Making the Most of the New Year

Making the Most of the New Year
Philippians 3:13

I. Forgetting things behind
Successes, failures, sins, discouragements...

Cast the beam out of your eye - Matthew 7:5
Cast a stone - John 8:7
First be reconciled - Matthew 5:21-24; 18:21

II. Reaching Forth
1. Realization that if we would be first, we shall be last of all and servant of all - Mark 9:35
2. Do first works - Revelation 2:5:5
3. First gave their own selves unto God and to us - II Corinthians 8:5

III. Pressing Onward
1. Seeking first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness

To Press on we need:
1. Faith
2. Clear Vision
3. Christian Conviction
4. Love
5. Worthy Purpose
6. Hope
7. Assurance and reassurance of God's presence and power