Press On

Part 2 “Looking Forward”

From Philippians 3

“Press On” Message Series: “2020 has been a year we’d love to forget. Now the problem with challenging times is that they tend to stick around in our minds forever. Sometimes we can’t get past the hurts and hardships of our past so that if we are not careful, the past will contaminant our present and upend our future. Waters Church, it’s time to move forward. While the news and opinion prognosticators will give you reasons to shrivel up and shrink back, we believe God is calling you to GREATER DAYS AHEAD.”

WATERS CHURCH is PRESSING ON.

📖 Philippians 3:13-14 (ESV) one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

Point #1 from last week: I PRESS on when I REMEMBER God has a CALL on my LIFE.

📖 Philippians 3:12 (ESV) Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own.

TRUTH: God His people to become like .

📖 Romans 8:28-29 (ESV) And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good,…

📖 Romans 8:28-29 (ESV) And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to His purpose. 29 For those whom He foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, in order that He might be the firstborn among many brothers.

📖 1 John 4:17 (NLT) And as we live in God, our love grows more perfect. So we will not be afraid on the day of judgment, but we can face him with confidence because we live like Jesus here in this world.

📖 2 Corinthians 3:18 (ESV) And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.

1. on where you’re .

📖 Philippians 3:15 (ESV) Let those of us who are mature think this way, and if in anything you think otherwise, God will reveal that also to you.

📖 Colossians 3:1-4 (ESV) If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. 2 Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. 3 For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. 4 When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory.

BEST CASE SCENARIO for Christ followers:

1. WORST CASE SCENARIO for Christ followers:

2.

📖 Philippians 1:21-25 (ESV) For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. 22 If I am to live in the flesh, that means fruitful labor for me. Yet which I shall choose I cannot tell. 23 I am hard pressed between the two. My desire is to depart and be with Christ, for that is far better. 24 But to remain in the flesh is more necessary on your account. 25 Convinced of this, I know that I will remain and continue with you all, for your progress and joy in the faith,

2. who you’re .

📖 Philippians 3:17 (ESV) Brothers, join in imitating me, and keep your eyes on those who walk according to the example you have in us.

📖 Philippians 2:19-22 (ESV) I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, so that I too may be cheered by news of you. 20 For I have no one like him, who will be genuinely concerned for your welfare. 21 For they all seek their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ. 22 But you know Timothy’s proven worth, how as a son with a father he has served with me in the gospel.

📖 Philippians 2:25 (ESV) I have thought it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus my brother and fellow worker and fellow soldier, and your messenger and minister to my need, … 29 receive him in the Lord with all joy, and honor such men, 30 for he nearly died for the work of Christ, risking his life to complete what was lacking in your service to me.

3. who you should be .

📖 Philippians 3:18 (ESV) For many, of whom I have often told you and now tell you even with tears, walk as enemies of the cross of Christ.

📖 Philippians 3:19 (ESV) Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and they glory in their shame, with minds set on earthly things.

SERMON IN A SENTENCE:
“We can not PRESS ON without being in RELATIONSHIP with HEAVEN-oriented, JESUS-centered, GOSPEL-driven FRIENDS.”