Tag: failure

Miss The Mark

“Failure is not the opposite of success, it is part of success, yes a failure is not a loss, it is a gain. You learn. You change. You grow.” Francis Chan That Was Really Ugly… I can’t even count the number of times I have missed the mark. We are human beings and sometimes we […]

Stuck In Chaos

Trust the Lord with all your heart. Don’t depend on your own understanding. Remember the Lord in everything you do. And he will give you success. Don’t depend on your own wisdom. Respect the Lord and refuse to do wrong. Then your body will be healthy. And your bones will be strong. Don’t ever stop […]

Upward Focus

Dealing With The Darkness Of Our Time Darker and darker the human condition is on a downward spiral. Deceit, lawlessness, hate, anger all accompany the illegitimate grab of power. These times do stretch our faith, they are dark times and the state of humanity is not good, yet we are never without Jesus, The Light […]

Missionary Prayer Journey -6

Life Happens Sweet Missionaries, on mission with Jesus, joy happens, and disappointment happens. They both weave their way through our on-mission life into the situations we encounter with, our world, different cultures, unique people and the choices that human beings make with their free will. We share the most transformational, miraculous message this world will […]

Christ In Me

Success Is A Slippery Slope In our human condition, we get obsessed with so many things, trying to “feel” good enough, be accomplished and successful. When, truly, chasing our feelings, is not a good choice, only if you like dead ends! Yes, and a second truly is this fact, that our only success, comes from […]

Will You?

“Without God, there is no virtue because there is no prompting of the conscience… without God, there is a coarsening of the society; without God, democracy will not and cannot long endure.” Ronald Reagan Forever I will lift up my soul into your presence, Lord. Be there for me, God, for I keep trusting in […]

Don’t Give Up

How dare the nations plan a rebellion. Their foolish plots are futile! 2 Look at how the power brokers of the world rise up to hold their summit as the rulers scheme and confer together against Yahweh and his Anointed King, saying: 3 “Let’s come together and break away from the Creator. Once and for […]

Forgive Us

They said to me, “Things are not going well for those who returned to the province of Judah. They are in great trouble and disgrace. The wall of Jerusalem has been torn down, and the gates have been destroyed by fire.”4 When I heard this, I sat down and wept. In fact, for days I […]

Love Found Us

Gabriel appeared to her and said, “Congratulations, favored lady! The Lord is with you!” 29 Confused and disturbed, Mary tried to think what the angel could mean.30 “Don’t be frightened, Mary,” the angel told her, “for God has decided to wonderfully bless you! 31 Very soon now, you will become pregnant and have a baby […]

Amateur

Jesus the Living Vine ~ “I am a true sprouting vine, and the farmer who tends the vine is my Father. 2 He cares for the branches connected to me by lifting and propping up the fruitless branches and pruning every fruitful branch to yield a greater harvest. 3 The words I have spoken over […]

Failure

If our identity is in our work, rather than Christ, success will go to our heads, and failure will go to our hearts. Timothy Keller Sustain me, my God, according to your promise, and I shall live; do not let my hopes be dashed. Uphold me, and I shall be delivered; I shall always have […]

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