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The Love of A Child…

November 22, 2010 by admin 1 Comment

 As we grow old ,if you have not noticed, it is easy for us in our human nature to lose the vibrancy that we once had as child. This vibrancy gave us energy, drive, laughter and joy in the love that God gives us in the family of Jesus Christ. Lets really think about this a little further in depth to get where God is trying to take us.

 As an adult when our bones tend to ache, why is it that we don’t tend to hesitate when our child reaches up and ask for us to pick them up? Our children tend to stretch us in ways that take us out of our comfort zones and they can even try our patience. Without thinking how many times have we ever reached down to pick up that child and then later figured out that they were heavier than we expected? Do you see where this is leading?

 Now, lets take this same principle into the family of God. When a new child is born no matter the age they often have an energy that can ignite someone else. This passion of a child should never be suppressed due to our minds getting in the way because God gives us newborn spirits in Christ to reignite our youth. This same principle parallels our children and grandchildren because their joy can uplift our spirit.

 A childs love can not understand why another holds back their love. A childs love does not understand why their parents won’t pick them up. And a childs love just learns to deal with the ones that don’t know how to love in search of those that do…Amen   

James A. Harrison

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Filed Under: Balanced Life Ministry, Church Assistance, Daily Growth, Divorce & Broken Homes, Leadership Forum, Marriage, Raising Children Tagged With: balance, children, God, jesus, life, love, newborn, pain

Speak The Truth Without Fear

November 19, 2010 by admin 3 Comments

 Due to our society here in America drifting away from the Word of God and leaving out the gospel of Jesus Christ this has allowed Satan (spiritually) to develop a society that is growing in fear. This fear that has been building here in our country has allowed our government and leadership to develop laws of man to govern the people instead of teaching the self discipline that is taught in the Word of God. We have become a nation of critics instead of One Nation Under God with Liberty and Justice for All.

The spirit of fear has been used as a marketing tool of Satan to spiritually rob us of our joy that we simply have in life. Unfortunately, this spirit of fear has even misled many pastors in the pulpit due to their own fears of losing the congregation verses trusting God to supply their needs. God’s word plainly tells us that no man knoweth the day nor the hour and the Lord plainly teaches us to cast our fears upon the Lord while trusting in Him to deliver our needs.

 There are many different levels of fear that can take us down into a dark lonely pit of no return. Fear causes us to run to the doctor everytime we feel a sniffle coming on, fears rob us of victory because we are too scaird of failure and our fears often cause us to sugar coat the Truth to the point that Satan will place us in spiritual bondage. Here is an example of spiritual bondage that develops in a broken home that does not follow the Word of God;

 Let’s take a single parent that has been recently divorced and lost their child. It is their time to spend with the child and they are looking forward to the weekend. Now, when the child arrives he/shetest the parameters of the home due to losing the structure that once gave them the security within their home. This often takes place due to their own inner anger with their parents and it can lead into rebellion with a child. Out of fear the parent does not want to correct the child because they fear that their child will not want to return.

 This fear of a parent not disciplining their child leads to the child now becoming the parent. Instead of the parent guiding the child the child begins to guide the parent and the longer this develops the harder it is to correct. Where many divorced parents go wrong is trying to buy their children’s love instead of teaching them how to be content and work through their issues in life through the love of Jesus Christ.

 Another side of this fear that can develop in a broken home is when the parents do not know how to trust God and be obedient to His Word. When this takes place either one of the parents or both tend to turn their child against the other parent due to their own fear of losing the love of their child. This lack of  trusting God places us in a spiritual bondage of Satan that can have a negative impact on our children’s future. Where many divorced parents go wrong is trying to rob their own child of the love that is shared with the other parent. 

 Our fears of speaking the Truth in love and adhering to God’s Word places us in a vulnerable position for Satan to rob us who we are as a child of God and it opens the doors to the pit that will take us down not only individually but also as a nation unless we Wake Up to the Truth in the Word of God. This dark pit of fear has been used by Satan spiritually to divide our children and to capitalize on our emotions. If we are not careful to address our fears in the Truth and we allow them to continue to build then we are setting ourselves up for an explosion that could have been prevented if we would simply follow God’s Word.

  Based on the 1st Amendment of the United States of America every citizen has a right to speak the Truth in the Word of God and to share their salvation in Jesus Christ. Where many Christians go wrong is that it is not our place to push our way on another for love is never directed because it comes in our own freewill.

