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Are You Headed For A Dead End?

October 1, 2010 by admin Leave a Comment

One of the most awesome lessons that Jesus Christ ever taught us is how to look beyond what we see to help us insure the steps that we take. So many times we jump in our emotions because we think this is the way that we are to go and then we find out when the road comes to an end that this road was not the one to be traveled.

As we mature in Christ and in studying God’s Word we learn that life is much simpler than what we tend to make it out to be. The reason that life becomes so complicated is because we fail to allow God to direct our steps and we often take roads that we should not have traveled. The awesome part about taking roads with dead ends is when we discover the wrong turns that we have made before we fall off of the Edge of the cliff.

Do you feel as if your life is too complicated? Do you feel that your problems are too big to resolve? The reason we often complicate things is because we try to raise ourselves into some intellect that we are not. People tend to be offended when they don’t receive an intellectual answer because they simply don’t want to feel foolish. How sad is this that we allow ourselves to be ignorant and miss the simple solutions that we have right before us? All we have to do is learn how to face our issues in the belief that Jesus will take us to the other side and learn how to balance on the waves in the sea while doing the work that it takes to reach our goals.

This same lesson of simple solutions was taught through Elijah and fulfilled in the same with Jesus Christ. I challenge you today to not allow Satan to spiritually keep you in bondage and think that your problems are too big when they are really pretty simple. All we have to do is learn how to lay down our burdens at the foot of the cross and learn to allow God to give us the strength we need to make the decisions that need to be made.

Just because we come to the end of one road does not mean that we are to give up but learn how to turn around in the love of Jesus and allow God to show us the road that we are to travel…

James Harrison

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Let’s Go Fishing On The Way Home

July 17, 2010 by admin Leave a Comment

It is very sad how so many individuals are displaying how they care more about themselves than the welfare of others. Where is the care and compassion within the family today that is truly reaching out to those in need and going the extra mile to show others how to properly serve within the Kingdom of God? Have the righteous forgotten how to get down in the trenches and have those in the trenches allowed Satan to spiritually hold them down because they feel like they can’t stand up?

Many people have allowed Satan to spiritually cause them to fall in fears, have lack of trust, lack of belief, and lack of understanding in the miracles of God that can take place when we truly display the love of Jesus in our words and actions with one another. There is nothing in this world that can compare to the encouragement that we receive and that we can give to others when we display the works of God within our life to help someone else with theirs.

The Lord is challenging us in this message to recognize the division within the church body that has taken place due to our own lack of obedience in the Word of God and the partiality that has caused a separation between the people. When we look around it is easy to see how the rich have separated from the poor and the poor have separated from the rich due to both groups neglecting how we are all the same under God and how we are to work together in the body of Christ.

Jesus did not tell us in Mattew 13 that the Kingdom of Heaven was only a net that caught certain types of people. He said,” The Kingdom of God is like a fishing net that was thrown into the water and caught fish of EVERY kind!” Jesus did not say this net is for the rich ones, this net is for the pretty ones, this net is for the academic ones, this net is for the poor ones, nor is this net is for any certain elect! He said,“Again, the Kingdom of God is like a fishing net that was thrown into the water and caught EVERY kind. When the net was full they dragged it up onto the shore, sat down, and sorted the good fish into crates but threw the bad ones away.“

What determines a good fish from a bad fish? Is it their color? Is it their size? Is it where they have been? Or, is it how they have learned to use what God has given them for His glory and not their own while learning to be carried to shore? Can you imagine what it would be like in that net with the fish that knew they were headed to their final resting place? No more currents, no more waves, no more sharks, and no more sting rays. Plenty of pure water with food that never stops and plenty of light through the love of Jesus Christ.

It is my sincere prayer that we recognize how to come together in the body of Christ to work together for our children’s future. The net is being pulled in the spirit of God towards the shore and it is time that we quit causing resistance in the body by learning to work together for who we are as a child of God rather than acting like we all have a net of our own…amen

God blesses us so we can bless others and if we are not sharing our blessings then we need to ask ourselves whom we are really serving?

James Harrison

Balanced Life Ministry

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Make A Positive Difference

June 14, 2010 by admin 1 Comment

Many people become unhappy where they are because they miss what it takes to make something better and overlook the lesson to be learned in what guided their steps to where they may be. Wherever we are in life whether were in the pits or on top of the world God wants us to understand that it is up to each one of us individually to make a positive difference in our lives that will in turn make a positive difference in someone else’s.

