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Accomplishing A Mission of God

April 30, 2010 by admin Leave a Comment

 It is in our human nature to become selfish in our ideas because in the flesh we want to receive the attention or the rewards. Don’t regard yourself as the only one through whom God is working because we frequently underestimate people and don’t challenge them with our dreams to see God’s work in the world.

 When God plants an idea in our mind to accomplish something for Him we should share it with others and learn to trust the Holy Spirit to impress them with similar thoughts. Often God uses one person to express the vision and others to help turn it into reality and when we try to hold on to what God gives we often miss what He has in store.

 To accomplish a mission we need to encourage and inspire others to have teamwork that will lead to action in accomplishing God’s goals. This is required in every aspect of life and until we learn how to work together we will only drift further apart…amen

James Harrison / A Humbled Servant of God

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Maturity In The Word Of God Develops Wisdom

April 29, 2010 by admin Leave a Comment

 In our youth it is natural for us to copy what we see but as we mature each individual should be learning to develop and stand on our own with unity in the body of Christ. God shows us things to learn from them and to grow in them without taking away from the overall family of God.  This is where many people miss the overall direction of God and take matters into their own hands instead of learning to commit themselves where they have been planted and trusting God for the outcome.

 This stage of spiritual maturity was taught by King David in 2 Samuel 16 of the Holy Bible. In his youth David would have probably taken Shimei’s head off but in his maturity he learned to trust in God for the end results rather than taking matters into his own hands. It is natural in our youth to want to act in the flesh but when we do this is when we often miss the hand of God at work because we become impatient and want immediate results.

 I challenge you today if you are struggling with an issue to stand strong where you are in love and allow God to fix what needs to be repaired. It is easy to jump ship when we feel as if ours is sinking but until we learn to trust in God and work together every ship will eventually take on water…

James Harrison

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Don’t Waste Time In The World

April 28, 2010 by admin Leave a Comment

 It is easy to spend wasted time trying to find ourself in the world but until we learn to discover who we are under God through the love of Jesus Christ we will never truly learn how to live or muchless discover who we really are.

 I challenge you today if you struggle with who you are to seek God for the direction that you need and allow Him to carry you along the Way. For the world likes to point us back to the world for its own glorification but the Spirit of God will always direct us back to the Word of God where everything can be achieved…amen  

 James Harrison

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Are You An Original Or A Copy?

April 24, 2010 by admin 3 Comments

 Many people spend too much time trying to be like someone else instead of learning to be who they are under God. The world teaches us that if we don’t attend the right schools, the right church, wear the right name brand clothing, become a member of specific clubs, drive the right cars, eat certain types of foods, live in specific neighborhoods, use certain banks, have the right set of golf clubs, shop in the right stores, carry the right colored credit cards, have the right physical figure, and even sadly that if our skin is not the right color then the world automatically places us in different brackets of life. Not only does the world separate the people in physical manners but the world even teaches us to separate ourselves from the sinners.

 In simple terms who is it that separates or divides the people? Who is it that wants us to think that we have to keep up or we will be left behind? Who is it that misguides our thoughts into thinking that we are better than someone else when we are all equal under God? It is surely not God because He sent His only begotten Son here to unite the people in unconditional love through humility and not arrogance. The author of division is Satan that spiritually guides us in our thoughts that leads us to a division in the body without recognizing  what is taking place. These misguided spiritual thoughts of Satan often cause us to focus on ourselves instead of truly caring for the well being of the people.

 The sad part of this division which Satan causes in the body is how our vision becomes restricted when we fall into our own little clicks and we tend to overlook what someone else may have to offer in the overall picture of God. People add color to our lives when we learn to listen for what God has delivered them through and they help give us strength in our times of need because we never know what we may have face tomorrow.

 The dangerous part of when we try to fit in with the world is when we don’t know how to handle rejection under God because this is where Satan often causes us to live in a form of spiritual suppression. When we don’t know who we are under God and we don’t know how to stand on our own in the love of Jesus Christ in this fallen world then we are only setting ourselves up for a fall in rejection. The spiritual suppression of Satan that is caused in rejection will not only affect us directly but it can also affect others indirectly because the person that has been suppressed by Satan will often suppress others because they did not know how to handle their own rejection.

