2. 12 I have not yet received all of
those things. I have not yet
been made perfect. But I move
on to take hold of what Christ
Jesus took hold of me for.
3. 13 Brothers and sisters, I don’t
consider that I have taken hold of
it yet. But here is the one thing I
do. I forget what is behind me. I
push hard toward what is ahead
of me.
4. 14 I move on toward the goal
to win the prize. God has
appointed me to win it. The
heavenly prize is Christ Jesus
himself.
5. • The only safe direction for the
Christian and for the church is
forward and upward. If we
as Christians and we as the
church stop making forward
progress, we are in danger.
6. •We need to know that
there are CHALLENGES
TO ACCEPT if the church
is going to move forward.
7. 1. ERASE from your mind
the past. (v.13c)
•Change your focus --
quit looking behind and
start looking head.
8. We need to understand
that God is far more
interested in our future
than He is in our past.
9. 2. ENVISION the future.
(v.13d)
•God is going to do
something “new” in and
through your life.
–Isaiah 43:19
10. 3. ESTABLISH a priority.
(v.13b)
•Jesus is saying that if you
take care of my business,
I will take care of blessing
you!
–Matthew 6:33
11. 4. EMBRACE the calling.
(v. 14)
All believers are to
bring salvation to the
lost.
–Matthew 28:19
–John 20:21
12. • As Jesus touched people,
he was embracing the
missional purposes of God.
It is not how often you
come (to church), but how
you go (into the world).
• Mark 16:15-19
13. We are called to
teach others on what
it means to be an
disciple of Jesus.
Acts 6:7
14. •The church must go
forward and grow!
The early church, the
first church was a
growing church!
15. •There is a saying that
is basically true: we
are either going
forward, standing still,
or falling behind.
