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 second guess, to compare ourselves to others, to seek escapes through various addictions, to hold resentments, to give up, to feel inferior, to profess to know it all, to be judgmental, to get us to feel sorry for ourselves,…do you get my drift?

All of the above character defects are easily countered by God but the devil somehow convinces us we have no character defects, or they aren’t that bad, or we are so bad we are not worthy of God’s power, protection and strength.

For the next 39 days my Daily focalPOINT will be focused on “pissing” off the devil by replacing fear with God.  Fear is the devil’s playground.

This is a Lent proposition worth executing as it will change your life.  It will take vigilance and humility on your part as you will need to be willing to name your defects of character and turn them over to God as often as they appear.  A great practice to implement over this 40 day period is to do an end of day inventory of any bad thoughts, words or deeds you didn’t turn over to God during the day, and then turn them over to Him in your end of day prayer.

I don’t know about you but I like pissing off the devil as he once ruled my life and almost got me to destroy it.

Good Luck and stay in the Light!

P.E.A.C.E.

Jay@EagleLaunch

John 1:5, “The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it’.”