Sermons on Failing Forward:

I'm Looking Forward To It Series

Contributed by Archie Norman on Sep 8, 2014

the last days

I'm Looking Forward to it Titus 2:13 1. The expectation of redemption A. Our redemption promised - Romans 8:23 B. Our redemption illustrated - Leviticus 25 2. The expectation of revelation A. We wait patiently - James 5:7 B. We wait joyously C. We wait eagerly ...read more

Scripture: Titus 2:13

Denomination: Baptist

Begin Again By Moving Forward

Contributed by Nettie J Pennington on Jan 16, 2021

Every moment of every day, we have an opportunity to find the way back by moving forward. Renew your minds. Try this: "Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable."

Here is the connection we need to make: "All wrongdoing is sin" (1 John 5:17) and "sin is lawlessness" (1 John 3:4). Lawlessness and sin are a couple, and they will not divorce one from the other. There are no irreconcilable differences. Do not allow individuals in these ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 4:8, 1 Corinthians 11:1, 1 Peter 1:13

Denomination: Other

Moving Forward After Mourning Series

Contributed by Diana Tyler on Sep 27, 2023

Samuel stops mourning and moves on

The story of King David begins in 1 Samuel 16. At this time, Israel already had a king named Saul. But Saul was disobedient to God and ultimately was rejected as king. This was disappointing because Saul had been king for 42 years and the prophet Samuel had invested SO much time and energy into ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 16:1

Our Church Going Forward

Contributed by Arlen Payne on Aug 16, 2025

In this message I wanted to encourage our church about going and going for the Lord.

Our Church Matthew 16:13-18 Intro. The church was God’s idea, not man’s. He said HE would build it. - It is the Lord that builds the church Psa. 127:1 Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: - A church built by programs and schemes will not last. - A ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 16:13-18, 2 Corinthians 9:8, Matthew 28:19-20, Luke 14:23, Hebrews 10:25, Psalm 29:2, Acts 2:47  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Baptist

A Future Worth Looking Forward To PRO Sermon

Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Dec 3, 2023

Explores the promise of a new heaven and earth, emphasizing the hope and joy we have in God's faithful and true promises for eternity.

Good morning, dear friends. It's a joy to gather together in the house of the Lord, isn't it? To come together as one family, united in our love for Christ, to seek His face and to hear His Word. We find ourselves today on the threshold of a new exploration in the book of Revelation, specifically ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 21:1-8

Topics: Encouragement, Better Times

Looking Forward To A Greater Level PRO Sermon

Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Dec 6, 2023

This sermon encourages embracing God's grace to let go of past mistakes and failures, and move forward towards a brighter, faith-filled future.

Welcome, friends, to this gathering of hearts and minds, united in our shared faith and the hope that springs eternal from it. We are here today, not as mere spectators, but as active participants in the unfolding story of God's redemptive love. We are here to be nurtured by the Word, to be ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 3:13

Topics: Forget The Past, Look Forward

Moving Forward On God's Agenda PRO Sermon

Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Jan 4, 2024

Explores our calling as Christians to spread the Gospel, empowered by Christ's authority and reassured by His constant presence.

Good morning, beloved family of God. Isn't it a joy to gather together in the house of the Lord, to share in fellowship, to lift our voices in worship, and to sit at the feet of our Savior as we seek to learn from His infinite wisdom? Today, we find ourselves standing on the precipice of a profound ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 28:18-20

Topics: Moving On

Moving On To The Next Level

Contributed by Jeremias Fababier on May 29, 2012

As Christians we need to move to the next level of our faith

TOPIC: MOVING ON TO THE NEXT LEVEL Text: Philippians 3:12-14 "12 Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. 13 Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 3:12-14

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

God's Everlasting Love PRO Sermon

Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Feb 23, 2024

This sermon explores the unchanging, powerful, and promising nature of God's love, emphasizing that nothing can separate us from this divine affection.

Good morning, beloved congregation, it is indeed a blessing to gather today in the house of the Lord, to exalt His name and seek His wisdom. The world outside may be tumultuous, but here, in the quiet sanctuary of our faith, we find peace. We find solace. We find love. Ah, love. The very essence of ...read more

Scripture: Romans 8:35-39

Topics: Love Of God, Never Fails

Pressing Faith

Contributed by Jeremy Poling on Apr 21, 2012

We must press forward in our faith.

Luke 16:16 The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth (forces crowds seizes)into it. There is something to be said for faith that neither gets bogged down in the present nor anchors itself to the past but rather looks forward ...read more

Scripture: Luke 16:16

Denomination: Pentecostal

Jacob’s Ladder

Contributed by Dr. Jwt Spies on Mar 28, 2024

On the ladder there are the messengers of God who were traveling up and down, between heaven and earth. They were delivering the people petitions to God in heaven, and they were bringing God’s answers back down to help the people of the earth.  

Genesis 28:12-15 By Pastor J.W.T. Spies   The story of Jacob and his brother Esau is a tangled one, filled with deceit, dishonesty, conspiracy and animosity. Esau despised his birthright, and sold it to brother Jacob for a pot of stew. Jacob then deceived their father and got him to bless him ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 28:12-15

Denomination: Baptist

Remaining Confident When We Fail

Contributed by Jerry Cosper on Mar 22, 2022

We all fail at times. When that happens, how do we pull ourselves out of the dugout and get our heads back into the game of life?

There was an important business executive who boarded the New Orleans to Washington train. He had a very important business meeting and he needed to be awakened in order to get off the train in Atlanta about five o'clock in the morning. Since he was a heavy sleeper, he found a porter and told ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 16:1-5, Genesis 17:1-9

Denomination: Baptist

When It’s Time To Move Forward Series

Contributed by Brad Bailey on Feb 16, 2018

When It’s Time to Move Forward Series: Moving Forward: Choices that Free Us Brad Bailey – January 28, 2018

When It’s Time to Move Forward Series: Moving Forward: Choices that Free Us Brad Bailey – January 28, 2018 Intro: This first month of this new year we have been hearing the call to keep moving forward. The first week I noted that no year is just a new year because God always has something he ...read more

Scripture: Deuteronomy 1:6-8

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

How To Get All God Has For You

Contributed by Blake Dodd on Feb 3, 2014

A sermon on the importance of looking forward and forgetting what is behind.

How to Get All God Has for You Introduction: • We come to our passage in Philippians and we find Paul imprisoned in Rome and he has just a few more years to live. Paul writes to his dear followers at the church in Philippi. • Many Bible scholars have called Philippians Paul’s ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 3:12-14

Denomination: Baptist

He How Much More Gospel

Contributed by Howard Strickland on Feb 26, 2013

This word changed muilitudes; I hope it's a blessing for you. Howard

The How Much More Gospel 1 John 4:17NKJ  Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world. A young man who dives for exotic fish for aquariums said that one of the most popular aquarium fish is the ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 4:17

Denomination: Pentecostal