 Often you will find when someone does not know who they are under God that they will be without peace and understanding. When we don’t understand where rejection comes from or understand the discipline that is required in love to reach new levels in life then we are vulnerable to in the deception of Satan that can cause us to be bitter, have envy, become depressed, carry hurts, build anger, covet and even try to run rather than face the Truth.

 With God in our lives there is direction, discipline, purpose, creativeness, and most importantly love without separation in the people. Why do you think that Israel and The United States of America have always been the leaders in innovation and others nations wanted what we had to offer? When we have God in front through the love of Jesus Christ you will find that others will either try to attain what we have received or they will try to take it away. What God gives no man can take away because it is what is in us that makes us who we are!!!

 There is nothing wrong with having something that God has provided, but we must understand that what we have on the outside does not determine who we are on the inside. It is very easy to spend wasted time trying to find ourselves in the world because of what we can physically see but until we learn to truly discover who we are under God through the love of Jesus Christ we will never be set spiritually free.

 God wants us to learn who we are because each one of us add something special in His picture of life. He does not want us to (feel) that we have to have something to fit in because He wants each of us to know who we are through the blood of Jesus Christ. With God we are somebody that is loved and gives love in return without separation in the body of Christ. Until we learn to look to God for the answers we will never find the answers that we truly need to succeed in this life and make it to the next.

 I challenge you to learn to be who you are under God and not to ever (feel) that you have to fit in. Life is about being REAL and learning to make the most out of where we are without allowing Satan to rob us of the joy that we carry on the inside. All things are possible through the love of Christ and nothing is too hard for the Lord when we learn to seek Him for the direction that we need for our children’s future…amen 

 There is a distinct difference in something that is original than something that has been copied by someone else…Be who you are and allow God to set you free!!! 

James Harrison

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The Youths Anger Divided The People

April 17, 2010 by admin 2 Comments

 In 1 Kings 12 of the Holy Bible we learn a valuable lesson of the anger that dwelled in the youth towards the older generation because they did not know how to deal with it in love. This anger caused a division in the body that eventually separated the people. When King Rehoboam asked for advice from the older generation that once  advised his father he rejected their wisdom because it was not what he wanted to hear and he wanted to prove himself. So, he called in some youth that he had grown up with to seek their advice and as expected their anger gave no mercy to the people because they wanted to prove themselves. 

 Why did the youth lash out towards the people? Why did they not want to give mercy instead of making matters worse ? Why were they carrying so much anger instead of learning from the past to help correct something in the future? Doesn’t the Lord show us here how the youth must have been carrying some anger towards those that were once in control? Do you think possibly that the youth might have felt suppressed as they matured because the elders were so stuck in their ways?  Can you see the importance of adding value to someone else’s life as they mature rather than only caring about our own? 

 When a child receives freedom it is very important for them to understand the Word of God and to know how to mature in love rather than allowing their emotions to misguide their actions. Children that live under rules without love are more subject to break them because they do not understand them and when the older generation neglects how to develop the younger generation then we are only setting ourselves up for a possible division in the family of God.

  The Word of God teaches us to listen and to always be alert for the wisdom that God provides because there is something to be gained in every age of life.  It is easy to become blinded when we get so wrapped up in building our own mission that we often forget how to add value to someone else’s.  When this takes place usually the very ones that miss out are the ones that are right at our feet because we become so busy with the world that we forget how to take care of our homes. God gives us children to carry on what He has given and God raises up men and women to carry on the direction that we are to serve. 

 When we don’t include those that God has placed around us whether in our homes, in our careers, in our churches or even in our nation then we are only setting ourselves up for a future division to come. This lesson is a very important message on how to develop the youth without causing rebellion and it teaches us the importance adding value to someone else’s life  so they will in turn do the same in the future. We go from one extreme to the other in this message between the youth and the older generation because the youth failed to understand the principles in the foundation while the elders failed to properly develop their future generations.

 One of the most important parts of maturity is our understanding in the Word of God and then teaching the importance of having self discipline in love to maintain our future…amen

James Harrison

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