Monday, April 22nd

Today’s Scripture

“My passion is to be consumed with him and not clinging to my own “righteousness” based in keeping the written Law. My “righteousness” will be his, based on the faithfulness of Jesus Christ, the very righteousness that comes from God. And I continually long to know the wonders of Jesus more fully and to experience the overflowing power of his resurrection working in me. I will be one with him in his sufferings and I will be one with him in his death. Only then will I be able to experience complete oneness with him in his resurrection from the realm of death. I admit that I haven’t yet acquired the absolute fullness that I’m pursuing, but I run with passion into his abundance so that I may reach the purpose that Jesus Christ has called me to fulfill and wants me to discover. I don’t depend on my own strength to accomplish this; however I do have one compelling focus: I forget all of the past as I fasten my heart to the future instead. I run straight for the divine invitation of reaching the heavenly goal and gaining the victory-prize through the anointing of Jesus. So let all who are fully mature have this same passion, and if anyone is not yet gripped by these desires, God will reveal it to them.”  

Philippians 3:9-15

Today’s Thought

Understanding that the passion of the fully mature is to achieve their God given dream… They recognize that forgetting the past is a major key to accomplishing their goals… Press for the prize of your high calling and run your race with determination.

Today’s Confession

Jesus, help me to meditate in your Word and to grow in understanding and wisdom… My desire is to be able and equipped to do what you have called me to do… Help me to not dwell on the past, but to focus with determination, on the future you have prepared for me.