PHILIPPIANS
“Practical steps to a happy disposition”
Message Outline
PHILIPPIANS 3:1-14
1. EVERY DAY:
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“...We Christians glory in what Christ Jesus has
DONE for us and realize that we are helpless to save ourselves.” Philippians
3:3 (LB)
“...We couldn't carry this off by our own efforts, and
we know it!”
Philippians
3:3 (MSG)
THE TRAP: __________________ (vs. 2-6)
“...in legalistic righteousness, I was faultless.” Philippians
3:6 (NIV)
“But I no longer count on my own goodness or my
ability to obey God's law. Instead I trust Christ to save me! For God's way of making us right with himself
is through faith!” Philippians 3:9 (NLT)
2. EVERY DAY: ________________________________________
“I once thought all these things were so
very important, but now I consider them worthless, because of what Christ
has done.” Phil 3:7 (NLT)
THE
TRAP: _______________________
“Yes, everything else is worthless when
compared with the priceless gain of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. I have
discarded everything else, counting it all as garbage, so that I may have
Christ and become one with him.”
Philippians 3:8-9a (NLT)
3. EVERY DAY: ____________________________________
“I want to know Christ and the power of his
resurrection and the fellowship of sharing in his suffering, becoming like
him in his death, and so, somehow to attain to the resurrection from the
dead.” Philippians 3:10-11 (NIV)
“For my determined purpose is that I may know
Christ – that I may progressively become more deeply and intimately
acquainted with Him, perceiving and recognizing and understanding Him more
strongly and more clearly…” Philippians 3:10 (Amp)
THE TRAP: _____________________
“Be still, and know that I am God.” Psalm
46:10 (NIV)
4. EVERY DAY:
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“Search me O God and know my heart; test
me, and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and
lead me in the way everlasting.” Psalm 139:23-24. (NIV)
“I don't mean to say I am perfect. I still haven't learned all I should, but I keep
working toward that day when I will finally be all that Christ saved me for
and wants me to be. No, dear brothers, I
am still not all I should be...” Philippians 3:12-13 (LB)
THE TRAP: _______________
“Test yourselves to make sure you
are solid in the faith. Don't drift along taking everything for granted. Give
yourselves regular check-ups. You need first hand evidence, not mere
hearsay, that Jesus Christ is in you. Test it out. If you fail the test,
do something about it.” 2 Corinthians 13:5 (MSG)
5. EVERY DAY: ______________________________________
and __________________________________
“I am focusing all my energies on
this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies
ahead, I strain to reach the end of the race and receive the prize for
which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us up to heaven.” Philippians
3:13-14 (NLT)
THE
TRAPS: ___________________
_________________________________
___________________
God says, “Forget the former things
and do not dwell on the past. See I am doing a new thing!” Isaiah
43:18-19a (NIV)
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