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Failure and Success: Paralysis From Past Mistakes - A. W. Tozer

10/5/2014

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For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is His mercy toward those who fear Him; as far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us.--Psalm 103:11-12

Do not let any of the things of the world or past mistakes paralyze your hearts. I believe there are Christians who have allowed some of their past mistakes to paralyze them. You were so bright and cheerful in your spiritual life once, and then you made some tragic mistake or had something happen to you. You got out of it somehow, and prayed and wept your way out of it. But it did something to you, and now you cannot lick it. Past wrongs that have been done to you, past failures, times you thought you were going to win and did not, or present sins or discouragement-these things are not mental at all. They are deeper than that; they are subconscious, and they prevent us from believing.

I most urgently exhort you, and I trust God Almighty to deliver you; to sponge that out of your spirit; to sponge that out of your heart so you are not hindered by unbelief. Rut, Rot or Revival: The Condition of the Church, pp. 162-163

"Lord, I'm surely not the only one who desparately needs this reminder this morning. So many of us struggle with past sins, failures, or hurts. I pray for all of my fellow-servants who need deliverance, who need to have the past sponged out of their spirits and hearts. Amen."

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Harry Hardy link
8/8/2018 05:45:15 am

To grow personally and professionally, you shouldn't let your past failure ruin your present. The fact of the matter is, everyone fails at something. However, without trying you can't accept that non-success. If you try again, you may fail but you will certainly fail in a better way. First, you need to accept how you sense. Even though you have a personal setback, still, you have to comprehend that you are not a loser. Failure occurs when you try something unique and invaluable. Thus, you need to be constructive and learn from your failure so that you can move your past failures and stay away from getting paralyzed by its adverse effects.

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