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Jesus In The Superbowl Of Life…

January 30, 2010 by admin Leave a Comment

 Over the last 40 years I have probably watched only a small handful of Superbowl games and I never understood why I could not see the excitement that even disappointed some of the people I was with because I was not in the spirit of the game. But now I see why this took place since my spiritual eyes have been opened. God has now given me this understanding that I never understood before until now in what it was that dampened my spirit of the Superbowl game.

 God has been working in my life for a long time and once I truly learned to surrender He set me free to understand what it is that He has been showing me. If you are honest within yourselves and truly listen to this long but short message you will hear something beyond the words which you see and hear the cry of Jesus in whom we believe. Our savior cries in the heart for how He shed His blood for each of us and for how far we have allowed our focus in life to drift from what we know in hearts to be true.

 Why is it okay for us to stand and shout at a Superbowl game with cheers of joy when our team is ahead but when we are in church in the presence of God we stay seated with our mouths barely speaking a word or saying an amen? Why is it okay to stand up and encourage our team in the Superbowl game when they are behind with power in our voice to reach the fields but when someone in our church or community may be falling behind we barely even give them some of our time?

 Tell me, do you think our pastors are the only ones on the team? We are all on the team as a Christian and it is our duty to Stand Up, Encourage, and Cheer in God’s mercy for our children to see the love of Jesus in how He has set us free. There is nothing wrong with a game as long as we understand the principles behind self discipline and order to keep our perspective and based on what so many show it is easy  to see how many are holding back whom they know. Can you only imagine what church would be like if we were all as excited about the service as we get when we meet for that special event? 

 I say all of this to you recognize the spirit of God and don’t just sit still with it when you feel it in your bones making you quiver. Because we never know when that day may come that we will be delivered. Enjoy the Superbowl with your friends and family but when you begin to feel that spirit making you cheer always keep God first because He is near.

  I challenge you as a true Christian to quit holding back the spirit of God and thinking you can’t stand up to cheer because of being too worried about what others may think in giving you fears. Life in the spirit of God is a gift that we all have been given when we learn to listen and turn ourselves over to Him to use us as the vessel that we were set out to be. Always remember there are only two teams being good and evil to insure the team that we are are on because we never know when our time could run out!!!…amen

James Harrison / Servant

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Plant A Seed Of Encouragement…

January 29, 2010 by admin 1 Comment

 This morning in prayer as I was asking the Lord to give me words to write He placed this in my spirit.

 How can we truly experience the happiness and joy that we receive in Jesus when we hold back what God has given? To be set free we must learn how to Let It Go and then God will show us the Way when we learn to trust and obey…

 When you really think about this we can discover how we often allow Satan to hold us back because we don’t know how to release the load that we carry.  Then there are those that God has blessed but they get robbed of their joy because they don’t know how to trust in God and share what He has given. There is nothing better in life than to be set free and helping others however we can.

  I challenge you today to live free in Christ and learn to bless others however the Lord directs. Don’t allow what you see on the outside to cause you to miss something on the inside. For all Satan wants you to do is to be robbed of the seed that you carry…amen

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The Eyes & Ears Of A Child…

January 28, 2010 by admin Leave a Comment

 It is very easy in life to get so caught up in our own world that we can’t hear or even see what is before us. Satan wants to cloud our vision and to restrict our hearing to the point that we become stuck in the fog rather than learning to trust in God to guide us through. Jesus tells us in Mark 10:15, “Assuredly, I say to you , whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will by no means enter it.”  

 The Lord teaches us throughout the Holy Bible to stay humble as a child and to be wise in our steps as we mature. There is a big difference between a child and an adult. For a young child is alert to their surroundings and listens to everything around them while the adults often become restricted in life because they fail to think that they already know it all or they just don’t have the time to listen.

 The Lord teaches us to test all things as we mature in the Word of God and to always be alert. For we never know the day nor the hour of Christ return and wouldn’t it be sad to miss something that God has placed right before us to help us along the Way? I challenge you today to begin to listen as that child of God and be wise in your steps to not fall to deception. It is in our nature to follow what we see but if we don’t know how to truly listen then how do we truly show that we believe? 

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Clear Your Mind To Listen…

January 27, 2010 by admin Leave a Comment

 In order to truly hear what needs to be heard it is imperative that we learn how to clear our minds and allow our hearts to absorb God’s direction. The Lord guides us through the Holy Spirit with confirmations that are placed on our heart but so many times we fall to what we think because of what we see. Satan is very clever and he deceives us on the outside because we often fail to listen and follow what we know on the inside.

 Have you ever made a decision that came back to bite you because you did not follow what God had placed on your heart? Have you ever made a decision because you allowed Satan to build something in your mind that was later revealed to be (not) true? How do you think the people felt after the crucifixion of Jesus Christ? We all have made wrong decisions in life when we leaned on our own understanding and allowed our emotions to guide our actions. Learning to walk in this life requires each of us to stand on our own and learning  how to follow God rather than man. This is why it is so important to know the Word of God and to learn how to listen…amen

James Harrison / Servant

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Are You Listening???

January 26, 2010 by admin Leave a Comment

 If you were to truly stop and listen without any type of distractions what would you hear? If you were to stop and listen to others around you what would they be expressing from their heart? So many times in life we cover up our pains because we don’t want others to see us cry and we don’t want them to know how we are hurting on the inside.

 When we hide our pains without expressing who we really are or what we may be going through then we are only allowing Satan to rob us of the healing that we can receive. It is in our human nature to put up a front but until we learn how to humble ourselves to who we really are then how can we ever honestly expect to be set free?

 Deep down inside we all seek the same thing of just wanting to be loved for who we are on the inside and not for what we temporarily have on the outside. To experience true love we have to be honest with who we are through Jesus Christ and learn to trust God to bring things together. I challenge you today to let go of what may be holding you back and to spend sincere time with someone to show you care. We all have something to share if we will just stop and listen…

James Harrison / Servant

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