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What Are You Teaching Within Your Home?

January 31, 2011 by admin Leave a Comment

 In Genesis 41 Pharoah shares two different dreams with Joseph. In both of these dreams there was something very unhealthy that devoured something that was healthy. After the poor cows ate the fat cows they still looked the same. Did you know that these dreams still teach us practical wisdom today? How, you may ask? 

 Later in the book of Exodus with Moses this lesson was taught in how to ration with manna and be responsible when we are hungry without devouring everything we have at once. See, if we don’t teach our children responsibility within our homes then how long do you think their provisions will last without teaching the self discipline that is taught in the Word of God?

 Think about it! Why is America the most obese nation in the world? Simply due to the lack of self discipline that is being taught in the homes. Why do you think America is in the financial debt that we are in? Simply due to our own lack of self discipline and the lack of obedience to God. Why do you think people are losing it and going on shooting sprees killing innocent people? Simply due to their lack of understanding between good and evil? Why do you think so many teens are becoming pregnant? Simply due to the lack of teaching in the Word of God and parents placing their teaching responsibilities on others.

 If there is anything gained from this message I pray that someone will recognize the importance of keeping God in the center of our homes and not placing our responsibilities as a parent on government entities that are teaching our children to be safe with sex in stead of simply not falling into temptation and having sex. If we don’t teach our children how to be happy with what they have and how to maintain what they have been given then how healthy can we honestly expect their future to be?

 I leave you this morning with this question,”What are teaching within your home?” 

James A. Harrison

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Filed Under: Balanced Life Ministry, Daily Growth, Economics & Finance, Leadership Forum Tagged With: america, balance, cow, God, health, home, James Harrison, life, obese, parenting, pregnant, teaching

Are You Vulnerable For The Attack?

January 29, 2011 by admin Leave a Comment

 How deaf or naive must we become before we recognize the hand of God at work in allowing a lesson to take place in our life or in our nation due to our disobedience in the Word of God? Have we as a nation here in America reached the point of no return in the downward spiral of our moral decline and the lack of integrity being shown in man? 

 As any father that loves his children we allow lessons to come upon them when they simply won’t listen and this same principle is applied today with our Father in Heaven within His creation. Throughout history there are many valuable lessons of Truth that can be recognized in the Holy Bible and applied in our obedience and disobedience in the Word of God. It first starts on an individual level and then spreads to our homes, then to our communities and then to our nation. There is evidence all around the world today of what is to come when we drift away from teaching and holding ourselves accountable under God for the actions that we take. Look at Egypt this week and what is taking place as just one example of many in what happens in the lack of godly leadership leading the people and teaching the importance of trusting God instead of taking matters into their own hands.

 With godly men and women in leadership positions that are willing to serve the will of God instead of something for themselves this opens the doors for the blessings of God to fall back upon our homes and our nation. This has been understood before in leadership and can easily be reflected in Genesis 45 with Pharaoh in Egypt in his recognition of the spirit of God working through the life of Joseph. During this term with Pharaoh and Joseph there are many valuable lessons that can be applied today in order to help prepare us for tomorrow.

 Ronald Reagan once said, “Within the covers of the Bible are all the answers for all the problems men face.” And he later said, “We are never defeated unless we give up on God.” 

 Throughout the Word of God we can witness this lesson of the rise and fall of nations when they turn their backs on God or when they begin to prostitute the Lord as Israel was doing in the time period with Eli that had fallen to complacency and obesity. Look at today’s time period with Europe and how many of their churches are empty with no direction for their future. How about America in the economic debt, moral decline and obesity within the nation that is taking place due to the disobedience in following the Word of God?

 How many times does history have to repeat itself before we simply see where we have gone wrong? Does the fall of the Roman Empire have to take place again here in America today due to the over sized government and the burdens that are being placed upon the people? How long do we have to live in a moral and economic decline before our leadership Wakes Up to this Truth in order for our nation to be here for our children’s future?

 When we stay close to God He not only protects us but He gives us the wisdom to recognize the seasons that we are in to prepare for what is to come. In spiritual warfare that we often forget when we get wrapped up in the world, the enemy works to distract us in foreign areas or affairs in order to make us vulnerable for the attack that is sure to come within our home. This warfare principle works on an individual level to a national level with the same principle that can be applied when we lose our balance in where we stand. 

