Pressing toward the Goal
12 I don’t mean to say that I have already achieved these things or that I have already reached perfection. But I press on to possess that perfection for which Christ Jesus first possessed me. 13 No, dear brothers and sisters, I have not achieved it,[d] but I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, 14 I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us.
15 Let all who are spiritually mature agree on these things. If you disagree on some point, I believe God will make it plain to you. 16 But we must hold on to the progress we have already made.
17 Dear brothers and sisters, pattern your lives after mine, and learn from those who follow our example. 18 For I have told you often before, and I say it again with tears in my eyes, that there are many whose conduct shows they are really enemies of the cross of Christ. 19 They are headed for destruction. Their god is their appetite, they brag about shameful things, and they think only about this life here on earth. 20 But we are citizens of heaven, where the Lord Jesus Christ lives. And we are eagerly waiting for him to return as our Savior. 21 He will take our weak mortal bodies and change them into glorious bodies like his own, using the same power with which he will bring everything under his control.
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Reading v21. Can't help but think of my mom who recently joined the Lord and got her weak mortal body repaired. Praise God for the hope we have, and thanks to paul for having been committed to us enough to put these words down and give a very lofty goal/prize to shoot for.one place we agree,: I have not yet attained it either!
i like v13-14. forget and press on.
cas
13b but I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, 14 I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us.
VERSES 13-14 CAS was referring to. These verses also spoke to me directly. My prayer for all of us is that we focus on what GOD's Prize is.
agreed. v.13-14 are helpful these days.
crb
We have been studying Phillipians in my weekly Bible study and i was struck how much of an example Paul is to us. It's like God said, you want to know what i mean to live for Me? here it is. here is Paul. here is my example and i will put it in writing for you.
imitating Christ and serving others.
18 For I have told you often before, and I say it again with tears in my eyes, that there are many whose conduct shows they are really enemies of the cross of Christ. 19 They are headed for destruction. Their god is their appetite, they brag about shameful things, and they think only about this life here on earth.
I want to be like Paul and consider the lost with tears in my eyes.
verse 13-14 also touched me. Ihave to keep my eye on the ball to hit it. May I keep my eyes on the prize.
Amen brothers
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