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Hi my friends, today we're talking about learning from setbacks.

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Romans 8.28 says, And we know that for those who love God,

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all things work together for good, and for those who are called according to his purpose.

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For me, sometimes in pursuing my dream, I would see setbacks as failures and I would

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get so discouraged and want to give up. But God has been teaching me that setbacks

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are really just opportunities to learn and grow. And especially when you adopt an adventure

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mindset, you see those failures as actually hidden gems and gifts.

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Thomas Edison is famous for saying this quote in creating the lightbulb.

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You know, he says, I didn't fail, I just found 10,000 ways that won't work.

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So too, do we need to not be discouraged, not give up. You see, God can turn even those

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seemingly things that don't work or seem like failures into hidden gifts and turn them around

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for good in his glory. He challenges us, he uses these things to refine us, to test, you know,

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the dream in our character and to prepare us to handle the future success or the outcome of that

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dream. When we face setbacks, it's essential that we reflect on what we're learning and how we can

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grow and adjust or adapt to the experience. So our activations for today are journaling about the

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setbacks maybe you have already experienced in your journey. Where have you wanted to give up?

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How have you struggled with that? But also to reflect on how they could have been a gift or

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they could inform your future action. Trust God that every setback is actually just a stepping

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stone towards your dream. Our second activation is writing down a recent setback and reflect on

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what you learned and ask God to show you how you can turn it into something good and an opportunity

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for success. Well, let me pray for you today, my friend. So God, I thank you. I thank you that you

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don't waste difficulties, you don't waste sorrows, and that even things that might seem like failure

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by world standards, God, that you can have divine purpose and turn them around for your for our good

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and for your glory. God, I pray that my friend would learn and have the eyes to see and discern

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where the enemy might be lying to them about past failures and fear of stepping out in the future

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that you can rewrite the story. God, rewrite the narrative in their mind to see these as

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opportunities for growth, learning, and success. God, I pray that they would be encouraged this day.

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In Jesus name, Amen. Okay, my friend, I hope you have a great day and I will see you again tomorrow.