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INTRODUCTION
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Charlie Brown
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Facing the Reality of Failure
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us. 2 Corinthians 4:7 SLAYING THE IN YOUR
Facing the Reality of Failure
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Facing the Reality of Failure
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us. 2 Corinthians 4:7 SLAYING THE IN YOUR
Facing the Reality of Failure
We are hard pressed on every side, yet not crushed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; 9 persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; 10 always carrying about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body. 2 Corinthians 4:8-10 SLAYING THE IN YOUR
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For we all stumble in many things. James 3:2
For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin. 16 Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need. SLAYING THE Hebrews 4:15-16 IN YOUR
Facing the Reasons for our Failure
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Facing the Reasons for our Failure
For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory, 18 while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal. 2 Corinthians 4:17-18 SLAYING THE IN YOUR
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Paul’s Contrast: light affliction and weight of glory things seen and things unseen
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FACING THE RESULT OF FAILURE
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Facing the Reasons for our Failure
Four Crucial Paradoxes 1. We fail now to succeed later 2. We fail in the incidental to succeed in the important. (practice makes perfect) 3. We fail in the temporary to succeed in the eternal 4. We fail outwardly to succeed inwardly.
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Facing the Result of Failure
Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day. 2 Corinthians 4:16
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FIGHTING THE GIANT OF FAILURE
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Fighting the Giant of Failure
Acknowledge Your Failure Not all failure (problems as some look at them) are sinful. Sometimes they are just a product of living in a sinful, fallen world). SLAYING THE IN YOUR
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Accept God’s Forgiveness
Psalms 103:10 He has not dealt with us according to our sins, Nor punished us according to our iniquities. “God doesn’t deal with you on the basis of your failures, but in the light of His grace”
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Apply the Lessons of Failure Toward Success Accept Failure as a Fact of Life, Not a Way of Life Arise from Failure and Start Again SLAYING THE IN YOUR
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Arise from Failure and Start Again Now the word of the LORD came to Jonah the second time, saying, "Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach to it the message that I tell you." So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, a three-day journey in extent. SLAYING THE John 3:1-3 IN YOUR
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Avoid Judging Failure in Others Whether by the way they dress, or by their spiritual discipline, or by their mistakes.
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CONCLUSION
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