Philippians 3:13-14 (Pressing Towards the Mark with Earthly Relevance) 13 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, 14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling...

1 John 3:1-9 (Whosoever Presses Unto This Hope Purifies Himself) …2 Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is. 3 And...

Matthew 21:1-13 (Beyond Man’s Praise) …..8And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed them in the way. 9And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried (in praise), saying, Hosanna to the son of David: Blessed is...

1 Corinthians 15:12-20 (Resurrection – The Heart of the Christian Message) 12 But if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? 13 If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ...

Luke 10:38-42 (Pressing On in Life, in the Mindset of Mary or Martha – The Lords Feet) 38 As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. 39 She had a sister called Mary, who sat at...

Ecclesiastes 2:1-11 (Pressing Unto Empty Pursuits) 10 I denied myself nothing my eyes desired; I refused my heart no pleasure. My heart took delight in all my labor, and this was the reward for all my toil. 11 Yet when I surveyed all that my hands had done and what...

Acts 20:18-27 (Follow Through and Fulfill Your Call/Life Purpose) …20 Yet I never shrank from telling you the truth, either publicly or in your homes. 21I have had one message for Jews and Gentiles alike—the necessity of turning from sin to God through faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.22 “And now I...

Acts 24:10-16 (Pressing Acceptably with Pure Conscience) 14 “But one thing I do confess, that I believe in the way of salvation, which they refer to as a sect; I follow that system of serving the God of our ancestors; I firmly believe in the Jewish law and everything written in...

Philippians 3:7-14 (The Prize of the High Calling) …10 That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death; 11 If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead. 12 Not as though I had already...

Philippians 3:10-16 (Reaching Forward to Things Ahead) …12 I don’t mean to say I am perfect. I haven’t learned all I should even yet, but I keep working toward that day when I will finally be all that Christ saved me for and wants me to be. 13 No, dear brothers, I...