Phil.3:9,10 – My passion is to be consumed with him and not clinging to my own “righteousness” based in keeping the written Law. My “righteousness” will be his, based on the faithfulness of Jesus Christ—the very righteousness that comes from God. And I continually long to know the wonders of Jesus more fully and to …
MERRY MONDAY BY PARRIS “But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ. Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I …
Phil.3:10 – That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death; This verse was written by Paul toward the end of His life from his imprisonment in Rome. This verse will leave you breathless if you take a good look at …
Phil.3:10 – that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death; This is a surprising statement coming from the Apostle Paul. “I want to know Him…”. If anyone knew Jesus it had to be Paul. His conversion to Christ was sudden, shocking, …
Jn.11:25,26 – “I am the Resurrection, and I am Life Eternal. Anyone who clings to me in faith, even though he dies, will live forever. And the one who lives by believing in me will never die. Do you believe this?” This could be the most radical statement of all made by Jesus Christ. He …
MERRY MONDAY BY PARRIS “I have not yet reached my goal, and I am not perfect. But Christ has taken hold of me. So I keep on running and struggling to take hold of the prize.” Phil. 3:12 CEV The Apostle Paul never looked back from the Damascus Road experience. If anything it grew deeper …
Phil.3:8 – More than that, I count all things to be loss in view of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them but rubbish so that I may gain Christ, This verse gets to the very heart of life, the …
Phil.3:13,14 – Brethren, I do not regard myself as having laid hold of it yet; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. Today’s verse in Philippians always reminded …
Phil.3:14 – I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. I know what pressing is, most guys do. It’s what we do when we really, really want something. Whether its that job or new position at work, or maybe that new motorcycle or new set …
Phil.3:12 – Barclay – Not that I have already obtained this, or that I am already all complete but I press on to try to grasp that for which I have been grasped by Jesus Christ. I love Barclay’s translation of this verse, especially using the word “grasped”. Do you know what it means to …
