Grace for Your Failures
When you've blown it.
Hope after you've fallen.
The big idea
Your failure is not the end of your story with God.
What does “Grace for Your Failures” walk through?
Loved As You Are
Romans 5:8 · KJV
But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
In plain English
God didn't wait for us to clean up. The cross happened while we were still in our mess.
Loved at the Bottom
God's love isn't a reward for getting it right. He loved you at your worst.
Mercy Renews
Lamentations 3:22-23 · KJV
It is of the LORD's mercies that we are not consumed... they are new every morning.
In plain English
We're not destroyed because of God's mercy — and that mercy is fresh every single morning.
Fresh Tomorrow
Today's failure doesn't drain tomorrow's mercy. It's new every morning.
Pray
Lord, thank you that my failures don't disqualify me from your love. Amen.
Write it down
What failure do you need to release to God's grace?
You finished: Grace for Your Failures
You fell. He stays. Get up; mercy is new.
Which passages does this journey use?
2 passages, drawn from Romans 5:8, Lamentations 3:22-23. Every verse appears here in the King James text with a plain-English line beside it, so you can read it without a commentary open. Allow about 5 minutes for the whole thing, or 5 short sittings.
- Romans 5:8
- Lamentations 3:22-23
Read any of these in full on the complete KJV, or look the wording up independently at Blue Letter Bible.
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