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Are You Too Blind To See?

February 25, 2011 by admin Leave a Comment

  In Numbers 22 we learn many different lessons that are to be applied to our lives today but too many times we allow Satan to spiritually blind us because we can’t look past the donkey to see how God is speaking to you and me. Have you ever considered the lesson with the donkey and how he tried to warn his friend indirectly without wanting to warn him directly? Why is it that we often miss the indirect lessons and we have to be told something directly before we open up our eyes and ears to the Truth? Do you think that is is due to our own lack of understanding in how God speaks and is in control? Or, do you think that it is because we don’t want to hear the Truth due to exposure that it brings in the light?

  It is easy to allow ourselves to get built up on our academics, awards, traditions or our good living and forget how God often uses something we that we would never expect to expose our hidden sin. The Lord loves His children and all that He wants is for His children to live a holy life and then to come home. For the Lord says,” Blessed are those that obey my commands for they will surely enter into the gates of the Eternal Kingdom.”

 Don’t allow your stubborness or your rebellion to blind you from the indirect lessons of God that take place every single day. For who would not rather take an indirect lesson verses a direct lesson from the hand of the Father? So, the next time you encounter a donkey it would be wise to listen without allowing your hearing to be out of tune simply because of what you see in forgetting how God’s Word teaches us to believe…amen

The object is to have the eyes and ears open to the signs! But too many times we are blind due to what we think that we see....

James a. Harrison

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Filed Under: Balanced Life Ministry, Church Assistance, Daily Growth, Divorce & Broken Homes, Leadership Forum, Marriage, Spiritual Growth Tagged With: balanced, blind, children, God, James Harrison, life, sin

Detours Help Us To Develop Character

February 11, 2011 by admin Leave a Comment

 Have you ever considered the purpose of a detour?

 See a detour is there to get us back to where we are going but they can also teach us new ways of direction as we travel the new roads to reach our destination. Not only do they teach us new ways to develop our character but they can also teach us where we got off course and help us to see things that we would not normally see.

 Here is another interesting part in God’s wisdom about a detour. Often the detour is there not only to teach us something new but it is there to help repair the main road that has been damaged by the elements of the world. Sometimes detours are there for us to simply get our lives back on track before we miss the boat.( There is something deep within this message for those with the eyes to see and the ears to hear) 

 How do you react when you face a detour in life? Do you 1st look at it to recognize if you were the one to bring it on yourself before you blame someone else? In your detour are so pressed for time or angry because something disturbed your plans that you do not even recognize the lesson that God has right before you?

 The next time you encounter something as a detour in your home, your work, in your travels or simply in your life look at it for the spiritual message instead of allowing Satan to miss what God is trying to teach you through your detours in life….

 Don’t get hung up and miss the boat!!!

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

Praise God In Your Burdens

February 7, 2011 by admin Leave a Comment

 When we are burdened or mistreated, we may feel defeated. But when we learn to seek God in our burdens He will give us the strength to grow stronger and the wisdom to help us develop the valuable qualities for our future. Be true to God in the hard times because even the worst situations can make us better people when we learn to place our trust in the Lord….Amen

 Here is a question for you this morning,”How can we be an overcomer without troubles to overcome?”

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, Raising Children Tagged With: balance, God, James Harrison, life

The Rise or Fall of America

February 5, 2011 by admin 1 Comment

  This message is for The United States of America as a whole and should be applied in the wisdom of God to every home in order to maintain what we have been given. There is a historical cycle in life that proves this message without any room for debate in what takes place when we drift away from the obedience of God and begin to live with our own selfish ambitions.

 Due to the drift away from the wisdom of God in the Holy Bible and the instruction that the Lord gives each one of us to maintain our homes this has opened the door for the spiritual enemy to slowly weaken the foundation that is to be maintained by His people. The spiritual enemy works in many different ways to distract the people in the temptations of foods, material gains, lust of the flesh, positions of power and many other ways of distraction simply to cause a division. With divisions within the body of our core beliefs this only makes us vulnerable for the attack of our enemies in order to learn another lesson in how we can fall. Many people fail to see how the Lord allows oppression to fall upon His people in order to discipline us for our lack of obedience and to realign our focus from the world back to our Creator in Heaven above.

 America is at historical point of either a revival that is going raise up men and women of God that are willing stand for what is right in our homes and in our nation or at a point of further division that is going to eventually lead to the destruction of our country. Without men and women working together with the integrity of Christian values to address the over sized government, reckless spending, corporate greed, legalized murder through abortions, immigration and the addicted nation that we are in then we better prepare for what is sure to come. Based upon the will of God and the national stand of the people in how we open up our eyes to the Truth in the Word of God will determine the strength in our foundation from which we stand in the love of Jesus Christ that holds us all together. Many homes and historical empires lost sight of this principle that eventually led to their collapse.

