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Debt And Deception In America

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 Over the last 40 years America has really allowed Satan to rob us of the freedom which we have in this country by chasing our dreams and becoming enslaved to the lender. Many people have been deceived by a generation of Americans that left God by chasing selfish desires and allowing themselves to become consumed with easy finance to a point that has misled many children, taken lives, divided homes, and suppressed America in a national debt that is  robbing us of our freedom in life. Finance is good when we keep it in balance, but as Jesus taught us when tempted by Satan we are to look beyond our desires to insure not only the possible outcome but most of all our children’ s future.

 God teaches us in the Holy Bible not to act on our emotions while Satan on the other hand wants us to jump before we are ready. When we don’t properly understand the biblical principles in the Word of God and difficult times fall upon us then Satan knows that we will grab a hold of anything to stay afloat. This spiritual tactic of Satan has misguided many people to prey on the weak for selfish desires instead of doing what is right in properly caring for the people.  

 Throughout the Holy Bible we were taught to be patient and to wait on God for He knows what is better for us than we know for ourselves. But by our country falling weak in our Christian faith this has allowed the secular world to misguide our country to a point that our children are losing more and more of their future freedom every day. It is easy to see Satan’s plan over the last 40 years by first consuming the people to chase their dreams and then allowing our own greed to lead to a corporate model that is destined to fall. Now due to this financial deception, Satan is hard at work within our own government to take over more and more of the free enterprise because many of us don’t even see how our country is falling deeper in debt to the point that we are all becoming slaves to the lender.

 Debt creates a drive to reach different levels in life but when we don’t understand the Word of God our debt can become a burden that will rob us of our purpose in life through Jesus Christ. Always know what may look good to the eye at first may not always be the road we need to travel. Because it is what we can’t see that will get us every time when we step out in our emotions instead of trusting in God to bring it all together...amen   

 James Harrison / Servant

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With God Dreams Can Come True…

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 Why is it when our young children come to us with life ambitions that we encourage them by telling them they can be anything they want to be but then as they mature we tend to stop encouraging them causing weak faith and low self esteem?

 Think about it! As you have matured in life how many people have ever discouraged you or judged you by looking at what you wear, what you look like, your background, your age, or simply just telling you this can not be done? Is this not the complete opposite of what we are to teach our children when our daughter comes to us wanting to be that princess or our son comes to us wanting to be that astronaut? Is this not opposite of what our Christian faith teaches us about encouraging each other to be the best we can be under God? 

 Do you recall the lesson of Abraham and Sara with the birth of their son Isaac? The lesson was that our heartfelt dreams can be fulfilled at any age of our life when our faith is right with God! It is sad how so many people in our society have lost hope and forgotten their purpose in serving one another to reach higher levels in life. Instead we sit around debating the task at hand while discouraging someone who can possibly make a difference because we have lost sight of how to move forward with God leading the way.

 Our society and many of our churches are holding our children back in the spirit of God because many have lost sight in the chain of life. In order to grow we are to help those less fortunate than us and encourage them to go further than ourselves while never forgetting the roots of our foundation in the Word of God through the love of Jesus Christ. What do you think Martin Luther King would say right now to those who told him to keep his mouth shut and that he would never make a difference? Looks like his dreams have now been fulfilled because of his belief in the dreams that he once carried.

 Do not ever lose sight or give up on how God can  work in your life when you truly commit yourself to follow Him.  He has given each one of us a special talent to serve one another and when we learn to use our talents for God instead of serving ourselves we will discover our purpose in life to make a positive difference in our children’s future. I challenge you today and every other day to encourage someone and help them in life by learning to work together and not apart. Don’t disrespect God as Sara did and laugh at things that you may think are impossible because ALL things are possible with God and greater is He that is within us than he that is in this world…Amen

James Harrison / Servant

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Stay Strong & Walk In Faith…

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 In life it is normal due to our sinful nature to become weak in the flesh and have doubts in what we physically see. Our worries and doubts don’t come from God, but from Satan in wanting to hold us back from the blessing or blessings that the Lord has placed in front of us. Throughout the entire Holy Bible we are taught  of many faithful individuals who had doubts like Moses, Sara, Abraham, Gideon, Zechariah, and even the Israelites. But through their faith in God they believed in Him to bring them through and they did not become stuck in their circumstances which they had to face.

