Knocked Down But Not Knocked Out! Falling does not make someone a failure however living in the shame of failure does. When you can’t get passed the self-pity produced by the shame and guilt of the fall from grace, you become a prisoner of the fall. Like any prisoner you will do one of two things, you will accept your life sentence and plan your life around your failure or you will plan life centered on your release. To have freedom you will have to make a decision to get up from your fall and fight back. In a modern translation of the Bible Paul says “I am knocked down but I am not knocked out” This principle applies to every area of life, marriage, business, friendship, an investment, a pastorate even bad grades. You are only defeated when you refuse to stand up and fight for what you want to accomplish in life.....

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