We all know what it is like to make the wrong choice, say the wrong thing, disappoint someone, or realize that we have fallen short. But what happens after the failure? Do we hide? Make excuses? Blame someone else? Allow shame to define us? Or do we allow God's grace to restore us and move us forward?

In this episode of the All Consuming Grace Podcast, Paul and Rebecca Turner take an honest look at failure through the life of Peter. Peter boldly declared that he would never deny the Lord, yet when the moment came, he denied Him three times. Luke 22 shows us the depth of Peter's failure—but John 21 shows us that failure was not the end of his story.

Paul and Rebecca connect Peter's story with Romans 6, exploring what God's grace teaches us to do when we fail. Grace doesn't pretend that failure doesn't matter, but neither does it require us to make our failure our identity.

There is a difference between failing and being a failure.

Our failures can become opportunities for humility, growth, restoration, and a deeper dependence upon God's grace. Instead of allowing yesterday's failure to determine who we are today, we can acknowledge it, deal with it honestly, and move forward in the identity God has given us in Christ.

When you fail, what will you do?

Hide? Excuse? Blame? Or allow God's grace to restore you?

Live in His all-consuming grace.