Daily focalPOINT – Get Past the Past

“One problem with gazing too frequently at the past is that we might turn around and find the future has run out on us.”  ~Michael Cibenko As we get closer to beginning a new year it is important to move into 2013 without any extra baggage and there is no greater baggage than a past…

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Daily focalPOINT – Soar

“One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.”  ~Helen Keller I for one believe we all have that “impulse to soar.”  God did not make us to sit on our hind ends and grow fat, lazy, depressed and become cynical. The greater our lives become the more work He can…

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Daily focalPOINT – Risks

“Take risks:  If you win, you will be happy; if you lose, you will be wise.”  ~Unknown Some of the best things I’ve done in my life began with taking the first step regardless of what the world perceived as “risk” involved…based on the quote above…I’ve led a pretty happy and wise life. Are you…

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Daily focalPOINT – Working on “it”

“Average people look for ways of getting away with it; successful people look for ways of getting on with it.”  ~Jim Rohn Hmm…are you average or successful? P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com Proverbs 13:4, “The sluggard craves and gets nothing, but the desires of the diligent are fully satisfied.”  

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 – If’s

“There are no if’s in God’s world, and no places that are safer than other places.  The center of His will is our only safety.  Let us pray that we may always know it.”  ~Corrie Ten Check out what Jesus says will happen if we live in God’s will:  Mark 3:35 P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com

Daily focalPOINT – Merry Christmas!

The ultimate servant-leader entered the world without pomp, circumstance and/or pageantry. He came so we could not only live, but so he could live through us and take our lives to new levels. Read and reflect: Luke 2:8-20 John 10:10, “…my purpose is to give life in all its fullness.” Merry Christmas! P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com

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 – Darkness

“In darkness God’s truth shines most clear.”  ~Corrie Ten Boom John 1:5 As we prepare for the celebration of Christ’s birthday ask yourself if you spend the majority of your time in the light of God’s grace, love, wisdom, courage and strength or in the dark of the devil’s fear creating evil schemes of anger,…

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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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