Failure

Do you have kids with failing school grades or who are experiencing failure in some other area of their lives? Sometimes kids exhibit behavior problems, and the reason is they are struggling with feeling like a failure in another area of their lives. As a loving, caring adult in their lives, you have the opportunity to point kids toward the hope we have in Jesus. Build a home environment where mistakes aren’t shamed and where forgiveness happens quickly. You can model in your home that their mistakes don’t have to define them. Jesus’ love is bigger than their biggest mistakes.

Here’s how we discussed this topic and how you can discuss it at home: 

Discuss: Share about a time you failed a test or failed at something.

Discuss: How does it feel to fail at something big?

Discuss: What does God have to say about our failures?

Say: The world often labels us by our failures: “She’s not a good reader”; “He always misses the pass”; “She is a troublemaker at school.” God doesn’t look at us and see us as failures. He looks at us and sees His people, whom He loves so much that He sent His Son to rescue us. God loves us even when we fail. He loves you if you struggle with reading or aren’t good at math. He even loves us when we fail and sin against Him. He forgives us and restores us back to a right relationship with Him. Proverbs 24:16 says: For the righteous falls seven times and rises again, but the wicked stumble in times of calamity. When the world tries to tell you that you are a failure or not good enough, remember you are deeply loved by the God who gives second chances.