“Prayer is not asking. Prayer is putting oneself in the hands of God, at His disposition, and listening to His voice in the depth of our hearts.” ~Mother Teresa Last night I received a text from a former co-worker and friend requesting prayer. She is fighting cancer and is refusing to lose but admits she…
Category: Life Issues
Daily focalPOINT – Limitless Possibilities
The sky is not the limit…I am. ~T.F. Hodge The ability to overcome our self-imposed limits is the first step in being able to experience the type of life we once thought unrealistic. I often find myself cringing inside when I am talking to someone who speaks in the terms of “if only.” If only I…
Daily focalPOINT – Real Change and Real Benefits
“All appears to change when we change.” ~Amiel The greatest change that took place in my life is when I quit chasing and lusting after the “benefits” of the world; and instead began trying to become a benefit for the world. Your focus is either inward or outward and the outward focused world view is a dramatically more…
Daily focalPOINT – The past is past
Don’t look back.  Carry the pleasant memories with you and be grateful.  Without them you would not be who you are today.   … JJM Many of us blur the view of today and tomorrow by not growing beyond the past. Striving to get out of the old and into the new is best done by getting…
Daily focalPOINT – Truth and the Paths we walk
“To some the truth is an insult, to others life from the dead.” Gary Amirault As I was reading my morning Proverb yesterday my focus remained upon Proverb 18:10, “The name of the Lord is a fortified tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.” I jotted the following in my journal: The paths…
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…
Daily focalPOINT – Success and a Name
Some people dream about success. Others wake up and work hard at it. I can remember years ago overhearing someone talk about why his kid wasn’t excelling in sports; it went something like this; “you have to have a name in order to have a chance at succeeding in sports at this school and my…
Daily focalPOINT – Growth
Life begins outside your comfort zone… One of the primary reasons people do not grow is because they are comfortable in their current state whether it is a good state or a state of misery. Life was meant for us to live and living doesn’t mean standing in place it means moving and growing. Where…
Daily focalPOINT – Success Barriers
“Most barriers to your success are man-made. And most often, you’re the man who made them.” ~Frank Tyger …nuff said P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com Romans 8:1, “There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.”
Daily focalPOINT – Ownership
“The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own… You realize that you control your own destiny.” ~Albert Ellis The moment you realize you control your own destiny and God wants it to be a great destiny is the day you can begin living and quit…