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Today many people try to justify their wrong actions by outward signs of success. They think that wealth, popularity or lack of suffering is an indication that evil and earthly success can go hand in hand. Success doesn’t indicate God’s approval. Don’t allow personal success to become a measuring rod of whether or not you are pleasing God.
This lesson is taught in 2 Kings 14 for those of you that are seeking confirmation in God’s Word….
James A. Harrison
Some people invest all their energy in pursuit of money, success, possessions or a career. If these idols were taken away only an empty shell would be found. The only way to protect yourself against such loss is to invest your life in the living God whom you can never lose. The Lord teaches us to help others and when we help someone else in true love then we are investing back in the Kingdom of God.
Have you considered your investment in the Kingdom or are you too busy trying to hang on to what you temporarily have here on Earth? Don’t allow Satan to spiritually misguide you in greed or in chasing false idols because in the end you will find that your life was empty and without purpose. There is nothing more inspiring than to discover your purpose in life through the love of Jesus Christ and serving within the Kingdom of God. If your life seems empty and void then seek God’s Word for your life to take shape in truly discovering who you are as a child of God.
James A. Harrison
If you were to look at your life as a piece of art how much depth would you see in your picture? If you were to paint that picture would it include a helping hand in serving the poor or the hurting? Or, would itonly consist of the things that you temporarily have in a self serving picture that produces no fruit in the depth of your life? What good is life with only self serving fruit?
Life is not about trying to paint a picture by only using certain colors and leaving the others out. For if you can’t learn how to use everything you have and blend them in love then your talents are being restricted. My plea to you is to not allow Satan to spiritually restrict your picture and cause you to want to delete the imperfections due to the extra work it is going to take. Learn how to spend time in love in those areas that need to be addressed and watch what will take place.
James A. Harrison
There are two typesof words with alot of others in the middle. The pendulum of words are either fed from Heaven or from hell. We are in the middle of the pendulum and if our words only serve self then we might as well say we are serving Satan. Think about it! When you tell someone you love them do you really mean it? In 1 Corinthians 13 it says,”Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.
It is easy to say words but as Jesus teaches us our actions show who we are. Do your words have depth and meaning or are they shallow and easily cracked? Words are very powerful and can paint a picture? The objective is to recognize the spiritual artist that is guiding your actions. For if the picture has life then it is being driven by God but if the art is self serving then it is being driven by Satan.
So, the next time you speak and the next time you do a self evaluation recognize your spiritual driver in order to insure that your picture adds something positive to life. For what good is life if we are just a zero without something to add and especially if we are doing something negative that will take away?
James A. Harrison
Have you ever had an inner passion to drive you but along the way others only continued to discourage you due to their own lack of belief in the power of God? Have you ever been in a home where your own relatives beat you down when you were only trying to stand up for what was right in the love of God? Have you ever been under a teacher in school who told you could not make it because you were not good enough? Have you ever had someone to count you out or look down upon you due to your background or your lack of worldly education? Has anyone ever discredited you due to your weak financial state? Or, have you ever simply felt inadequate due to your weak relationship with the Lord?
There is no worse feeling than to have a passion that you know has been given by God and for it to be constantly stepped on due to man. This morning the Lord has placed on my heart to tell you this,”It does not matter where you have been or how many times you have fallen! All that matters is that you keep on picking yourself up and wiping the dust from your feet while seeking God to show you the Way!”
For the Lord says;
Jeremiah 32:27,” I am the LORD, the God of all mankind. Is anything too hard for me? Zechariah 8:6 this is what the LORD Almighty says: “It may seem marvelous to the remnant of this people at that time, but will it seem marvelous to me?” declares the LORD Almighty. And in Matthew 19:26,”But Jesus beheld [them], and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.”
Never allow the world to discourage you or rob you of your inner passion and feel as if you can never reach your goals! The world is a rough sea but when you learn to trust in God and simply believe then He will send that fish that will help you reach the other side. I don’t care how dark your life may seem or how weak you may feel place your Trust In The Lord For He Is REAL!!!!
James A. Harrison
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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