janbear
08-04-2009, 10:13 AM
GENERAL GEORGE PATTON argued, "Success is measured by how high you bounce when you've hit bottom..."
Simon Peter is a perfect illustration of this truth. He forsook his Lord and Friend in the garden. He even denied that he knew Jesus when identified by a young maiden around the fire. He hit bottom. However, he didn't stay on the bottom. He bounced, and he bounced high. He would preach the gospel powerfully on Pentecost just a short time later (Acts 2). He would be a catalyst in the growth of the early church (Acts 3-12).
The question is not whether we are going to fail; but rather, how high we are going to bounce once we do. (Wade Webster)
KneEmail: "Peter answered and said to Him, 'Even if all are made to stumble because of You, I will never be made to stumble'" (Matthew 26:33).
Bible reading for 08.03.09: Romans 6; Psalm 63 - 65
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Simon Peter is a perfect illustration of this truth. He forsook his Lord and Friend in the garden. He even denied that he knew Jesus when identified by a young maiden around the fire. He hit bottom. However, he didn't stay on the bottom. He bounced, and he bounced high. He would preach the gospel powerfully on Pentecost just a short time later (Acts 2). He would be a catalyst in the growth of the early church (Acts 3-12).
The question is not whether we are going to fail; but rather, how high we are going to bounce once we do. (Wade Webster)
KneEmail: "Peter answered and said to Him, 'Even if all are made to stumble because of You, I will never be made to stumble'" (Matthew 26:33).
Bible reading for 08.03.09: Romans 6; Psalm 63 - 65
KneEmail