 When you believe in your heart that the Lord can give you what you need then learn to trust in Him to deliver you to the other side. For it is when we fall to the flesh in being consumed within our issues that we can become unproductive in what we have to do. We all have a purpose and a specific talent which has been given by God and it is our job to align our hearts and use our talents to serve Him the best we know how.

 As we go through life it is not our job to worry about how something will come together. It is our job to do the work and allow the Lord to supply our needs in His timing and not in ours. Never force something or feel pressured, but always follow what you know is right by God within your heart and do the work it takes to get the job done. It is normal in this life to have doubts , but don’t allow your doubts to cause you to miss something in God’s glory! Always believe and trust in the Lord to give you the wisdom and strength in the spirit to help you succeed.

  It is when we take steps on our own without trusting in God that we are destined to fall. No matter what you are facing or going through learn to look up and never look down! As Solomon said in Proverbs 3:6  Seek His will in all you do, and He will show you which path to take…amen

James Harrison / Servant 

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Never Give Up or Lose Hope!!!

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 In the book of Exodus chapter 13 we are taught a major lesson of how to stay focused during our walk of life. When the people of Israel were set free from their suppression in Egypt the Lord gave them a detour through the wilderness instead of taking them down the main road which would have been an easier and quicker route.

 How many times in life have you set out for something and it seemed you had to go around the world to reach your destination? Or how many times have you set out for something and simply given up because the road seemed too hard to travel? Or better yet, how many times in life have you just fallen weak and settled in your circumstances instead of pushing forward with what you know in your heart? 

 It is what we go through in life that teaches us how to trust in God and how to appreciate what we have been given. God’s promise has never changed and He never said the road would be easy to travel! We all go through trials and tribulations but this never means to give up on the love that we carry in life through Jesus Christ! So what if the road is not easy!!! So what if the road is not paved!!! So what if we have to overcome obstacles in our path!!! Tell me, what is wrong with a little work in our lives as long as we are working toward the kingdom of God? 

 There is a reason we go through what we do and many give up while others look for the easy way out. It is when we learn to keep God in front and work together as one in the love of Jesus that we will reach new levels in life.  We all have our own individual mission under God and what He allows us to go through is to make us stronger and wiser to help someone else along the way.

 It is very easy to think only about ourselves in tough times and this is exactly what Satan wants us to do. Never give up or lose hope, no matter your circumstance in life!!! Even in the darkest times God is always there even when we can’t see the way and all we have to do is just learn to trust and obey… 

James Harrison / Servant

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God Is of Life & Satan Is Of Death

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 It is sad to see how certain extremist of the Muslim faith and other religions, who claim peace and equal rights, are killing innocent people while thinking that they are serving God in destroying the life of others. It is (no one’s) right to force their belief on another, nor is it right by God to destroy a life which He has given! We are to stand on the truth in the Word of God and to understand that God is the Creator of life while Satan is the ruler of death. When man takes matters into his own hands to destroy a life of another then this is not right by God and is simply serving Satan. For we are all here to work together in respecting each person for who they are under God while learning to trust in God to open the eyes and ears of those that are drawn to Him through the Holy Spirit.

 So many times in life we take matters into our own hands in wanting to do God’s work for Him and this happens when we do not properly understand how to trust in God to bring things together in His timing instead of ours. God is the one who is in control and it is our job to follow and obey in helping show others the proper Way.

 People must remember that the purpose of this life is to determine the direction which we will travel. There are only two destinations, in Heaven or in Hell.  Until we learn to follow God in seeing how Jesus is the head of the body then we will never see our way back home. There is life after death and Jesus fulfilled what God was trying to teach us throughout the Holy Bible by having self control and  trusting in God instead of man. But where many have become lost as time passed is in recognizing that the works of the Lord have never stopped since the beginning of time. God still speaks today just like He did yesterday but the problem is that so many have forgotten how to listen. 

  How can someone honestly say they are acting in true love and following God when they intentionally hurt one another? Love is not something that is forced or directed, for when it happens it just happens with no explanation other than being a gift from God. I praise God today for the gift of true love which I have received now that I know in whom to believe…amen

James Harrison / Servant

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