Can't Stand The Stress of Fear ofFailure??
We've been surrounded and battered by troubles, but we're not demoralized; we're not sure what to do, but we know that GOD knows what to do; we've been spiratually terrorized, but GOD hasn't left our side; we've been thrown down, but we haven't been broken. - 2 Corinthians 4:8-9
EVENT + PERSPECTIVE = OUTCOME
Be on guard. Stand firm in the faith. Be courageouas. Be strong. - Corinthians 16:13 (NLT)
How to have courage in the face of failure:
1. Accept our humanity:
We all stumble in many ways… - James 3:2 (NIV)
There is no one on earth who does what is right all the time and never makes a mistake. - Ecclesiastes 7:20 (GN)
2. Never accept failure as final:
No matter how often an honest man falls, he always gets up again. - Proverbs 24:16 (GN)
We've been surrounded and battered by troubles, but we're not demoralized; we're not sure what to do, but we know that GOD knows what to do; we've been spiratually terrorized, but GOD hasn't left our side; we've been thrown down, but we haven't been broken. - 2 Corinthians 4:8-9
3. Seeing the benefits:
THREE BENEFITS OF FAILURE:
1.A learning experience:
A man who refuses to admit his mistakes can never be successful… - Proverbs 28:13 (LB)
2.Motivation for change:
Sometimes it takes a painful situation to make us change our ways. - Proverbs 20:30 (GN)
3.Character cultivation:
We can rejoice when we run into problems and trials, for we know they are good for us. They… develop strength of character… - Romans 5:3-4
4. Receiving GOD's grace:
As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear him; for he knows how we are formed, he remembers that we are dust. - Psalm 103:13-14
GOD cancelled our debt, which listed all the rules we failed to follow. He took away that record with its' rule and nailed it to the cross. - Colossians 2:14 (NCV)
Love never fails. - 1 Corinthians 13:8
Be careful that no one fails to receive GOD's grace… - Hebrews 12:15 (NCV)