​Failure Isn’t Defeat | Intimacy With Christ | Richard Wafford

Proverbs 24:16: “For a righteous man may fall seven times And rise again, But the wicked shall fall by calamity.”

I’ve failed more times than I can count, and I’m harder on myself than any man alive. God must remind me to forgive myself, get back up, and keep moving forward. That isn’t easy when you feel undeserving of forgiveness, honor, and the Lord’s favor. It’s hard for someone like me to accept that everyone fails multiple times in life and that God understands our failings. God knew of all my future failings before He gave me a new heart and Spirit and saved me anyway. He considered me worthy to become His child and poured out His grace, mercy, strength, and favor upon me like a water bucket challenge. It’s hard for me to understand that kind of generosity and unmerited love. It’s still hard for me to accept praise and honor in a public setting among my peers. But I am forever grateful unto the Lord for such recognition, for without Him I am nothing and can achieve nothing. ~ Richard

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Many of these lessons are in my new devotional book, “Warrior of the Cross, 40 Day Discipleship Challenge & Journal,” which grew out of my own experience of a time of darkness, desperation, and healing, and the hope I needed in Christ.