Hi my friends, welcome to Day 13, Overcoming Your Fear of Failure.
Isaiah 41.10 says, Fear not, for I am with you.
Do not be dismayed, for I am your God, and I will strengthen you, I will help you, I
will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
There was a time when I went on a missions trip to Colombia and I got stuck in the country
for an extra day, and the rest of my missions trip team went back to the United States and
me and one other person were still there.
And I honestly was a little bit scared.
I didn't speak Spanish that well, and I was like, God, what is happening?
And I just kept remembering this verse.
My dream was there to help pray and minister to people, and I just kept singing this song,
a song for my youth, and I was like, fear not, for God is with you.
And so as you're pursuing your dreams, remember that he is always with us and that he can
protect us and, you know, straighten us in this journey.
But fear of failure can honestly paralyze us.
And wow, there are so many times that I do not take action because I'm afraid to fail.
And yet we're never going to get better or we're never going to be able to go and achieve
our dreams without failing.
Like failing is actually beneficial.
And you think again of the story of a little kid learning to walk or ride their bike or
in school, like you have to be able to fail to grow.
And there's no such thing as like failure.
I love, you know, people that say like you're either winning or you're learning, like you're
not failing.
And so I just want to encourage you there.
God reassures us that we don't need to fear for he is there with us every step of the
way.
We have to acknowledge these fears to overcome them.
And so let's take time today to write out these fears, acknowledge them and ask God
for his perspective and his courage and strength to move forward.
Again, taking each of these fears, encountering them with a positive affirmation.
So for me, again, being someone who is afraid to fail, I have to constantly say I can do
all things through Christ who strengthens me.
And I have a sign that like sits above on the wall, kind of right in front of my desk.
And it says, I can do hard things.
For me, I love to do hard things, but I only want to do them if I know I'm going to succeed.
And we can't do that with God, like we have to, you know, I think for me, I've been realizing
lately that success is not success in worldly standards.
Success is just obedience in the kingdom of God.
You think about all the stories of the Bible where God just calls somebody to get outside
their comfort zone or to obey him, you know, to to follow the law of the Old Testament
or to, you know, in the New Testament to just take risks and go after what he's calling
us to do.
And it's not about the end result, like the numbers, the impacts, you know, the finances.
While those things are important, they're not what really matters.
You know, Jesus, you know, and God, they, they quantify our success by the obedience
that we're willing to take.
And so I just want to encourage you then that if you're feeling daunted like me by fear
of failure, stepping out in your dream, remember that is not the outcome.
It's obedience that God really blesses and honors.
Okay, so our activation for today is what fears do you have about failing in your pursuits?
You know, be honest, write them down, and then ask God to counter them with positive
affirmations and release those fears to God.
You know, take scripture, use it as a powerful decree.
When those fears creep into your mind, like have something to war with, sing, you know,
worship songs, like do something to overcome this fear.
Let me pray for you today.
So God, I just bless my friend.
Thank you that your perfect love casts out fear.
Thank you that the scriptures are full of promises that you are always with us, that
you strengthen us to have courage and not to be afraid.
I think you so often, you know, you go and call somebody to something and you're like,
do not fear because fear is natural.
It's just something that happens, you know, when we go and do something that we desire
to do or is stepping outside our comfort zone.
And so God, I pray for encouragement for my friend today.
Give them powerful affirmations and truth that they can use as weapons against fear
of failure.
In Jesus name, Amen.
Okay, my friend, bless you.
I pray for faith and boldness today and you go in your journey and I'll see you tomorrow.
Talk to you later.
Okay, bye.