Real Humility

Humility does not mean thinking less of yourself than of other people, nor does it mean having a low opinion of your own gifts. It means freedom from thinking about yourself at all.

— William Temple —

  Hmm, ponder and reflect on this one…it’s a good one. P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com James 4:6, “But he gives more grace.  Therefore it says, ‘God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.’”

Inside Out

Get the inside right. The outside will fall into place.

— Eckhart Tolle —

  I see a fair share of people these days who are impatiently chasing the next shiny object. In this quest for shiny objects is a neglect of truly understanding and knowing ourselves on the inside and a disconnect with what God has planned for us on the outside. I was one of these “shiny…

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Love and Abundance

Life in abundance comes only through great love.

— Epicurus —

  …and I believe Epicurus wasn’t talking about the love of ourselves or our material things, but the love and appreciation of others and life. P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com Romans 5:8, “But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”  (ESV)

Starts and Stops

Doing what you love is the cornerstone of having abundance in your life.

— Wayne Dyer —

  What do you love to do? Are you doing it? There are only two steps in creating a new habit…start and continue. There are only two steps in stopping an old habit…stop and stay stopped. What do you need to start and what do you need to stop? There may be some things that…

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The Right Medicine

God doesn't prevent hardship from happening, but He can make it easier to handle.

— JJM —

  The above thought came to my mind as I was doing a quick cruise through my Facebook friend’s posts. There are lots of people who are in pain right now and Facebook has become a great way for those in pain to reach out to others for prayer and support. The fact of the…

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Good, Better, Best

Over the course of my life I’ve been exposed to many great quotes and sayings, and even created some of my own.  A practice I started years ago was to read a quote every day and reflect on it.  As most of you know that has become a part of the format for my daily…

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Changing the World

To the world you may be one person, To one person, you may be the world.

— Unknown —

  Who are you helping these days? Helping change one person’s world helps change the world…I write from experience. P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com Proverbs 19:17, “He who is kind to the poor lends to the Lord, and he will reward him for what he has done.”

Please God 1st

“A mother, her young son, and their donkey are taking a long journey through the countryside.  The mother is riding the donkey with the son walking alongside as they enter a village.  All of a sudden, the village people gather and start stoning them.  The pair run away and manage to escape.  The mother is…

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Few Wants

My riches consist not in the extent of my possessions, but in the fewness of my wants.

— Joseph Brotherton —

  The less I want the more I have…dang that’s a hard one for me to practice. P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com Hebrews 13:5, “Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, ‘Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.’ “

In our response lies our growth and freedom…

Between stimulus and response, there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.

— Victor Frankl —

  “Everything can be taken from a man but one thing:  the last of the human freedoms-to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.”  ~Victor Frankl “In most any circumstance there is good and bad.  Your attitude will determine which of these become magnified.  ~JMeyer This past weekend…

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