Battle” touches on this area.7 He says, “The successful Christian life must have built into it a certain expectation of failure.” Our pride says, “No! Others fail, yes! But not me.” But truth and reality say, “Yes, even me.” We are too proud to admit to or accept any failure in our personal life, our families, or our ministry. I was participating in a men’s retreat several years ago, sharing the teaching sessions with another brother, a good friend of mine. In the course of his teaching on the family,