DON’T BE AFRAID TO FAIL - The key to success is… to not give up in the face of failure, to keep going in the midst of adversity, and to be patient and continue growing.

2. Psalm 73:24-26 You will guide
me with Your counsel, And
afterward receive me to glory.
(25) Whom have I in heaven but
You? And there is none upon
earth that I desire besides You.
(26) My flesh and my heart fail;
But God is the strength of my
heart and my portion forever.

3. WHO IS IT?
Age 22 – he failed in business
Age 23 – he ran for legislature and was defeated
Age 24 – he failed again in business
Age 26 – his sweetheart died
Age 27 – he had a nervous breakdown
Age 29 – he was defeated for speaker
Age 31 – he was defeated for elector
Age 34 – he was defeated for Congress
Age 37 – he was elected to Congress
Age 39 – he was defeated for Congress
Age 46 – he was defeated for Senate
Age 47 – he was defeated for vice president
Age 49 – he was defeated for Senate
Age 51 – he was elected president of the United
States

4. This is the record of Abraham
Lincoln. Throughout his life
he suffered many more
defeats than victories, but
because he never gave up he
won the highest office of the
land.

5. FAILING?
A. Thomas Edison on failures on creating a
nickel-iron battery – His colleague said,
‘Isn’t it a shame that with the tremendous
amount of work you have done you
haven’t been able to get any results?’
Edison turned on me like a flash, and with
a smile replied: ‘Results! Why, man, I have
gotten a lot of results! I know several
thousand things that won’t work.’
B. DON’T BE AFRAID TO FAIL - The key to
success is…
1. to not give up in the face of failure,
2. to keep going in the midst of adversity,
3. and to be patient and continue growing.

6. I. IF YOU WANT
TO MOVE UP
THEN DON’T
GROW WEARY!

7. I. IF YOU WANT TO MOVE UP
THEN DON’T GROW WEARY!
A. Galatians 6:7-10 Do not be deceived, God is not
mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will
also reap. (8) For he who sows to his flesh will of
the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the
Spirit will of the Spirit reap everlasting life. (9)
And let us not grow weary while doing good, for
in due season we shall reap if we do not lose
heart. (10) Therefore, as we have opportunity, let
us do good to all, especially to those who are of
the household of faith.
B. The battle is not to lose heart.
1.Keep your heart full of faith and love.
2.Don’t be discouraged and quit.
3.If you do not quit – you will succeed!

8. II. IF YOU
WANT TO
MOVE UP BE
PATIENT

9. II. IF YOU WANT TO MOVE UP BE PATIENT
A. James 5:7 Therefore be patient, brethren, until the
coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for
the precious fruit of the earth, waiting patiently for
it until it receives the early and latter rain. 8 You
also be patient. Establish your hearts, for the
coming of the Lord is at hand.
B. Being patient means you are willing to keep doing
what you need to do regardless of circumstances
or how you feel.
C. God’s Word calls us to be patient till the Lord
returns and straightens everything out.
D. Notice what we are to do while we wait—–establish
our hearts! Yes, let God change our hearts while
we wait, then the wait is not wasted.

10. III. IF YOU WANT TO
MOVE UP, REALIZE
THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN ENDURING
AND PATIENTLY
ENDURING

11. III. PATIENTLY ENDURING
A. Hebrews 6:13-15 For when God made a promise
to Abraham, because He could swear by no one
greater, He swore by Himself, (14) saying,
"Surely blessing I will bless you, and multiplying
I will multiply you." (15) And so, after he had
patiently endured, he obtained the promise.
B. All of us have to endure things.
C. But the key is to patiently endure.
1.This means that you are not becoming bitter, a
grumbler and complainer, you do not choose
to go into sin because your breakthrough has
not come.
2.You position yourself on the promise of God
and you keep doing the right things patiently
waiting of God to take care of the rest.
D. Think of what patient endurance looks like.

12. III. PATIENTLY ENDURING
E. Are you patiently or impatiently enduring
your circumstances?
1. Too often we choose to endure our
adversities the wrong way.
2. You will become bitter or better, depending
on choosing to endure versus patiently
endure.
3. Remember patience is a fruit of the Spirit,
so be led by the Spirit.
4. Submit your life to the Lord and follow Him
faithfully with your heart in the right place.
5. Keeping your head and heart in the right
place will cause you to end up in the right
place and the right time to obtain the
promise.

13. FAILING YOUR WAY FORWARD?
A. The Bible is filled with people who failed their way
forward.
1. They refused to quit.
2. They got back up and kept trusting God through
their own personal failures, through the
mistreatments, the persecution, the back sets.
3. They kept going!
B. The promise arrives, the breakthrough comes, the
prayer is answered, victory is secured —– when
we refuse to quit, keep doing the right things, and
trust that our loving God will bring to pass what He
was promised.
C. Are you willing to fail, attempting to do the will of
God?
D. Are you willing to fail forward?

15. HAVE FORWARD MOVING WEEK