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Robert Jeffress - Fess Up To Your Mess Up

January 7, 2025 | S25:E12

Robert Jeffress - Fess Up To Your Mess Up
Pathway to Victory offers a practical application of God’s Word to everyday life through the clear, biblical teaching of Pastor Jeffress.
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Dr. Robert Jeffress | Robert Jeffress - Fess Up To Your Mess Up | January 7, 2025
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  • [narrator] from the pulpit of the first baptist church
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  • Of dallas, texas,
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  • This is pathway to victory with dr. robert jeffress.
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  • Hi, i am robert jeffress
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  • And welcome again to pathway to victory.
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  • No one likes to admit when they're wrong
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  • Or when they've made a mistake and that includes me.
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  • However, admitting your failure is actually an essential
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  • First step to starting over
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  • As we continue our series called
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  • "second chance, second act",
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  • I'll show you four biblical reasons why confession
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  • Is truly good for the soul.
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  • My message is titled fess up to your mess up
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  • On today's edition of pathway to victory.
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  • [narrator] we all make mistakes
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  • Almost every hour of every day,
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  • But because of god's grace,
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  • Failure does not have to be fatal.
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  • For turning your messes into successes.
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  • You know life is filled with perplexing questions
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  • For which there are no easy answers.
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  • For example, have you ever asked yourself,
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  • Why isn't the word phonetics spelled the way it sounds?
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  • Have you ever thought about that?
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  • Or here's one.
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  • Why are there interstate highways in hawaii?
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  • I mean, think about that.
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  • Now, i've never thought about this.
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  • You all have seen on television those virtually
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  • Indestructible flight data recorders
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  • That they're always fishing out of the smoldering remains
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  • Of a crash jet liner.
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  • You know what i'm talking about?
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  • Have you ever wondered,
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  • Why don't they just go ahead and build the whole plane
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  • Out of that material,
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  • Something worth thinking about?
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  • Here's one more question.
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  • Why is it that we instinctively deny our failures
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  • Rather than admitting our failures?
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  • I mean, you would think we would eventually learn the lesson
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  • That coverups never work.
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  • You know, failing to accept responsibility for our failures
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  • Prevents us from receiving the forgiveness from god
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  • We desperately need,
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  • But it also prevents us from experiencing
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  • That new beginning we all desire.
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  • Gordon mcdonald was a well-known pastor
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  • And author who by his own admission,
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  • Suffered his own moral failure.
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  • And he noted that god,
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  • Although he's willing to forgive,
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  • Doesn't automatically turn our messes into successes.
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  • Mcdonald wrote, "failures are transformed or not
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  • Depending on the state of our hearts.
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  • Some people drench failure with clever euphemisms,
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  • Wiggle out of responsibility, circumvent consequences,
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  • And scatter blame with panicked liberality,
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  • God requires a radically different response to failure.
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  • Failure must be named, consequences accepted."
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  • In our series, "second chance and second act",
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  • We're talking about five biblical principles
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  • For turning your greatest messes into incredible successes,
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  • And today we're going to begin with the first
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  • And the most foundational principle,
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  • And that is we have to fess up to our mess up.
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  • Today we're going to talk about the value
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  • Of admitting our failure.
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  • Now, i'll be the first to admit
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  • Confessing failure is not an easy thing to do,
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  • And it's certainly not our first impulse.
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  • Denial is more than a river in egypt.
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  • It actually describes the predilection we all have
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  • To want to cover over our mistakes.
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  • Have you ever wondered why that is?
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  • Why is it we want to try to cover our mistakes
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  • Rather than admit them?
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  • I believe there are three reasons
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  • That we instinctively try to cover over our failures
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  • And deny our failures.
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  • One reason is pride.
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  • Pride keeps most of us from admitting our failure.
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  • You know, in romans 12:3,
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  • Paul has a great antidote to pride.
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  • He says, "for through the grace given to me,
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  • I say that every man among you
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  • Do not think more highly of himself
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  • Than he ought to think."
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  • We need to realize what god already realizes about us.
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  • We are made of dust,
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  • We are prone to mistakes.
