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 In our 3rd Thursday leadership group I often share with the group the 3 questions we must all ask ourselves and create answers to: 1.  Why am I here? (Purpose) 2.  What do I stand for? (Principles) 3.  How am I doing? (Progress) The final question Merton poses in his quote above will be…
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 …need I say more? Matthew 6:33, “But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.” P.E.A.C.E Jay@EagleLaunch.com
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Having clarity about your God-Purpose with priorities properly laid out allows you to spend more time creating ‘best’ instead of ‘good’ in your life. Do you have a God-Purpose? Do you know what your priorities are? Do you know what your guiding principles are? Do you know what you are really passionate about? Do…
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 How focused, dedicated and disciplined are you?  As these three attributes grow, so grows your ability to not only achieve your God-Purpose but to expand it. There are four types of people in the world: 1. Those who make things happen. 2. Those who watch things happen. 3. Those who ask, “What the heck…
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 “What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do.”  ~Aristotle “The first and the best victory is to conquer self.”  ~Plato “The best way to conquer self is to die to self and let the Holy Spirit be alive and live through you one day at a…
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 You may have the greatest intentions in the world with an unbelievable passion to achieve your God-Purpose, but if you can’t overcome desires that take you off course you will fall with millions of others into the pit of “diminishing intent.” P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com Titus 2:11-12, “For the grace of God that brings salvation has…
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Which pain are you feeling? If it is regret, it is never too late to get started. P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com Hebrews 12:11, “No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Â Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.”
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 Nothing stops our God-Purpose from happening quicker than unbridled fear. Fear happens, but what we do with it determines what happens with us and having the courage to face it head on with God as our co-pilot is the only way to master it. I have to think God gave us the ability to…
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 I like this quote by Emerson as I also believe there are some of us who only want to see what we want to see (i.e. denial).  A couple of keys to personal growth is to always have more questions than answers and having people in our lives who’ve seen beyond what we are…
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Something I learned a long time ago was the importance of stepping away from situations that didn’t seem like they were going as planned. Sometimes stepping away only lasts a day for me, but when I couple stepping away with turning the situation over to God, amazing things always happen. Sometimes what happens is not…
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