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New Life COTR Sunday September 16, 2007
OVERCOMING THE FAILURE OF OTHERS
KNOW THAT THIS IS NOT WHERE IT ENDS. WITH GOD, IT IS POSSIBLE FOR THE FAILURE TO BE A NEW BEGINNING.
Isaiah 43:18, 19(NIV) - “Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up, do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland.”
God can and will make A WAY out of the failure and give a new beginning.
1. To overcome the failure of others you must be willing to give it all to God.
Psalm 91:15-He will call upon me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him.
In trouble= the failure of someone who hurt you.
You don’t get over the hurt by denying the hurt. You must decide to accept the fact someone failed you but you do not want to live there the rest of your life.
Matthew 11:28-Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
God has not failed you; Man has failed you. If you blame God you are bringing God down to man’s level.
The Bible says “God is love, and love never fails” therefore God cannot fail you.
Transition; when you run to God and He comforts you and then He shows you THE WAY to your new beginning.
2. PUT YOUR HOPE IN GOD
Isaiah 40:31- but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles, they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.
Psalm 25:3- No one whose hope is in you will ever be put to shame.
Psalm 42:5- Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.
When someone fails you it is easy to stay focused on yourself and as long as you do that you will never get beyond the situation. Put your focus on God, He is your light at the end of the tunnel.
With God you will find comfort, hope and even joy again!
3. YOU MUST FORGIVE
Matthew 18: 21-22- “Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother when he sins against me? Up to seven times.” Jesus answered, “I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven.
Matthew 6:14-15-“For if you forgive men when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.
Be not deceived into thinking you have not sinned. Romans 3:23 tells us that “all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.
Read Matthew 18:23-35
Our sins against Christ are so much more than anything anyone could ever do to us. Christ died on the cross for our sins. Even as He hung on the cross He cried out “Father forgive them they do not know what they are doing.”
Christ was able to look beyond the moment and forgive for eternity.
4. DON’T RELIVE THE FAILURE
Read Hebrews 12:1-3
Continually reliving the hurt will hinder the race God has put before you. It will keep you focused on self when the scripture tell us to fix our eyes on Jesus.
Isaiah 43:25 I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions, for my own sake, and remembers your sins no more.
Psalm 103:11-12 “For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love for those who fear him; as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.
Remember this is all about forgiving the person who failed you God’s way.
If we forgive someone to this extent it would be impossible for us to continually bring their sins back up.
5. BEGIN YOUR NEW DAY
Philippians 3: 13-14 “Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.”
Wake up each morning ready to start the day with a fresh outlook on life.
If you are having a struggle with someone else’s failure or even your own failure look at Luke 18:27 and stand on that verse.
Luke 18:27 “What is impossible with men is possible with God”
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