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Faith In The Wilderness…

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 Having faith to reach a goal is all about believing in the direction that God has given. As Joshua might not have been mature enough to take on the leadership roll he believed in our Heavenly Father making the Way. An interesting part about this was that Moses was in leadership and I believe we all would agree that he had faith but when Moses saw that the people were not ready he did not try to talk the people into going forward.

 Moses simply recognized the situation and trusted God for the direction of his steps. On the other hand Joshua was spiritually ready but it was during the 40 year travel in the wilderness where Joshua matured into the man that God wanted him to be. Like Joshua, sometimes when we think we are ready we might not be because God has something else instore that we might not see.

 The object is to never lose hope in the wilderness while allowing God to mold us into who He wants us to be…Amen

James A. Harrison

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Balancing Our Life…

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 Have you ever considered the necessity of self discipline in order to maintain what God has given? As a child of God we often fail when we do not know how to apply the Word of God to our lives and allow God to direct our steps. Have you ever experienced something in your life that sounded good at first but turned out to be a burden later or have you ever felt pulled in so many different directions that you lost your way?

 Learning to balance our lives requires self discipline without being driven by our emotions. Before we can even begin to balance we first must know how to stand and understand the principles of balance while keeping our eyes focused on where we are going. Don’t ever allow Satan to bring confusion in your life about dicounting the importance of balance because balance does not mean we are to sit still but we are to insure the steps that we take.

 There is a time to run. A time to walk. A time to skip and a time to rest. As there is a time to work. A time to play. A time to stop. A time to plan and a time to move again. Learning to balance our lives was taught through the life of Jesus by teaching us to have no fears of a fall and the importance of walking the line. If we don’t know how to stand then how will we ever learn to walk and if we don’t know how to walk then how does this show up in our talk? For there is a line to follow but if we don’t have self control then how can we ever expect to reach the other side?

 “And the Lord said unto me, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, a plumbline. Then said the Lord, Behold, I will set a plumbline in the midst of my people Israel.” Amos 7:8

James A. Harrison

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Test Of Faith…

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 Have you ever heard someone describe faith as sitting in a chair without any doubt of it holding you up? Many people use this example in teaching faith.  It is a good analogy but lets take it a little deeper in the well of the Lord. If we look upon that chair while knowing it will hold up our weight then what happens when more pressures or weight is added to the seat? What happens if we do not know how to balance the weights through proper distribution and the weight becomes too heavy in particular spot?

 If we were to look at our lives as a chair we would find that unless we are sitting on the rock of Jesus that our seats will fold under the pressures of this world. The question that we all should be asking is who or what is holding us up? For if we are relying on money or people then what are we going to do when neither of them are around?  

Here is an awesome song by Kutless titled  What Faith Can Do and I pray that it encourages your faith to carry on….amen

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. Proverbs 3:5

 James A. Harrison

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Right Your Wrongs…

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   Have you ever faced a decision or a situation when you knew what the right thing to do was but you chose to do different? Can you recall the weight of conviction after your wrong actions? Those who have been born again are seized by deep conviction when they sin. If they do not repent they are always “spanked” by God for it. Is this true in your life? Have you ever been spanked? Are you under conviction now? Do you pass the family test?

 Way too many times we allow our pride to miss the blessings of the Lord due to simply not taking responsibility for our wrong actions. As any loving parent speaking to their child it starts as a gentle voice then elevates from there as the child continues to disobey. The object is to recognize the Voice of Truth in our spirit without allowing the conviction to become so heavy that we become blind to what God is trying to teach us. This is where Satan loves to get us spiritually because the deeper we fall the harder it is to pick ourselves back up.

  It is my sincere prayer that if you are living under conviction for unrepentant sin that you will step up to the plate to bring what is right out of your wrongs. What matters most, how you look before man or how you look before God? Maybe you are simply under conviction for not attending fellowship or not obeying God’s Word. If so, I pray that you will step up to the plate and learn to face the truth in order to allow the love of Jesus to set you free…Amen
 
Therefore, to him who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin…James 4:17

 Please enjoy this song Voice Of Truth to start your life on the right path..

James A. Harrison

Take A Look At Yourself…

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 If you were to take a picture of yourself and it displayed your every hearts desire along with the thoughts that are repeated in your mind would it be a picture that you wouldn’t mind being seen or would it be a picture that would be considered to be unclean? It is very easy in our human nature to recognize the faults in others but what good is this if we can’t see our own?

 Too many times we try to help someone else when we are the very ones that need the help ourselves. Why do we do this you may ask? We do this to cover up our own hurts or sins in order to give us a sense of something good to cover up something that is bad. You can relate this to a digitally enhanced picture because the picture that was taken is no longer real but turned into a fake.

 If there is something within your picture that needs to be addressed don’t try to delete it or cover it up! Learn to be open and honest through your communication in order to properly receive the healing that needs to take place. For when we learn to put our trust in the Lord and expose ourselves for who we really are is when the Lord will show us the Way…

James A. Harrison

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Spiritual Revelations

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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