A Game Plan for Life - Audio

Bakersfield First Assembly

A Game Plan for Life Philippians 3:10-14 (NIV) – [10] I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of sharing in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, [11] and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead. [12] Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. [13] Brothers, 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, [14] I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus. 1. Know Christ Philippians 3:8 (NIV) – [8] What is more, I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ. Jeremiah 9:23-24 (NIV) – [23] This is what the LORD says: “Let not the wise man boast of his wisdom or the strong man boast of his strength or the rich man boast of his riches, [24] but let him who boasts boast about this: that he understands and knows me, that I am the LORD, who exercises kindness, justice and righteousness on earth, for in these I delight,” declares the LORD. 2. Press On 1 Corinthians 15:9 (NIV) – [9] For I am the least of the apostles and do not even deserve to be called an apostle, because I PERSECUTED the church of God. 2 Timothy 2:22 (NIV) – [22] Flee the evil desires of youth, and PURSUE righteousness, faith, love and peace, along with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart. 3. Take Hold Ephesians 3:17-18 (NIV) – [17] And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, [18] may have power, together with all the saints, to GRASP how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ. 1 Timothy 6:12 (NIV) – [12] Fight the good fight of the faith. TAKE HOLD of the eternal life to which you were called when you made your good confession in the presence of many witnesses. Hebrews 6:17-19 (NIV) – [17] Because God wanted to make the unchanging nature of his purpose very clear to the heirs of what was promised, he confirmed it with an oath. [18] God did this so that, by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to TAKE HOLD of the hope offered to us may be greatly encouraged. [19] We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure.