26 Apr From Here (How to turn your Setback into a Comeback) part 21

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This week we continue with our key Scripture from I Thessalonians 5:16, “Rejoice evermore.”  In this short but powerful verse, we discovered the Greek word translated “evermore” literally means “from this point on”.  In everyday language, it means “from here”.  

Over the past weeks we began to share with you “13 Facets to Live a Constructive Life”:

  1. Part from Pity (Phil. 2:14).  
  2. Never let your tragedy become your identity (Mark 5:26). 
  3. You can’t unscramble eggs (Eph. 5:16).
  4. What we know is always more important than how we feel (Eph. 6:13-14).
  5. Never let go of what you do know because of what you don’t know (Matt. 11:5-6).
  6. Never compound bad decisions with more bad decisions (Rom. 6:19).  
  7. Life is not about “What ifs” but “What now?”  (II Sam. 12:18-24).
  8. Learn to Fail Forward (Phil. 3:13-14).  

Then we began sharing our “6 Failing Forward Facets”:

    1. Let past failures strengthen your resolve for future success.
    2. Failing is an act.  Failure is an attitude. 
    3. When you fail…keep your sense of humor (Prov. 17:22).
    4. When you fail, ask why…not who.  When we fail we tend to blame and excuse.  Please allow me to give “Three Blame Barometers”:

This week we continue in our series with…

               5. Champions are not people who don’t fail.  Champions are people who do not quit (Prov. 24:16).  Here the Scripture tells us, “For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.”  Remember this:  Victory is simply getting up one more time than you’ve fallen!

               6. In failing, keep the big picture (Matt. 4:8-11).  Three very famous professional football coaches, Tom Landry, Chuck Noll and Bill Walsh.  These three coaches combined to win nine of 15 Super Bowls from 1974 to 1989.  However those three fabulous coaches had one very interesting ting in common.  They held the record for the worst first season of any coach in NFL history!  If you would have looked at any of these three very successful coaches after their initial year in professional football, you would have declared all three of them as failures.  However, they all went on to be three of the best coaches of all times!
Remember this:  Life is not a snapshot…it is a moving picture.  We must live our life…from here!