Lord, thank You that my failures and disappointments do not cancel Your purpose for my life. Give me courage to get back up. Show me what I need to learn from every setback. Remove shame, fear, and di...  Read More

My fall is an event in my story; it is not the ending of my story.......  Read More

1. What fall or setback have I struggled to recover from?2. Am I allowing that experience to define me?3. What lesson can I identify from that difficult season?4. What would “getting back up” look lik...  Read More

Stop asking only:“Why did this happen?”Also ask:“What is God teaching me through what happened?”There may be discipline to develop.Boundaries to establish.Habits to change.Relationships to reevaluate....  Read More

Failure can become one of two things:A tombstone or a classroom.A tombstone says:“It ended here.”A classroom says:“I learned something here.”The same experience that causes one person to quit can caus...  Read More

He says:“When I fall, I shall arise.”Spiritual maturity is not pretending that believers never experience setbacks.Spiritual maturity is learning that setbacks do not have the authority to write the f...  Read More

Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.Not a small fall.Not a stumble.A great fall.Some moments in life feel exactly like that.A relationship ends.A business struggles.A career changes unexpectedly.A dream co...  Read More

ScriptureMicah 7:8“Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise...”......  Read More

Father, thank You for every opportunity, blessing, achievement, and position You have allowed me to experience. Forgive me for the times I have depended more upon what You gave me than upon You. Keep ...  Read More

My identity is not in where I sit. My identity is in Who I belong to.......  Read More

What “walls” of success or security has God allowed me to experience?Have I become dependent upon any position, title, relationship, or accomplishment for my identity?In what area of my life do I need...  Read More

Ask yourself whether there is an area where you have become too comfortable.Have you become comfortable spiritually?Have you stopped praying as fervently as you once did?Have success, position, or rou...  Read More