Not that I have already obtained it or have already become perfect, but I press on so that I may lay hold of that for which also I was laid hold of by Christ Jesus. (Phil. 3:12 NASB)   Have you yet obtained perfection in any area of your life? In this verse...

And not holding the Head, from whom the entire body, being supplied and held together by the joints and ligaments, grows with a growth, which is from God. (Col. 2:19 NASB)   This verse is talking about people who don't stay in touch with Jesus Christ. They're...

For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him. (Col. 1:16 KJV)   This verse says that God...

But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus. (Phil. 4:19 KJV)   Our source of full supply is the abundance of God's riches in glory. Is God ever low on or out of anything? No. God's treasures shall supply our every...

Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God. (Phil. 1:11 KJV)   What does being full of the fruits of righteousness mean? The word fruit is from a Greek word that means "fruit: as plucked." This...

For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first. (1 Thess. 4:16 KJV)   Those who have died believing in Jesus Christ will rise to new life. They...

And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith. (Phil. 3:9 KJV)   We are found in Christ Jesus because of the new birth. We have...

I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. (Phil. 3:14 KJV)   No power in the universe goes backward on the time line, not even God's power. So many times we wish things could have been different or that we could have...

Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things, which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things, which are before. (Phil. 3:13 KJV)   Letting go of things that are past is difficult for some of us. We...

Whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through Him to God the Father. (Col. 3:17 NASB)   When I became a Christian I was filled with negatives from my past. I complained and murmured if things weren't going my way....

And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven. (Col. 1:20 KJV)   God was pleased when Jesus made peace for all things in heaven and earth...

Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving. (Col. 2:10 KJV)   This little verse says that God's Son was before everything else and He holds all things together. It is a challenge to...