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But one thing I do: forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize… (Philippians 3:14) I want to win. I hope that doesn’t offend you. I know it’s … Continue reading
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Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends (John 15:13). We are called to remember. So…remember. Remember the One who died that you might live, who was bound that you might be … Continue reading
But one thing I do: forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal… (Philippians 3:14). Pick your sports analogy… Football Baseball Soccer Hockey Lacrosse…I guess. Imagine the athlete dodging through his opponents, … Continue reading
But one thing I do: forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead… (Philippians 3:13) It doesn’t say drifting. It doesn’t say wandering. Straining Yes, of course we serve a God of grace, and no, of course you … Continue reading
Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: forgetting what is behind… (Philippians 3:13) Don’t look back. That was one of the biggest rules my coach taught me. About 700 … Continue reading
Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me (Philippians 3:12). You, my friend, have a destiny. Ooooooohhh! … Continue reading
Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect…(Philippians 3:12) Whew! Thanks, Paul. I tell you, I am so very far from being the man I want to be that it gets downright depressing. I … Continue reading
My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, your eyes beheld my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written … Continue reading
I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of sharing in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection of the dead (Philippians 3:11). You will … Continue reading
I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of sharing in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death… (Philippians 3:10) Chances are, I will never be called on to physically die for the … Continue reading