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  • Many times pride not only keeps us
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  • From admitting our failure,
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  • Many times pride is the source of our failure.
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  • For example, a wife convinces herself that a friendship
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  • With another man is harmless because
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  • After all, she's far too moral to ever fall into an affair,
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  • Or a worker close to retirement,
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  • Takes all of his retirement nest egg
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  • And invested in a can't miss stock
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  • And against the advice of his stockbroker
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  • And against the advice of his wife
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  • Because he feels like he knows better.
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  • The fact is pride keeps us many times
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  • From admitting our failure
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  • And many times it's the source of our failure.
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  • On the other end of the spectrum
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  • Is the second reason we deny failure and that is fear.
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  • We're afraid many times that if we fess up to our mess up,
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  • There'll be painful consequences.
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  • For example, we're convinced that admitting
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  • To a poor decision at work will result in our termination
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  • Or admitting an affair will result
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  • In the loss of our marriage
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  • Or admitting an addiction will cause us to lose the respect
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  • Of those people we care most about.
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  • Now, i wish i could tell you
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  • That if you will just confess your failures,
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  • Everything will turn out just fine.
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  • Well, it doesn't always work that way.
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  • Many times admission of our failure
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  • Does result in a termination or a divorce
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  • Or a bankruptcy
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  • Or some other hurtful consequence,
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  • Sometimes even imprisonment.
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  • Well, then doesn't it make sense that we should try
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  • And hide our failure as long as we can
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  • And avoid that day of reckoning?
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  • Well, this leads to a third reason
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  • We avoid confessing our failure
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  • And that is ignorance.
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  • Quite frankly, we try to hide our mistakes
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  • Because we think we can hide our mistakes.
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  • Even though we regularly witness
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  • Other people's secret sins being exposed,
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  • Somehow we think we can hide our sin,
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  • But eventually that sin will be exposed.
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  • You know, a great illustration of that
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  • Is the story of king saul found in 1 samuel 15.
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  • Do you remember the story?
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  • God had commanded saul to destroy the amalekites
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  • And not only the amalekites,
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  • But every living thing associated with them,
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  • Including all of their livestock.
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  • And samuel thought to himself, "that doesn't make sense.
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  • I mean, why slaughter all of these good sheep and oxen?
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  • I'll just keep a few of those for myself.
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  • Surely god doesn't care about that
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  • And i'll hide them so that no one finds them."
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  • Well, one day the prophet samuel approaches saul
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  • And says, "why have you done this great abomination
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  • And not killed every living being?"
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  • Saul said, "what are you talking about?
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  • I've done just as the lord commanded me to do.
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  • I've commanded everything including the livestock."
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  • 1 samuel 15:14,
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  • "but samuel said, "well, if that's true, saul,
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  • What then is this bleeding of the sheep in my ears
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  • And the lowing of the oxen which i hear."
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  • Oops, those animals refuse to remain quiet.
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  • Remember this ladies and gentlemen,
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  • No matter how hard you try to cover up your mistakes,
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  • Eventually the sheep will bleat
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  • And your mistake, your sin will be known by all.
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  • Well, those are the negative reasons
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  • Of why we don't confess our sins.
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  • What are the benefits of confession?
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  • Let me mention four benefits of fessing up to your mess up
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  • That you may have never about before.
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  • Number one, admitting our failure allows us
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  • To receive god's forgiveness.
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  • That's the greatest benefit of forgiveness.
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  • Admitting our failure allows us to accept god's forgiveness.
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  • Augustine said, "god only gives
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  • To those whose hands are empty."
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  • You know, as long as we are holding on to
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  • Denying our failure, rationalizing our failure,
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  • Being bitter towards somebody else for our failure,
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  • We're never in a position to receive god's forgiveness.
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  • Can i tell you something that may make it easier for you
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  • To admit your failure to god?
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  • He already knows about it.
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  • You may have hidden it from other people.
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  • You may have hidden it from yourself.
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  • God knows about it.
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  • He knows about your addiction.
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  • He knows about that affair.
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  • He knows about that squandered opportunity.
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  • He knows every mistake you've made,
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  • So why not open your hands
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  • And empty them of that denial, that rationalization,
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  • That bitterness so that you can receive his forgiveness.
