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Are you Being True In Your Actions

May 12, 2010 by admin Leave a Comment

The other day I was speaking with someone and he shared with me how he was placed in an orphanage as a young child. He went on to share with me how his heart hurt from being separated from his family but the part that hurt him the most was when someone in the family would visit him and say these words, “I love you and stay strong.” The reason this hurt him so bad is because he did not understand how someone could say these words but then leave him behind.

Can you imagine a young child or even your own child in an orphanage without the love in the family? Can you imagine how hard this must be for children to hear the words of love but then see little to no action? Or, can you imagine what we are teaching our children when we don’t help someone in their fall? To just say the mere words I love you is the easy part but it is what we show in our actions that truly shows the love that we carry.

To love someone we are to go the extra mile for them and always put our own desires behind someone elses. Jesus taught us how to lead by putting ourself behind another and He truly demonstrated the power of God that is gained in love when we learn to serve one another. I challenge you today to go beyond the mere words in love and show someone that you really do care without expecting anything in return. If you know someone that is sick visit them. If you know someone that is in need then help them. If you know someone that would like to hear from you then contact them to show that you really do care…amen

Don’t ever allow Satan to cause you to think you don’t have time because you could be missing a blessing when you leave someone else behind…

James Harrison

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The Outside Will Reveal The Inside

May 11, 2010 by admin Leave a Comment

Have you ever been around someone that put emphasis on what they have or do on the outside instead of keeping the focus on who they truly are on the inside? Satan has done a good job misleading us in prestige and knowledge to the point that it has caused and still causing a division in the body of Christ. The holier than thou attitude and the prestige that many have fallen into is directly against what the Lord Jesus taught us in the Word of God.

Nobody likes to hear someone else brag or boast because all this does is creates a negative chain reaction of Satan that can cause competition between people. When someone feels as if they can’t keep up then why would they want to keep going? Or, when someone feels as if they are above someone else then how would they properly be serving the people?

Everyone knows the lesson that Jesus taught when the disciples wanted to know who was better than the next. He, our Lord and Saviour, got on His own knees to serve while the others argued over their position. I challenge you to never be deceived by Satan in thinking that you are better than someone else nor don’t ever think that you can’t keep up because all this is is Satan trying to hold you down…amen

We all walk together and go home together while truly loving one another in Christ…

James Harrison

http://balancedlifeministry.org

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Stay Connected In The Family Of God

May 10, 2010 by admin Leave a Comment

Don’t let your personal desires for approval, applause, and popularity to take you away from the humbled path of God. It is very easy when we are climbing the mountain with God to lose sight of how to make it to the other side. In our climb with God it is our place to help those that may be behind us as well as it is our place to encourage those that are ahead of us.

The moment we forget how to connect in the family of God through the love of Jesus Christ is when we will get left behind. I challenge you today to never allow Satan to deceive you into thinking that you are better than someone else nor ever allow Satan to cause you to think that you are not good enough. What we have on the outside does not make who we are, for it is what we show in our humbled spirits that reveals the light of Jesus Christ…amen

James Harrison

http://balancedlifeministry.org

http://specialdeliverybook.com

Are You Really Listening For God

May 5, 2010 by admin Leave a Comment

It is very easy to become immune to the teachings within the Holy Bible and dulled with its words when we hear it spoken so often. Rather than just scanning over something or acting as if we are listening we should stop to listen to every verse and then ask the Holy Spirit to help us answer this question, “How does this apply to my life?”

There is something to learn in every aspect of life and God speaks to us in many different ways but far too often we miss what needs to be heard because have forgotten how to stop and truly listen. I challenge you today to slow down and focus on what needs to be heard to allow the Holy Spirit to guide you in your actions because you never know what the Lord might be trying to teach along the Way…amen

“When you begin to listen for God you will hear God, but unless you are listening how can you honestly expect to receive?”

James Harrison / A Humbled Servant

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Think Before You Strike

May 3, 2010 by admin Leave a Comment

How we handle things can affect someone beyond our imagination and often we don’t think of the future outcome because we become so wrapped up in our own emotions. It is vital that we think before we act and seek God for the proper direction whether it has immediate results or results that will come in the future. The Lord Jesus taught us to be wise as serpents but gentle as a dove and this is a very wise lesson to apply in our lives for our children’s future.

When a snake moves it listens in the direction which it travels and it is attentive to the environment which it is in. As it moves in its freedom the snake doesn’t stand until it faces confrontation and this is where we need to learn from the love of a dove instead of taking matters into our own hands. Because if we are not careful in our emotions and we strike as that snake without trusting God for the outcome then we could be the one with our own heads on the platter because we did not properly act when all we had to do is listen.

I challenge you commit yourself in seeking God for His direction in your spirit and allow the Lord to guide your footsteps of the future…amen

James Harrison / A Humbled Servant

http://balancedlifeministry.org

http://specialdeliverybook.com

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