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09 14 2026 Boasting in the Lord · 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 Monday, September 14, 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,' Boasting in the Lord.' boasting in the Lord.
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  Speaker 2: Before we get into that, I'd like to say welcome
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  Speaker 2: viewer supported ministry. Yeah, let's go ahead and pray and
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  Speaker 2: get underway. Father, we thank you for giving something, giving
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  Speaker 2: us a way to boast. Thank you. Thank you, God,
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  Speaker 2: for giving us a way to boast. In Jesus' name
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  Speaker 2: I pray. Amen. And amen again. Now, some of you,
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  Speaker 2: some of you, your brain froze when I was just
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  Speaker 2: praying a moment ago because you're like, what? A way
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  Speaker 2: to boast? Like, that's not right. We're not supposed to boast.
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  Speaker 2: And that's how my mind thinks, too, because I'm not
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  Speaker 2: one of those folks. There are people who naturally boast,
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  Speaker 2: naturally pat themselves on the back, naturally can see all
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  Speaker 2: of the great things that they are gifted and called
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  Speaker 2: to do, skilled to do, and they pump it up
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  Speaker 2: like it's easy for them. Well, it's not easy for
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  Speaker 2: some of us, but whichever side of this thing you
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  Speaker 2: are on, the reality is in Christendom, sometimes we overstate
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  Speaker 2: this thing about not boasting. What the Bible teaches us
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  Speaker 2: is that we must be humble, like it's our privilege
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  Speaker 2: to be meek and lowly in heart and humble, and
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  Speaker 2: not boast about ourselves. See, that is, we're not to
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  Speaker 2: have that kind of pride. But the Bible does say
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  Speaker 2: that we need to boast. Now, the most important thing
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  Speaker 2: as you're like, okay, I know where you're going with this,
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  Speaker 2: is the only boast worth making is that you know
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  Speaker 2: the Lord. We're not talking about self-confidence. We should have confidence,
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  Speaker 2: but as God gives it to us. Not self-reliance. Yes,
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  Speaker 2: we should be reliant, but not just on ourselves. Every
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  Speaker 2: other form of self-promotion in ministry is foolishness dressed up
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  Speaker 2: in religious language. So our first lesson comes in from
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  Speaker 2: 2 Corinthians, the Bible book of 2 Corinthians chapter 10.
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  Speaker 2: And I will read verses 17 and 18, 2 Corinthians
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  Speaker 2: chapter 10. And I will read verses 17 and 18.
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  Speaker 2: The Bible reads, but he that glorieth or boasts, that's
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  Speaker 2: what the word is. He that glorieth, let him glory
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  Speaker 2: or boast where? In the Lord. Isn't that wonderful? So
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  Speaker 2: God is showing us that boasting is not the challenge.
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  Speaker 2: It's in what or in whom are we boasting? So
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  Speaker 2: we boast in the Lord, for not he that commendeth
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  Speaker 2: himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth. Let me
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  Speaker 2: say it another way, but the one who boasts must
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  Speaker 2: boast in the Lord, for it is not the person
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  Speaker 2: who commends himself who is approved, but the person the
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  Speaker 2: Lord commends. Okay, okay, okay. And so this word to boast,
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  Speaker 2: as Paul used it, Too many syllables for me to
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  Speaker 2: tell you in Greek, but it means to boast to glory,
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  Speaker 2: to make one's confident declaration. See, that's boasting. That's a
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  Speaker 2: good one, right? That's just by itself, right? Objectively speaking.
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  Speaker 2: But how do we put our boast? Where do we
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  Speaker 2: aim our boast, direct our boast? Excuse me, I said boast. Boast.
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  Speaker 2: Paul was not forbidding boasting. He is directing us onto
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  Speaker 2: the right path for boasting. The question is never whether
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  Speaker 2: the servant of God will speak with confidence, but what
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  Speaker 2: that confidence is grounded in. Boasting in the Lord is
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  Speaker 2: the only confidence that will stand on the day of
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  Speaker 2: of examination or judgment. May I say it one more time?
