DON'T BE A FAILURE

I. ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR FAILURE

1. Confess your failures to yourself (Gen. 41:9, I Jn. 1:10)

2. Confess to others you may have failed (Mt. 5:23-24, James 5:16)

3. Confess to God (Rom. 10:9-13, I Jn. 1:9)

II. ACKNOWLEDGE YOU ARE HATED

1. Realize you have an enemy [I Pt. 5:8a]

2. Realize he has a desire [I Pt. 5:8b, Lk. 22:31]

3. Realize he has a plan [Eph. 6:11-12]

III. ACKNOWLEDGE YOU ARE LOVED

1. Realize you have an advocate [I Jn. 2:1-2, Lk. 22:32]

2. Realize He has a desire [Eph. 5:25-27]

3. Realize he has a plan [I Pt. 5:7, 9-10, Eph. 6:10, 13ff]

Preached at Bradford Baptist Church on November 19, 2006