We are willing to admit many fears like snakes and spiders, but #1 fear is unspoken…FAILURE
We are bombarded with images of success that run counter to God’s ways
Comparison is the root of all inferiority
All of us go through the test of failure
What does it feel like? Betrayal, hurt, hopelessness, grief, gripping anxiety, anger, rage, doubt, like you are fighting to survive, loss of a dream, loss of relationship, loss of income…
Understand the process: FAILURE > REJECTION> SHAME
It is the shame we fear so we react with fight or flight.
How you define success defines YOU. Habits determine our character and character determines our destiny (see “You Are What You Love” – James K. A. Smith)
The Test of Failure
We are willing to admit many fears like snakes and spiders, but #1 fear is unspoken…FAILURE
September 10, 2017 • Bill Dwyer
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As we wait we will be tempted to take shortcuts or try to change our circumstances. See the story of Abraham and Sarah Genesis 12:1-4, 15:1-6, 16:1-6, 21:1-5 As we wait we need to remember: What God is doing in us is more important than the things we are waiting for.
The Test of Endurance
September 24, 2017 • Bill Dwyer
Endurance in Greek is HUPOMONE Luke 21:19 Stand firm and you will win life. 2 Corinthians 4:7-12 But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body. For we who are alive are always being given over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that his life may also be revealed in our mortal body. So then, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.