 No matter where we are or the position that we have been given by God as a mother, father, teacher, business owner, pastor or a government leader don’t allow the spiritual enemy of Satan to distract you in areas where you become weak and vulnerable to the world. As a child of God, we have a responsibility to stay alert and to keep our relationships alive for the security of our children’s future and to maintain the integrity within our homes. This is much bigger than what we think and we can not live this temporary life without the Lord guiding us in our homes and in our nation. How long must we lose our hearing before we return to God to help us clean out the wax of the world that is causing us to be vulnerable to the enemy and lose our standing within our own homes?

When we learn from our past is when we can make something stronger for our future….

James A. Harrison

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Filed Under: Balanced Life Ministry, Church Assistance, Economics & Finance, Leadership Forum, Raising Children, The Church Voice Tagged With: america, attack, children, egypt, europe, God, israel, James Harrison, life, pharaoh, roman empire, ronald reagan, war

Make A Difference With God

January 28, 2011 by admin Leave a Comment

 Our life is a journey that is full of trials and tribulations no matter where we are. Too often we fall into the darkness of this world because we allow our environment or our circumstances to hold us back and rob us of the joy that has been given through the blood of Jesus Christ. As long as we have life then we have a job to do and all we have to do is the work that it takes to get the job done.

 There is only one way to make a positive difference in life and this is to simply do the work that it takes to make something better. Just because the task may seem impossible or too difficult does not mean to ever give up! Because in our hands we are limited but when we learn to rely on God is when all things are possible!

  I challenge you today and every other day to never lose hope and think that you can’t make a positive difference! If you will commit to God and be willing to do  the work that needs to be done then He will grow you stronger and help you to discover your purpose in life through the love of Jesus Christ. If you make something better for your children then you will be making something better for mine and if I make something better for my children then I should be making something better for yours.

 Life is not only about us and don’t fall into this trap! All it takes is a little positive step forward to make a difference for our children’s future…amen

James Harrison 

http://balancedlifeministry.org

http://specialdeliverybook.com

Filed Under: Balanced Life Ministry, Church Assistance, Daily Growth, Leadership Forum Tagged With: balance, children, God, James Harrison, Jesus Christ, life, love

Learn To Fly When Grounded

January 27, 2011 by admin Leave a Comment

  There are times in life that we may stumble and other times that we may fall. But during our fall as a child of God we are caught by His hand that keeps us in a certain place for a while to serve a purpose in where we land.

 During this place, where we temporarily land,  we might not be where we want to be and sometimes we even stay longer than expected. There is always a reason in being grounded in order to learn something that needs to be learned and to help us mature for what may be ahead in the future.

 If you can’t understand why you are in the place that you are or why you are going through what you may be going through then seek God to discover the purpose in where you have temporarily landed. Where we land is only for a little while and it is our job to make the most out of where we are before we take off again….Amen

 James Harrison 

http://balancedlifeministry.org

http://specialdeliverybook.com


Filed Under: Balanced Life Ministry, Daily Growth Tagged With: balance, fly, God, grounded, James Harrison, jesus, life

Stay In Tune With God…

January 26, 2011 by admin Leave a Comment

 When is the last time that you honestly stopped to listen without any type of distractions or allowing the world to make you feel pressed for time? Did you know that it takes time to unwind after we have been wound up so tight? It is very easy to become deaf and  blind in todays society due to the way our world is pushing us to keep up but if we don’t take the time to listen then our lives could simply lose touch in the love that we have been given.

 Keeping our lives in balance is vital in order to maintain what God has given and to stay in tune. Have you ever noticed how everything in God’s creation has a  pattern and how it works together to continue the forward motion? The Lord gives us instruction everyday but the real question is,”Are we obeying what we hear?”

James Harrison 

http://balancedlifeministry.org

http://specialdeliverybook.com  

Filed Under: Balanced Life Ministry, Daily Growth Tagged With: balanced, James Harrison, Jesus Christ, life, love, tune

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