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How Is Your Vision?

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There are two different types of blindness one being physical and the other being spiritual. Physical blindness is easy to recognize due to the outward signs that are shown but recognizing spiritual blindness requires maturity in the Word of God to recognize what is actually taking place.  There are two different confirmations that take place within spiritual sight one being verbal and the other being in the signs.

Spiritual signs normally start in a small way but over time they can magnify in ways that one can not miss. The object is to recognize the spiritual signs and learn to seek God for the direction in moving forward. For there is nothing that we can do in the physical to hold something together in the spiritual but when we learn to allow God to hold things together in the spiritual is when we will find the unity of love within the physical…

Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate…Mark 10:9

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Are You Too Blind To See?

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  In Numbers 22 we learn many different lessons that are to be applied to our lives today but too many times we allow Satan to spiritually blind us because we can’t look past the donkey to see how God is speaking to you and me. Have you ever considered the lesson with the donkey and how he tried to warn his friend indirectly without wanting to warn him directly? Why is it that we often miss the indirect lessons and we have to be told something directly before we open up our eyes and ears to the Truth? Do you think that is is due to our own lack of understanding in how God speaks and is in control? Or, do you think that it is because we don’t want to hear the Truth due to exposure that it brings in the light?

  It is easy to allow ourselves to get built up on our academics, awards, traditions or our good living and forget how God often uses something we that we would never expect to expose our hidden sin. The Lord loves His children and all that He wants is for His children to live a holy life and then to come home. For the Lord says,” Blessed are those that obey my commands for they will surely enter into the gates of the Eternal Kingdom.”

 Don’t allow your stubborness or your rebellion to blind you from the indirect lessons of God that take place every single day. For who would not rather take an indirect lesson verses a direct lesson from the hand of the Father? So, the next time you encounter a donkey it would be wise to listen without allowing your hearing to be out of tune simply because of what you see in forgetting how God’s Word teaches us to believe…amen

The object is to have the eyes and ears open to the signs! But too many times we are blind due to what we think that we see....

James a. Harrison

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Pass The Baton In Due Season

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 Did you know that if we become stubborn that it can be disobedience to God and that our stubbornness will not only affect our lives but the lives of others? Many generations have mistaken stubbornness with obedience because they simply do not understand how to trust in God so they place their trust in man.  Out of fear many leaders have become stubborn and forgotten how to recognize how the Lord works through the people and when we miss this is when He often will work through nature in ways to get our attention.

 Have you ever witnessed a manager or owner of a company that held on to their position for too long and it sucked the life out of the environment? Have you ever been in a position where you had something to add but you were not allowed the chance to do so due to the insecurities of your superior? If we don’t learn how to pass the baton and work together then don’t be surprised when the foundation begins to lose its footing.

 Persistence is good when we know the motives but stubbornness is usually self centered and leads toward rebellion. When you rid yourself of stubbornness and begin to trust God for the outcome you may be surprised in the blessings that God has right before you. Don’t allow Satan to spiritually misguide you in stubbornness and learn to be alert to what God is doing all around you. For the last thing any loving Christian should want is to see the life being sucked out of the game because someone was too stubborn to pass the baton in due season…Amen

James A. Harrison

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Don’t Be Blind Sided…

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 Spiritual pride blinds us to our own faults and magnifies the faults of others. Be careful not to allow Satan to spiritually deceive you and become proud of your salvation. Instead, humbly thank God for what He has done and always encourage others who might be struggling  in their faith.

 There is always something to learn and apply due to the natural progression that God has put in place. By staying humble and alert this allows God to transform who we are into who He wants us to be when we learn to look within ourselves instead of focusing on others….

James A. Harrison

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Don’t Be Left Behind…

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 Sometimes in life when we seem to continue the same circles it is necessary to stop and evaluate why we are not moving forward to keep us from being left behind. In our human nature we can become blind when we get stuck in our ways and allow ourselves to be content in where we are. This happens in our relationships, in our careers and unfortunately it can happen in the church.

 So many times we allow our fears of change to rob us of the blessings of God due to our lack of trusting Him so we try to control things ourselves. This very lesson is what God teaches us with the Israelites when they allowed their fears to keep them in the wilderness for forty years. During this time period of allowing their own fears to hold them back they faced many test which caused them to complain and eventually die off before the next generation went forward.

 Have you ever considered how God’s creation is constantly changing but at a pace that we often miss? Change is something that comes gradual for us to adapt and when we fail to listen change can come at once to Wake Up those of us up that have fallen asleep. Don’t miss what is being said here in this message because God always gives us signs of what is to come if we will only stop to listen…Amen

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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