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A United Purpose…

October 25, 2011 by admin Leave a Comment

If you recall the message from yesterday titled “The Hand Of Time” there was an analogy made of the gears within a clock. This morning to broaden our view it is important to recognize that the overall motion of time never stops moving ahead. It might appear that we get stuck at times or travel in circles but it is during these times that we should be seeking to learn within the season that we are in.

Think about it like this: Each individual is a gear and every home represents a single wrist watch that is to be ran in love. Now each family of God that joins together in a church can be compared to the formation of a clock. As the individual watches learn to unite as one we can recognize the formation of the hand.  All around the world there are individual gears that help to make up the overall watch and could you imagine if we were all in sink? These watches that are all around the world which represent the body of Christ are only bigger gears which construct a larger clock in the hand of time. The object is for each gear not to fight for position but to serve as one under Jesus Christ to lead the Way.

Learning to expand and function within the body of Christ can bring growing pains at times due to our human flesh but it is during these times that we can often witness the hand of God at work as we place our trust in Him. Another object for us is to continue forward on the path that we are given without doubting the hand of God who shows us the Way. For what good is a watch or a clock that’s hand doesn’t properly function in time? Like any watch sometimes we have to be reset as well in order to recognize and appreciate the time. May you have a blessed day and please join us again tomorrow morning on what keeps the clock ticking…

“Make my joy complete by being of the same mind, maintaining the same love, united in spirit, intent on one purpose.” Philippians 2:2

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The Hand Of Time…

October 24, 2011 by admin Leave a Comment

Learning to trust in God can be an excruciating process without the proper understanding of who is in control. Too many times we interfere with the hand of God at work due to our fleshly emotions or due to allowing others to influence our decisions. God has given us a responsibility to speak the Truth in love and then once it is spoken it is our place to stand upon His Word. This is where many lack understanding and often travel in circles of time. Let’s look at it this way to put it in perspective;

Imagine your life as a gear within a clock or better yet lets say the hand of time. Within this clock there are many moving parts. Some that move fast and some that move slow. Some may turn one way while others turn another. Some are big and some are small but they all have a purpose in time. It does not matter what color they are nor does it matter where they are from. For all that matters is that they understand their direction as they work together in unity and in love without division.

For all it takes is one gear within the clock to not function properly or to have some corrosion and this can affect the hand of time. Within a clock there is grace and love that moves without friction as each gear learns to grow in expansion. With this analogy now imagine being the gear and what would happen if you worked against another gear within the body. What would you expect to witness if you failed to trust another gear that God has placed into position?

The lack of trust of another gear plainly displays our own lack of trust within God. It is wise to recall that Satan’s objective is to enter within the clock as well. It is the evil one’s desire to hold back the promises of God due to his own destiny in time. Learning to walk with God is a process of learning to trust in the Lord deeper and deeper as we take our steps forward. This is where so many miss the boat because they are not willing to step out on the water with Jesus.

God has given us the instruction on how to operate within the clock in order to maintain our forward motion. Please join me again tomorrow morning on how to trust in God and how to handle the issues within the function of the clock without getting lost in the wilderness of time…For a clock that is not balanced always loses track of the season within time….

The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance. 2 Peter 3:9

James A. Harrison

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Follow God…Not Man…

October 21, 2011 by admin Leave a Comment

There is an interesting lesson in Numbers 22 with Balaam and the donkey that is still relevant today when we seek the spiritual meaning in the message of God. Balaam was a man that had a relationship with God and he was approached by Balaks men in order to entice Balaam to come against what God was taking forward. When Balaam was approached by these men he then seeked God for his direction but the Lord plainly told Balaam not to go.

Balaks men then left but only to return to Balaam with more enticement in order to move him from the decision which was already made. The beautiful part about this lesson is how God teaches us that when we come against something of God we better prepare for the road ahead. The road will narrow and sometimes it can come up to a dead end. The object in life is to recognize the road we travel to insure that we reach our eternal destination.

It is my prayer this morning that you are not swayed by the world and that each of you know the path in which you travel. For if your path is drying up and the walls seem to be coming in may I encourage you to seek God for your direction to insure that you have not been misled in order for the river of God to carry you forward. It is when come against something of God that curses will follow as we can witness the decrease of the river because we are traveling the wrong way.

Here is an awesome worship song this morning by Rick Pino called the Narrow Road  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUzXKQb1VG4  I pray that you take the time to stop and listen…

James A. Harrison

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The Heart Of A Champion…

October 19, 2011 by admin Leave a Comment

Have you ever felt the spirit of opposition and allowed it to stop you from something you knew and desired in your heart? Did you ever look around and allow the spirit to oppress you due to your past failures or due to the lack of belief? When God gives us a vision or desire in our heart we should never allow Satan to spiritually discourage or rob us of our purpose in life. Sometimes in order to break through the oppression we have to step out of the box to see the Way.

Throughout time man has set up perimeters to follow and these perimeters are what Jesus often spoke against due to man following tradition instead of listening to the heart. Our God is of order and He teaches to obey authority but He is the one who qualifies man as it is validated in the spirit of others. We never know where God may be working and all it takes is the eyes to see and the ears to hear as we come together in the spirit of God to witness amazing things in His glory.

God tells us in 1 Samuel that He does not see as man sees. For he does not look upon the outside appearance for He looks upon the heart of man. David came out of no where and was the least of his brothers but had the heart of God. If you were to look upon your heart and ask what God may see would you find the heart of a champion or a heart that has grown tired and weary. The Lord can refresh your spirit as you call upon His name and He is often working in places that we never see due to forgetting how to truly believe. This spiritual message paralells the movie Secretariat as God displayed the heart of a stallion that went against all odds to set new records. It took the belief and sacrifice for a family that recognized the heart within one to uplift others….Enjoy this brief movie trailor on Secretariat  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftFMenGAd2A&feature=relmfu to further relate this message….

James A. Harrison

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The Heart Of Our Father…

October 18, 2011 by admin Leave a Comment

It is when tough times come upon us that we often see the true heart of men and women that rise to the occasion to help and serve others. Unfortunately, some have to be put in a corner with no way out but to fight but this fight in this world is not physical for it is spiritual. Throughout the years there have been many movies based on true stories like Secretariat that displayed the heart of a stallion and others like Cinderella Man that displayed the heart of a father during the depression. The spirit that drove Secretariat and Russel Crowe in Cinderella Man is where I want your attention.

For it is the spirit within all living things that gives us life and God speaks to each of us everyday when we learn to look for Him to hear the real message instead of getting stuck only on what we see. Jesus did not come to teach us about what we see He came to show us how to believe. For God may speak in one way to one but He may speak in another way to another. The object is to listen from the heart with our eyes upon God instead of man.

As each of these movies lift our spirits it is obvious in why they are often forgotten due to the attention stopping on the physical instead of staying focused on the spiritual. For when we learn to give all glory to God as we uplift the power in Jesus name it is then that the attention goes to the One that gives eternal life through the love of Jesus Christ. Always be alert in hard times for it is then when we can often find God at work in places we never expected to see.  May I encourage you to watch this movie clip of Cinderella Man to recognize the heart of a father during the depression http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eyr8jTH1YN4 . Never are we to ever give up or lose hope no matter the cost!!! For the price has already been paid and there is Victory in our corner!!!

James A. Harrison

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