1.The ‘Standing Out Principle: Eagles live on high ground

Eagles fly alone at high altitude and not with sparrows or other small birds. No other bird go to the height of the eagle.
Lesson:

• Stay away from sparrows and ravens. Eagles fly with eagles.

2.The ‘Vision’ Principle

Eagles have strong visions. They have the ability to focus on objects up to five kilometers away. When an eagle sites its prey, it narrows its focus on the prey and sets out to get it.

No matter the obstacles, the eagle will not move its focus from the prey in view until it gets hold of the target
Lesson:

• Have a vision and remain focused no matter what  the obstacle  and you will succeed.

3. Eating Principle

Eagles do not eat dead things. They feed only on fresh prey. Vultures eat dead animals, but eagles will not.
Lesson:

• Be careful with what you feed your eyes and ears with, especially in movies and on TV.
• Stay clear of outdated/redundant/useless information.
• Always keep yourself updated and do your research well.

4. The ‘Flying principle’

Eagles love the storm. When clouds gather, the eagles get excited. The eagle uses the storm’s wind to lift itself higher. Once it finds the wind of the storm, the eagle uses the raging storm to lift itself above the clouds.
This gives the eagle the opportunity to glide/float and rest its wings. In the meantime, all the other birds hide in the leaves and branches of the trees.
Lesson:

• We can use the storms of life to rise to greater heights.
• Achievers relish/enjoy challenges and use them profitably.
• Be Extremely Bold, Courageous, and Powerful

5. Participation and Preparation Principle

The eagle prepares for changes: when ready to lay eggs, the female and male eagle identify a place high on a cliff where no predators can reach.

The male flies to the earth and pick thorns and lays them on the crevice/gap/crack of the cliff, then flies to earth again to collect twigs/branches/stems which it lays in the intended nest.

He flies back to the earth and picks thorns laying them on top of the twigs. He flies back to the earth and picks soft grass to cover the thorns.
When this first layering is complete, the male eagle flies back to the earth and picks more thorns, lays them on the nest; flies back to get it on top of the thorns, then plucks its feathers to complete the nest

The thorns on the outside of the nest protect it from possible intruders. Both male and female eagles participate in raising the eagle family. The female lays the eggs and protect them. The male builds the nest and hunts.

During the time of training the young ones to fly, the mother eagle throws the eaglets out of the nest. Because the young eagles are scared, they jump into the nest again. The mother eagle throws them out and then takes off the soft layers of the nest, leaving the thorns bare.

When the scared eaglets jump into the nest again, they are pricked by thorns. Shrieking and bleeding, they jump out again wondering why the mother and father who love them so much are torturing them.

Next, mother eagle pushes them off the cliff into the air. As they shriek in fear, father eagle flies out and catches them up on his back before they fall and brings them back to the cliff. This goes on for some time until they start flapping their wings. They get excited at this new found knowledge that they can fly.
Lesson:

•  The preparation of the nest teaches us to prepare for changes.
• The preparation for family teaches us that active participation of both partners leads to success.
• The pricking by the thorns tells us that sometimes being too comfortable where we are may result in us not experiencing life, not progressing and not learning at all.
• The thorns of life come to teach us that we need to grow, get out of the nest and live on.
• The people who love us do not let us languish in sloth/idleness/laziness but push us hard to grow and prosper. Even in their seemingly bad actions, they have good intentions.

6. Shedding Principle.

The eagle knows when to retire. When the eagle grows older, its wings become weak and cannot take it as fast as it should. When it feels weak and about to die, it retires to a place far away in the rocks.

While there, he plucks out every feather on its body until it is completely bare. It stays in this hiding place until it has grown new feathers, and then it can come out.

Lesson:

• We occasionally need to shed off old habits and vain glory that ensnare us rather than adding values to our lives.

7. Eagles Are Very Patient

Another very interesting quality that eagles have is that they are very patient. Documentary film crews have filmed eagles spotting rabbits they will target as prey. Once the rabbit senses the danger, he will then go hiding in a hole, sometimes for as long as an hour or two before he finally comes back out.

The eagle will then wait for that hour or two until the rabbit finally comes back out again. And once he does, the eagle will then swoop down and catch him within seconds. As a result of his patience, the eagle will then be rewarded with a big fat meal.

In the same way, we all need the patience of the eagle, especially in the type of world we now live in with everything being done at breakneck speed and people’s fuses being shortened as a result of all of the high stress that we are forced to live under.

This is why one of the 9 fruits of the Holy Spirit is the fruit of patience, as we all need His patience operating through us so we can weather the storm clouds of this turbulent life.

8. Eagles Are Faithful For Life

Once eagles mate with their partners, they will stay true and loyal to that other eagle for life. In the same way, once God leads us to the mate that He will want us to marry in this life, He will expect us to stay true, loyal, and faithful to that mate literally to the day we die.

In this day and age, where 50% of all marriages are still failing and ending up in divorce, this is a tall order for many to stay faithful to their spouses.

In this article are some very heavy verses, all showing how much God hates adultery and what the ramifications may be for some of those who do not pull out of this serious sin within a reasonable length of time.

God expects all of us to honour our vows and commitments made at the wedding altar. God takes marriage and the vows that come with it very, very seriously, and it is nothing to be trifled/toyed/played with or taken for granted once you hit a few minor speed bumps in the marriage.

The Holy Spirit is the Helper and Counselor, and He can help heal any hurts or misgivings that may have occurred in the marriage if you will just learn how to open yourself up to Him and allow Him to work in whatever state your marriage may be in.