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Don’t Be Held Back Spiritually By Satan

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 Our vision is limited and sometimes even lost when we focus on ourselves instead of looking to God for our direction and placing other people in front of our own desires. It is very easy to become trapped in our circumstances when we allow Satan to spiritually restrict our vision by placing our eyes upon the things of this world  instead of what God has in store for us in the next life to come. Spiritually Satan wants us to waller in our hurts and pains instead of learning to grow stronger and allowing the Holy Spirit to show us the direction that we are to follow.

 Sometimes we need true friends just to give us a good kick in the rear when we are allowing Satan to spiritually hold us down. This example was taught to us with King David in 2 Samuel after he had fallen to sin and after he had lost his son. He was hurt and falling into depression because he simply allowed Satan to spiritually hold him down. Sometimes we all have to receive that loving kick in the rear from our true friends to help us when all we can do is complain or frown.

  When we take our eyes off of our self and begin to look upon the needs of others then God will open our eyes to see something that we have not seen before. So many times we slip in this area because we feel that we don’t have the time to encourage one another or we become too concerned of how someone is going to react to the truth that can set them free. While then there are those like Job’s friends who just want to sit around and tell us what we  might have done wrong instead of just helping us through. 

  As a true Christian it is our place be there for one another and simply speak the truth in love that someone might pick themselves up after a fall. The outcome of the truth once spoken is between God and that individual. It is our place to to surround them with love and always be there for when they may return. I challenge you today to not allow Satan to spiritually hold you down and allow the love of Jesus to get you through. For there is nothing too hard for the Lord and all we have to do is put our trust in Him instead of putting our confidence in man…amen

James Harrison

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Spiritual Guidance Of God

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 What is it in a man that intimidates another man? There are many different things that cause intimidation but one thing that trumps them all is confidence within a man.

 Confidence comes from knowing that something will be achieved and only God gives us what we know. For the Lord gives us the wisdom, the strength, and the confidence to persevere to the very end.  Satan on the other hand likes to intimidate or put up a front because he might appear to have what it takes on the outside but he does not have what it takes on the inside. Satan wants us to take matters into our own hands when God teaches us trust in Him rather than in man.

 When something is of God it does not move in its’ conviction but humbly stands in obedience for God to see it through. Challenging a man of God or someone in authority is going against the Word of God. For the Lord is the One who gives us our positions and He is the One that is to move the people.

 Satan on the other hand entices the people to move through alterior motives to divide the body and when the people don’t know the Word of God Satan will cause disruption among the people. A man should never try to earn a position out of challenging another man for this life is not about competition. It is about us being obedient and learning to be the best we can be in whatever position that God has given. No position is better than the next because it takes every single position within the body to serve the overall direction.

 Many people struggle with how to handle confidence and some allow it to turn into arrogance. God gives each of us our talents and when we don’t understand who is truly in control then you will find that many people will miss use their talents for their own self gain. Satan is very clever in the spirit and he is steadily at work in trying to attack each one of us because he does not want anyone to spiritually break through or to ever succeed in their mission.  

 This is where it is vital for us to teach the Word of God as a whole to our children and to our grandchildren to insure that they learn to trust God instead of putting their confidence in man. This world is is not only physical but spiritual and if we do not recognize this then we are only setting ourselves up for a limited life without Jesus Christ…amen   

” It is better to trust in the Lord, Than to put confidence in man…Psalm 118:8 “

James Harrison

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Discover Your Purpose Today

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 Have you discovered your purpose in life? So many times we miss our purpose because we spend too much time looking every where else and we tend to overlook what could be done today. In our human nature we like to look at the big picture and if we are not careful when this takes place then we could distort the picture that we already have. When we learn to treat everyday as a new snap shot then we should be able to see how each snap shot can eventually develop our future?

 Perhaps there are things that stir your heart. These things that stir your heart may indicate areas where God wants to use you in His overall picture. God uses a variety of means to develop and prepare us  for His purpose and not our own. But so many times we never discover our purpose because we are too busy searching for what we want instead of what God may desire. I challenge you today to learn how to be sensitive to the Holy Spirit’s leading and make the most out of the snap shot that God has given you today…amen

 It is very easy to look upon someone elses picture but it is what we are doing with our own that makes it special in the future. 

James Harrison / servant

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Do You Know How To Walk With Jesus

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 Did you know that from the day we were born as Christians that we entered a relay race that has already been won? The unfortunate side of this race is how we in our youth try to run too fast instead of learning to pace ourselves to make it to the end. Then as we get older we tend to lay down on the track while snarling at the ones that come by. The other sad part of this race is how so many get lost and how we even tend to forget what Jesus did for each of us on the cross.   

 As we walk in life God gives us our direction and the lanes that we are to follow. It is our job to be an example in the life that we have been given to teach our children how to receive the paton in the Word of God for them to one day walk on their own and then to pass it on to their children in the future. Life is not just a walk in the park because we all have a purpose to help others along the Way. Things happen in life for reasons that we can’t explain but all that matters in the end is that we have allowed Jesus to be our saviour and our friend…amen

 Always remember the start is important but the finish is even more crucial…  

James Harrison / Servant

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Trust God For He Is In Control

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 The timing of God’s plans and promises are only known to Him. For if He revealed them to us then He would also be revealing them to His enemy. It is our job to commit our ways to God and then trust Him for the outcome. This is very difficult in our youth when we don’t understand the Word of God and when we think that we are the ones in control. We all struggle to hold on to what we can see but we must remember the proper way to believe.

  God is always in control and He is able to bring His people back to Him no matter how far they may fall. Patience is difficult to master because of how easy it is in our human nature to act in our emotions. This is where we need to recall the Word of God in our hearts to understand how to be led in the spirit of God instead of acting in our emotions and being misled by the people.  

 One of the hardest things in life is learning how to let go of ourselves and learning how to trust God instead of trying to bring things together on our own. True love is never directed and it lands as a free bird on the branch of a tree. The object in this life is to do our part with what we have been given and allow God to put things back together in His timing and not in our own. When we learn to love for what is on the inside then it doesn’t matter what we have on the outside. I challenge you today to just trust God for the outcome and learn to share the love of Christ in everyday that is given…amen

James Harrison / Servant

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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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