Text: Philippians 3:12-4:1
Truth: The key to endurance is pressing on and not looking back.
Thrust: We must continue to stay faithful in our calling and fulfill God’s will for our lives no matter what happens.
Thesis: Since the key to endurance is pressing on and not looking back, we must continue to stay faithful in our calling and fulfill God’s will for our lives no matter what happens.
Turning Point: To stand strong we must press on.
Theme: Endurance
Topic: How to stand strong in the Christian life
Title: Standing Strong
Tagline: Press on.
Thoughts:
- The Christian life is not a smooth pathway. There are challenges in every step.
- These challenges are not necessarily negative. Some of them are actually positive, and they can easily distract us just like the negative ones. (e.g. success)
- Some stumble simply because they think they have “arrived”.
- Complacency and indifference can easily snuff out the passion in any believer.
- Others lose their bearings simply because of sin.
- Living a life of sin cancels whatever victory one has accomplished in the past.
- Inevitably, it’s what we do in the present that really counts.
- According to the apostle Paul, to stand strong we must press on. (Philippians 3:12-4:1)
- The key to endurance is pressing on and not looking back, whether to past successes or past failures.
- We must continue to stay faithful in our calling and fulfill God’s will for our lives no matter what happens. Remember, to stand strong we must press on. Press on.