But our citizenship is in Heaven… (Philippians 3:20). I did a bit of travelling in my pre-geezer days. I remember the feeling of being all alone in a foreign country. It was exciting, but unsettling. I didn’t understand the … Continue reading
michael
Only let us live up to what we have already attained (Philippians 3:16). There’s so much I don’t know. It’s astonishing, really. I mean, it could paralyze me if I focus on it. I know, because sometimes I … Continue reading
…but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. (Philippians 3:12). He saved you for a purpose. Don’t get me wrong. He saved you because he loves you. If you never … Continue reading
Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect… (Philippians 3:12). You’re a work in progress. Cliche? Yes. True? Also, yes. Hear the truth, Beloved. Stop your racing and striving and running and tumbling … 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). I … 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). He chose it. He chose to be weak, vulnerable, small. He … Continue reading
I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of sharing in his sufferings… (Philippians 3:10). Frankly, I know very little about sharing in Christ’s sufferings. Up to this point, my walk with … Continue reading
I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection… (Philippians 3:10). I’m gonna go out on a limb here and say that the resurrection is the most powerful event in history. More powerful than Creation? Yep. … Continue reading
I want to know Christ… (Philippians 3:10). Because he’s a person, you know. Not an idea a philosophy a religion an icon a subject a set of writings to study and memorize. He’s a person, like you and … Continue reading
…not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ–the righteousness that comes from God and is by faith (Philippians 3:9). Because my righteousness…isn’t. Oh, it might look like … Continue reading