50th Anniversary Celebration
Pressing on…Taking Hold
Special Guest Speaker: Dr. Larry Dennis
Not that I have already obtained all this (righteousness, knowing Christ deeply, the power of his resurrection, participation in his sufferings, becoming like him), or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. —Philippians 3:12
Brothers (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, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus. —Philippians 3:13-14
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“I do not consider myself to have take hold of it…”
We are a community of believers helping people
2) We must
“Straining towards what is ahead I press on…” Philippians 3:13
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“Break my heart, Lord, with what breaks yours”
He has given us His very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature and escape the corruption in the world caused by evil desires. —2 Peter 1:4