Monday January 5th Devotional

Failure Isn’t Final — Grace for the Journey (5G Vision: Grace)*.

Devotional- Have you ever felt like one mistake defined your entire future? Maybe you’ve carried the weight of a poor decision, a broken relationship, or a moment when you fell short of who you wanted to be. The enemy whispers that because you failed, you’re finished — but that is not God’s voice.

Peter understood this struggle intimately. He was passionate, bold, and completely devoted to Jesus. Yet in his moment of greatest testing — when pressure replaced confidence and fear overwhelmed faith — he crumbled. Three times he denied even knowing the One he had sworn to follow. The shame must have been crushing.

But here is what Peter discovered, and what we must remember: Failure is not evidence that you don’t love God — failure is evidence that you tried to do God’s will in your own strength.

You can love Jesus and still make mistakes. Your humanity does not disqualify you from God’s purpose. When we fail, we often become our own harshest critics, placing periods in our lives where God has only placed commas.

Yet God responds to failure with Grace. And that is why Grace is the first pillar of our 5G Vision — because before we Gather, Grow, Glow, or Go…we receive Grace.

Grace means:

• God sees beyond our failures and into our future.

• God meets us where we fell, but He does not leave us there.

• God restores, redeems, and rewrites our story.

The beautiful truth is that even before you fail, God already knows — and He still calls you, still loves you, and still trusts you with purpose. Your failure does not surprise Him, and it does not remove His hand from your life.

Today, refuse to let yesterday’s mistakes define tomorrow’s possibilities. Walk in Grace — receive it, rest in it, and extend it to others. Grace is not the end of your story — it is where your new beginning starts.

Bible Verse- Romans 8:28

Prayer - Father, thank You for Your amazing grace. When I fall short, You do not reject me — You restore me. When my strength fails, Your grace steps in and carries me forward. Help me to stop defining myself by my mistakes and to start seeing myself through Your mercy and love. Lord, reshape my heart so that my failures become places of growth rather than shame. Teach me to receive Your grace, to walk in Your grace, and to extend that same grace to others. Let the first step of my journey — in life and in our 5G Vision — always begin with GRACE. Remind me that failure is not final, redemption is possible, and my story is still unfolding in Your hands. I surrender my past, trust You with my present, and believe that You are working all things together for good. Thank You for loving me, choosing me, and restoring me — again and again. In Jesus’ name, Amen.