How to Handle Failure

Success and failure are both hard to handle. How do you handle failure? Listen as Dean Self brings us a message on how to make lemonade out of lemons. Outline: 1. Why have I failed? a) When we don't plan ahead. - Prov. 27:12 b) When we think we've arrived. - Prov. 16:18 c) When we're afraid to take a risk. d) When we give up too soon. - Prov. 15:19 e) When we don't let God work in our lives. - Prov. 14:12 2. Steps to recover from failure. a) Accept responsibility. b) Realize the benefits of failure. c) Failure forces you to be more creative. d) Failure prevents egotism. e) Failure forces us to reevaluate what's important in life. f) Changes the direction of your life. g) Ask God for wisdom. - James 1:5 h) Forget the past and focus on the future. - Philippians 3:13-14