If You Fall, Have You Failed

Fail-be unsuccessful in achieving one’s goal
neglect to do something
break down; cease to work well
Fall-move downward, typically rapidly and freely without control, from a higher to a lower level
lose one’s balance and collapse
the decrease in number, amount, intensity, or quality
what the bible says about failure
We all stumble in many ways. If anyone is never at fault in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to keep his whole body in check. James.3:2
For a righteous man may fall seven times and rise again, Proverbs 24:16
The LORD upholds all those who fall and lifts up all who are bowed down. Psalm 145:14
does failure mean rejection from God
God did not reject his people Romans 11:2
If the LORD delights in a man’s way, he makes his steps firm; though he stumbles, he will not fall, for the LORD upholds him with his hand. Psalm 37:23-24
when does failure happen
So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don’t fall! 1 Corinthians 10:12
I will arise and go to my father and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, Luke 15:18
training
“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction” Proverbs 1:7
It was good for me to be afflicted so that I might learn your decrees. Psalm 119:77
forgetting past failures
one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead
Philippians 3:13
if any place will not welcome you or listen to you, shake the dust off your feet when you leave, as a testimony against them. Mark 6:11