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miriam502 70F
77 posts
6/18/2015 1:38 am
Failure Is Not Fatal

Read: John 18.15-27

Bible in a Year: Nehemiah 10/€“11; Acts 4.1-22

You are the Christ, the of the living God. John 6.69

Prime Minister Winston Churchill knew how to bolster the spirits of the British people during World War II. On June 18, 1940, he told a frightened populace, Hitler knows that he will have to break us . . . or lose the war. . . . Let us therefore brace . . . and so bear ourselves that, if the British Empire [lasts] for a thousand years, men will still say, €˜This was their finest hour!€

We would all like to be remembered for our €œfinest hour.€ Perhaps the apostle Peter'€™s finest hour was when he proclaimed, €œYou are the Christ, the of the living God€ John 6.69. Sometimes, however, we let our failures define us. After Peter repeatedly denied that he knew Jesus, he went out and wept bitterly Matt. 26.75; John 18.

Like Peter, we all fall short €”in our relationships, in our struggle with sin, in our faithfulness to God. But €œfailure is not fatal,€ as Churchill also said. Thankfully, this is true in our spiritual life. Jesus forgave the repentant Peter for his failure John 21 and used him to preach and lead many to the Savior.

Failure is not fatal. God lovingly restores those who turn back to Him.
Dear Father, thank You for Your forgiveness. Thank You that Your mercy and grace are given freely through the shed blood of Your , Jesus.

When God forgives, He removes the sin and restores the soul.