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Stand Upon The Rock…

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In 2 Kings 2 we can learn a vital lesson between Elisha and a group of prophets that can be applied to our lives today. Elisha knew something but the group kept on pushing him through persuasion until he gave in to what he knew due to the shame which the prophets over shadowed him with.

Standing firm upon what we know is a vital part of being obedient to God in order to maintain what He gives. Knowing that he was a man of God they continued to shame him rather than taking his word for what he knew. This could have saved them alot of trouble but due to their human nature they had to discover it for themselves.

How does this message apply to us today you may be asking? Well, look at it this way; Has anyone ever shamed you into a decision or into a point of giving in? Has anyone continued to push something rather than simply accepting your word? The same principle works on a national level as well, just look at America and how our leaders have given in to persuasion rather than standing upon what they know is right by God for the people.

There is a fine line to discern and recognize in the spirit realm to insure that we are following God and not Satan. Spiritually Satan works in forceful ways which can be related to peer pressure where on the other hand God works in love through our freewill. It takes an inner strength of God to stand against the tide of the world that desires to sweep us out to sea but we must recall that there is great power within us who truly believe.

Always stand upon what you know and never give in to shame or persuasion. Allow God to direct your steps for He knows what is is best and He cares about our well being…amen

Sometimes we have to learn how to stand before the Lord opens the doors for us to walk…

James A. Harrison

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God’s Timing…

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The forward motion of the gears within a clock can teach us many different spiritual elements of time. Throughout the Holy Bible we learn over and over where nothing was ever accomplished until the people were in one spirit and in one mind. As we continue to compare the gears of a clock to the body of Christ we can witness all different shapes and sizes traveling at different speeds and in different directions but all serving the same purpose in the Kingdom of God.

Here is where many get hung up in time. Due to the expansion of the gears within the clock many fail to expand in their position through sacrifice which teaches us that we are to decrease at times for others to increase. This lack of proper expansion within the body is often caused by pride or simple lack of trust within God. The Lord teaches us this very lesson in the anatomy of the human body which He created in the formation and expansion of new cells but due to the blindness of man they often operate as gears within a clock that won’t move.

Learning to operate within the natural progression of time requires communication in love as we learn to merge and operate as one without judging another. Many churches wonder why they are struggling to fill their pughs or struggling to hold things together and the answer is simple. They have created a box or a clock that just operates in the motions of time with little to no life being shown in Jesus Christ. This same thing can take place in our homes and in our careers when we just go through the motions of time without any substance behind our words and actions.

Time is a very valuable resource in order to build relationships and to maintain an understanding. For without an understanding there is no relationship and there is no relationship without an understanding. May I encourage you this morning to step out of the box with Jesus and watch what takes place as you experience something new. There is a peace beyond understanding when we quit fighting to hold on and learn to place our trust in the hands of the Lord as He carries us forward in His time….

“The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. He is  patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance” 2 Peter 3:9

James A. Harrison

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God Is Speaking…Who Is Listening?

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Throughout the Living Word of God the Lord speaks to us through the Holy Spirit in order to warn us and to help prepare us for what is ahead. The Lord has given us His Word which still stands today in order to receive the blessings of God but when the people disobey God without recognition of our generational sins and continue to drift away from God’s Word then we better prepare for the inevitable.

In the lesson of Acts 27 with Paul in the ship during a storm there is much more to this than just a story of Paul’s life when you open your eyes in the Spirit of God. Look at his faith and how nothing would stop him from going forward. Look at how the men of the ship began to listen to him when their lives were in danger. If you recall in the first verses of Acts 27 the officers would not listen to Paul because they were stuck in this world and they only followed the captain which they could physically see  because they did not know how to stand on their own and properly believe. But once the trouble came then whom did they seek for advice? Can you see this relation to America today? Where is America looking at the present time? Are we looking for physical or spiritual answer’s?

Why is it we by nature won’t listen until it is almost too late? It is sad at how shallow we are in the flesh but amazing at how the depth’s never stop in the Spirit of God! We must remember whom was cast down to earth and the Creator in Heaven above.  For if we can’t see beyond our world and become stuck in our way’s without listening to the Holy Spirit of God in our hearts then our vision is being restricted by the evil one whom travels this earth in never wanting us to see our way home.

Vision in faith is not limited but only by our human restraints. For in the vision of God we always receive what we need as we seek Him daily within our walk of human life. He will show us goals to reach but we must do the work to get there and allow Him to bring our goals together in His timing and not ours. In the flesh of man we all want something now, like Eve in the Garden of Eden and America today. But we must learn in the lesson’s of life from our ancestor’s in the Holy Bible to our present day issue’s to recognize our human weakness in the flesh to build our individual character on the foundation of God and not on our personal desires!

There will be storm’s in our path with major rock’s up ahead if we don’t listen to the Word of God and follow His instruction in giving us the direction back to the kingdom. The Lord gives us the beginning and the end from Genesis to Revelation with the instruction in the middle but we must do the work in between this time period to help other’s along the Way! Our life begins with Genesis and ends in Revelation and as a book our life story is told in the middle. Looking at your life how will you be remembered from your physical birth to your physical death because this has a major impact on your eternal future.…In Jesus name we all can live!!! Amen

James A. Harrison

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Old & New Working Together…

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 Have you ever studied the human anatomy and how the human cells are growing new ones every day? Have you ever thought about the purpose of this maturity within our physical bodies and how it is related within the body of Christ? Learning to work within the body requires unity, understanding and harmony as the body matures in season.

  Working together requires maturing in love as we learn to stand in obedience for the next cell to take our place before moving to the next location within the body. This is to take place without frictions within the body in order to prevent restrictions and to allow the body or entity to function properly within life. The problem  that many cells encounter within this process is learning to trust God so they try to hold on to their positions for too long and this can restrict the overall movement in the direction of God. Sometimes cells have to die off before the next ones can enter in for the new life to begin.

 This same principle applies within our homes, our careers as well as in the overall body of the church. For when we learn to move in the hand of God is when greater things can take place as well as maintaining the body that we have been given. Here is question for you this morning,”Are you ready to be moved?” If not then what is wrong with this picture? For there is no cell within the physical body that ever stays intact nor healthy unless it is ready to moved into the next position. The object is to disciple one to one day replace the next…For if a cell is undeveloped when thrown into position how could this affect the overall body? Are you ready? Are you training  

James A. Harrison

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Focus on The Promise & Not The Storm…

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 Due to our human nature of complacency and what takes place when we lose our perspective in why we are here is when storms tend to come into our lives in order to bring us back to the very beginning. See it is very easy to take for granted what we have until it is taken away and unless we maintain our balance within the Word of God then we better prepare to be thrown around in the wind.

 Don’t get caught up in the lives of one but learn to look at the body through the eyes of the Lord to see how we are all just a individual cell. Each cell can be broken down into different atoms and these atoms represent our surroundings from our homes, our work, our church, our community and our nation. It is when allow Satan to misguide our focus that we tend to forget the commandments of God. When we neglect this is when an infection can set up in the body that can grow out of control until it is brought to our attention.

 Like any infection sometimes they have to be washed, scrubbed or even removed to insure that we get to the root of the infection that is affecting the overall body. This life is not about external growth or material wealth it is about the internal growth with God that carries us forward. It is when we forget this that we better prepare for what is sure to come in discipline to correct the infection before it deteriorates the overall body…Amen

Here is a song by Casting Crowns that will help in any storm…Praise You In The Storm

 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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