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The Depth Of God In Life

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 When people judge by outward appearance they often miss what God has put in their path. Our society tends to admire people for what they have on the outside instead of taking the time to hear what is on the inside. Appearance doesn’t reveal what people are really like or what their true value is. Fortunately, God judges us by our faith and character and not for our outward appearance. Many people spend hours and even thousands of dollars maintaining their outward appearance because they don’t want others to really see what they are missing or how they are hurting within their heart. So, they tend to look everywhere else for what they already have and they tend to put confidence in man instead of learning to just trust in the Lord.

 I’ll never forget speaking to a friend of mine once when he was so excited about purchasing a house that he had found. All he talked about was how he would feel and look when he drove into that community. He said he just could’t wait to drive his car in the garage and then shut the door. I then laughed at him and said,” What are you going to do once you get the home and you can’t afford the furniture to fill the inside?”  He then said,”It did not matter because he would just like the feeling of pulling into the home and what others would think when they saw him in the subdivision.” Fortunately, I was able to talk some sense into him and he backed off of that particular home.

 When we are not right with God we tend to focus on our outward appearance instead of understanding the importance of being content with who we really are. For what good is something on the outside if we don’t have what it takes on the inside? I challenge you to develop what God has given you and learn how to maximize your inner character to please God instead of man.

Until we learn to understand who we are under God then we will never be happy with anything else…amen       

 James Harrison / Servant

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God Has Placed A Diamond Within You

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 I once heard a story of a man who owned acres of land with running brooks and rolling hills. He decided one day to sell his land and move away to search  for diamonds in other locations. The couple that purchased his property was walking one day over their land next to the creek when they saw something that caught their eye. As they reached down to pick it up they noticed the sparkle that it carried and was fascinated to the point that they brought the rock into their home and placed it on their mantle.

 It was a rather large rock with blemishes and even scratches on the surface but the part that caught their eye was not what they saw on the outside but what they could see sparkling on the inside. For there was something about this rock that caught their attention but until they actually took the time to pick it up and study its configuration this rock still remained just an interesting piece on their mantle.

 One day when a guest was visiting their home this rock caught  his attention also. As he picked it up and studied the rock he began to polish the stone and help chip off some of the things that were attached on the outside that obstructed the view of what was on  the inside. This man had an eye that could recognize what type of sparkle that he was holding in his hands and when he was done polishing the stone to their surprise this stone was a diamond in the rough that went on to be one of the largest diamonds on record.  

  Isn’t this how life is? It is in our human nature to look everywhere else and even give up on what we have just as the original landowner did in this story who sold his land to go search for something that he already had. There are so many lessons in this story that we can apply to our lives and until we learn how to look for what God has placed right before us and within us how can we honestly expect to find it somewhere else?

  God has placed treasures all around us and it is very easy to overlook something because of what we see on the outside but it is vital that we learn how to look for what God has given on the inside. In the book of 1 Samuel 16 the Lord said, “For the Lord does not see as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance but the Lord looks at the heart.”   

 So many times we fail to search what God has given us just as the farmer and we miss out on the blessings that can be received. Every single individual has a diamond in the rough but it requires attention, time, study, and even polishing with the gentle touch of love that will make it shine beyond mankind. Sometimes things even have to be chipped away because of how they are attached but once this is done in love you will find that it was for its own good. Once we discover the jewel that we carry we must maintain what we have been given by applying the Word of God to our lives daily to increase our values in life as we learn to walk with Jesus Christ.

We never know what we have until we actually take the time to look within ourselves in the Word of God to discover the jewels that we carry and the treasures of love that fills our hearts and souls…amen

James Harrison / Servant

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By Faith God Restores Our Lives

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 By faith many marriages have been healed. By faith many that have faced difficult times made it through. By faith our families can be restored and by faith our nation can overcome! No matter how bad things may seem we are to never lose hope in our circumstances because we never know what God has in store. He allows us to fall to teach us who picks us up and to make sure that we stay humble in the future.

 All it takes is one man of true faith and God will work wonders to help uplift His children. If we sit around with little hope in our voice then how can we honestly expect the moral of those around us to be? I don’t know about you feel but my God is an All Powerful God that gives Mercy in His Grace and nothing is over until He says it is over! So, until that day we go home we should be doing everything we can to teach our children how to never give up or lose hope no matter what they face to show how God delivers us from this place.  

 Life is not about us. It is about serving God’s purpose and what we leave behind to help someone in their future…amen

James Harrison / Servant

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Grab Hold Of The Power Of God

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 In today’s society many have fallen weak in faith like Gideon in the book of Judges and forgotten the power which our Father in Heaven has given to each of us to overcome our issues in life. God has given each one of us the power in the Holy Spirit to overcome whatever trial that we may face but we must learn how to trust and strengthen our faith to insure a safe landing. We all have to face things in life  that we do not understand but when these times may occur it is not for us to sit around and drown in our pity. We should be seeking God for what it is that He wants in our life rather than what we would prefer and this is where many struggles come our way because we seek our desires instead of what God wants in our life.

 Life is filled with challenges that help build us wiser and stronger for our future. It is what we do in these times that sets an example to others and teaches our children how to trust God rather than losing hope in our circumstances. As Gideon, the Lord wants us to learn where the true power comes from because He knows what will happen when we think that we have accomplished something on our own. I challenge you today to strengthen your faith and learn to seek the power of God that dwells within you to overcome anything that may be holding you back from sharing the love that you carry…amen

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

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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