 Like in the fall of the Roman Empire you will find that their quest for power led them into a socialist culture in trying to simply appease the people by being naive to the importance of a core religion which eventually led to their fall. Why did the Roman government make this decision in appeasing the people with their beliefs? Simply due to their desire of power, greed and then due their state of survival. The leadership in Rome during their deterioration never grasped the principle of how to maintain the integrity within their foundation in having core beliefs to maintain the order. The Romans thought they could hold things together through a larger government that eventually absorbed all the nutrients within their empire which led to their collapse.

 If you were to look at the direction of America today you would honestly find the same misdirected leadership in our country that is trying to appease the people to maintain their political positions and their false thinking that money is the answer to our internal problems. America like Rome and every other nation that tries to impose their way of life on others only opens the doors for spiritual friction that will eventually lead to war. As God teaches us in His wisdom we are to maintain our homes by learning to stand on the principles of God without becoming complacent in His Word. Our founding fathers of The United States of America knew this importance and they recognized the dangers of a nation that drifts away from their Christian faith.

      President Thomas Jefferson: “God who gave us life gave us liberty. Can the liberties of a nation be secure when we have removed a conviction that these liberties are the gift of God?” 
     President Andrew Jackson called the Bible; “The Rock upon which our republic rests.” 
     President John Adams said; “We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion.” 
    Patrick Henry said, “It is when a people forget God, that tyrants forge their chains.” 
    George Washington said; “Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports.” 
    President Ronald Reagan once said,”If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone under.”

 Now, here is the part of this message that I pray that America hears in order to maintain the foundation for our children’s future and for preparation of what is sure to come if we continue the national drift away from our Christian foundation. The United States of America as a whole is a home that is no different than my own on an individual level. Through my fore fathers it has been been built on specific principles that parallel Joshua 24:15 to maintain the strength within its’ foundation. I like the leaders in the Roman Empire and like many of our American leaders today once fell into the wrong thinking that I could fix my problems with money without truly addressing the roots of the  issue at hand.  My own ignorance to the Word of God and rebellion led me into a state of survival that eventually had to fall in order to stand again.

 This is where I praise God for giving me the chance to live again in His mercy and grace! I pray that every father and leader within this nation will begin to address the issues that they are trying to avoid to eliminate the depth of the fall. Too many times we think we can fix something when we are not the ones who can fix anything! 

 Regarding leadership in America I pray that God will raise up leaders that will stand in faith in serving Him instead of trying to appease the people. It is not our place as a true Christian to force our beliefs on another nation nor is right for anyone else to enter into our house of America and try to change our ways in return. The rise and fall of homes and nations is all determined on who we serve and how obedient we are to God’s Word. Have we gone too far? Is it too late for the point of return? Only God knows the answers to these two questions but according to His Word in which still stands today we are told in 2 Chronicles 7:14 “If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

 As long as we have breath then there is hope and the outcome is determined by the hand of God in the decisions that we make! Are you willing to make a positive difference and learn to stand on the principles of God for our children’s future? Don’t ever be misled and think that we are not accountable for our actions! For God is real and in full control of everything from Heaven to Earth. We are here to serve Him and not ourselves! So, please recognize the positive difference that you can make at your own dinner table by learning to trust in God instead of relying upon our government or on another man…Amen

James A. Harrison

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Filed Under: Balanced Life Ministry, Church Assistance, Divorce & Broken Homes, Economics & Finance, Leadership Forum, Prophecy & Dreams, Spiritual Growth, The Church Voice Tagged With: america, bible, christian, God, Government, James Harrison, jesus, life, president, roman empire, spiritual, war

Never Under Estimate God

January 19, 2011 by admin Leave a Comment

God often works in unexpected ways. When He chooses people to fulfill His plans He always goes deeper than appearance, tradition, or position. He sometimes even surprises us by choosing the less obvious person, at least by human reasoning.

Always know that God can use us to carry out His plans even if we don’t think we have all the qualifications. All we have to do is follow and obey while listening to the Word of God that is placed on our heart to do our part. Circumstances are never so bad that they are beyond God’s help and we never know what good He may bring out of seemingly hopeless situatons!


James A. Harrison

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Filed Under: Balanced Life Ministry, Church Assistance, Daily Growth, Divorce & Broken Homes, Leadership Forum, Prison Support Tagged With: balance, Balanced Life Ministry, God, James Harrison, life

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