Comments on: Fear Of Failure

By: Tidbits Of internet » As Far As Skies Would Go

Tidbits Of internet » As Far As Skies Would Go — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 16:14:49 +0000

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By: Passing it on

Passing it on — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 03:54:01 +0000

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By: krista

krista — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 05:30:04 +0000

i fear failure because i don’t want to be a disappointment to anyone, but sometimes im trying so hard not to disappoint one person that i disappoint another, so i never really win.

By: rebekah king

rebekah king — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 23:41:22 +0000

I think in addition to the control thing, people also fear failure because it means we are never good enough, can never measure up or amount to anything worthwhile. And many people live with that feeling or someone telling them that everyday.

By: Debra

Debra — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:37:25 +0000

Fear comes when I take my eyes off Jesus. He did say that “perfect love casts out fear.” He IS love, perfect love. Fear comes when I forget His promises and His words and begin to trust in me or some other illusion, like the one that says I am in control of anything. Because I am not … only myself, and I must submit myself to the Lord. Fear comes when I listen to satans lies and measure success by a worldly and completely wrong standard and start to care what others think of me and not wholly on what God thinks of me. It comes when I walk in condemnation and not freedom. Yep, when I stay focused on Him, then life is good. My perspective is adjusted. I see things differently and it doesn’t matter about impressing someone else. It only matters that I am walking in obedience. And, I know that in my human failures, He is enough and He has my back and He makes all things new. Ah, grace! Isn’t our Daddy awesome!

By: Ariel

Ariel — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 04:05:46 +0000

A question I’ve been mulling on is this: what is it about failure that is so scary?

Are we scared of gettng embarassed? Afraid of what people will think of us when we have to say we failed?

What is it about failure that is so intimidating …

By: Daniel Decker

Daniel Decker — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 03:22:15 +0000

I think our fear of failure is more directly associated with our fear of inadequacy, judgment, ultimately… fear of not being loved and accepted by others. Sure control plays a big part but I think acceptance plays an even greater role.

After all what is failure? Who are we failing? Ourselves? Others? Some false set of standards that society or peers have deemed as a measure of “success” by worldly standards? Where does God’s measure come into play? His measure of success may be soley that we said YES to Him. Not so much about the outcome.

I think we get preoccupied with the “appearance” of failure.

For me, I am really not worried about failing. I’m an entrepreneur so failure to me is subjective since really it’s all about learning what NOT to do so you can do better next time.

I do have plenty of fears but failure is not really one of them.

By: Bonnie Irving

Bonnie Irving — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 22:31:26 +0000

I have a Friend that is in a Leadership position in a church and we have talked about stuff i have been dealing with, and i mentioned that I see the same things in her and she agreed that she had those same issues. I mentioned that there was a class being given at her church On that book, but, she expressed that she didn’t think she could go to it Because of her Position. I think that admiting that she needed this class would be a admission of failure to her. I have felt REALLY impressed to Be Authentic, to destroy the “mask” so to speak, the more i have done that i have been Suprized at the reactions i have gotten from people. I have received MUCH more Grace than i ever thought i would for doing it! its been really cool!

By: Adam O

Adam O — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 22:20:58 +0000

yah.. fear of failure and fear of rejection are my 2 big ones..

By: Jason Gordon

Jason Gordon — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 21:48:17 +0000

We fear failure because we value playing it safe. Francis Chan, in his book, “Crazy Love” says, “We’ve elevated safety to the neglect of whatever God’s best is, whatever would bring God the most glory, or whatever would accomplish His purposes in our lives and in the world.”

I know that I have done this in my own life and it has cost me many opportunities to experience massive movements of God in my life.