Friday: W19, Recovery

Training:
400 x pushups


Daily Reading:
Philippians

1.) Facts:

• Written by Paul during his imprisonment in Rome. He writes of thanksgiving and of his imprisonment for Christ. The faith of Paul during this time of suffering is unbelievable. He has complete and udder confidence that God has a plan for his life and that God will give him deliverance. Paul encourages us to imitate Christ and live a life worthy of the calling. Live differently from the world and consider everything a loss in comparison with the greatness of Christ.

2.) Lessons:

• 1:6 - being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
• 1:9-11 - And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ—to the glory and praise of God.
• 1:18 - The important thing is that in every way, whether from false motives or true, Christ is preached. And because of this I rejoice.
• 1:21 - For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain
• 1:27 - Whatever happens, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ
• 2:3-4 - Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.
• 2:7 - rather, He made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant
• 2:14-15 - Do everything without grumbling or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure, “children of God without fault in a warped and crooked generation.” Then you will shine among them like stars in the sky
• 3:7-10 - But whatever were gains to me I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. 8 What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ 9 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ—the righteousness that comes from God on the basis of faith. 10 I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death
• 3:13-14 - But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.

3.) Applications:

• I must strive to be filled with the fruit of righteousness so that God may be glorified through my actions.
• The important thing in life is that the good news of Christ is preached. Everything else are momentary troubles. Nothing matters except for the surpassing greatness of Christ.
• Do not grumble or argue. Strive to be different than the world and be a light in a dark place. We are called to be separate from this crooked and depraved generation, putting off our old self and its desires.
•  Be a servant. Do nothing out of selfishness or vain conceit, but take the nature of Christ and humbly put others before myself.

4.) Daily Meditation:

• 3:13-14 - But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.