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God’s Timing…

October 27, 2011 by admin Leave a Comment

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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Energized By The Spirit Of God…

October 26, 2011 by admin Leave a Comment

Man can construct a watch and try to build a clock but it is only a matter of time before they stop ticking when they are not ran by the spirit of God. The object is to recognize the driver to insure the proper spirit carrying them forward. Many people take steps forward in life but later tend to discover that it was not the road meant to travel. We can also witness those that are built and driven by money instead of faith for when the money dries up is when it dissipates.

We have all heard that it takes money to make things happen or for the world go round but this is so wrong. For it is God that carries us forward and it is our faith that keeps things ticking. As the Israelites left their bondage in Egypt they started out walking as God instructed and once they took their steps forward in faith this activated the Egyptians to provide their provisions. This same lesson was repeated here in America as our ancestors left the bondage in Great Britain. Can you see the parallel of freedom of religion and how the provisions were provided as the Israelites to the Americans? See many people miss the boat with Jesus due to never taking that step in faith. It is when we rely on anything else other than God that it is only a matter of time before the clock stops ticking.

With this being said may I encourage you from experience to insure your steps with God before you step forward. For man wants to build bridges to walk over the water to reach their destination but God says to step into the water to activate your faith…

James A. Harrison

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Filed Under: Balanced Life Ministry, Church Assistance, Daily Growth, Leadership Forum, Spiritual Growth Tagged With: america, balanced, energized, energy, faith, God, israel, James Harrison, life

A United Purpose…

October 25, 2011 by admin Leave a Comment

If you recall the message from yesterday titled “The Hand Of Time” there was an analogy made of the gears within a clock. This morning to broaden our view it is important to recognize that the overall motion of time never stops moving ahead. It might appear that we get stuck at times or travel in circles but it is during these times that we should be seeking to learn within the season that we are in.

Think about it like this: Each individual is a gear and every home represents a single wrist watch that is to be ran in love. Now each family of God that joins together in a church can be compared to the formation of a clock. As the individual watches learn to unite as one we can recognize the formation of the hand.  All around the world there are individual gears that help to make up the overall watch and could you imagine if we were all in sink? These watches that are all around the world which represent the body of Christ are only bigger gears which construct a larger clock in the hand of time. The object is for each gear not to fight for position but to serve as one under Jesus Christ to lead the Way.

Learning to expand and function within the body of Christ can bring growing pains at times due to our human flesh but it is during these times that we can often witness the hand of God at work as we place our trust in Him. Another object for us is to continue forward on the path that we are given without doubting the hand of God who shows us the Way. For what good is a watch or a clock that’s hand doesn’t properly function in time? Like any watch sometimes we have to be reset as well in order to recognize and appreciate the time. May you have a blessed day and please join us again tomorrow morning on what keeps the clock ticking…

“Make my joy complete by being of the same mind, maintaining the same love, united in spirit, intent on one purpose.” Philippians 2:2

James A. Harrison

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The Hand Of Time…

October 24, 2011 by admin Leave a Comment

Learning to trust in God can be an excruciating process without the proper understanding of who is in control. Too many times we interfere with the hand of God at work due to our fleshly emotions or due to allowing others to influence our decisions. God has given us a responsibility to speak the Truth in love and then once it is spoken it is our place to stand upon His Word. This is where many lack understanding and often travel in circles of time. Let’s look at it this way to put it in perspective;

Imagine your life as a gear within a clock or better yet lets say the hand of time. Within this clock there are many moving parts. Some that move fast and some that move slow. Some may turn one way while others turn another. Some are big and some are small but they all have a purpose in time. It does not matter what color they are nor does it matter where they are from. For all that matters is that they understand their direction as they work together in unity and in love without division.

For all it takes is one gear within the clock to not function properly or to have some corrosion and this can affect the hand of time. Within a clock there is grace and love that moves without friction as each gear learns to grow in expansion. With this analogy now imagine being the gear and what would happen if you worked against another gear within the body. What would you expect to witness if you failed to trust another gear that God has placed into position?

