Daily focalPOINT- Whipping the devil – Day 8 – Procrastination
February 29th, 2012
“Procrastination is opportunity’s assassin.” ~Victor Kiam Another behavior born out of fear is procrastination. The devil loves it when we procrastinate because it prevents us from doing what we need to do in order to grow and expand. If you haven’t figured it out yet the devil does not want us to succeed. I picture [...]
Daily focalPOINT – Whipping the devil – Day 7 – Boasting
February 28th, 2012
“When boasting ends, there dignity begins.” ~Owen D. Young Boasting, bragging and conceit are behaviors born out of fear. For some reason the boaster fears inferiority and feels the need to elevate himself by telling everyone about his accomplishments. The biggest harm for the boaster is he not only comes across as a fool to others, but [...]
Daily focalPOINT – Whipping the devil – Day 6 – Anger
February 27th, 2012
“Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.” ~Mark Twain Another emotion born out of fear is anger. Anger often rears its ugly head when we are trying to control a person, place or thing we have absolutely [...]
Daily focalPOINT – Whipping the devil – Day 5 – Denial
February 26th, 2012
“The worst lies are the lies we tell ourselves. We live in denial of what we do, even what we think. We do this because we are afraid.” ~Richard Bach Are you in denial about something? Is there something going on in your life you know is not right but you can’t muster up the courage to [...]
Daily focalPOINT – Whipping the devil – Day 4 – Self Pity
February 25th, 2012
“The quicker we get out of “why me?” and into “why not me?”–the quicker we can get out of the problem and into the solution.” ~Jay Meyer The devil loves for us to wallow on the “pity pot.” Self pity is the ultimate form of selfishness and it is born out of fear and creates [...]
Daily focalPOINT – Whipping the devil – Day 3 – Perfection
February 24th, 2012
“The greatest mistake you can make in life is to continually be afraid you will make one.” ~Elbert Hubbard Perfectionism is a great tool the devil uses to paralyze us. If he can get us to think we are only worthy when we do things perfectly, eventually it will wear us down to a point where [...]
Daily focalPOINT – Whipping the devil – Day 2 – Can’t
February 23rd, 2012
“If you want to conquer fear, don’t sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.” ~Dale Carnegie Years ago when our kids were little I used to tell them “can’t” was a four letter word I didn’t want to hear come out of their mouths. The devil loves for us to live [...]
Daily focalPOINT – Whipping the Devil – Day 1 – Replacing fear with God
February 22nd, 2012
“The devil has no power…except in the dark.”. ~Casandra Clare A couple of days ago I challenged my facebook friends to spend the 40 days of Lent replacing fear with God, one day at a time. Fear is often the root of most character defects. Fear gets us to not try, to not trust, to [...]
Daily focalPOINT – Giving
February 21st, 2012
“Giving is better than receiving because giving starts the receiving process.” ~Jim Rohn Although we should not give in anticipation of receiving, God’s natural laws are in place to bless the giver. Many years ago when my wife and I began to recover from the destruction I had caused in our lives, we made a [...]
Daily focalPOINT – Giving
February 20th, 2012
“You can’t keep what you have unless you give it away.” ~Unknown I learned this quote in the rooms of alcoholics anonymous (AA) many years ago and next to God is the primary reason a person gets and stays sober. The same holds true for anything you do in life. Give love and you get love [...]