Category: Fear

Whipping the devil – Day 3 – Perfection

“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…

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Whipping the devil – Day 2 – Can’t

“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…

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Replacing fear with God

“The devil has no power…except in the dark.”. ~Casandra Clare Today is Ash Wednesday and it is the beginning of Lent.  Although I’m not much into religious rituals the period of Lent (47 days leading to Easter) is a great time to draw closer to God by removing anything we are in bondage to.  Being…

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Paralyze Resistence

“Paralyze resistance with persistence.”  ~Woody Hayes …nuff said Although I am not one who is big into Christian rituals, last year I waged a war on the devil and his favorite tool, fear, during the six weeks of Lent and I thought we would do it again.  (Wikipedia’s Description of Lent) There is no bigger…

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Daily focalPOINT – Meaning

“You see, it’s never the environment; it’s never the events of our lives, but the meaning we attach to the events – how we interpret them – that shapes who we are today and who we’ll become tomorrow.”  ~Tony Robbins The meaning we attach to the events of our lives originates from the beliefs we’ve…

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Daily focalPOINT – Anticipation

“Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen.  Keep in the sunlight.”  ~Ben Franklin Twas the night before Christmas… For many people the 24th of December is the most anticipatory day of the year, whether it be for the right or wrong reason. Today, I try my best to treat every night…

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Daily focalPOINT – Faith

“Faith is like radar that sees through the fog – the reality of things at a distance that the human eye cannot see.”  ~Corrie Ten Boom 2 Corinthians 5:7, “For we walk by faith, not by sight.” P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com

Daily focalPOINT – Armour

“We are up against the unseen power that controls this dark world and the spiritual agents are from the very headquarters of evil.  Therefore, we must wear the ‘whole armour of God,’ that we may be able to resist evil in its day of power, and that even when we have fought to a standstill,…

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Daily focalPOINT – Random Thoughts about Evil

“There is a saying in Tibetan, ‘Tragedy should be utilized as a source of strength.’  No matter what sort of difficulties, how painful experience it is, if we lose our hope, that’s our real disaster.”  ~Dalai Lama XIV John 10:10, “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they…

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Daily focalPOINT – Take Heart

John 16:33, “I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace.  In the world you will have tribulation.  But take heart; I have overcome the world.” The word is the only place to go when things happen that are so out of our control and so horrific. In Him we…

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