 Man should never allow his fears to rob him of the Truth. Nor should any entity be allowed to remove God from our foundation. Without God our homes and our lives become vulnerable to Satan and they cause us to have fears that lead us to following man instead of the Lord. Without the Truth what do we really think that we have and who do we really think that we are? There is strength and security within the Truth of God that protects our nation and our homes for our children’s future.

 If there is anything gained from this article it is my prayer that you don’t allow your fears to rob you of the Victory that we have in the love of Jesus Christ and that you learn to simply speak the Truth of God while trusting in Him to do the rest. His Word does not return to us void!!!

James A. Harrison

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A Flight Of Faith

November 19, 2010 by admin Leave a Comment

  Throughout the Word of God the Lord instructs us to trust Him and to have faith in the results that are sure to come. Where many of us get lost is because we look for that step of faith with success the first time we try to fly. Then when we get our wings clipped we often become bitter and unfortunately some even give up. Since when are we to give up as a child of God when we know that our wings will grow back? How many of us have ever jumped too soon and struggled in flight?   

 A step in faith does not always mean that things are going to turn out the way we want them but what we must recall is that there are lessons to be learned in order to prepare our wings for the future flight. Here is an important part to recognize, “What good is it to build something if we can’t share it with others and teach them how to fly on their own.”

  What good is is our life if we are not teaching our children the principles of flight and the importance of knowing how to land for someone else to take off once again? Always remember to have faith in your flight because as long as we have life through Jesus Christ then there is still hope to fly again…Amen

 It is when we learn to step out that God will step in….

James A. Harrison

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Filed Under: Balanced Life Ministry, Daily Growth, Divorce & Broken Homes, Economics & Finance, Raising Children, Spiritual Growth Tagged With: balance, children, flight, God, James Harrison, jesus, life, wings

A Butterfly In The Wind

November 17, 2010 by admin Leave a Comment

 Our children are like butterflies that start out so gentle with skin that is soft to the touch. Their spirits at birth are fragile and easy to crush until they learn how to fly on their own in the spirit of God. Teaching our children how to stand and how to fly is essential for the days that they have ahead because if we fail to teach them the Word of God then they are subject to land in a place without intention.

 This world is full of winds that can blow us all around and some that can even take us down. The Word of God is a foundation that can’t be moved and it is imperative that we teach our children His Word and lead by example. If your children were to describe your life as a butterfly in the wind how would they say you react from within? 

 We never know which way the wind may blow or how the storms may come but if we teach our children how to be anchored to the rock of Jesus then they are better prepared for the day they have to fly on their own. Please click on this brief vidieo clip of a song and relax a moment to enjoy the peace of God instead of trying to chase the wind…http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmC3rJR7E98&feature=fvsr

James A. Harrison

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Filed Under: Balanced Life Ministry, Daily Growth, Raising Children Tagged With: balance, butterfly, children, God, jesus, life, wind

Don’t Die In Your Cocoon!!!

November 15, 2010 by admin Leave a Comment

  Our life can be compared to a caterpillar in a cocoon. Until we learn how to embed ourselves in the Word of God in seeking the Truth which teaches us how to fly, our lives are often dark and empty on the inside. Do you feel trapped? Does your life seem dark and dreary? Do you look forward to everyday that you are given? Are you excited when you open up the Word of God or when you hear someone speaking of the Lord? Does the cocoon you live in feel like it is collapsing due to the pressure that is all around? Or, is there peace in your spirit and in your home? 

 It is in our human nature to build our own comfort zones and forget how to fly in this dark world. This can happen easily when we become so wrapped up in our own shell that we forget how to look within ourselves for God to develop the wings that He wants us to grow. If you are feeling uncomfortable in your life or around someone that may be on your last nerve praise God rather than getting stuck in what you think that you see. Who has ever experienced some personal growth without some birth pains?

 If you are feeling trapped, pressured or simply uncomfortable seek God for what it is that He is wanting you to find within yourself rather than worrying about it with others. For there is a great peace in our home when we learn how to live in the Lord rather in this dark lonely world…

James A. Harrison

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Filed Under: Balanced Life Ministry, Church Assistance, Daily Growth, Divorce & Broken Homes, Marriage, Raising Children, Spiritual Growth

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