SECULAR FAILURE, SPIRITUAL VICTORY.

“What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ and be found in Him, not having righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in #Christ-the righteousness that come from God on the basis of faith”
(Philippians 3 verse 8-9)

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SOAK YOUR HEART
We need to soak our hearts in this passage often. It contains some hard lessons, from both secular and fleshy standpoint. The standard of the world system and the kingdom of God are #diametrically opposed. Apostle Paul makes it clear that knowing Christ far surpasses any earthly, #perishable goal the world has to offer. Paul lost everything just to know Christ and the power of His resurrection; he considered anything that would rob him of experiencing Christ as rubbish. He wanted his entire life sourced in Christ. He wanted his #righteousness to come from Christ alone and not from any works sourced in flesh.
From a secular standpoint, Christians fail. Yet, if through experience God teaches us and trains so we conform more to His will in our attitudes, thinking, and behavior, we have a spiritual victory.
This victory will echo into eternity!

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SOW TO THE SPIRIT
Ask God to help you forget the past and reach forward. Time is short. Eternity is approaching at #warp speed. We are passing away physically, and so is the world in which we live. Only the Holy Spirit can transform our attitudes and thinking. For most of us this is a process of dying to the lures of this world and flesh, with its #passion and desires. We must begin #prioritizing the imperishable values of the real world-the world that will last forever.

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