We have a tendency to be yes or no people, and any time we get into gray areas, we get nervous, and then we tend to make those areas black and white. We believe that things are right or wrong, and that is final! It wraps decisions up in a bow, and makes it all nice and neat. Unfortunately, life is never nice and neat, and many things are not simply “yes or no”. So what do we do with the gray areas of life? Galatians 5:1-14, explains that there is a way that leads to bringing glorify to God, in the arena of liberty. Paul puts it this way in 1 Corinthians 12:31, “… I show you a more excellent way”. Often we move to one of two extremes in Liberty, Legalism (which often leads to judgementalism) and License (Which often leads to intolerance), instead Paul argues in both Galatians 5 and 1 Corinthians 13 that the best choice is that of love. When we have a choice that seems to be neutral or that does not seem to have a clear biblical admonition, then we must chose that which demonstrates love to those around us. This is not … READ MORE

We have established that failure is a real-world inevitability, and that we have reasons for failures, but we need a little bit more than these reassurances when we are standing in the rubble of shattered dreams. What ammunitions is available to us in God’s Word. Allow me to suggest 6 Biblical steps to deal with failure:1. Acknowledge your Failure (Luke 15:21) – It is no good to call it something else, call it by its name. There will be no peace in your heart until you confess your failure and turn toward the Lord to move forward.2. Accept God’s forgiveness (Psalm 103:10) God doesn’t deal with us on the basis of our failures, but in the light of His grace. 3. Apply the Lessons of Failure toward Success (Phil. 3:13-14) – The great redeeming factor of failure is this: We can learn something through failure we could never learn otherwise.4. Accept failure as a fact of life, not a way of life (Matthew 26:69-75) – Always remember that failure is an event not a person. Failure is not final.5. Arise from Failure and start again (the Book of Jonah) As long as we listen to the voice of God, the … READ MORE

If you are going to attempt tasks in life, prepare yourself for failure. This is not an outbreak of pessimism but a healthy dose or reality. Everything on earth is doomed to failure, for even the seas and the mountains will one day be gone. Understand that God is not surprised by your failure because he knows our frame; and anticipates our failure, He understand because He lived in the same dust constructed body that we have. While God has compassion for our failure, he never condones it, and we should never be satisfied with failure, We must face the reason for our failure and begin the slow process of gaining victory. Learning from our failure is what gives us the experience to go in another direction as we attempt to gain victory in our lives. Paul writes in 2 Corinthians 4:17-18 “For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, works for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.” Let … READ MORE