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Don’t Allow Satan To Hold You Down

August 14, 2010 by admin Leave a Comment

In the book of Numbers 13 we learn a valuable lesson in the characteristic of man in the flesh verses what we know in the spirit of God through Jesus Christ. Have you ever been at a point in your life where you absolutely knew the direction to take but others around you did nothing but discourage you from going forward? 

 There is another point in this spiritual lesson of recognition besides those around you that did not encourage you in your direction which you know in your heart that has been given by to help others move forward from where they have been held back.  This other point is how spiritually Satan tries to rob us through others daily of the joys we can have if we would only listen and obey to the spirit of God in the Holy Spirit. This is taught again in the parable of the four soils by Jesus Christ in the book of Matthew 13 when He refers to the wicked one in verse 19 snatching away what we hear in our hearts in the seed of God that will give us great joy.

 In these two paragraphs above they explain two ways in which the wicked one works in order to keep us from going forward in the direction of God. With this recognition in spiritual maturity we are to recall the teachings of Jesus Christ and act in love while being fastened to the rock that will not waiver in this world.  We all face obstacles in life and discouragement to not move forward and this is where we must let go of what holds us back in the love of Jesus to receive the promise that God that has given to you and me.

 I challenge you today and every other day to not be robbed of the joy that you can have when you finally make the steps forward that have been holding you back. This applies to every aspect of life once we understand salvation in Jesus Christ…Amen

James Harrison

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Filed Under: Abuse, Balanced Life Ministry, Church Assistance, Daily Growth, Divorce & Broken Homes, Prison Support

Child Like Faith

August 4, 2010 by admin Leave a Comment

   It is very easy to see the physical differences in people and allow these differences to cause a division within the overall body that create a barrier for us to overcome. These divisions that can come between us not only rob us of the blessings of God but they also open the door to Satan to spiritually misguide us into forgetting how we are to work together as One in the body as children of God.

 Jesus tells us that we will never enter into the Kingdom of God unless we become like little children and this is where we often miss the boat as we mature. A child does not judge an individual for what they have or for where they have been, for a child just looks for the love in the individual without any partiality from within. Another part of the child like faith is that they are still teachable in their tender hearts without becoming stuck in their ways to miss what God has before them.

 I challenge you today to open your heart and recall what it was like to be a child to hear the message that Jesus wants us to hear…

 James Harrison

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Filed Under: Balanced Life Ministry, Church Assistance, Daily Growth, Prison Support, Spiritual Growth Tagged With: balanced life, Balanced Life Ministry, God, healing, James Harrison, Jesus Christ, life, special delivery, spiritual healing

Connect Yourself In The Body Of Christ

July 12, 2010 by admin Leave a Comment

 It is very easy for us in our human nature when we are under pressure to make shallow decisions without considering the possible outcome in the future.  A person does not know what they will do in their pressures unless they know how to trust in God rather than in man. Our emotions and feelings are very deceiving when we do not know how to apply them to the Word of God and wait on Him to bring things together rather than trying to do it ourselves.

 When we do not know God and pressures come our way we often cave in when we don’t understand what is taking place. With God at our side not only do we learn how to stand but we also learn how to fall. For if we do not know when to step forward and when to take a step back then we are only setting ourselves up for a stumble in the future. 

 It is very important to surround ourselves with other brothers and sisters in Christ to help us in times of need. For as we learn to hold up the arms of one another when we become weak is how we learn to overcome our battles. I challenge you today to help hold up each other in the glory of God to gain strength and Victory for our children’s future…amen

James Harrison

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Filed Under: Balanced Life Ministry, Daily Growth, Divorce & Broken Homes, Prison Support Tagged With: balanced life, Balanced Life Ministry, God, James Harrison, Jesus Christ, pressure, sara palin going rogue tour, special delivery, the purpose driven church, under pressure

How To Maintain Our Freedom

June 26, 2010 by admin 1 Comment

 When we do not understand how to trust in God and follow our heart then we become very vulnerable to the spiritual control of Satan. One of the most deceptive spirits of Satan is the influence of power which can lead to a controlling spirit when we don’t understand the Word of God. Within this controlling spirit of Satan its’ main objective is to rob us of our spiritual freedom that we have been given through the blood of Jesus Christ in order to suppress the love that we carry and to keep us from being who we are as a child of God.

 It is important to recall the main objective of Satan in robbing us of our freedom and wanting us to live under his control because this is how he receives his influence and power. If you open your eyes to this truth we can see how Satan has been working spiritually over the years to control our homes, our churches and our nations through individuals that failed to recognize who they were following in their selfish ambitions which enslaved the people. Our freedom comes in our freewill which we have been given by God in the choices which we can make, and if we are not careful to recognize the traps of Satan which can suppress us in our decisions then we could be setting ourselves up to be robbed of the joy which we carry in Christ.

 The spiritual deception that comes in influence and power is a very strong spirit that can ultimately lead to destruction if we are not careful to understand what is taking place under God. Many people have been robbed of their freedom because of how others have failed to live in love and trust God to hold things together instead of themselves. There isn’t a one of us that have never had to face some type of fear when speaking the truth, but when we can’t share what we know in our hearts to be true with one another in love then we need to ask ourselves who we are really falling to.

 In the freedom which God has given us it is vital that we understand the purpose of self discipline under God in order to maintain what we have. Without God man can not handle power and without the love of Jesus in our hearts we lose touch with the people! Learning to trust in God is a simple but difficult thing to do in our flesh. Because in the flesh we have fears of losing control rather than learning how to advance in the kingdom of God by allowing Him to hold things together rather than us trying to do it on our own.

 Throughout the Word of God He teaches us to respect every position while allowing the Lord to guide us in the spirit to reach our destinations to serve His will instead of our own personal desires. It is the Lords’ will that we all learn how to love one another for who we are under God with Him in front while each one of us learn how to work together as one in the love of Jesus Christ to reach our destinations in life.

  Until we learn how to face our fears and share our hearts with one another in true love then we only allow Satan to hold us in a spiritual prison which robs us of who we really are as a child of God. This spiritual lesson was taught in the book of Exodus with Moses as he had to address the spirit which was causing Pharoah to harden his heart and suppress the people because of his own fears of losing them.

  In life we all have to face our own types of Pharoahs in order to be set free from the spiritual bondage of Satan. These Pharaohs are not always in others but they are also our own fears that we carry deep within the inside of ourselves because we simply don’t how to speak the truth in order to be set free. In the spiritual lesson of Moses we learn how to follow God instead of man by trusting in Him to get us to the other side to help our children of tomorrow.  I challenge every reader that reads this message to recognize the spiritual deception of Satan that takes place when we try to control our circumstances in life without allowing the love of Jesus to hold it all together…amen

  Love is something that comes in our freewill without being influenced by something of this world in order to just be who we are under God to serve His will and not our own…

 James Harrison

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Experiences Lead To Our Purpose In Life

June 19, 2010 by admin Leave a Comment

  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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