Why You Keep Failing at the Same Things (And How to Stop)

Why You Keep Failing at the Same Things (And How to Stop)

From Alliance Church by Alliance Church

May 11, 2026 · 37 min

About this episode

Pastor Brian discusses the reasons behind repeated failures and offers a new perspective on battling sin and pursuing righteousness.

Why do I keep failing at the same things? If that question has lived in your head, this message offers a different way to think about the fight, and a kind of freedom most people never expect.Most of us assume the battle against sin happens at the moment we are about to do the wrong thing. Pastor Brian walks through a different picture in this sermon, drawn from Paul's instruction to Timothy and Jesus' words in Matthew 5. The real front of the battle isn't where temptation finally wins. It's somewhere earlier, in the soil we let our lives sit in. When we don't see that, we lose the same battles over and over and wonder why nothing ever changes.Pastor Brian opens with a picture you may have heard a version of: a boy on a fence between Jesus and Satan, refusing to pick a side, until Satan smiles and says, "I'm fine with that. I own the fence." From there the message moves into 1 Timothy 6 and 2 Timothy 2, where Paul tells his young friend Timothy to run from anything that stirs up sin and pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace, and a steady kind of courage. Two sides of the same coin. Run from. Pursue toward.The teaching pulls in some of the hardest verses Jesus ever…

People in this episode

Host: Pastor Brian

Topics covered

  • failure
  • spiritual growth
  • sin
  • righteousness
  • faith
  • temptation
  • personal transformation

Keywords

  • failure
  • sin
  • righteousness
  • faith
  • temptation
  • spiritual growth
  • personal transformation

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Matthew 5, 1 Timothy 6, 2 Timothy 2

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