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  • God only gives to those whose hands are empty.
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  • Secondly, admitting our failure results in renewed
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  • Emotional and physical vitality.
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  • Admitting our failure results in renewed emotional
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  • And physical vitality.
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  • Nothing will sap your strength anymore
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  • Than trying to cover over your failure.
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  • Nothing will sap your emotional energy any more
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  • Than that constant nagging worry,
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  • What if somebody finds out?
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  • You know, by the way, researchers have found
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  • That there is a link between confession of our mistakes
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  • And good health.
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  • Timothy jones notes
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  • And that recent studies have determined that people
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  • Who admit their failure
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  • And openly discuss their foibles
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  • Experience both short term and long term health benefits.
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  • According to one researcher james penneaker,
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  • "there appears to be within us something akin
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  • To an urge to confess.
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  • Not disclosing our thoughts and feelings can be unhealthy,
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  • Disclosing them can be healthy."
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  • Are you physically and emotionally exhausted
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  • From covering over your failure?
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  • If so, go ahead and admit it to god.
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  • You're not giving him new information
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  • And experience that physical and emotional relief
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  • That comes from confession.
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  • Number three, admitting our failure encourages us
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  • To hit the reset button of our lives.
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  • Admitting our failure encourages us
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  • To hit the reset button of our lives.
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  • Let me explain what i mean by that.
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  • When we admit our failure,
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  • It is like we're drawing a line of demarcation
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  • Between our past and our future.
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  • When we admit to god and to others that we have failed,
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  • No longer do we have to be prisoners of our past.
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  • Whenever satan or anybody else
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  • Wants to bring up our failure,
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  • We can easily say, "well, yeah,
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  • That was a part of my past,
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  • But that's not part of my future."
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  • That's the benefit of confession.
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  • Number four, admitting our failures
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  • Allows us to learn from our mistakes.
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  • Admitting our failure allows us to learn from our mistakes.
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  • We can never learn from our failures
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  • If we're not willing to admit our failures.
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  • You know, somebody has said that word mistakes
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  • Is an acrostic.
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  • Write this down.
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  • The m in mistakes stands for
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  • Messages that give us feedback about life.
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  • The i stands for interruptions
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  • That should cause us to reflect and think.
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  • The s, signpost that direct us to the right path.
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  • T, tests that push us toward greater maturity.
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  • A, awakenings that keep us in the game mentally.
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  • K, keys that we can use to unlock
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  • The next door of opportunity.
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  • E stands for explorations that let us journey
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  • Where we've never been before,
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  • And s, statements about our development and progress.
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  • Those are benefits of mistakes,
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  • But let me note, they are only potential benefits
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  • Of our mistakes.
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  • They only benefit us if we're willing to admit that in fact,
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  • We have made a mistake.
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  • You know, proverbs 26:11 says,
  • 00:13:28.430 --> 00:13:31.100
  • "like a dog that returns to its vomit
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  • Is a fool who repeats his folly."
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  • It's a great verse before lunch, isn't it?
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  • But it's a very picturesque description.
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  • A foolish person is one
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  • Who keeps repeating the same mistake over and over
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  • And over again,
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  • But the wise person is the person who is willing
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  • To learn from his mistakes.
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  • We can only profit from our mistakes
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  • If we're willing to admit our mistakes.
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  • Well, we've talked about the benefits
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  • Of fessing up to our mess up.
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  • How do we go about doing it?
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  • I want to share with you four practical ways from god's word
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  • That we can fess up to our mess up.
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  • Number one, determine if in fact you've really failed,
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  • Determine whether or not you have really failed.
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  • Our friend john ortberg says,
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  • "failure is not an event,
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  • It's a judgment about an event."
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  • Failure is not an event,
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  • It is a judgment about an event.
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  • You know, sometimes our judgment about failure is accurate
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  • Because it's based on god's word,
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  • But sometimes what we label as a failure
  • 00:14:39.935 --> 00:14:42.137
  • Is not really a failure at all
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  • Because we're basing it on something other than god's word.
