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Are You Ready For Change?

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 Have your ever noticed when change comes our way there are always disruptions that tend to brew in our spirits? Think about it; What happens in the weather patterns when the barometric pressure changes? Have you ever noticed the larger the change the bigger the storm? The same thing happens in our lives from our homes and in our careers when change comes our way.

  The object is during the inevitable times of change to be rooted in where we stand with God and learn to trust in Him to get us through. Storms that come from change are good for us because they tend to test our faith and deepen our roots in the Lord. The unfortunate side of changes that occur is how others that don’t know how to handle the storms tend to lose their direction when they are not anchored in the Word of God and they allow themselves to get blown away.

 Whenever you feel as if you can’t hold on or when you see storms coming your way learn to keep your eye on the cross and allow Jesus to show you the Way. We all tend to want to run in a storm but some storms we simply have to learn how to stand…amen

James Harrison

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Be A Giver, Not A Taker

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 If you were to look at your life today in every aspect and ask yourself this question ,”Am I a giver or a taker?” What would be your answer? We all try to justify the measure in which we give due to our human nature but there comes a time when we should be trying to out-give what receive. For when we go the extra mile in giving is when God often gives us something in return whether in this life or in the next.

 Can you imagine what Jesus must have been thinking as He carried that cross for you and me? What if He would have taken the stance of holding back instead of giving His all? The Lord instructs us in Colossians 3:23 to do everything unto the Lord and this means that in everything we do we should be seeking to please God instead of only pleasing ourselves. For we all know what happened to Cain when he held back what could have been given.

 Is there an area in your life that you are holding back? Maybe in your relationships. Maybe in your job or maybe in your walk with the Lord? We all have areas that we can address but when we begin to neglect that every single day requires us giving something back in return then our days often become numbered because what use are we if we only take without giving something in return?

James Harrison

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Are Your Treating Life As A Gift?

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 It is very easy in our human nature to get caught up in our day to day activities to the point that we forget the will of God because we are too busy chasing our own desires. Spiritually Satan wants to attract us to the world and to all the activities because when we fall to this then we often lose touch with the life that God has given. When we lose touch with life then we have little regard for life and this is exactly the spiritual plan of Satan in wanting us to take our eyes off of others and only place them on ourselves.

 This life is no joke and the life that you have been given is a gift from God. For if He wants to take your life He can and if He desires for you to live then it is in His hands. Are you treating your life as a gift? Or, are you being disrespectful to the Giver? If our life is a gift ,which it is, then how are we treating the life of others in the love that we have been given?

 The Lord instructs us in His Word to be a good steward over what we have been given and I am challenging you today to pay close attention to everything that you have in your family, friends, jobs, and in yourself to insure that you are treating the life that is all around you as the gift that it is…amen

James Harrison

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Stand With Jesus Or Fall With Satan

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 Throughout the Holy Bible the Lord teaches us to stand strong in faith and to be to obedient to God’s Word. No where does it teach us to be complacent and allow things into our lives or into our homes that are not right by God due to the destruction that is destined to follow. When we allow what is simply wrong to take place over what is right our lives fall into a spiritual bondage of Satan that only takes us deeper away from the Truth until we learn how to speak what we know in our hearts.

 True love does not always give us everything we want because in our human nature we often seek things that we do not need. For instance do you give your children everything they ask or do you teach them how to have patience and earn their rewards? One of the hardest things to learn is the balance that is required in true love due to the self discipline that is a must and the teaching that is required in time to maintain what we have received.

 At no point in the walk of Jesus did he allow the world or Satan to influence His decisions or redirect the coarse in His life. Do you know the coarse in your life? Has it been redirected by something in this world instead of following what you know in your heart? Has Satan spiritually enticed you to chase the world instead of staying on coarse with God? Has the trap of the world placed you in the bondage of debt because of the lack of being obedient in the Word of God?

 I am here to tell you that there is Hope no matter the coarse that you are on. The first step of action is first recognizing where we are to see where we need to be headed and then one step at a time God will bring us back home…Amen

James Harrison

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The Art Of Forgiveness

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 1 John 2:9 ” He who says he is in the light and hates his brother is in darkness until now.” Are you easily frustrated by the inevitable shortcomings of others? Are you a prisoner of bitterness or regret? If so, perhaps you need a refresher course in the art of forgiveness . If there exist even one person, dead or alive, whom you have not forgiven (and that includes yourself) follow God’s commandments and His Will for your life by forgiving that person today.
 Remember that bitterness,anger, and regret are not of part of God’s plan for your life but Forgiveness is. Think about it; Doing an injury puts you below your enemy; Revenging makes you equal with him; Forgiving sets you above the enemy!

The art of forgiveness is what sets us free… 

Today’s Word was written by :

 Linda Cooper

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Don’t be like Eli in 1st Samuel and miss something that has been given by God. If you recall with Eli he did not listen because the Word of God was rare in those days and he did not recognize what was taking place until he saw the persistence of Samuel…

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