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Caring For Others

May 15, 2012 by admin 2 Comments

In John 5 there was a man in need and in fact he carried this need for 38 years. The man was crippled and seeked healing from a pool of water. He was right at the edge of the water but every time the door opened to go in someone else stepped over him while others over looked this mans need because they were so focused on their own.

This morning as I was crossing the river the Lord gave me this message. See this man had a need and was within the the walls of the church building. For 38 years people stepped over him and pushed him aside to insure that they received their healing rather than caring about someone else’s. Why could someone not have sacrificed something of themselves for this man? Was it due to their own selfish desires? Where was their compassion and true love?  In 1 John 3:16 we learn,”This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.” There is another scripture that ties to this lesson and that is with the persistent widow in Luke 18. This man did not become discouraged and lose hope. He continued to have faith that one day he would receive the healing as he did and not from the pool of water but from the healing hands of Jesus Christ.

May this message this morning encourage you to take your eyes off of yourself and to help someone else in need. To stand like you have never stood and to walk like you have never walked in the healing hands of Jesus Christ.

Here is a video that may bless you this morning as it does me…My Redeemer Lives

James A. Harrison

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Filed Under: Abuse, Balanced Life Ministry, Church Assistance, Daily Growth, Divorce & Broken Homes, Leadership Forum Tagged With: balanced, God, healing, James Harrison, jesus, life, love

The Power Of Love…

February 13, 2012 by admin 8 Comments

In order to experience the power of love it is necessary to open up our hearts as a surgeon requires for open heart surgery. Unfortunately many never experience the fullness of love nor the amazing power due to holding back from distrust or from simply caring more for themselves than they do for others.

It is when we open up our hearts to reveal who we really are without allowing our fears to hold us back that we can begin to experience the amazing power of selfless love. For selfless love is a love that keeps on giving and it never stops the blood circulation within the body. There are blood clots from time to time but the object is to defeat them before the defeat us.

For a heart without restrictions is a body that is full of life and this can only be fully achieved through the blood of Jesus Christ. If there is something in your life that is causing a restriction in the flow may God give you the strength today to make that needed step in order for your heart to begin to glow.

James A. Harrison

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Filed Under: Abuse, Balanced Life Ministry, Church Assistance, Daily Growth, Health & Nutrition, Marriage Tagged With: balanced, blood, blood clots, heart, James Harrison, life, love

Let Freedom Ring…

January 22, 2012 by admin 6 Comments

This morning as I walked out on our screened porch for morning prayer I noticed a sparrow that had slipped in through one little hole within the screen. This happens from time to time due to not addressing the hole within the screen. In order to repair the hole correctly it is going to involve the alot of work that requires time and if we were to patch the screen this would only bring further work due to not being done correctly.

As far as the little sparrow he was not flying wildly within the porch but would just hop from place to place along the floor. The sparrow did not see the door when it was opened due to the screen blending in with nature. So I did what I have done in the past by propping the door open and then walking in behind the bird for him to move on his own toward the freedom from the screened in porch. In the past I have done this and rather enjoyed watching the birds (which I now recall have always been sparrows) being set free to observe their next actions in flight. Some fly out and simply sit on the outside rail. Some fly just a little ways and perch on the branch of a tree but this morning there was something different about this little sparrow.

He paused for a moment once he found the door but then he took off flying through the woods and into the valley behind our home. I could here him chirping and and calling out to other birds in his excitement of being set free. The chirps echoed through the valley as he flew through the trees. As I listened to the call of the sparrow that had been set free I then heard this message that relates to you and me.

Recognize the significance of not addressing  the hole and what happens when we try to patch our problems. Another point the Lord was teaching me was how the screen blended in with the world. This is a very important point to recognize. The screen was almost invisible and made by man but was there holding back the bird from flight and it took the help of another to step behind rather than in front to assist the sparrow along the Way.

The part that touched me the most was the chirping of the sparrow that had been set free. As I stood there on the porch listening to the bird that had been released from the bondage of something made by man it was then that God gave me this spiritual message that relates to His overall plan. The Lord then opened my eyes of futher freedom that can related to the formation of America in which we stand. For in our freedom it should ring from the hill tops and echo through the valleys for all to hear. Because there is nothing like the freedom in knowing that God is near.

Enjoy this song Let Freedom Ring as I pray that you will stand with me in the freedom that God has given us through His only Son that got behind each of us for our freedom today. The spiritual door is open and all we have to do is walk on through as Jesus has taught us the Way. I pray that we can learn from our past in order to stand in the love of Jesus for our future…Amen 

James A. Harrison

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Filed Under: Abuse, Balanced Life Ministry, Church Assistance, Economics & Finance, Health & Nutrition, Leadership Forum, Marriage, Prison Support, Raising Children, Spiritual Growth, The Church Voice Tagged With: america, God, James Harrison, jesus, let freedom ring, life, love, sparrow

Share Your Testimonies…

August 9, 2011 by admin Leave a Comment

Can you recall a time where you experienced the love of God and it dramatically affected your life? Have you ever been in a circumstance that seemed like a living hell and the hand of God deliver you? These times in our life are testimonies of what the power of God can do when we truly cry out and seek for His deliverance through the love of Jesus Christ. It is important to recall that we don’t need to know all the answers to share Christ with others and God did not deliver us for us to keep our mouths shut.

We should be sharing with others what God has brought us from and how He has changed our life. Don’t worry about not having all the answers but learn to trust that God will use your words to help others believe in Him, too. This teaches others where to look by seeking the Lord for the answers they need to overcome their downfalls in life. Please enjoy this video link http://www.godtube.com/watch/?v=K7LK67NX  on Cardboard testimonies and may it inspire you to share yours…

James A. Harrison

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Filed Under: Abuse, Balanced Life Ministry, Church Assistance, Daily Growth, Divorce & Broken Homes, Health & Nutrition, Leadership Forum, Marriage, Prison Support, Raising Children, Spiritual Growth Tagged With: balanced, God, hell, James Harrison, jesus, life, love, testimonies

Evaluate Your Foundation…

July 19, 2011 by admin Leave a Comment

 Have you ever noticed how certain things continue to reoccur in our paths and how we can’t seem to get away from them? Have you ever considered that the reason that they continue to come up is simply because Satan knows how you will fall? Every time we stumble or fall we should be recognizing what took us down in order to stand again. 

 It is within this process that we learn the importance of recognition and then God’s application to purge out everything that is wrong for simply what is right. We learn this lesson with Job for there was something in his life that needed to be purged even though he was a good and blameless man. Satan did not use the same tactic due to Job’s faithfulness to God but this discipline that came upon Job was there for a reason which is discovered in chapter 32. 

 Once Job received the Truth and learned his lesson is when he stood again and with more blessings than before. We all have lessons in life and it is how we learn to apply what we learn to the foundation in which we stand under God and then God will bless us once again…

James A. Harrison

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Filed Under: Abuse, Balanced Life Ministry, Church Assistance, Daily Growth, Divorce & Broken Homes, Economics & Finance, Leadership Forum, Marriage, Prison Support, Raising Children, Spiritual Growth

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Moving Forward At The Outpost…

August 14, 2012 By admin Leave a Comment

The Lord recently led me from my daily writings at BLM, to living it out in faith, at a little place on the edge of the TN River called The Outpost located in Pickwick, TN.

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