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Promises for a New Year\nFailing. Pastor Michael Dascoli\nFebruary 28, 2021\n\nPlease turn in your Bibles to Matthew 25:14-30\n\n\u201c\u2019I was afraid and went out and hid your gold in the ground. See, here is what belongs to you.\u2019 \n26 \u201cHis boss replied, \u2018You wicked, lazy servant! So you knew that I harvest where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered seed? 27 Well then, you should have put my money on deposit with the bankers, so that when I returned I would have received it back with interest. \n28 \u201c\u2018So take the bag of gold from him and give it to the one who has ten bags. 29 For whoever has will be given more, and they will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them.\u2019\u201d Matthew 25:25-29\n\nFear of Failure: 3 Things to Remember \n\n1: Everybody Fails\n\n\u201cWe all stumble in many ways.\u201d James 3:2a\n\n#2: No failure is final unless I give up\n\n\u201cFor even though the righteous fall seven times, they rise again.\u201d Proverbs 24:16\n\n#3: If I will humbly learn from it, failure is my path to success\n\n\u201cBut for that very reason I was shown mercy so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display His immense patience as an example for those who would believe in Him and receive eternal life.\u201d 1Timothy 1:16\n\n\u201cThese things are warnings in the Bible written down so that we don't repeat their mistakes. They came before us, but we are just as capable of messing it up as they were.\u201d 1Corinthians 10:11 (Msg)\n\nFear of Failure: 5 Action Steps\n\nRemember, no matter what happens, God will use it for good \n\nAnd we know that in all things God works for the good of those who \nlove him, who have been called according to His purpose. Romans 8:28\n\nI must refuse to compare myself to others\n\n\u201cGod chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. 28 God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things\u2014and the things that are not\u2014to nullify the things that are, 29 so that no one may boast before Him.\u201d 1Corinthians 1:27-29\n\nI must redefine failure\n\nI must refocus on God\u2019s love for me\n\n\u201cThere is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear\u201d 1John 4:18a\n\nI must replace my fear with faith in Jesus\n\n\u201cI was shown mercy so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display His immense patience as an example for those who would believe in Him and receive eternal life.\u201d 1Timothy 1:16b\n\nLet\u2019s Pray:\n\t-What is God\u2019s Spirit saying to you today?\n\t-How must you respond?