Archive for November 2nd, 2009

How do you react after a failure? (94-1)

Written by Barry-Werner on November 2nd, 2009. Posted in 2 Samuel, Accountability, Humility, Leadership Principles, Learn from Mistakes, Old Testament, Uncategorized.

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal, it is the courage to continue that counts,” Winston Churchill. David’s moral failures in seducing another man’s wife and then finding a way to cause that man’s death could have derailed his leadership of Israel but his failure was not final. Read 2 Samuel 12:13-31.

David demonstrated several actions and attitudes that can help any leader survive a major failure:

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