THE GOLIATH OF FAILURE (1 OF 4)
by Steve Wagers
Scripture: 1 Samuel 17
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The Goliath of FAILURE (1 of 4)
Series: Goliath Must Fall
Steve Wagers
1 Samuel 17
1) Peter's UNFORGETTABLE Act of SEEING Jesus!
(The Way UP)
a) BROUGHT to Jesus
b) BEHELD by Jesus
c) BLESSED through Jesus
2) Peter's UNBELIEVABLE Act of SHUNNING Jesus!
(The Way DOWN)
a) The Place of DECEPTION
(He FORSOOK the Word)
b) The Place of DANGER
(He FORGOT the Word)
c) The Place of DISGRACE
(He FAILED the Word)
3) Peter's UNMISTAKABLE Act of SERVING Jesus!
(The Way BACK)
a) REMEMBERED by a PRAYING SAVIOR
b) RESTORED through a CARING Savior
c) REUNITED with a LIVING Savior
As a teenager, Walt Disney got fired by a newspaper because he had no good ideas.
Steve Jobs and Bill Gates both dropped out of school, because they felt like misfits.
Albert Einstein couldn't speak until he was 4 years old. He didn't read until he was 7.
According to Beethoven's music teacher, ''As a composer, he is hopeless.''
As a boy, his teachers said Thomas Edison was ''so stupid he'd never learn anything.''
A coach said Vince Lombardi ''...has minimal football knowledge. Lacks motivation.''
Sir Isaac Newton finished next to the lowest in his class and failed geometry.
After Fred Astaire's 1st screen test, the MGM director said, ''Can't act. Slightly bald. Can dance a little.'' (Fred Astaire hung that memo in his Beverly Hills home.)
Robert Louis Stevenson, the great writer and poet, wrote words that continue to enrich lives today. Yet, what did he write for his own epitaph?
''Here lies one who meant well, who tried a little, and failed much.''
When Stevenson reached the end of his life, and looked back on his accomplishments, he saw mostly failure.
Perhaps, because of so many past failures, you feel like Charlie Brown who said, ''I'm learning to dread one day at a time.''
When the opening day of baseball rolls around every pitcher has an ERA of 0.00, and every batter has a hitting percentage of 1.000, but it only lasts for ONE ...
Series: Goliath Must Fall
Steve Wagers
1 Samuel 17
1) Peter's UNFORGETTABLE Act of SEEING Jesus!
(The Way UP)
a) BROUGHT to Jesus
b) BEHELD by Jesus
c) BLESSED through Jesus
2) Peter's UNBELIEVABLE Act of SHUNNING Jesus!
(The Way DOWN)
a) The Place of DECEPTION
(He FORSOOK the Word)
b) The Place of DANGER
(He FORGOT the Word)
c) The Place of DISGRACE
(He FAILED the Word)
3) Peter's UNMISTAKABLE Act of SERVING Jesus!
(The Way BACK)
a) REMEMBERED by a PRAYING SAVIOR
b) RESTORED through a CARING Savior
c) REUNITED with a LIVING Savior
As a teenager, Walt Disney got fired by a newspaper because he had no good ideas.
Steve Jobs and Bill Gates both dropped out of school, because they felt like misfits.
Albert Einstein couldn't speak until he was 4 years old. He didn't read until he was 7.
According to Beethoven's music teacher, ''As a composer, he is hopeless.''
As a boy, his teachers said Thomas Edison was ''so stupid he'd never learn anything.''
A coach said Vince Lombardi ''...has minimal football knowledge. Lacks motivation.''
Sir Isaac Newton finished next to the lowest in his class and failed geometry.
After Fred Astaire's 1st screen test, the MGM director said, ''Can't act. Slightly bald. Can dance a little.'' (Fred Astaire hung that memo in his Beverly Hills home.)
Robert Louis Stevenson, the great writer and poet, wrote words that continue to enrich lives today. Yet, what did he write for his own epitaph?
''Here lies one who meant well, who tried a little, and failed much.''
When Stevenson reached the end of his life, and looked back on his accomplishments, he saw mostly failure.
Perhaps, because of so many past failures, you feel like Charlie Brown who said, ''I'm learning to dread one day at a time.''
When the opening day of baseball rolls around every pitcher has an ERA of 0.00, and every batter has a hitting percentage of 1.000, but it only lasts for ONE ...
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