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Jesus Can Heal The Wounds……

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Within the ministry of God it is unfortunate but true that many wounds are often inflicted on others. Some are direct darts from Satan and many others are simply due to the lack of maturity in the Word of God. When we look upon maturity in Christ it helps to compare this to the fruit on a tree. For not all fruit ripens at the same time for the harvest and it is very wise to recognize the stages of the fruit around us in order to insure their maturity. Another part of wisdom is to be honest in the maturing stage that we are in without acting like something that we are not. For whats wrong with saying,”This is where I am with God and here are my current growing pains?”

Like a child they often think they are ready for something before their time and it is when they receive it that they often discover it was more than they could handle. Within this lesson there are multiple lessons to those with the eyes to see and the ears to hear. Think about it! We learn this lesson through John Mark and Paul among many other parallels throughout the Word of God. For John Mark was commissioned by the Holy Spirit to assist Paul in His first mission but rather than sticking to the mission he left them to go on his own way due to his own lack of understanding and trust in God. In time they were brought back together as Paul instructed Timothy to bring John Mark in a future mission and it was this time apart that the love of Jesus helped to heal the wounds.

One of the vital parts of maturity and understanding is recognizing and acknowledging the lessons that are gained in our trials. These test that are often before us are there to help us mature but far too often we miss the true healing due to not sharing the lessons we learn and wanting to place blame on someone else. It is when we learn to stand on God’s Word and take our trials to the Lord that He will show us the proper Way to reach the other side. So with all this being said this morning may I encourage you to not allow your feelings or your own lack of understanding to move you from where you are. Seek God with a humbled heart and be willing to do as He instructs to witness the healing that can take place in the hand of God…

“Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds.” James 1:2

James A. Harrison

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In God’s Hand Of Time…

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All this week if you have been reading these messages we have been comparing the analogy of the gears within a clock and how they can compare to our individual lives. As the Word of God teaches us we can not move forward in the Kingdom of God with sin in our lives and this parallels to the operation of the gears within a watch that are in place to take the hand forward. Think about it! What would you expect if you were to open up your watch to see the gears turning but you found alot of dust and maybe some corrosion? Could you see how one speck of dust could hinder the overall function?

Within a clock there are strong gears with big teeth and their are delicate gears with very sensitive teeth. Some of the gears can handle some things while others can not. Can you see the relation to this within people? How would you expect the function of the watch to move forward if some of the gears within had doubts? Now if you really want to look at this with a much broader view look at America as an overall clock and what would you find within the gears? This is where we can apply Matthew 12:25 “Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself will be ruined, and every city or household divided against itself will not stand.”

This is why President Reagan said,”I believe with all my heart that standing up for America means standing up for the God who has so blessed our land. We need God’s help to guide our nation through stormy seas. But we can’t expect Him to protect America in a crisis if we just leave Him over on the shelf in our day-to-day living.” Within these messages this week there are much deeper lessons if you take the time to look below the surface. Too many times we look at the gears of the clock and see the corrosion but instead of doing something about it we try to cover it up and then wonder why we can’t move forward.

May I challenge you this morning to lift your eyes up three degrees off of what you see in order to move forward in the spirit of God. If there is some corrosion in your watch may I challenge you to get rid of it through God’s Word for the corrosion of one can affect many others. It is what we focus on that often limits our steps and when we learn to simply step forward placing our trust in God instead of man is when we can discover the blessings of God in the hand of time…. 

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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The Hand Of Time…

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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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The Process of Deliverance…

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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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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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