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  Speaker 2: Boasting in the Lord is the only confidence that will
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  Speaker 2: stand the day of judgment. Okay, so the lesson that
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  Speaker 2: we gather from this is that the approval that matters
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  Speaker 2: is God's, not the congregation's, not the people who cheer
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  Speaker 2: you on, not the people who are dissing you. Like,
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  Speaker 2: none of that. None of that. None of that. A
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  Speaker 2: ministry built on human commendation is a building of That
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  Speaker 2: is on sand and it shifts with every opinion, every
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  Speaker 2: thought that people have that's different than yours. You understand
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  Speaker 2: where we're going with this? It crumbles under criticism and
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  Speaker 2: requires constant reinforcement. Got to be propped up. You got
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  Speaker 2: to be boosted up in order to go do what
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  Speaker 2: God has called you to do. Wait a minute, a
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  Speaker 2: ministry built on God's commendation needs no other foundation. Praise God.
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  Speaker 2: So my soul makes her boast in the Lord. Are
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  Speaker 2: you hearing what I'm saying to you? Right in the Bible,
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  Speaker 2: the Bible teaches us how we can boast in the Lord.
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  Speaker 2: And so what do we need to do? Release the
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  Speaker 2: need for human approval. All that people pleasing the people
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  Speaker 2: are doing, right? I'm trying not to bring my humanness
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  Speaker 2: in this. Release the need for human approval in one
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  Speaker 2: area of your ministry or service today. Give that act
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  Speaker 2: entirely to God and let his commendation be enough, whether
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  Speaker 2: anyone else notices or not. Our second lesson comes in
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  Speaker 2: from Jeremiah, the Bible book of Jeremiah, chapter 9, verses
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  Speaker 2: 23 and 24. For the Bible reads, Praise God. You
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  Speaker 2: want to boast in something? You want to glorify in something?
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  Speaker 2: Let me say it again. Glory in something? Let's go.
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  Speaker 2: That I am the Lord. You want to do that?
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  Speaker 2: That I understand and know God, which exercises loving kindness, judgment,
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  Speaker 2: righteousness in the earth. That's your boast, brothers and sisters.
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  Speaker 2: And so the steadfast love that is spoken of here
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  Speaker 2: that Jesus has is covenantal. It's the kind of faithfulness,
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  Speaker 2: the loyal kind of love that does not abandon. God
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  Speaker 2: invites boasting in this kind of love, his love, his
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  Speaker 2: character of faithful, loyal, covenant-keeping love. This is the glory
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  Speaker 2: that makes human achievements look like dust in comparison. And so,
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  Speaker 2: and so, what do we want to do with this
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  Speaker 2: reality then? Make the knowledge of God your greatest pursuit today.
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  Speaker 2: I'm talking about run after God. God, will you show
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  Speaker 2: me some more about you? Will you teach me how
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  Speaker 2: to respond to what you reveal of yourself? God, will
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  Speaker 2: you teach me how to be your son, your daughter? God,
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  Speaker 2: will you give me more of you and less of me?
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  Speaker 2: We're not looking for more information, brothers and sisters, with
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  Speaker 2: that kind of living relationship. And let that be the
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  Speaker 2: one thing you would point to if asked what you
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  Speaker 2: glory in. You glory in the Lord. Praise God. Let
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  Speaker 2: me read this quote before we close. Testimonies to ministers
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  Speaker 2: and gospel workers, page 162. Self is not to be obtruded.
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  Speaker 2: Christ is to be exalted. The minister who makes self prominent,
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  Speaker 2: who talks of self, who writes of self, is not
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  Speaker 2: doing the work of God, but is pandering to self-love.
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  Speaker 2: He is not a channel. through which the divine influence
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  Speaker 2: can flow. My God. Boast in the Lord, brothers and sisters.
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  Speaker 2: It's simple. 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.
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  Speaker 2: Make it a great day.