Playbook | Rebounding from Defeat
Wednesday, October 2nd 2019
My perception of and response to failure will determine if I achieve success.
My perception of and response to failure will determine if I achieve success.
Proverbs 24:16 NLT
The godly may trip seven times, but they will get up again. But one disaster is enough to overthrow the wicked.
James 3:2 NIV
We all stumble in many ways. Anyone who is never at fault in what they say is perfect, able to keep their whole body in check.
Failure is unavoidable…but it’s not the end of the story!
Failure is an event…but it’s never a person!
Failure is productive…but only if you’re willing to learn from it!
1 Samuel 30:1-4, 6-8 NLT
Three days later, when David and his men arrived home at their town of Ziklag, they found that the Amalekites had made a raid into the Negev and Ziklag; they had crushed Ziklag and burned it to the ground. They had carried off the women and children and everyone else but without killing anyone. When David and his men saw the ruins and realized what had happened to their families, they wept until they could weep no more…David was now in great danger because all his men were very bitter about losing their sons and daughters, and they began to talk of stoning him.
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Get Angry
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Grumble to others
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Blame anyone else
1 Samuel 30:6-8, 18-20 NLT
But David found strength in the Lord his God. Then he said to Abiathar the priest, “Bring me the ephod!” So Abiathar brought it. Then David asked the Lord, “Should I chase after this band of raiders? Will I catch them?” And the Lord told him, “Yes, go after them. You will surely recover everything that was taken from you!”
…David got back everything the Amalekites had taken, and he rescued his two wives. Nothing was missing: small or great, son or daughter, nor anything else that had been taken. David brought everything back. He also recovered all the flocks and herds, and his men drove them ahead of the other livestock. “This plunder belongs to David!” they said.
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Get alone with God
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Gain new direction
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Go get it done
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