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Philippians 3 NJKV
7 But what things were gain
to me, these I have counted loss for Christ.
8 Yet indeed I also count all
things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for
whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I
may gain Christ
9 ¶ and be found in Him, not
having my own righteousness, which is from the law, but that which is
through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith;
10 that I may know Him and
the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being
conformed to His death,
11 if, by any means, I may
attain to the resurrection from the dead.
12 Not that I have already
attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that
for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me.
13 Brethren, I do not count
myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things
which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead,
14 I press toward the goal
for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
1. I am not saved because I gave my life to Jesus.
I am saved because He gave His life for me.
2. Faith is not about what I can get God to give
me but about what God can get me to give Him.
a. Will you give God
your problems – marriage – money – relationships – etc, and trust Him.
b. Faith is about
giving it to God and trusting Him with the results.
3. There is room for only one number one in my
life.
a. If Jesus is Number
One, pleasing God will come first in my life.
b. There is always
something I can do to please God in every situation.
