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The Word Of God Stands Forever

March 27, 2010 by admin Leave a Comment

 Throughout the Word of God we are taught to forgive and to trust God instead of man. But over the years of drifting away from the Word of God America by majority has grown into a society that wants to show how much we know and some are even taking matters into their own hands. God is at work in every circumstance and it is our job to trust Him for the outcome while learning to do our part with what we have been given.

  It is very easy when something is not going our way to try and redirect its coarse but we must remember that we are not not the ones who direct the steps of man. Unfortunately today we see brothers turning on brothers. Sisters are turning on sisters. Parents are turning away  from their children and children are turning away from their parents. Families are being broken and our homes are being divided. This division that is taking place in our homes is even causing a larger division in our nation. It is a proven fact in history that when we take matters into our own hands without trusting God and seeking Him for the direction that we need then we are only setting ourselves up for a fall.    

 The Lord tells us in  Deuteronomy 30 that if His people will return to Him and obey His voice according to all that He has commanded with all our heart and soul that He will restore us after our disobedience and even bless our children in the future. When you look at America today we can see a parallel to Israel when they abandoned God and became fat and unruly while making light of their Rock of their Salvation.

 America by majority has become fat and even lazy. We have forgotten what it takes to get  the job done and the work that it takes to maintain the love that we have in our homes. We have alot of talk with little action and until we step up to the plate and commit ourselves to the job without trying to place our jobs upon someone else then we are only going to continue the downward spiral that is tearing our homes and our homeland apart.

 In order to have strength in our homes we must recall the definition of true love instead of just saying the words with little meaning. We are given the true definition of love in 1 Corinthians 13 but it is sad how so many have have fallen to only scratching the surface. Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance. 

 It is so easy in our daily struggles to only scratch the surface in saying the words I Love You and take what we have been given so for granted. We must remember that love requires forgiveness, trust, discipline, honor, respect, compassion, and work in helping one another when someone may fall behind. Our Lord Jesus Christ taught us how to treat one another and our Father In Heaven taught us how to maintain what we have been given. It is my sincere prayer that America recalls our foundation of God and Wakes Up for our children’s future. Our living God is a merciful God that only wants His children to return to Him and then He will carry us forward…amen

 The grass withers, the flower fades. But the Word of God stands forever. Isaiah 40:8

James Harrison

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Do You Know How To Walk With Jesus

March 26, 2010 by admin Leave a Comment

 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

March 25, 2010 by admin Leave a Comment

 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

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Satan Likes To Feed Our Egos

March 24, 2010 by admin Leave a Comment

 Pride is one of the most difficult things to ever overcome. Satan likes to feed our egos with our accomplishments because he knows how vulnerable we become when we are placed in front of the people. Throughout the Word of God we are shown this negative character trait when men allowed themselves to take the credit for their achievements and when this took place it was only a matter of time before God moved them from their position. No one likes to admit that they were wrong but what is the big deal in this? It takes more courage to admit a mistake than to hold on to the error.

  I’ll never forget before my fall how my pride caused me to make bad decisions because I did not want to let others down and for how I was trying to prove something that was not my place to prove. It is more important to show that we are more interested in doing right than we are in looking good. When we allow our pride to interfere with what we know in our hearts to be true then we are not only hurting ourselves but we are hurting others as well. It is in our nature to put things off and think that we can fix the problem on our own but until we honestly address the real issue under God then we are only being robbed of the life that we can have.

 It is amazing at what we gain when we finally figure out how to let it go and when we realize that we are not  the ones in control. I challenge you to not allow your pride to rob you or someone else of what can be gained and learn from your past to help improve your future…amen      

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Make The Most Out Of What You Have

March 23, 2010 by admin Leave a Comment

 Everywhere we turn society is telling us to make the most out of life and Satan is tempting us to jump time to feed our sinful nature. They say,” Live it up and you only live once. Reach for the stars and don’t quit until you get there.” These are good statements but the most important part that many people are missing is how to make the most out of what we already have and learn how to maintain our foundation in order for our children to stand in the future.

 It is very easy to place our eyes upon our goals but if we overlook the daily steps that are required to get there then we are only setting ourselves up for a fall. There is a specific reason that God taught us first hand with Moses how to not only walk in life but how to maintain what He has given. God wants to bless us with more but until we learn how to appreciate what we have then how can we honestly expect something better?

 I challenge you today to make the most out of what you have and do the work that it takes to maintain what you have been given. Because it is what we teach to our children in our actions that sets their patterns for their future…amen

James Harrison / Servant

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