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God Is Our Refuge…

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 It is very easy to entrust our lives to other things like money, our careers, our friends, our leaders or even our parents but until we recognize that God is our refuge and our only true security our lives are destined for a fall. Our only true refuge is in our eternal God who always holds out His arms to catch us when the shaky supports that we trust in this world collapse and often cause us to fall.

 No storm can destroy us when we take refuge in our living God! Those without Him must be forever cautious because all it takes is one mistake to wipe them out. Living for God in this world may look like risky business but it is the godless who are on shaky ground. With God as our refuge we can dare to be bold and overlook the waves that we see to discover the peace of God that we so need. I challenge you today to learn to trust in God for your needs for He is the only one who is there when everything else is gone…amen

James Harrison / Servant

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Believe In God’s Promise…

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 It is very easy to just go through the day in our normal routines of life and overlook how God is working all around us. Often we cry out to God our Father in Heaven asking Him for our direction or for help to get through our issues in life but we miss the boat because of the waves that we see. Then we become stuck in our storms or circumstances in life because we forget how God is in control and we can’t see how He is directing our path to be a positive example for our childrens future.

 We by nature tend to except our circumstances rather than trusting God to deliver us from our hardships in life and this often robs us of the Promise which God has given in His Word. As a child of God we all know when something is simply just not right and until we learn to speak the Truth how can we honestly expect something to get better?   

 Until we truly commit ourselves to make a positive difference we will only continue to sit on the banks of the river and just dream of what it must be like on the other side. I challenge you today to seek God for your strength and trust in Him for the courage you need to succeed..amen

James Harrison / Servant

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How To Avoid Division & Divorce…

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 It is very easy to speak out against what we see, but in true love that is directed by God we are to stand in faith while sharing the love of Jesus Christ. God shows us what is not right by Him in others to help shape us into who He wants us to be.

 As we mature and learn to trust in God it is our duty as a true Christian to stand fast in love with patience for God to correct what needs to be corrected. It is when we take matters into our own hands that we can cause a division in our relationships to the point that they cause anger and even divorce. Rather than focusing on what is negative in the picture we should be looking for the positives to help us learn to overcome the negatives.

  Many divisions in the church and in our homes have developed from a lack of understanding the true meaning of a commitment  under God that teaches us to work together through our trials to build something stronger for our children’s future. What are we teaching our children when we don’t work together and when all we do is point out what is wrong in others?

 In order for our children to understand a commitment under God we must be an example in our commitments to properly teach them how to work through the hard times to reach the good times. By separating ourselves and blaming one another for our shortcomings it only teaches our children to place blame on someone else rather than taking responsibility for their own actions.

 Real change comes when we commit ourselves in prayer for God to bring things together rather than trying to fix it ourselves. So many times we get in the way because we interfere with how God is working to correct what we see. It should be our goal to work on ourselves and allow the light that we carry to help someone else to see the proper way to believe.  Rather than taking matters into your own hands and possibly causing a division or even a divorce learn to trust in God while communicating in the love of Jesus Christ. It doesn’t matter where we go or who we meet there is always something that can be done but it is our place to focus on the positives rather speaking out on the negatives…amen    

James Harrison / Servant

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God’s Word Motivates Us To Succeed…

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 It is very easy for us in life to become lost in the wilderness and travel in circles to the point that we accept where we are instead of looking of how we could be being held back. God has given each of us a promise of love and peace that comes when we learn to seek His will instead of our own. Many times we lose sight of this because we lose our drive when we take our eyes off of God and place them on what we see.

 It is easy to complain about our circumstances if we are not doing something to make them better and often we become lost in the wilderness because we forget how to rely on God instead of man. Until we learn to accept and understand who we are under God then we can never be truly happy with ourselves or much less with someone else. I challenge you today to look beyond what you see to hear what needs to be heard and be happy for what God has brought you through for others to see how Jesus has delivered you…amen

James Harrison / Servant

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God Is Worth Our Time…

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 It is tempting to shape God to our liking and to make His Word convenient to obey or ignore. Many people treat God as a stranger on the street with little time to even acknowledge Him daily, but then they cry out for mercy when trials come their way. Often struggles come our way when we seek a path of our own rather than looking for the direction which God provides.  

 Without God in our lives daily our walk has little purpose and can become very lonely without His direction. The Lord gives each of us special talents to help one another in many different ways but so often we get stuck in the wilderness because we try to serve ourselves rather than properly serving God. Being a Christian does not mean to only obey God when it is convenient nor does it give us the liberty to ignore God’s instruction. The Lord wants us to live a happy and fulfilled life that will help inspire others to do the same while always seeking His direction that guides the steps that we take.

 I challenge you today to seek God for your purpose and begin to look for how He is guiding your life through the love of Jesus Christ. Don’t treat God as that stranger on the street because He could be testing you in the next person you meet…amen

James Harrison / Servant

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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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