So many times in life nothing gets done because we don’t want go through the extra work that it might require to improve the situation. I challenge you today to not sit around wishing that something was better because it is solely up to you to make a positive difference in everday that God has given…amen

James Harrison

http://balancedlifeministry.org

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We Are All Important In The Kingdom Of God

June 3, 2010 by admin Leave a Comment

One of the hardest things to learn in life is learning to be patient and appreciate whatever position that we are in. So many people waste their life away not appreciating where they are because they are always looking for something else beyond what they already have. Life is not about challenging one another but learning to add value to each others life by learning to work together rather than on our own. Every single position in life relies on another position and it is when we neglect this fact that we need to take a step back to really understand our position.

Where would a doctor be without patients? Where would the teachers be without students? Where would the employer be without the employees? Where would the business be without the customers? Where would the car be without the fuel? Where would the flower be without the bird to spread its seed? Where would the earth be without the sun? Or, where would we be without Jesus coming here to teach us how to be one?

Until we learn that every single part in life is just as important as the next and begin to work together as one we will only continue to miss what we already have. I challenge you to slow down and appreciate today for what it is rather than focusing on tomorrow and missing something that you have been given.

Until we can learn to be affective where are why would we honestly expect God to take us somewhere else?

James Harrison

http://balancedlifeministry.org

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Who Guides Your Decisions?

May 29, 2010 by admin Leave a Comment

It is very important to examine the deep roots of our intentions, our goals, and our life ambitions to insure the right spiritual seed that is guiding our path. This examination is not only important before we make our decisions but it is equally if not more important to continue throughout our commitments as we begin to build our relationships, our careers, and our missions in life.

When people don’t know God and understand how He is in full control they often make their decisions based on their own knowledge or desires which can be driven through our emotions and selfish ambitions. Spiritually Satan wants us to make these type of decisions because he knows that when we don’t truly seek God in our decisions how easily they can be broken.

Unfortunately, in today’s society many people make decisions that are far from God in hollow religion due to the influence of monetary gain and by trusting in man instead of learning to trust our Father in Heaven. It is in our human nature to want others to rely on us but when we do this then we are misleading the people because every single individual needs to learn how to rely on God instead of trusting in man.

Through my journey in life I have learned how Satan can even mislead us even when we think that we are on the right coarse. The key to this is staying humble in the love of Christ without allowing pride to separate us from the people. There was once a point that I would not listen to others because I thought that I had all the answers but there came a point that I had to learn a valuable lesson in allowing God to bring things together rather than trying to do it on my own.

It is very wise to listen and then go to God in prayer before we make our decisions in life to prevent us from acting in our emotions which can cause a division within the body. The Lord speaks in many different ways to warn us, to guide us, and to help unite us but when we become so stuck in our own way then it is only a matter of time that we forget God’s way. It is important to recall that His ways are much higher than our ways and His thoughts are much higher than our thoughts.

If we seriously want to maintain what God has given us in our homes, in our careers, in our churches, and even in our nation then we must learn to work together under God with mutual respect for each individual without divisions in the body. Spiritually Satan has done a good job of causing many divisions in this world because many people want to prove their own self worth rather than just being who they are under God and allowing Him to bring things together rather than trying to do it on our own.

Throughout history we learn of many great leaders who stood up in a time of need, not for the attention, not for monetary gain, nor for their own self glory. They did not have prepared speeches but they just spoke from their heart with God guiding their actions to help encourage and unite the people. It is vital in life that we learn to stand on the truth of God to maintain what we have been given because when we take it for granted then it is only a matter of time before it will be taken away.

Every single individual has a purpose in life and we all add value to each other when we learn how to work together rather than apart. It is my sincere prayer that we put aside our differences and learn to unite for our children’s future in God’s glory rather than our own. May God be with us and give every single individual that reads this the wisdom to work together in the love of Christ to help rebuild whatever in their life that may be broken…amen

For a decision that is right in the eyes of God is one that properly serves the people first and then if it is in God’s will then He will bless the people.

James Harrison / A Humbled Servant

http://balancedlifeministry.org

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