1. Sermon Series: "New Beginnings" Week 2: “Forget It” Sermon Series: "New Beginnings" Week 2: “Forget It” Dr. Ray Roberson

2. I've dealt with my ghost, and faced all my demons; Finally content with a past I regret; I found you find strength in your moments of weakness; For once I'm at peace with myself. I've been burdened with blame, trapped in the past for too long; I'm movin' on. ©2000, by Rascal Flatts/ASCAP, "I'm Movin' On" ♬

3. “Not that I have already obtained this or have already reached the goal; but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. Philippians 3:12-14 (New Revised Standard Version)

4. Beloved, I do not consider that I have made it my own; but this one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the heavenly call of God in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 3:12-14 (New Revised Standard Version)

7. "If the present quarrels with the past, there can be no future." Winston Churchill

8. An Improbable Leader

14. In 1832 he lost his job and was defeated in the race for the State Legislature.

15. In 1833 his business went bankrupt.

16. In 1832 he lost his job and was defeated in the race for the Illinois Legislature. In 1833 his business went bankrupt. In 1834 he was elected to the State Legislature, but the next year his sweetheart died and the next year he had a nervous breakdown.

17. In 1938 he was defeated for State Speaker of the House.

18. In 1843 he was defeated in his race for Congress.

19. In 1938 he was defeated for State Speaker of the House. In 1843 he was defeated in his race for Congress. In 1846 he was elected to Congress, but in 1948 he lost re-election.

20. In 1849 he was rejected for a Federal Land Officer appointment.

21. In 1854 he was defeated for the Senate.

22. In 1849 he was rejected for a Federal Land Officer appointment. In 1854 he was defeated for the Senate. In 1856 he was defeated for the nomination of Vice President.

23. In 1849 he was rejected for a Federal Land Officer appointment. In 1854 he was defeated for the Senate. In 1856 he was defeated for the nomination of Vice President. In 1858 he was again defeated for the Senate.

24. In March 1861 became the 16th President of the United States. Lincoln successfully led the United States through its greatest constitutional, military, and moral crisis – the American Civil War – preserving the Union while ending slavery. Regarded by many to be the greatest leader in American history.

26. Run on from where you stand, and never mind the past; The past can't help you when you're beginning new; If you've left it all behind at last, Then you're done with it, you're through. Based on the poem "Start Where You Stand": by Benton Brayley, in Poems that Touch the Heart, compiled by A. L. Alexander (Garden City, New York: 1956).

27. This is a new chapter in the book; Today is a new lap in the race He's planned; Don't give the vanished days a backward look, Run on from where you stand. Based on the poem "Start Where You Stand": by Benton Brayley, in Poems that Touch the Heart, compiled by A. L. Alexander (Garden City, New York: 1956).

28. Old failures need not halt, old triumphs never aid, Today's the thing, tomorrow soon will be; Get in the race and run it unafraid, Leave the past to ancient history; Based on the poem "Start Where You Stand": by Benton Brayley, in Poems that Touch the Heart, compiled by A. L. Alexander (Garden City, New York: 1956).

29. What has been is forgiven; yesterday is dead, By it you are neither blessed or banned; Take courage then, be brave and press ahead; Run on from where you stand. Based on the poem "Start Where You Stand": by Benton Brayley, in Poems that Touch the Heart, compiled by A. L. Alexander (Garden City, New York: 1956).