I have been studying Philippians one-on-one with one of my friends from my Community Group this month. It's very difficult for me to stay in the Word by myself, so I have found that I am most successful and disciplined when I have a sister in Christ to keep me accountable. So in the past 10 years or so, I have participated in many different Bible studies with friends where we read through and study a book of the Bible. My friend recommended we study Philippians, and I am glad she did, because it is such a powerful book of the Bible. This past week, we just finished studying Chapter 3 and I wanted to share some of Paul's powerful words and messages from this chapter. Enjoy.
"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 all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ and be found in him, 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. 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." Verses 7-11
"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 on me. Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. 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 for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus." Verses 12-14
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