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Recognizing The Music Of God…

November 8, 2011 by admin Leave a Comment

Learning how to listen for the music of God within the spirit that is all around us requires us getting out of the way. Too many times we miss the music due to never learning how to play. How might this happen you may ask and the answer is simple. One, many never even pick up the instrument. Two, their doubts of their own abilities keep them from ever touching the cords. Three, then they are too worried of what others might say while they are simply learning how to play.

The object is to learn our note and what we have to add in the spirit of God and not in the flesh of man. Then as we learn to work together in unity toward a common purpose without taking something away from what someone has to add is when we can begin to reach higher levels in the spirit of God as His Kingdom comes on earth as it is in Heaven. A parallel to this lesson was taught with Abraham and with his nephew Lot in Genesis 13.

Abraham and Lot joined together at first and as their instrument grew in time there was a point where they could no longer play together due to one group was taking away from the next. Abraham understood something though where Lot did not. Abraham understood the meaning of self sacrifice where Lot took what was good to the eye. Abraham blessed Lot in their departure while trusting in God and helping Lot however he could. Within the spirit of God there is life, reverence, honor, obedience and sacrifice in order to reach our goals and to maintain what God has given.

Unfortunately due to the sinful world we live in and our sinful nature of the flesh this is a constant thorn in our side due to there is always someone or something trying to prevent the music of God from being played. The object is to learn the cords and to be willing to pick up the slack without complaining or murmuring in our spirit in hopes that they will learn the proper Way. For when we teach in love to those that are humble to receive is when others that are yearning in their spirit to join in may come closer to the well of God and begin to play… For there is music in love as we do everything unto Him….

James A. Harrison

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There Is Unity With God…

November 7, 2011 by admin 1 Comment

Learning how to live in this world but not of this world within the spirit of God requires the knowledge of His Word the recognition of the spirit and the reverance to His guidance. It is like learning to play music. First we must have the ears to hear and then the eyes to see and then when we join with other musicians which believe we work together in unity to discover the harmony.

As any musical group it is made up of many differnet instruments which have something different to add. For music of God is not about one particular instrument over powering all the rest it is about each one playing together and doing there best. There is music all around throughout the life that God has given through Jesus Christ and until we learn to how to come together in one accord then we will continue to miss the sound and the experience within the spirit of God. For Gods music soothes the soul and warms the heart in true love with all glory in the Lords name…Please join us again tomorrow in dicovering the key principles within a band….

James A. Harrison

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The Heart Of Man…

November 4, 2011 by admin Leave a Comment

Within the process of time there is a distinct difference in the taste, texture and smell of something that is raised by God rather than something that has been raised by man. This is where many become lost in forgetting who gives life in order to grow and to mature the living plants that we are. All we can do is add some seeds and nutrients of love along the rows in the garden while we leave the rest to God through faith in order to witness the harvest.

Each individual plant within the garden has a specific purpose within the Kingdom of God and it is our place to recognize the hearts of each individual plant. There are God given talents in each one of us that have been specially formulated through time and it is when our eyes are opened to the Truth of God that we can discover our purpose. For when we overlook the heart is when we can miss the harvest…

The LORD does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart. 1 Samuel 16:7

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Maturing Within The Garden…

November 3, 2011 by admin Leave a Comment

The gift of being a parent parallels the responsibilities of a gardener. As a child is young they are very tender and need nurtured care. Then as the plant or child begins to mature we are to water them in the Word to strengthen their roots within our eternal foundation. The understanding of the pruning process in youth is a valuable lesson to learn. For if we give the miracle grow to an undeveloped child this often causes them to mature before their time.

There are always consequences to follow unnatural growth and the consequences often go unseen for many years due to our human nature of wanting things before we are ready to receive. Since the beginning of time in the Garden of Eden we can witness this message with Adam and Eve. This same parallel of a child can be compared to The United States of America and how we are now seeing the consequences of our overall disobedience due to chasing a dream without first understanding how to maintain what has been given.

There are principles within any garden in order to experience any type of harvest. It is when we neglect these principles of God that our garden’s and our children will struggle to produce future fruit. The object is to care for the garden that we have been given without neglecting our own. For when we don’t spend time in our garden is when the weeds can begin to grow and the serpents can begin to slip in.

If you were to look at your immediate surroundings today or lets say the temporary garden in which you have been given what would see? The garden first starts with our own temple which is our own body and then it reaches out to our homes, our careers and even in the church. I believe when we all begin to look at life as a garden that we will find that there is work that can be done. May I encourage you this morning to not sit on the porch to watch the weeds take over….For greater is He that is in us than he that is in the world….

James A. Harrison

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Living In The Garden…

November 2, 2011 by admin Leave a Comment

Yesterday morning there was a message titled “A Walk In The Garden” and we compared the responsibilities of a gardener within a green house to our responsibilities in our homes, our careers and in the church. Today lets look at the delivery of the water and nutrients upon the plants. If you have ever been in a green house then you have experienced the warmth and the moisture in the air not only from the gentle mist that is being sprayed upon the plants but from the transpiration cycle returning through the pores on the leaves.

There is a very important lesson on watering that many tend to miss and this is how we are to deliver the Word and share the love of God. If you were to water a plant today which do you think would be better received a sudden jet burst of water or a gentle mist upon the leaves? There are times of delivery where the watering may be tough but this is to reach the ones in age that have developed an outer shell due to the environment of the world. There are times where the gully washers come due to the cleansing that needs to take place but the object is to be always open to receive and deeply rooted in the rock of our foundation to further the growth of the tree.

As we learn in the Holy Bible through the love of Jesus there is living water in the Holy Spirit that comes up from the wells of our soul. Like the plants cycle of transpiration the love of God should be pouring out of our human pores and giving back to environment in which we live. The water cycle of life here on earth should be the same cycle of love that we show to others. As we receive it helps to feed and as it feeds we should grow. Then as we grow we are to give back in order to continue the healthy cycle of life through Jesus Christ. I challenge you to study the water cycle and compare it to the instruction of God to see the paralell. May God bless your day and guide your steps in every way as you help to water others….

James A. Harrison

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