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Plant A Seed Of Encouragement…

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 This morning in prayer as I was asking the Lord to give me words to write He placed this in my spirit.

 How can we truly experience the happiness and joy that we receive in Jesus when we hold back what God has given? To be set free we must learn how to Let It Go and then God will show us the Way when we learn to trust and obey…

 When you really think about this we can discover how we often allow Satan to hold us back because we don’t know how to release the load that we carry.  Then there are those that God has blessed but they get robbed of their joy because they don’t know how to trust in God and share what He has given. There is nothing better in life than to be set free and helping others however we can.

  I challenge you today to live free in Christ and learn to bless others however the Lord directs. Don’t allow what you see on the outside to cause you to miss something on the inside. For all Satan wants you to do is to be robbed of the seed that you carry…amen

James Harrison / Servant

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The Eyes & Ears Of A Child…

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 It is very easy in life to get so caught up in our own world that we can’t hear or even see what is before us. Satan wants to cloud our vision and to restrict our hearing to the point that we become stuck in the fog rather than learning to trust in God to guide us through. Jesus tells us in Mark 10:15, “Assuredly, I say to you , whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will by no means enter it.”  

 The Lord teaches us throughout the Holy Bible to stay humble as a child and to be wise in our steps as we mature. There is a big difference between a child and an adult. For a young child is alert to their surroundings and listens to everything around them while the adults often become restricted in life because they fail to think that they already know it all or they just don’t have the time to listen.

 The Lord teaches us to test all things as we mature in the Word of God and to always be alert. For we never know the day nor the hour of Christ return and wouldn’t it be sad to miss something that God has placed right before us to help us along the Way? I challenge you today to begin to listen as that child of God and be wise in your steps to not fall to deception. It is in our nature to follow what we see but if we don’t know how to truly listen then how do we truly show that we believe? 

James Harrison / Servant

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Clear Your Mind To Listen…

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 In order to truly hear what needs to be heard it is imperative that we learn how to clear our minds and allow our hearts to absorb God’s direction. The Lord guides us through the Holy Spirit with confirmations that are placed on our heart but so many times we fall to what we think because of what we see. Satan is very clever and he deceives us on the outside because we often fail to listen and follow what we know on the inside.

 Have you ever made a decision that came back to bite you because you did not follow what God had placed on your heart? Have you ever made a decision because you allowed Satan to build something in your mind that was later revealed to be (not) true? How do you think the people felt after the crucifixion of Jesus Christ? We all have made wrong decisions in life when we leaned on our own understanding and allowed our emotions to guide our actions. Learning to walk in this life requires each of us to stand on our own and learning  how to follow God rather than man. This is why it is so important to know the Word of God and to learn how to listen…amen

James Harrison / Servant

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Are You Listening???

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 If you were to truly stop and listen without any type of distractions what would you hear? If you were to stop and listen to others around you what would they be expressing from their heart? So many times in life we cover up our pains because we don’t want others to see us cry and we don’t want them to know how we are hurting on the inside.

 When we hide our pains without expressing who we really are or what we may be going through then we are only allowing Satan to rob us of the healing that we can receive. It is in our human nature to put up a front but until we learn how to humble ourselves to who we really are then how can we ever honestly expect to be set free?

 Deep down inside we all seek the same thing of just wanting to be loved for who we are on the inside and not for what we temporarily have on the outside. To experience true love we have to be honest with who we are through Jesus Christ and learn to trust God to bring things together. I challenge you today to let go of what may be holding you back and to spend sincere time with someone to show you care. We all have something to share if we will just stop and listen…

James Harrison / Servant

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Don’t Lose Touch In Life…

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 When is the last time that you honestly stopped to listen without any type of distractions? Did you know that it takes time to unwind when we have been wound up so tight that we can’t hardly listen? It is very easy to become deaf and even blind in todays society due to the way our world is pushing us to keep up. But if we don’t take the time to stop and truly listen then if we are not careful something could be missed.

 Keeping our lives in Balance is vital in order to maintain what God has given. Satan tries to wind us up to the point that we don’t listen because he knows that if we don’t stop to pay attention then it is only a matter of time before we will lose sight of the path that we are on. Have you ever noticed how everything in God’s creation has a steady pattern that is constantly working together and moving forward? It is very easy to lose sight when we focus on what we see and don’t take the time to listen to what needs to be heard. I challenge you today to stop and truly listen to what God has placed on your heart and learn to stay in touch in everything you do to allow the love of Jesus to shine through…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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