  • 00:14:43.772 --> 00:14:47.509
  • You know, before you label something in your past
  • 00:14:47.509 --> 00:14:49.945
  • Or even present as a failure,
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  • Ask yourself a couple of important questions.
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  • Number one, what standard am i using?
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  • By what standard am i judging this event to be a failure?
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  • Is it god's word
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  • Or is it perhaps an unrealistic standard
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  • I've set for myself?
  • 00:15:07.429 --> 00:15:08.797
  • For example, if you open up a small retail business
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  • Two blocks down from walmart,
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  • Are you a failure because you don't have
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  • The same sales volume as walmart does?
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  • Well, of course not.
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  • That is an unrealistic standard you are using.
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  • Second question, am i making this judgment prematurely?
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  • Am i labeling this part of my life a failure prematurely?
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  • Just because your children are rebelling against you
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  • And god today,
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  • Doesn't mean they'll always be rebelling
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  • Against you and god.
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  • Or just because you didn't receive that promotion
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  • At your job this year
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  • Doesn't mean you won't receive it next year.
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  • Just because your relationship with god
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  • Is not everything you would like it to be right now,
  • 00:15:53.208 --> 00:15:55.577
  • Doesn't mean it won't one day become exactly
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  • What you and god want it to be.
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  • Make sure you're not making your judgment prematurely.
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  • Second principle for fessing up to your mess up.
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  • Identify the role others may have played in your failure.
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  • Identify the role
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  • That other people may have played in your failure.
  • 00:16:14.263 --> 00:16:16.098
  • You know, if we're going to learn from our mistakes,
  • 00:16:16.098 --> 00:16:19.134
  • We have to acknowledge what role other people
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  • Could have played in our failure.
  • 00:16:21.804 --> 00:16:23.372
  • You know, divorce, bankruptcies,
  • 00:16:23.372 --> 00:16:25.140
  • Terminations usually are not only one person's fault.
  • 00:16:25.140 --> 00:16:29.344
  • Now, i know this is counterintuitive
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  • Because we think the christian thing to do
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  • Is to play like nobody else played a role in our failure,
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  • To ignore it, to sweep it under the rug,
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  • But it's really important
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  • If we're going to have a second chance and second act
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  • That we admit the role others
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  • Could have played in our failure.
  • 00:16:45.627 --> 00:16:46.895
  • Why is that?
  • 00:16:46.895 --> 00:16:47.930
  • Because first of all,
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  • Failing to acknowledge how others have failed us
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  • May cause us to fall into the same trap again.
  • 00:16:52.501 --> 00:16:56.939
  • But secondly, failing to acknowledge
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  • The role other people play in our failure
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  • Keeps us from being able to forgive them.
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  • One of the most important ingredients ladies and gentlemen
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  • From moving on to that second act in your life
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  • Is experiencing the freedom that comes from forgiveness.
  • 00:17:12.888 --> 00:17:17.092
  • And remember this saying,
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  • "you can only forgive people you're first willing to blame."
  • 00:17:18.627 --> 00:17:22.564
  • If you don't blame people,
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  • You can't forgive people.
  • 00:17:23.966 --> 00:17:25.534
  • You see forgiveness doesn't mean sweeping it under the rug
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  • Or denying that somebody has wronged us.
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  • Forgiveness means acknowledging
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  • That somebody has hurt us and wronged us,
  • 00:17:33.408 --> 00:17:35.677
  • But then surrendering,
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  • Letting go of our right to hurt them for hurting us.
  • 00:17:37.246 --> 00:17:40.315
  • That's what forgiveness is.
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  • It's not about denying,
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  • It's not about sweeping under the rug.
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  • Remember what joseph said to his brothers?
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  • "you meant it for evil."
  • 00:17:46.488 --> 00:17:49.057
  • No sweeping under the rug there,
  • 00:17:49.057 --> 00:17:50.792
  • But then he went on to say, "god used it for good."
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  • I'm letting go of my right to hurt you for hurting me.
  • 00:17:54.263 --> 00:17:57.599
  • If we don't acknowledge the failure of others,
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  • We can never forgive them.
