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What Are You Teaching Within Your Home?

January 31, 2011 by admin Leave a Comment

 In Genesis 41 Pharoah shares two different dreams with Joseph. In both of these dreams there was something very unhealthy that devoured something that was healthy. After the poor cows ate the fat cows they still looked the same. Did you know that these dreams still teach us practical wisdom today? How, you may ask? 

 Later in the book of Exodus with Moses this lesson was taught in how to ration with manna and be responsible when we are hungry without devouring everything we have at once. See, if we don’t teach our children responsibility within our homes then how long do you think their provisions will last without teaching the self discipline that is taught in the Word of God?

 Think about it! Why is America the most obese nation in the world? Simply due to the lack of self discipline that is being taught in the homes. Why do you think America is in the financial debt that we are in? Simply due to our own lack of self discipline and the lack of obedience to God. Why do you think people are losing it and going on shooting sprees killing innocent people? Simply due to their lack of understanding between good and evil? Why do you think so many teens are becoming pregnant? Simply due to the lack of teaching in the Word of God and parents placing their teaching responsibilities on others.

 If there is anything gained from this message I pray that someone will recognize the importance of keeping God in the center of our homes and not placing our responsibilities as a parent on government entities that are teaching our children to be safe with sex in stead of simply not falling into temptation and having sex. If we don’t teach our children how to be happy with what they have and how to maintain what they have been given then how healthy can we honestly expect their future to be?

 I leave you this morning with this question,”What are teaching within your home?” 

James A. Harrison

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Are You A Teacher Or A Dictator?

December 15, 2010 by admin Leave a Comment

 Did you ever play connect the dots as a child? Did you find the game interesting as you began to see the picture come to life? Now that you are older have you ever helped a young child play the game in return? Wasn’t it exciting to see the child’s face come to life as the picture began to develop before their eyes? Why is it when we work with children that we allow them to figure out the picture for themselves but as we grow older we tend to become impatient and want show our own intellect in describing the picture for our self?

 There is an art to teaching and delegating that can inspire others when we learn to sacrifice our self and place the dots in front of the student or employee which will motivate them to figure out the task at hand. Unfortunately many parents, teachers and employers never figure out the meaning of sacrifice and how to inspire growth in other individuals because they become too lazy in dictating instead of teaching. 

 Due to our lazy human nature or our busy schedules we often give the answers without taking the time to listen and explain for someone to receive them on their own. Spiritually Satan wants us to feel as if we don’t have the time when we really do. For when we take the time to serve others then we are serving God and He will supply us with the time that we need in return. 

  There is nothing more inspiring than to witness the excitement of someone else connecting the dots as they begin to look within themselves and allow God to develop their picture in life. For when we begin to see the picture that God has before us and recognize the value within the color that we can add is when we discover the inner springs of creativity which come from our Creator in Heaven above…amen

James A. Harrison

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The Spiritual Hands That Shape Our Lives

April 9, 2010 by admin 1 Comment

 Life is pretty shallow when Satan has restricted our vision to only what we see. Each one of us have been shaped and molded by the people all around us and sometimes we need to evaluate those hands that affected us to insure that something might not have shaped us in the wrong direction. This is where we learn to mature in life through the love of Jesus Christ because we begin to look within ourselves to really discover who we are.

 There are spiritual hands affecting us everyday and it is wise to recognize the hand of God verses the hand of Satan. Each one of us are responsible for our own actions and there are always consequences in our decisions. It is very easy in life when we don’t have the understanding in the Word of God to live for the moment and only think about ourselves but there will come a time that we will all WAKE UP and have to face the truth…amen

 When we begin to look at things beyond the surface is when we will discover the depth in the picture of God…

James Harrison

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