Category: Giving

Daily focalPOINT – Reporting for Duty

“I know that the experiences of our lives, when we let God use them, become the mysterious and perfect preparation for the work He will give us to do.”  ―    Corrie ten Boom This past Thursday marked Covington’s first annual Free Christmas Dinner.  Over seventy servants dished out 725 meals to people from Covington and the surrounding…

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Daily focalPOINT – Grip

“Hold everything in your hands lightly, otherwise it hurts when God pries your fingers open.”  ~Corrie Ten Boom I can remember sitting in a church bible study, not long after I got sober and Pastor Steve Kimm said something that changed my thinking forever.  He shared with us the fact that NOTHING was ours.  Everything…

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Daily focalPOINT – Touching

“If you want to touch the past, touch a rock.  If you want to touch the present, touch a flower.  If you want to touch the future, touch a life.”  ~Unknown …and when you touch a life; touch it in a positive way or refrain from touching… P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com John 15:12, “This is my commandment,…

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Daily focalPOINT – Cause

“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.”  ~Anne Frank A Sunday morning ritual I have had for years involves going on a long run in order to clear my mind and prepare for the week ahead.  Last Sunday was no exception.  The weather was perfect and…

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Daily focalPOINT – Wants

“My riches consist not in the extent of my possessions, but in the fewness of my wants.”  ~J. Brotherton Luke 12:15, “And He said to them, “Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.” P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com Luke 6:38, “Give, and it…

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Daily focalPOINT – Riches

“The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own.”  ~Benjamin Disraeli Sharing riches is a temporary proposition; helping others find theirs’ is eternal. I am looking forward to helping those of you coming to Third Thursdays find your riches through growing your…

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Daily focalPOINT – Give what you Want

“Whenever you feel ‘short’ or in ‘need’ of something, give what you want first and it will come back in buckets. That is true for money, a smile, love, friendship. I know it is often the last thing a person may want to do, but it has always worked for me. I just trust that…

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Daily focalPOINT – Dumb or Depth

o-pin-ion (noun) 1.  A view or judgment formed about something, not necessarily based on fact or knowledge. I can remember receiving a call from my daughter during the first month of her freshman year of college.  She said; “Dad, I feel so overwhelmed when I talk to my classmates (she was at an Ivy League School),…

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Daily focalPOINT – Value

“Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value.”  ~Albert Enstein You have to believe on judgement day the good Lord will have a list of the ways we gave of ourselves to add value to His world and a list of the ways we took from the…

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Daily focal POINT – What’s Important…

“In our headlong search for secondary success– money and social status–we run a very serious risk of missing entirely the far deeper satisfaction of primary success:  the love, trust, and gratitude of those we serve.”  ~Stephen Covey Thanks for the reminder Stephen. P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com Matthew 28:19 “Therefore go and make disciples of all nations,baptizing them…

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