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
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… (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… (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
…that I may gain Christ and be found in him… (Philippians 3:8-9). To be found in him… I’m not entirely sure what that means. In Colossians, Paul says that our lives are now hidden with Christ in God. Here … Continue reading
But whatever was to my profit I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. What is more, I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost … Continue reading
If anyone else thinks he has reasons to put confidence in the flesh, I have more: circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; in regard to the … Continue reading