“Often there is but a fine line between experiencing peace on earth instead of hell on earth. The line is called forgiveness.” ~Jay Meyer The burdens of resentment, shame and guilt are heavy loads to carry and the devil loves for our load to be heavy. We carry resentments because we consider an act toward…
Category: Fear
Whipping the devil – Day 25 – Hypocrites
“A hypocrite is a person who – but who isn’t?” ~Don Marquis In an earlier post I noted excuses were like our hind ends; we all have one and they all stink! Excuses are often derived from fear and the type of fear that prevents us from growing and expanding is from the devil. Over…
Whipping the devil – Day 24 – Time
“Wise is the man who doesn’t wait to be on his death bed in order to value every minute he has on earth.” ~JJM A couple of mornings ago during my devotion/meditation time the above thought came to me. Can you imagine what it would be like to not waste a minute of time while…
Whipping the devil – Day 23 – Doubt in God
“Any belief worth having must survive doubt.” The devil loves to mess with those who doubt there is a God. I’ve always said sitting on the fence with your faith is the worst place to be as it not only hurts the crotch but it creates a huge opportunity for the devil to play. Faith…
Whipping the devil – Day 22 – Thoughts
“Change your thoughts and you change your world.” ~Norman Vincent Peale …nuff said! The devil loves to take residency in our thoughts and serves as an accelerant to anything bad and/or negative we allow to inhabit our brain. The best way to counter negative thoughts is by rebuking them in the name of God…He kicks…
Whipping the devil – Day 21 – Significance
“Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.” ~Robert Louis Stevenson Another fear we often feel is a fear of insignificance or a fear that what we are doing is not enough. Since any thought we have of helping others and/or the world runs counter to the…
Whipping Fear – Day 20 – Perspective
“The personal life deeply lived always expands into truths beyond itself.” ~Anais Nin Many of the emotions derived from fear can be traced back to having a limited perspective on life. The narrower our perspective the better our chances of taking things personally, worrying, having anxiety issues, being racist, being control freaks, being bigots, making mountains out of mole…
Whipping the devil – Day 19 – Practice
“Faith activates God. Fear activates the devil.” ~Joel Osteen As we continue on our lenten journey of whipping the devil a day at a time I am reminded of a quote by actor and elite martial artist, Bruce Lee; “I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has…
Whipping the devil – Day 18 – Fear of Failure
“If there is no struggle, there is no progress.” ~Frederick Douglass Another by-product of fear is a fear of failure. The enemy (devil) tries to convince us that failure is an end, whereas in all reality failure is simply a step in the process of accomplishment. The enemy encourages us to fail backwards. God wants us…
Whipping the devil – Day 17 – Taking things Personally
“Small is the life built upon how others make us feel.” ~Jay Meyer Taking people and situations personally when the person and/or situation is not directed at us is a great way to accelerate self-doubt and is another tool the devil uses out of our fear mechanism to get us to have no confidence and…
Jay Meyer
I started this blog in 2008 because of my passion for helping others take their lives to the next level. My hope is that, through sharing my life experiences as a business leader, husband, father, and recovering drug addict, I will positively impact your life.