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What Is Your Legacy?

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No matter our position in life we are to be an example to others through the love of Jesus Christ. Believe it or not, people look at us everyday how we walk,  how we talk, how we serve, and how we act. Our children learn from our lives by the way we carry ourselves but far too often we neglect how our lives have an impact on others by only thinking about ourselves.

Our children are often a reflection of who we are and if we truly want something better for them then we need to lead by example in everything we do. This applies to every aspect of life from our careers, to our homes, and especially in the church. It is not right by God to act one way in front of some but then act totally different in front of others. Life is about being REAL in everything we do and if we can’t be who we are under God then what type of example is this teaching to those that may be looking up to us?

For what good is life if we can’t pass on what has been shared and given to us? Life is not about selfish survival it is about maturing in the Word of God to help others along the Way. I challenge you today to pay more attention to the person you are under God and recognize the fact that the best legacy we can ever leave behind is how we have loved others as Jesus Christ loved us…amen

James A. Harrison

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Look To God For He Is The Artist

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  As an adult teaching a child how to draw we often start them out by connecting the dots of a picture. In these first stages of a young child that does not know how to look beyond what they see it is our place as a parent to teach our children how to develop the image in their mind and then how to believe. Exercising our minds requires effort and discernment to figure out the picture that we have before us. Then once we see the picture it is our place to help God’s children do the same while we learn to add value between the lines.

 Have you ever thought you saw one thing but then as you continued on you began to see something totally different than what you thought at first? Did you look back and recognize all the wasted energy and time that was spent in the picture that you tried to develop in your own mind? Too many times we allow our human nature or Satan to develop a wrong picture due to focusing on what we see and forgetting how God teaches us to look forward and how to believe.  

 Life can be very stimulating when we learn how to connect the dots through listening and applying God’s Word to what we hear and to what we see. Don’t get caught up in the spiritual confusion of human intellect that can cause someone to simply forget how to connect the dots in God’s living art. There is only one true artist in Heaven above and He is the Creator of this living picture in life. He paints with love through His Son Jesus Christ which touches our lives and fills our souls…Amen

James A. Harrison

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Real Love Or Superficial

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 If you were to look within the way you express your love how deep would your love go? The Word of God instructs us to clothe ourselves in love and it will bond us together in harmony with Christ giving us peace in our hearts. Think about the word clothe in this cold world that it is. Have you ever felt the difference in a fresh towel right of the dryer as you stepped out of the shower? Could you feel the warmth to your bones?

 The real love of God does not only warm us on the outside but it penetrates to the inside. As a true Christian our love should be felt by others and reflected in our words and actions with respect for the other individual. If someone says that they have love but show no respect in return then their love is either very shallow or sadly superficial.

 Jesus taught us how to love and Gods Word instructs us to love thy neighbor as thyself. So with this said, I challenge you to think about the way that you express your love with others to insure that your words and actions can be felt from the warmth of God in your heart. We all tend to get in a rush in this busy world but it is wise to maintain your balance in the love of Jesus to insure that you don’t miss the step…Amen

James A. Harrison

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Could This Be THE Hour?

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 How often do you think of the day that Christ will return? Does it cross your mind only when someone brings it to your attention or do you keep it in front of your daily thoughts in order to be prepared in your walk? If God was to call you home this very instant would you be prepared and ready to go? Or, would you be like the rich man in Luke 17 who pleaded with the Lord to at least warn his family and friends?

 It is important to recall that life will be going as usual on the day that Jesus returns and that no warning will sound. Most people will be going about their everyday life living for themselves rather than following the will of God. We don’t know the time nor the hour of Christ return but we do know that He coming. He may come today, tomorrow, or centuries in the future but whenever Christ comes we must be morally and spiritually ready.

 Everyday that God gives us is another day to live for Him as the caretakers of what He has given in our homes, in our relationships and in our careers in order to further the Kingdom of God through our children of tomorrow. I challenge you to look at  your life on a daily basis to insure that you are morally and spiritually ready to go home. For the last thing that any of us should ever want is to be called when we are not prepared. Are you ready? How about those that God has placed all around you. Are they ready? It sure would be sad to go home and then realize that the very ones we loved were left behind…amen

James Harrison

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Don’t Allow Satan To Hold You Down

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 Yesterday, there was a lesson shared from Luke 10 on the Good Samaritan that helped someone that had been pushed aside by the very ones who claimed to follow the Word of God. This Jewish man that was in the ditch had been robbed by thieves as he traveled from one destination to the next. Who do you think was spiritually guiding the thieves to hurt this man that deserved no harm? Who do you think caused the ones to walk on by because they failed to hear another child’s cry?

 There is another way to see this message when we look at it in the spiritual eyes of Christ. The man that was traveling was a child of God that Satan set out to destroy. This man can be compared to a woman that has been raped and robbed of her dignity. This man can be compared to a child of God that that has been preyed upon in molestation in order to rob them of their self esteem. This man can be compared to the poor that has been robbed by the rich in order to keep him down due to someone else’s greed, and this man can be compared to someone in the church family that is crying out in their needs while the church neglects their duties of serving the people instead of worrying about where they are going next.

 Many of us have experienced pains in our life and some of us have fallen into the ditch at times but all that matters is how we pick ourselves back up again to return to the path that God has given. I challenge you today to not allow Satan to spiritually hold you down anymore in your mind or through others that are trying to rob you of who you are as a child of God!

 If you are in a ditch STAND UP and dust yourself off with your hands in the air in just thinking God for how you have been spared! Recognize those that are trying to hold you down and learn to love them to show who you are in Christ to help others along the Way…amen

James 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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