Garth Heckman 

The David Alliance

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August Friday and Saturday 16th 17th End times conference at HillSpring Church sponsored by The David Alliance, 

Loss of control by Van Halen… it says loss control about 50 times in the song. Its a good reminder of how to be a Bad Ass man of Faith. Not so much about a loss of control and not so much about taking control… but more about paying attention to control. 

1. 1.Attentional Control

Luke 4 Jesus walks through the crowd that wanted to throw him off the cliff. 

Focus on what is Gods calling and let the rest fall to the wayside.

Take every thought captive.

Mental toughness begins when you choose to take notice of what’s passing through your mind, without identifying personally with those thoughts or feelings. Then, finding the determination to evoke optimistic thoughts about the situation at hand.

According to Strycharczyk and Clough (n.d.), techniques for developing mental toughness revolve around five themes: