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Experiences Lead To Our Purpose In Life

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  To discover our true purpose in life we first have to recognize what talents that God has given us and then we can begin to develop through prayer and daily practice as we mature to fully utilize what God has given us to use for His glory and not our own. When we learn to apply our experiences in life with our God given talents then this can lead us to discover our purpose in a successful life. The world teaches us to seek success for ourselves but God teaches us that true success is seeking it for others. 

 It is in our human nature to judge someone based on their appearance, their history, and their education but what we must recall is 1 Samuel 16:7,”For the Lord does not see as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”  True success comes when we recognize our talents under God and then we help others discover theirs by helping them to one day do the same with others. For there is nothing in this world that can compare to the gift of God that fills our hearts and soul when we help another child discover their purpose in life through the love of Jesus Christ.   

 As a parent, as a teacher, as a coach, as an employer, and as a leader it is our responsibility under God to recognize the God given talents in others to help develop them for our children’s future. It is in our nature to try and develop someone to fit our mold but we must recall that it is God’s place to develop each individual while we obey His Word in serving the Lord’s desires instead of our own. When we try to guide someone into a decision or deny them an oppurtunity to discover their talents in life then we could be placing that person in a form spiritual bondage that will not only rob them of their joy but it can also affect the future generations in life until someone learns how to break that chain through the love of Jesus Christ.

  True Success is not measured in material means but measured in how we teach others to utilize and maintain what God has provided. I challenge you to teach others how to discover their talents in life through the love of Jesus Christ by helping them to follow their hearts desires to insure their steps in the future…amen

  James Harrison

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We Must Communicate To Maintain

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 When we don’t communicate with one another in our relationships this only leads to the other party looking for signs in our actions that can be mislead spiritually by Satan by causing us to assume something that could be far off track. Communication allows us to understand one another and it helps us to work together to achieve each others goals rather than trying to do them on our own.

 We are the ones who complicate matters when we don’t know how to trust in God and we try to handle everything on our own. Life is not that complicated unless we make it and no matter how hard we try to figure things out we will never be able to comprehend what God has created. Rather than trying to figure out how some things may work lets learn to apply what it takes in love to build and maintain upon what we have already been given.

 It is very easy to sit around a table and discuss what is going wrong in the world but let’s learn to focus on what we can do to make a positive difference where we are rather than where we are not. I challenge you today to do something over and above your normal routine to make a positive difference wherever you are and learn to communicate in love to maintain what you have…amen

James Harrison

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Work In The Light For Others To See The Way

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 There are times in life that it will seem unfair and there are times in life that it will seem as if you will have to do all the work. It is in these times that we should never allow ourselves to become spiritually discouraged by Satan when he is working through others to rob us of the joy we have. All Satan wants is for us to be unhappy and to feel as if every time we start something that it is going to fail. When we allow Satan to cause us to feel this way then we are doing nothing but giving victory to Satan instead of claiming the victory that we already have been given through the love of Jesus Christ.

 Instead of getting mad and carrying internal frustrations learn how to handle them in love in order to accomplish what needs to be done. It is when we bottle up our frustrations that Satan tries to get us to act out in our emotions in order to possibly cause a division in our relationships in life. These spiritual frustrations that can build up in us will often cause us to be snappy at one another and cause us to just become unhappy where we are. 

 I challenge you today to enjoy the work that you have in the love of Jesus Christ and go the extra mile without worrying about the extra work that needs to be done. God will give you everything you need and it should be our prayer that as we walk in the light that others will begin to come out of the darkness by the example that we are in order to lead them to Jesus Christ…amen

James Harrison

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Don’t Put Off On Other’s What You Can Do Yourself

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 It does not matter who we are or how productive we think that we are being that we can’t see something in our lives that needs to be addressed. God points out things in our spirits in order for us to take the initiative to maintain what He has given. But when we continue to neglect what God is telling us in our spirit to do then it is only a matter of time that something will slip away.

 In our human nature we want to push our responsibilities off on others in hoping that someone else will do the work that needs to be done. When we learn to follow what God places in our spirits in our homes, in our relationships, in our careers, in our nation, and even in the church we will find that there is momentum in the spirit of God that will spread to others as we continue to follow as the Lord directs.

 I challenge you today to make a list of everything that God has placed in your spirit to address whether calling someone to tell them you love them or developing a plan to improve your picture in life. Learn to prioritize these things so you won’t be consumed and allow God to show you what needs to be done in everyday that you have been given…amen

 Life is a daily balance that requires discipline in order to maintain what we have been given. For if we can’t take care of what we have then honestly why would we expect to receive something better?   

 James Harrison

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Make A Positive Difference

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 Many people become unhappy where they are because they miss what it takes to make something better and overlook the lesson to be learned in what guided their steps to where they may be. Wherever we are in life whether were in the pits or on top of the world God wants us to understand that it is up to each one of us individually to make a positive difference in our lives that will in turn make a positive difference in someone else’s.

 So many times in life nothing gets done because we don’t want go through the extra work that it might require to improve the situation. I challenge you today to not sit around wishing that something was better because it is solely up to you to make a positive difference in everday that God has given…amen

James Harrison

http://balancedlifeministry.org

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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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