Less Fear of Failing, More Grace

How to Overcome the Fear of Failure

1. Remember everybody fails.

“We all stumble in many ways. . .”                                                                                                                             James 3:2 (NIV)

“There is no one on earth who does what is right all the time and never makes a mistake.”Ecclesiastes 7:20 (GN)

“All have sinned and fall short…”                                                                                                                          Romans 3:23 (NIV)

2.  Realize it’s not fatal.

“No matter how often an honest man falls, he always gets up again.”                                               Proverbs 24:16 (GN)

“We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.”                                                                                    2 Corinthians 4:8-9 (NIV)

3.  Recognize the benefits.

God Uses Failure

•  To educate me.

“A man who refuses to admit his mistakes can never be successful…”                                                Proverbs 28:13 (LB)

•  To motivate me.

“Sometimes it takes a painful situation to make us change our ways.”                                            Proverbs 20:30 (GN)

•  To cultivate me.

“We can rejoice when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they are good for us. They develop strength of character…”                                                                                                                                            Romans 5:3-4 (LB)

4. RELAX in God’s grace.

“God knows what we are made of, he remembers that we are dust.”                                                      Psalm 103:14 (GN)

“God canceled our debt which listed all the rules we failed to follow. He took away that record with its rules and nailed it to the cross.”                                                                                                                                          Colossians 2:14 (NCV)

“I remain confident of this: I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord.”                                                                                                           Psalm 27:13-14

“Love never fails.”                                                                                                                                                           1 Corinthians 13:8

“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind…Love your neighbor as yourself.”                                                                                                                                                                                   Matthew 22:37-39

“I was afraid. So I hid your two thousand dollars in the ground.”                                                            Matthew 25:25 (GW)

“Be careful that no one fails to receive the grace of God.”                                                                           Hebrews 12:15 (NCV)

All translations New International Version unless stated

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