Regrets, mistreatment, injustice in addition to unexplained difficulties tin knock us off our feet. But Paul tells us how to teach upward in addition to proceed running:
“Forgetting what is behind in addition to straining toward what is ahead” nosotros “press on toward the finish to win the prize” (Philippians 3:13-14)
Did you lot know that Scripture mentions physical grooming in addition to compares it to spiritual grooming (1 Timothy 4:8)?(1) Our life on the world is grooming for heaven:
- Straining to know God’s love that overcomes fright in addition to unbelief fifty-fifty when nosotros don’t sympathise our circumstances. (We create this yesteryear knowing His Word.)
- Pressing on inwards prayer, knowing we're forgiven, knowing He’s our forcefulness in addition to justice, fifty-fifty when nosotros don’t encounter or experience the results.
- Focusing on the goal, knowing God volition make His purposes inwards us in addition to through us.
The prize: fulfillment of God's purposes inwards this life in addition to eternal life amongst Christ when our race hither comes to an end.
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