Philippians 3:12-16
12Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. 13Brothers and sisters, 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, 14I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.15All of us, then, who are mature should take such a view of things. And if on some point you think differently, that too God will make clear to you. 16Only let us live up to what we have already attained.

Honest Assessment

Philippians 3:10-11
10I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, 11and so, somehow, attaining to the resurrection from the dead.

Humble Attitude

Philippians 2:3
3Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves.

Jesus
Others
Yourself

High Aim

Philippians 3:17-21
17Join together in following my example, brothers and sisters, and just as you have us as a model, keep your eyes on those who live as we do. 18For, as I have often told you before and now tell you again even with tears, many live as enemies of the cross of Christ. 19Their destiny is destruction, their god is their stomach, and their glory is in their shame. Their mind is set on earthly things. 20But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, 21who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body.

Follow Your Example

1 Corinthians 11:1
Follow my example, as I follow the example of Christ.

Matthew 4:19
“Come, follow me…and I will send you out to fish for people.”

“When it comes to the supreme model for a Christian lifestyle, there is no debate. Paul points us directly to Jesus and tells us to have the same humble attitude that was manifested in Jesus.” -Tony Merida

Forget not Your Enemies

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