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Allow God To Direct Your Steps…

April 29, 2011 by admin Leave a Comment

  One of the most important things to learn when making a step of faith is timing. There are 3 vital parts to learn about acting in faith . One having an understanding in the Word of God. Two having discernment between what is of God and what is of our emotions. Three is having the eyes to see and the ears to hear in when God says to move without fear.

 Without an understanding in the Word of God we are dangerous due to not knowing how to trust in the Lord. Spiritually satan wants us to move before we are ready and sometimes when we are ready he will entice us to move in thinking that we can change the people. This is where so many leaders with vision lose their Way because we fail to recognize the maturity of others in being spiritually ready for the decisions that are made to carry us forward.

 Making decisions that carry us forward are critical to apply our faith and to have maturity in the Word of God. For decisions that are made on our emotions or out of deception due to not knowing how God is the One who brings it all together will bring hardships upon our lives. This does not mean that we are to ever give up or lose hope but we are to learn during these times while honoring our word.

 1 Thessalonians 5:21 tells us to test all things and to hold on to what is good but if we don’t have discernment between good and evil then how can we honestly ever know how to hold on? Be wise in your decisions and seek Godly council before you move. For a decision that is blessed by God is a decision that will carry us forward..Amen    

 James A. Harrison

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Faith During The Storm…

April 28, 2011 by admin Leave a Comment

 Storms come and go in our life and some storms have life changing affects. We might not always know why the storms come while some happen because we bring them upon ourselves. It is during the storms of our life that we can easily see our maturity in Christ based upon how we stand. Through every storm when we learn to lift up our hands to God is when He will show us the Way.

 Storms can help us to strengthen our faith and they are to remind us of who is in control. Spiritually Satan wants us to focus on the storm where Jesus tells us to stay focused on what is on the other side. It is our place to walk in faith without fear or without arguing or complaining while simply trusting in God to bring us through.

 Please join me in prayer that God will give strength to every family that has suffered a loss and that this country will open up their eyes to the Truth. It is when we don’t learn during the storms of our life that they tend to come back again and may God have mercy on this nation once again to show His Mighty Glory…Amen

 This song by Casting Crowns titled Praise You In The Storm helped my wife and I through our tornadoes in life. May it help some of you as it has helped us… 

James A. Harrison

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                        Psalm 23

 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he Leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.

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Faith In The Wilderness…

April 27, 2011 by admin 1 Comment

 Having faith to reach a goal is all about believing in the direction that God has given. As Joshua might not have been mature enough to take on the leadership roll he believed in our Heavenly Father making the Way. An interesting part about this was that Moses was in leadership and I believe we all would agree that he had faith but when Moses saw that the people were not ready he did not try to talk the people into going forward.

 Moses simply recognized the situation and trusted God for the direction of his steps. On the other hand Joshua was spiritually ready but it was during the 40 year travel in the wilderness where Joshua matured into the man that God wanted him to be. Like Joshua, sometimes when we think we are ready we might not be because God has something else instore that we might not see.

 The object is to never lose hope in the wilderness while allowing God to mold us into who He wants us to be…Amen

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Test Of Faith…

April 25, 2011 by admin 2 Comments

 Have you ever heard someone describe faith as sitting in a chair without any doubt of it holding you up? Many people use this example in teaching faith.  It is a good analogy but lets take it a little deeper in the well of the Lord. If we look upon that chair while knowing it will hold up our weight then what happens when more pressures or weight is added to the seat? What happens if we do not know how to balance the weights through proper distribution and the weight becomes too heavy in particular spot?

 If we were to look at our lives as a chair we would find that unless we are sitting on the rock of Jesus that our seats will fold under the pressures of this world. The question that we all should be asking is who or what is holding us up? For if we are relying on money or people then what are we going to do when neither of them are around?  

Here is an awesome song by Kutless titled  What Faith Can Do and I pray that it encourages your faith to carry on….amen

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. Proverbs 3:5

 James A. Harrison

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Beth Hamilton ‘Soul Surfer’

April 24, 2011 by admin Leave a Comment

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Marriage is like riding a wave. Some individuals become anxious and fail to wait on the right one.

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Moving Forward At The Outpost…

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The Lord recently led me from my daily writings at BLM, to living it out in faith, at a little place on the edge of the TN River called The Outpost located in Pickwick, TN.

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