Why Failure Does Not Get the Last Word

What do you do when failure, loss, or disappointment leaves you wondering whether you can begin again? How do you move forward when you cannot yet see where a new beginning will lead?
In this standalone message, Why Failure Does Not Get the Last Word, Scott Savage turns to Lamentations 3:21-26 and the story of Theodore Roosevelt to show why starting over is rarely simple. In the middle of Jerusalem’s devastation, Jeremiah finds hope in God’s faithful love, mercy, and goodness.

The message explores four truths for a new beginning: God’s grace and mercy meet us in the mess, God meets us on every kind of morning, his faithfulness matters more than our achievements, and waiting on God calls us to faithful action. Through Peter’s restoration and Paul’s words about grace, we see that failure does not have to become the final chapter of our story.

Whether you are carrying regret from the past, pain in the present, fear about the future, or the weight of an unexpected transition, God’s mercy is new every morning. You can name where you need his grace, receive what you cannot earn, and take the next faithful step.

Scripture: Lamentations 3:21-26

Speaker: Scott Savage

Cornerstone Church, Prescott, AZ

Yavapai County | Evangelical Free Church of America

Series: Standalone Sermon

September 6, 2026

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