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Look For What God Wants In Your Life

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 Often we think that events just happen to us when we don’t understand the Word of God. The Lord uses common occurences to lead us where He wants and it is important for us to evaluate all situations as potential divine appointments that are designed to help shape our lives. Both our good and bad circumstances alike help build certain qualities in us that not only make us stronger and wiser but they lead us to serve God in new areas that we may never expect.

 One of the most beautiful things in life is when we begin to connect the dots as we mature to see what God has taught us and how He has brought us forward. We all face difficult times in life and go through things that we don’t understand but when we begin to look for what God wants in our life verses what we may desire then we are on the way to a new beginning.

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Do You Know How To Walk With Jesus

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 Did you know that from the day we were born as Christians that we entered a relay race that has already been won? The unfortunate side of this race is how we in our youth try to run too fast instead of learning to pace ourselves to make it to the end. Then as we get older we tend to lay down on the track while snarling at the ones that come by. The other sad part of this race is how so many get lost and how we even tend to forget what Jesus did for each of us on the cross.   

 As we walk in life God gives us our direction and the lanes that we are to follow. It is our job to be an example in the life that we have been given to teach our children how to receive the paton in the Word of God for them to one day walk on their own and then to pass it on to their children in the future. Life is not just a walk in the park because we all have a purpose to help others along the Way. Things happen in life for reasons that we can’t explain but all that matters in the end is that we have allowed Jesus to be our saviour and our friend…amen

 Always remember the start is important but the finish is even more crucial…  

James Harrison / Servant

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God Confirms His Word In Nature

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 Have you ever noticed geese flying in the air? They fly in a formation to decrease the wind resistance to the ones that follow and this allows the other geese to maintain their strength for when they move to the front. The beautiful part of what they understand better than we is how they rotate the ones in the lead. When one gets tired he steps to the back and allows another to step to the front while never losing their direction within the flock. Not one of the geese fight for their position nor do they become jealous of the one in the lead. They just learn how to work together to reach their destination.

 God guides us in the Holy Spirit and it is our job to learn how to fly together to reach our destination. But where we differ from the geese is how often we allow the distractions in the world to throw us off coarse and how we tend to fight for our position instead of allowing God to move us from one place to the next. The object in this life is to learn how to listen and then Jesus will teach us how to follow. 

 Another Beautiful part of geese is how they never leave their mate. Once in love always in love to the end…amen

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How To Fly Your Plane

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 Love suffers when we don’t speak the truth, and allows Satan to suppress the love that we carry. It is in our human nature of a loving individual to not want to hurt someone else’s feelings but when we don’t share with others what we know in our hearts to be true then we are only allowing Satan to rob us of the seeds that need to be planted. Not only are we allowing Satan to supress us but we are also allowing Satan to rob the other party of the nutrients that helps us to mature. 

 The object in speaking the truth is learning how to recognize the timing of when to approach and how to deliver the message in love so that it is received. For if we try to land too soon the plane or the passengers may not be ready for the impact and if we wait too long we could up short in the landing. It is very easy in our human nature to be misled by Satan in our emotions and act before we think and this often causes turbulence in the air.

 To insure a safe landing we first must know the plane that we are on and have faith in those that are not only flying it but having faith in those that built it.  Second, we must know that it has been properly maintained to insure that it will reach our destination. Because what good is a plane if it falls apart in the first storm that it encounters or if the ones that are in charge don’t know how to react when the winds may take them off coarse?

 If the pilot does not consider the passengers in the landing can you see how some could hit the floor when they might be not be prepared for the sudden jolt. This same aproach is required when we learn to share the truth with those that we love. I challenge you today to study the runway before you try to land and if it takes years to make your approach just commit yourself in your flight and make sure that you maintain your fuel in the Word of God to insure that it is delivered in the love of Jesus Christ . Another important part of flying your plane is to always be alert for that timing of God to land your message.

 For if the timing is not right then learn to make another approach and be prepared for the opportunity to land…   

James Harrison / Servant

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Seek God For Courage & Strength

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 God gives us courage and boldness to speak the Truth and it is up to us to recognize the proper timing to act in love rather than acting out in our emotions. This is one of the most difficult stages of spiritual development in waiting on God for the right timing and not allowing the people or our circumstances to drive our actions.  Moses would confirm this message if he was here today because after 40 years of leading the people and putting up with all their lack of obedience he even acted out in his emotions when he struck the rock instead of obeying God and speaking to the rock.

 No matter who we are we all face confrontation from time to time but it is vital to recall God’s Word in these times to insure that we don’t do more harm than we do good. A kind word calms an evil spirit and God will give us the courage to stand for what is right. Evil can only stand so long before it will fall because the love of Jesus will conquer all…amen

 It is very wise to not tell what you know until God prepares the people to listen. 

 James Harrison/Servant

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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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