The lack of trust of another gear plainly displays our own lack of trust within God. It is wise to recall that Satan’s objective is to enter within the clock as well. It is the evil one’s desire to hold back the promises of God due to his own destiny in time. Learning to walk with God is a process of learning to trust in the Lord deeper and deeper as we take our steps forward. This is where so many miss the boat because they are not willing to step out on the water with Jesus.

God has given us the instruction on how to operate within the clock in order to maintain our forward motion. Please join me again tomorrow morning on how to trust in God and how to handle the issues within the function of the clock without getting lost in the wilderness of time…For a clock that is not balanced always loses track of the season within 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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Filed Under: Balanced Life Ministry, Church Assistance, Daily Growth, Leadership Forum, Spiritual Growth Tagged With: balanced, clock, God, James Harrison, jesus, life, love, time

The Process of Deliverance…

October 22, 2011 by admin 7 Comments

As we learn to walk with God and hear His voice we can discover that within this walk there is a process that takes place within this journey of life through the love of Jesus Christ. This process is called transformation. It was not the fire that transformed Moses but it was the Word of God that transformed his life and gave Him the direction to move forward. The fire was there to motivate his spirit and to give them the assurance of His presence through God’s love.

Experiencing the love of God is something beyond words and God gives us a glimpse of this through our children that we so love. It is the love of God that gives us the drive to move forward and it is the all consuming fire of God that burns out our iniquities without destroying the life within the bush or living plant that we are in God’s creation. Over the years many have missed the boat in deliverance ministry due to fallen short in discipleship. For there is a balance between fire and water due to the fire of God contains a mighty power that the human flesh can not handle for long periods of time due to the drain of our physical being.

Teaching the Word of God is vital in the process of deliverance in multiple ways and we learn this in the walk of Jesus as He taught the Word of God as the people were drawn to the well. To drink from the well of God is an experience we can’t explain but if we do not disciple through God’s love by teaching others how to discover the source on their own then we are not fulfilling the instruction of God.

Jesus teaches us in Matthew 12 about evil spirits when they are cast out. These same evil spirits go out into the desert looking for a place to reside but when they find no water then we better prepare for their return. Upon their return they often invite others due to the room within the house since it was swept clean. Think about it in this way! Have you ever witnessed a defeat but then as you went out you gathered others to assist you in return? This is the same principle that Jesus taught in spiritual warfare in Matthew 18 verses 15 and 16 but He was teaching in the light of the Truth and not in the darkness of Satan.

Deliverance of God is always handled in love and in grace to those that are being drawn by God to the well of Jesus. The Lord said in Jeremiah 31:3,”I have loved you with an
everlasting love; I have drawn you with loving-kindness,” and Jesus said in John 6:44,”For no one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws them to me, and at
the last day I will raise them up.”There are many that seek healing and many that experience the fire power of God but without the understanding of His Word then we are spiritually vulnerable to Satan.

The Word of God teaches us to rethink our ways and it teaches us how to develop our spiritual senses between good and evil. Within this walk of life there is a process of shedding the old to receive the new and it is when we fail to take heed in God’s Word that we miss the narrow road that is right before us. As we are taught by God with Moses there is a balance between fire and water for without the fire it can become watered down and without the water the fire can burn us up. The road is narrow but a straight path for those with the eyes to see and the ears to hear but far too often like Pharaoh many fail to humble themselves as a child to receive God’s Word.

Within this message take note from the scripture of Matthew 12. For Jesus said the evil spirit goes out into the desert but finds no water so it returns to where it began. This teaches us in the spirit of the importance of staying in God’s Word which is the water that carries us forward by day to be warm and protected by night. Never become discouraged in your walk for when we learn to walk in the hand of God then He will show us the Way as we experience His promise in His Word.

May God draw each of you to the well of Jesus which is the living Word of God….

James A. Harrison

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Filed Under: Balanced Life Ministry, Church Assistance, Leadership Forum, Spiritual Growth, The Church Voice Tagged With: balance, fire, God, James Harrison, jesus, life, love, water

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