08-26-07 PM - Moving Forward and Upward

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Philippians 3:12- 4:1

1. IT’S TIME TO MOVE FORWARD
Philippians 3:12-14

1) KEEP YOUR MIND OFF THE PAST
A. We must forget our FAILURE.
B. We must forget our SUCCESSES.
A leader of the persecuted church once said that 95% of the believers, who face the test of PERSECUTION, pass it, while 95% of the believers who face the test of PROSPERITY, fail it.

2) KEEP YOUR MIND ON YOUR GOAL

2. IT’S TIME TO STAY THE COURSE
Philippians 3:15-17
Paul gives us a few practical ways we can do that.

3. IT’S TIME TO FOCUS ON THE FUTURE
Philippians 3:18-4:1