"in the face of failure, I..."

The Journey

should reveal

01

χαρά chara (high-ra): joy, gladness

yet we quantify and justify the opposite...

key concepts:

cognition: The mental action or process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and the senses.

key concepts:

learning: The acquisition of knowledge or skills through study, experience, or being taught.

“Learning is the relatively permanent change in a person’s knowledge or behavior due to experience. This definition has three components: 1) the duration of the change is long-term rather than short-term; 2) the focus of the change is the content and structure of knowledge in memory or the behavior of the learner; 3) the cause of the change is the learner’s experience in the environment rather than fatigue, motivation, drugs, physical condition or physiologic intervention.”

–From Learning in Encyclopedia of Educational Research, Richard E. Mayer

hurdles

okay more a steeplechase

02

bumblin, stumblin, fumblin

Don’t fret or worry. Instead of worrying, pray. Let petitions and praises shape your worries into prayers, letting God know your concerns. Before you know it, a sense of God’s wholeness, everything coming together for good, will come and settle you down. It’s wonderful what happens when Christ displaces worry at the center of your life. Philippians 4:6-7 the Message

not just about fix and give but trust!

worry

6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:6-7 NIV

Summing it all up, friends, I’d say you’ll do best by filling your minds and meditating on things true, noble, reputable, authentic, compelling, gracious—the best, not the worst; the beautiful, not the ugly; things to praise, not things to curse. Put into practice what you learned from me, what you heard and saw and realized. Do that, and God, who makes everything work together, will work you into his most excellent harmonies. Philippians 4:8-9 the Message

Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. 9 Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you. Philippians 4:8-9 NIV

our love

for each other

03

is known

I’m glad in God, far happier than you would ever guess—happy that you’re again showing such strong concern for me. Not that you ever quit praying and thinking about me. You just had no chance to show it. Philippians 4:10 the Message

10 I rejoiced greatly in the Lord that at last you renewed your concern for me. Indeed, you were concerned, but you had no opportunity to show it. Philippians 4:10 NIV

the gift

forgotten

04

the day after receiving it

I’ve decided that there’s nothing better to do than go ahead and have a good time and get the most we can out of life. That’s it—eat, drink, and make the most of your job. It’s God’s gift. Ecclesiastes 3:12-13

12 I know that there is nothing better for people than to be happy and to do good while they live. 13 That each of them may eat and drink, and find satisfaction in all their toil—this is the gift of God. Ecclesiastes 3:12-13 NIV

Actually, I don’t have a sense of needing anything personally. I’ve learned by now to be quite content whatever my circumstances. Philippians 4:1 the Message

11 I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. Philippians 4:11

αὐτάρκης autarkēs (aus-tarr-case)

contented with one's lot,

with one's means, though the slenderest

a good recipe

proper directions

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patience in execution

I’m just as happy with little as with much, with much as with little. I’ve found the recipe for being happy whether full or hungry, hands full or hands empty. Philippians 4:12

12 I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. Philippians 4:12 NIV

cogniton...learning

experience will dicate what we learn and how we react!

struggle

success

failure

3 Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; 4 perseverance, character; and character, hope. 5 And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us. Romans 5:3-5 NIV

There’s more to come: We continue to shout our praise even when we’re hemmed in with troubles, because we know how troubles can develop passionate patience in us, and how that patience in turn forges the tempered steel of virtue, keeping us alert for whatever God will do next. In alert expectancy such as this, we’re never left feeling shortchanged. Quite the contrary—we can’t round up enough containers to hold everything God generously pours into our lives through the Holy Spirit! Romans 5:3-5 the Message

Whatever I have, wherever I am, I can make it through anything in the One who makes me who I am.

Philippians 4:13 the Message

13 I can do all this through him who gives me strength. Philippians 4:13 NIV

I don’t mean that your help didn’t mean a lot to me—it did. It was a beautiful thing that you came alongside me in my troubles. Philippians 4:14

14 Yet it was good of you to share in my troubles. Philippians 4:14 NIV

failure

will happen

06

what do we do with it?

statistics show that 92% of “New Years Resolutions” fail

they also show that 80% of people never set any kind of goal out of fear of failure/success; of the 20% who do 70% fail for various reasons

the classic upset...

3/10, 62%-72% = absolute dominance

how do we respond?

baseball...the game of failure

keep on keeping on

today is the day we don't quit but battle back to the podium!

fearlessly living a life of...

trust