  • 00:17:59.701 --> 00:18:01.136
  • Ephesians 4:32 paul said,
  • 00:18:01.136 --> 00:18:03.438
  • "be kind to one another,
  • 00:18:03.438 --> 00:18:05.340
  • Tender hearted, forgiving each other
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  • Just as god in christ has forgiven us."
  • 00:18:07.509 --> 00:18:12.314
  • Principle number three to fess up to your mess up.
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  • Acknowledge your responsibility for your failure.
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  • You know, even if the failure you've experienced
  • 00:18:20.122 --> 00:18:22.824
  • Is 99% the fault of somebody else
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  • And you're only 1% responsible,
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  • You need to concentrate on your 1% and acknowledge that
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  • To whomever it needs to be acknowledged to.
  • 00:18:33.101 --> 00:18:36.038
  • You know, if we don't do that,
  • 00:18:36.038 --> 00:18:37.940
  • If we never admit our role and failure,
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  • First of all we can never learn from our failure
  • 00:18:40.742 --> 00:18:42.878
  • If we don't acknowledge it.
  • 00:18:42.878 --> 00:18:44.613
  • But secondly, admitting our failure
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  • Encourages other people to help us.
  • 00:18:47.282 --> 00:18:50.586
  • Other people will most likely help us
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  • In our second act in life
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  • If we're willing to admit our failure.
  • 00:18:54.623 --> 00:18:56.525
  • You know in one peter 5:5 peter writes,
  • 00:18:56.525 --> 00:18:59.628
  • "you younger men, likewise, be subject to your elders
  • 00:18:59.628 --> 00:19:04.299
  • And all of you clothe yourselves with humility
  • 00:19:04.299 --> 00:19:07.302
  • Toward one another for god is opposed to the proud,
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  • But he gives grace to the humble."
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  • God resist anyone who is proud
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  • And refuses to acknowledge his failure,
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  • But he offers grace to those who acknowledge their failure.
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  • Now, listen to this.
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  • How does god's grace come into our life?
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  • Many times it comes through other people, doesn't it?
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  • He places other people in our life
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  • Who are willing to help us after our failure,
  • 00:19:33.061 --> 00:19:35.497
  • But those people will only be open to helping us
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  • If we're willing to humble ourself and admit our mistake.
  • 00:19:39.101 --> 00:19:43.171
  • Now, the question comes,
  • 00:19:43.171 --> 00:19:44.573
  • Okay, i know i'm supposed to confess my failure,
  • 00:19:44.573 --> 00:19:46.808
  • But whom do i confess it to?
  • 00:19:46.808 --> 00:19:49.544
  • Well, it depends on the nature of your failure.
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  • If your failure is really something
  • 00:19:52.447 --> 00:19:55.484
  • That hasn't hurt another person
  • 00:19:55.484 --> 00:19:58.620
  • And your failure has not offended god,
  • 00:19:58.620 --> 00:20:00.789
  • It's not an overt sin that violates god's standard.
  • 00:20:00.789 --> 00:20:04.359
  • If you have fallen short in some way
  • 00:20:04.359 --> 00:20:06.094
  • That hasn't hurt other people
  • 00:20:06.094 --> 00:20:08.397
  • And it hasn't wronged god,
  • 00:20:08.397 --> 00:20:10.632
  • Then many times you just need
  • 00:20:10.632 --> 00:20:11.833
  • To confess your failure to yourself.
  • 00:20:11.833 --> 00:20:14.736
  • Many times we need to do that with our failures.
  • 00:20:14.736 --> 00:20:16.905
  • We just need to admit it to ourself
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  • And pledge we're going to do better next time.
  • 00:20:18.607 --> 00:20:20.142
  • Now, if we've offended somebody else
  • 00:20:20.142 --> 00:20:22.744
  • And wronged somebody else,
  • 00:20:22.744 --> 00:20:24.146
  • Then we need to go and ask for their forgiveness.
  • 00:20:24.146 --> 00:20:27.516
  • That's an important principle to ask people for forgiveness.
  • 00:20:27.516 --> 00:20:30.752
  • Now, that person may or may not choose to forgive you,
  • 00:20:30.752 --> 00:20:34.056
  • That's their responsibility.
