Making a fresh start
Rebounding from a failure
Job said, "My days have passed, my plans are shattered, so are the desires of my heart"
Ever had a day like that-
We all fail---
You’e not a failure till you give up
Never give up- We keep going
Causes of Failure
1. We don’t plan ahead- if your failing to plan, your planning to fail
Prov 27:12------Prov. 16:9
One of the reasons we fail, WE DON”T PLAN
It wasn’t raining when Noah built the ARK
WE don’t plan to get old, retirement, accident, college,
WE’ll always fail---IF WE DON”T PLAN
Jesus talked about a man who started building—didn’t have enough to finish
2. When we think we’ve arrived
Prov. 18:18
Pride is the beginning of Failure-
Pride brings an unteachable SPIRIT
Success BRINGS
Arrogance and Complacancy
Prov. 15:22
THE WHOLE, “GOD TOLD ME” movement
If it was really God---Seek Godly Counsel
Talk to somebody who’s smart---DON”T TALK TO LOSERS
Talk to people who’ve been there
Many of you get counsel, YOURE COUNSEL STINKS
Satan doesn’t have to come against you when you’re prideful
BIBLE SAYS, “GOD RESISITS THE PROUD”
3. Afraid to take risks- Prov. 25:29
When you start thinking about how you’re going to fail—You already have
FEAR SETS US UP TO BE A LOSER
“Without faith, it’s impossible to please God.”
The BIGGER THE RISK, THE BIGGER THE REWARD,
Ever been to VEGAS
I want on my TOMBSTONE---AT LEAST THE SUCKER TRIED+++
Wanna KNOW how Ugly GUYS MARRY Beautiful Women----
All the good looking guys are too busy looking in the mirror
Balding, Beergut, BUBBA- Ain’t got nothing to lose---ASKS HER OUT
Bigger the risk, Bigger the reward
Security makes us MEDIOCRE----
Seniority makes us COMPLACENT
Take risks
4. WE give up to soon---Pizza Hut says, If it’s not at your door 30 min, FREE
We need Patience and Perserverence
Many times during TRYING TIMES, PEOPLE QUIT TRYING
Senior Year---Regional football Playoff GAME----Ahead 10 points 50 sec.
“The lazy have trouble all through life” Prov---
If at first you don’t succeed... UNLESS YOUR SKYDIVING
Thomas Edison- 10,000 elements before he got to INCADESCENT lightbulb
I didn’t fail- I found 10,000 things, that didn’t work
Christians give up on everything- EASY AINT IN YOUR BIBLE---yolk
Job, ministry, career, kids- none of it’s easy
ABRAHAM LINCOLN FAILURES----
It takes GOD TO HANG IN THERE, RAISE GOOD KIDS, STAY MARRIED
5. When we don’t listen to GOD----Prov 14:12
God’s word is filled with guidelines----But we listen to our FEELING
God’s never told me anything---That agreed with my FEELINGS
PREACHING HADN”T CROSSED MY MIND-it had God’s
When you consult God----He wont lie---IT WILL BE TRUTH---
US TREASURY---Study THE REAL THING
Get-give---exalt-humbe---first-last
How do we respond to failure
God’s more interested in future than past
1. Accept responsibility for your own failure--- Prov. 28:13
The guy refuses to say I was wrong---CAN NEVER SUCCEED
Say I’m sorry, Fix Things, IT”S MY FAULT----
ADAM—it’s the woman----eve---SATAN----Serpent---didn’t have a leg
Saul- never slept with women---never killed his own----IT”S THE PEOPLE
David- Did all of that-------IT WAS ME___IT WAS MY FAULT
God’ said, HERE”S A GUY I CAN MAKE A KING OUT OF
Take RESPONSIBIBLITY and CHOOSE LIFE
2. Stop regretting, start repenting---
Repent means---Change it
You don’t have to ask for forgiveness over and over
You’ve been forgiven
BUT WE SHOULD REPENT
2 Cor 7:10
“I’m no Good” Say it again
I’ll always be preacher that tells you –U R GOOD—That’s my calling
I wont ever give up on you---
Quit regretting, Start REPENTING
Regretting will keep you in the past—repentance will move you forward
3. Forget the past—Focus on the future
Divorce whether you were the problem or someone else--
"Forgetting those things that are behind me"
Don’t let your defeats defeat you---
Firefly’s have a head light---on the wrong end---
Let’s get ours on the right end---Make a FRESH START
