Sermon Notes July 17, 2016
“We Have Not Yet Reached Our Goal”
(Philippians 3:12-21)
I. There is a _______________.
A. ____________ had not reached the goal.
(Philippians 3:12)
B. The goal is ____________. (Philippians 3:12;
Matthew 5:48; Ephesians 4:13)
C. No one on ____________ has reached it.
(Matthew 23:10)
II. Paul offers two principles by which to live.
A. Stop focusing on the ____________. (Phil. 3:13)
1. Forgetting is a ____________.
2. Don’t wallow in your ___________. (Psalm
103:12)
3. Don’t rest on your past ____________. (2
Timothy 4:7)
4. Don’t be _________ to stay the way you are.
B. _________ move toward the goal. (Phil. 3:13-14)
1. ____________ to each other about God.
(Ephesians 5:19-20)
2. Get ____________ with one another to
encourage each other. (Hebrews 10:24-25)
3. ____________. (Ephesians 1:17-18)
4. ____________ God’s Word. (2 Tim. 4:13;
(Hebrews 4:12)
5. Discipline our ____________. (Philippians
4:8; 2 Corinthians 10:5)
6. Discipline our ____________. (1 Cor. 9:27)
III.We will reach the goal when we get to
_______________.
A. Don’t ____________ to reach it on earth. (1 John
1:8)
B. Be ____________ that all disciples of Jesus Christ
will reach the goal in heaven. (Philippians 3:20-
21; 1 John 3:2)
Next Sunday’s Message … Pastor Steve’s message next
Sunday will be “The Secrets of Joy and Peace”
(Philippians 4:2-6)