-       Further, my brothers and sisters, rejoice in the Lord! It is no trouble for me to write the same things to you again, and it is a safeguard for you. 2 Watch out for
those dogs, those evildoers, those mutilators of the flesh. Phil. 3:1-2
-       Real Faith Lasts
-       Joy is not a passing sensation of pleasure, but a pervasive sense of well-being. - Dallas Willard
-       Who steals your joy?
-       For it is we who are the circumcision, we who serve God by his Spirit, who boast in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh— 4 though I myself have reasons for such confidence. Phil. 3:3-4
-      Joy is in the relationship, not in the rituals.
-       If someone else thinks they have reasons to
put confidence in the flesh, I have more: 5 circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; in regard to the law, a Pharisee; 6 as for zeal, persecuting the church; as for
righteousness based on the law, faultless.
-       What are the misplaced hopes in your life? Phil. 3:5-6
-      7 But everything that was a gain to me, I have considered to be a loss because of Christ. Phil. 3:7
-       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[a]
Christ—the righteousness that comes from God on the basis of faith. Phil. 3:8-9
-       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, 11 and so, somehow, attaining to the resurrection from the dead. Phil. 3:10-11
-       What needs to be transformed so that you can claim joy?
-       I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. Romans 7:15
-       12 Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. 13 Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead Phil. 3:12-13
-       What in your past have you not given to God?
-       I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus. Phil. 3:14
-      However, I consider my life worth nothing to me; my only aim is to finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me—the task of testifying to the good news of God’s grace. Acts 20:24……
-       How is your faith today?
LIFE Group Discussion Questions
 Starter Question: Since we are halfway through 2024, what is one way you’ve been encouraged by the Lord so far this year?
Read Philippians 3:1-4.
1)    Who has best exemplified joy in your life? Why?
2)    When was the last time you felt you lost joy? What was most helpful in finding joy again?  
Read Philippians 3:5-6.
3)    What are your misplaced hopes?  
Read Philippians 3:7-11.
4)    What needs to be transformed so you can claim joy in your life?  
Read Philippians 3:12-13.
5)    What in your past have you not given to God?
6)    How is that experience shaping your heart today?
Read Philippians 3:14 and Acts 20:24.
7)    How do these verses change your perspective on faith?
8)    What is your next step to grow in faith?

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