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  Speaker 2: priestly or mediatorial prayer, and he is showing that he
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  Speaker 2: wants the people of God that God has entrusted to
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  Speaker 2: Christ while he was living in his earthly ministry. He
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  Speaker 2: wants them to be made holy through the Word, which
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  Speaker 2: is truth. Verse eighteen, As thou hast sent me into
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  Speaker 2: the world. Even so have I also sent them into
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  Speaker 2: the world. So now we can see that the people
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  Speaker 2: of God are ambassadors in the same way that the
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  Speaker 2: Father sent Jesus. And Jesus is being interpreted his name
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  Speaker 2: Emmanuel being interpreted God. With us, we are seeing a
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  Speaker 2: manifestation of the ministry of God to the world through
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  Speaker 2: our lives. Jesus is sending us into the world in
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  Speaker 2: the same way that God, our Father, sent Jesus into
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  Speaker 2: the world. And for their sakes Verse nineteen, we are
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  Speaker 2: about to get some instructions, brothers and sisters, we are
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  Speaker 2: about to get the blueprint. And for their sakes, I
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  Speaker 2: sanctify myself. Remember, Jesus is the example. The Father sent
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  Speaker 2: Jesus into the world. Jesus is sending us into the world. Well,
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  Speaker 2: what is it that Jesus did? How was his life cultured?
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  Speaker 1: Like?
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  Speaker 2: What was it about Jesus that was unique or special?
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  Speaker 2: It says for their sakes, I sanctify myself that they
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  Speaker 2: also might be sanctified through the truth. So what does
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  Speaker 2: that mean for us as we receive holiness unto the Lord,
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  Speaker 2: As we begin to experience that sanctification when we are
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  Speaker 2: out and about in the world, and we are leading
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  Speaker 2: people to God. It is for the same purpose, so
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  Speaker 2: that they can be made holy in the same way
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  Speaker 2: that God is making us holy through Christ. I hope
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  Speaker 2: that makes sense. And so with that our lesson number
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  Speaker 2: one is unity is grounded in what God's sanctifying truth.
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  Speaker 2: In fact, in the same chapter, Jesus said, make them
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  Speaker 2: one as we are one. And so we see that
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  Speaker 2: God is making us wholly through his word. And that
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  Speaker 2: unity needs to be measured by the unity in heaven,
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  Speaker 2: the unity of God. So they God, the Son God,
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  Speaker 2: the Father God, the Son God, the Holy Ghost. They
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  Speaker 2: are not unified on error. They are not unified on
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  Speaker 2: just the points that they have in common. And don't
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  Speaker 2: worry about anything else because they are a God one.
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  Speaker 2: This is an Old Testament word talks about one in
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  Speaker 2: Deuteronomy chapter six, where it talks about Shama Shama make
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  Speaker 2: them one. God wants us to be one. He said
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  Speaker 2: that they are unified, and that oneness or that unification
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  Speaker 2: is how God wants us to be unified. See he says.
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  Speaker 2: The Bible says, here, o Israel, the Lord, our God
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  Speaker 2: is one one account. And then you love God with
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  Speaker 2: everything that you have and everything you are. And so
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  Speaker 2: God wants us to be unified one in the truth,
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  Speaker 2: not by ignoring the truth. We need to learn this,
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  Speaker 2: especially in the last days. A lot of people groups
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  Speaker 2: that are attached to faith communities are attempting to unify
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  Speaker 2: on quote on the points that they have in common.
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  Speaker 2: This is not it. The Bible is what we have
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  Speaker 2: in common. The Truth that we are sanctified by is
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  Speaker 2: what we have in common. The Holy Ghost who is
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  Speaker 2: teaching all of us is what we have in common.
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  Speaker 2: And so we don't turn away from truth to be unified,
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  Speaker 2: but we are sanctified by the truth. We are set
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  Speaker 2: aside or set apart for a holy use. And so
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  Speaker 2: the action step is to read one passage of scripture today,
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  Speaker 2: asking God to make your heart more united with His truth.
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  Speaker 2: Just one passage, studying to the end the one passage,
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  Speaker 2: learning how does that? How does that impact my sanctification?
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  Speaker 2: How does that impact my relationship with God and my
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  Speaker 2: holiness does? How does that impact that and my salvation?
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  Speaker 2: What is the relationship to my growth into the family
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  Speaker 2: of God. That's the action step. Lesson number two. Unity
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  Speaker 2: requires believers to live as citizens of Heaven and not
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  Speaker 2: merely citizens of earth. And when I say heaven, I'm
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  Speaker 2: saying heavenly places. Spiritually speaking, we will have the earth
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  Speaker 2: made new, we know after a thousand years following the
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  Speaker 2: Second Coming. But the Bible reads here in Philippians, chapter
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  Speaker 2: one and verse twenty seven, only let your conversation or
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  Speaker 2: your conduct conversation be as it becometh the Gospel of Christ.
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  Speaker 2: And so God wants us to live as citizens of
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  Speaker 2: godly places, heavenly places, connection with God. But our conduct,
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  Speaker 2: our behavior needs to be what in alignment with where
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  Speaker 2: we're going. Where are we going, by God's grace, We're
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  Speaker 2: going to live with God forever in heaven, in the
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  Speaker 2: earth made new. We're in dwelleth righteousness. So that means
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  Speaker 2: our conduct in twenty twenty six needs to be aligned
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  Speaker 2: with where we are going. And by the way, the
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  Speaker 2: God created us to be with him eternally, that's what
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  Speaker 2: he wanted us to do. He wanted us to live
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  Speaker 2: that way, and therefore what we do leads to align.
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  Speaker 2: And so our action step is to choose one attitude today.
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  Speaker 2: Is it based on somebody giving you constructive criticism? Is
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  Speaker 2: it based on someone giving you or telling you something
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  Speaker 2: you just don't like, and they're being evil toward you.
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  Speaker 2: They're accusing you falsely. Well, choose one attitude today that
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  Speaker 2: reflects heavenly citizenship. Oh, no matter how people come to
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  Speaker 2: me that I'm a child of the king, hah, I'm
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  Speaker 2: a king's kid. I'm a child of the king. And
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  Speaker 2: this means that when I am experiencing these trials, these tribulations,
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  Speaker 2: or even rewards or potential rewards, then that means that
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  Speaker 2: my behavior, my thought process, my mindset need to be
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  Speaker 2: in alignment. Hotly goes, Would you please help me?
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  Speaker 1: So?
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  Speaker 2: Choose one attitude today reflects heavenly citizenship. Mercy. Oh, that's
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  Speaker 2: a good one. Humility, m h. Peacemaking. Blessed are the peacemakers,
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  Speaker 2: for they shall be called the children of God. And then,
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  Speaker 2: of course our lesson number three is unity grows where
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  Speaker 2: humility replaces pride and self promotion. I will read just
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  Speaker 2: part of Micah, chapter six and verse eight. Do justly.
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  Speaker 2: This is what God wants from us. He wants us
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  Speaker 2: to love mercy. This is what God wants from us.
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  Speaker 2: He wants us to walk humbly with God. That's what
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  Speaker 2: God wants us from us. And so he has given
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  Speaker 2: us the opportunity to live in unity with God and
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  Speaker 2: with other believers stand fast 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,