  • 00:20:34.056 --> 00:20:36.825
  • But whenever you try to ask somebody for forgiveness,
  • 00:20:36.825 --> 00:20:41.229
  • It gives you what the bible calls a clear conscience.
  • 00:20:41.229 --> 00:20:45.434
  • Did you know in 1 timothy 1,
  • 00:20:45.434 --> 00:20:46.835
  • Paul says, there are two ingredients necessary
  • 00:20:46.835 --> 00:20:49.404
  • For success in your christian life,
  • 00:20:49.404 --> 00:20:51.573
  • Faith and a clear conscience.
  • 00:20:51.573 --> 00:20:54.710
  • You've heard me say it before,
  • 00:20:54.710 --> 00:20:55.811
  • What is a clear conscience?
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  • It is the knowledge that there is no one on the earth
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  • Who can accuse you
  • 00:21:01.550 --> 00:21:02.884
  • Of a wrong you have not attempted to make right.
  • 00:21:02.884 --> 00:21:06.688
  • That's the value of asking for forgiveness.
  • 00:21:06.688 --> 00:21:09.191
  • Now, again, you can't control
  • 00:21:09.191 --> 00:21:10.625
  • Whether that person chooses to forgive you or not,
  • 00:21:10.625 --> 00:21:13.695
  • And that leads to a fourth principle,
  • 00:21:13.695 --> 00:21:15.430
  • Receive god's forgiveness for your failure.
  • 00:21:15.430 --> 00:21:18.633
  • Whether that person you have wronged
  • 00:21:18.633 --> 00:21:21.103
  • And your failure ever chooses to forgive you or not,
  • 00:21:21.103 --> 00:21:24.039
  • You can always know god does forgive.
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  • Listen to david's prayer for forgiveness
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  • Found in psalm 51:1-4.
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  • David said, "be gracious to me, o god,
  • 00:21:34.182 --> 00:21:37.419
  • According to thy loving kindness,
  • 00:21:37.419 --> 00:21:39.788
  • According to the greatness of thy compassion,
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  • Blot out my transgressions."
  • 00:21:42.824 --> 00:21:45.727
  • When god forgives you of that major,
  • 00:21:45.727 --> 00:21:48.897
  • Major sin in your life,
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  • He blots it out.
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  • It is as if it has never happened.
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  • "wash me thoroughly," verse two, "from my iniquity,
  • 00:21:55.203 --> 00:21:58.407
  • And cleanse me from my sin.
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  • For i know my transgressions
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  • And my sin is ever before me
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  • Against the and the only i have sinned
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  • And done what is evil and thy sight
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  • So that thou are justified when thou does speak
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  • And blameless when thou dost judge."
  • 00:22:12.721 --> 00:22:15.390
  • Ladies and gentlemen,
  • 00:22:15.390 --> 00:22:16.658
  • A gift is only a gift if it's received.
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  • God is willing to forgive you
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  • Of anything you have done in the past,
  • 00:22:22.164 --> 00:22:24.766
  • But you have to be willing to ask.
  • 00:22:24.766 --> 00:22:27.235
  • Are you ready to do that today?
  • 00:22:27.235 --> 00:22:28.870
  • Are you ready to open your hands and your heart to god
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  • And say, "god, today i'm letting go of all of my excuses,
  • 00:22:31.506 --> 00:22:36.011
  • My denials, my bitterness toward others.
  • 00:22:36.011 --> 00:22:39.080
  • Today, i'm ready to receive your unconditional
  • 00:22:39.080 --> 00:22:43.118
  • And eternal forgiveness.
  • 00:22:43.118 --> 00:22:45.887
  • Remember, god only gives
  • 00:22:46.388 --> 00:22:50.225
  • To those whose hands are empty.
  • 00:22:50.225 --> 00:22:53.562
  • (gentle music)
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  • Are you ready to follow your pathway to victory?
  • 00:22:58.733 --> 00:23:01.837
  • Today is the day you can turn from your sin,
  • 00:23:01.837 --> 00:23:05.106
  • Allowing god to bring beauty from the ashes of your life.
