This is how they know the Christian life works. Share Your Defeats and Victories. Don t believe everything you read in current success literature. Apply these six principles, and you will acquire abundant wealth, health, and friendships. I often wonder what kind of results that orphan growing up on the streets of Calcutta could expect from reading the book.
Real life consists of both successes and failures.
And the road to success is often paved with failures. Let them know how you are learning to get up from a fall, dust yourself off, and keep plugging away. And when you emerge victorious, everyone can rejoice with you and give praise to God. I think what he meant was that I shared enough of my struggles and victories to where he knew that a normal person like himself could follow Jesus. I tell about the struggle I had trying to develop a oconsistent prayer life.