Bible Verses: Genesis 17:1Philippians 3:12Philippians 3:13Philippians 3:14Genesis 5:242 Peter 3:182 Corinthians 3:18John 17:1John 17:15John 17:23
Read MoreNot that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me.Therefore you shall be perfect. § Giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness, to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love.I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in knowledge and all...
Bible Verses: Joshua 13:1Philippians 3:12Matthew 5:482 Peter 1:52 Peter 1:62 Peter 1:7Philippians 1:91 Corinthians 2:91 Corinthians 2:10Hebrews 4:9Isaiah 33:17
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Blessed are they that ... seek Him with the whole heart" (Ps. 119:2).
Once the Holy Spirit instills within our hearts the hunger for God's very best, all must and will become secondary to this supreme goal: " . . .the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ...
Bible Verses: Psalms 119:2Philippians 3:14Romans 11:36Psalms 107:9
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But ye are sanctified but ye are justified in the Name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God" (1 Cor. 6:11).
The fact of our position, which we can see in the Word, may take years to realize in life. Many believers feel that their appropriation of a truth must result in...
Bible Verses: 1 Corinthians 6:11Philippians 3:12Ephesians 4:131 Thessalonians 5:23
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Not as though I had already attained. . . but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also l am apprehended of Christ Jesus" (Phil. 3:12).
The heavenly Husbandman develops a believer on the same principle that He does a tree: planting, growth, consolidation, rest, and...
Bible Verses: Philippians 3:12Philippians 3:8
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I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus, my Lord" (Phil. 3:8).
Positionally, our Father subjected our old nature to the Cross and its resultant death. Experientially, He applies the work of the Cross to our old life, thereby progressively...
Bible Verses: Philippians 3:8Philippians 3:12
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Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect; but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus"" (Phil. 3:12).
In faith we apprehend the growth truths; in fact the Lord Jesus apprehends us for growth in those...
Bible Verses: Philippians 3:12Romans 4:3Philippians 3:14
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For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus" (Eph. 2:10).
The Holy Spirit creates within us a hatred for the old nature, and a hunger for the new nature. Without a rejection of the old, there cannot be a projection of the new.
"I want a...
Bible Verses: Ephesians 2:10Ephesians 1:6Hebrews 8:12Philippians 3:14Ephesians 6:10
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Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him" (Ps. 37:7).
The difference between knowing the Lord Jesus as Savior and knowing Him as Life, is the better part of a lifetime; even for the hungriest of hearts. "I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus"...
Bible Verses: Psalms 37:7Philippians 3:14Hosea 6:3
Read MoreThat I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus" (Phil. 3:12).
Our spiritual puppy-love is soon lost, to be replaced through the years by our bridal-love. The bride always gravitates to her Bridegroom. "My beloved spoke, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away" (SoS. 2:10).
Bible Verses: Philippians 3:12Song of Solomon 2:10Philippians 3:8
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Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected … I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him.Grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.§ We all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a...