  • 00:23:05.106 --> 00:23:09.411
  • In closing, let me thank you for giving generously
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  • To pathway to victory.
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  • Even during these uncertain times.
  • 00:23:14.216 --> 00:23:16.785
  • Over the past year god has used the global crisis
  • 00:23:16.785 --> 00:23:20.222
  • To get the attention of millions around the world
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  • Who are stressed out and worried.
  • 00:23:23.124 --> 00:23:25.360
  • Let's make sure they have access to the truth of god's word.
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  • Your gift allows us to bring pathway to victory
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  • To questioning people who desperately need hope today.
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  • Now please stay right there,
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  • I'll be back with more pathway to victory in just a moment.
  • 00:23:38.773 --> 00:23:43.211
  • (gentle music)
  • 00:23:43.578 --> 00:23:45.380
  • [narrator] all of us carry some measure
  • 00:23:45.380 --> 00:23:46.882
  • Of regret about the past.
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  • Thankfully, no mistake is too big for god to forgive.
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  • In his bestselling book, "second chance, second act",
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  • Dr. robert jeffress shares how god
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  • Can turn your biggest mess into your greatest success.
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  • In my book, "second chance, second act",
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  • You'll discover five biblical strategies
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  • For turning your messes into successes.
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  • You'll learn to overcome the guilt, suffering,
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  • And regret of your past mistakes,
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  • And you'll read stories from scripture that prove
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  • Beyond a shadow of a doubt that god is in the business
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  • Of second chances.
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  • [narrator] a copy of the book, "second chance, second act"
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  • Is yours today when you give a generous gift
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  • To pathway to victory.
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  • And when your gift is $75 or more,
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  • You'll also receive all eight of the original
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  • Unabridged messages from the "second chance, second act"
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  • Teaching series on dvd and mp3 format audio disc.
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  • Ladies and gentlemen, i don't care
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  • What failure you have experienced.
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  • Your failure, your sin doesn't have to be
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  • The final word about your life story.
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  • That's what redemption is all about.
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  • [narrator] together through the ministry
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  • Of pathway to victory,
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  • We're sharing the timeless wisdom and truth of god's word
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  • With the world in need,
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  • And your support makes it possible.
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  • Thank you for partnering with us to share the gospel
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  • And change lives through the bold proclamation of scripture.
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  • (gentle music)
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  • Maybe you find yourself caught
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  • In the vicious cycle of sin,
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  • Confession, more sin, more confession,
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  • And on and on.
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  • Are you tired of feeling defeated?
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  • God wants to redeem your failures for his glory,
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  • But your life won't change
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  • Until you take the deliberate steps
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  • Prescribed in god's word.
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  • Well, in the moment all mistakes are painful,
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  • But when we respond intentionally,
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  • Our mistakes can be a stepping stone
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  • To further success in life.
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  • Next time, i'm going to show you
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  • How to learn from your failures and not repeat them.
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  • Stay tuned for a preview of what's coming up next time
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  • On pathway to victory.
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  • Remember, failure is inevitable.
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  • We're all going to mess up big time
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  • At some point in our life.
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  • And even though the grace of god
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  • Erases the eternal consequences of our sin,
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  • God's grace does not erase the temporary
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  • Consequences of our sin.
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  • [narrator] set your dvr and join us next time
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  • For the message don't mess up for free
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  • Here on pathway to victory.
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  • (gentle music)
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  • [robert] if you could go back in time
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  • And walk with the apostle paul on one of his journeys,
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  • Would you do it?
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  • This may let's go together
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  • On the life-changing pathway to victory journeys of paul
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  • Mediterranean cruise.
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  • [narrator] embark on a voyage of elegance and refinement
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  • Enjoy lavish state rooms, spacious balconies,
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  • And world-class dining.
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  • You'll experience breathtaking views, famous beaches
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  • And crystal clear water in beautiful island destinations
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  • Like santorini, mykonos, and crete.
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  • Walk with me and other believers in the very places
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  • Where god's word was written.
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  • Join us as we study his word together.
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  • Surrounded by natural beauty,
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  • We will seek our creator and his creation.
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  • [narrator] reserve your spot
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  • On the pathway to victory
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