Sermon - 27 October 2013 by Bruce McCallum

1. ‘TAKE HOLD OF …’

2. S
O
A
P

3. S.O.A.P.
• S = Scripture: Read a chunk, look for the
verse(s) that spoke to you that day &
write them out.
• O = Observation: What do you think God
is saying to you in this Scripture.
• A = Application: Personalise, how does it
apply to your life
• P = Prayer: Write out your prayer and
then pause and listen to God. Write down
what He says to you.

4. John 14:15 (NIV)
15 "If you love me, you will obey what I
command.

5. “God‟s love language is obedience to His
voice. Without it our most extravagant
offerings are meaningless.” Jeremy Riddle

6. Philippians 3:12-14 NIV
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. Brothers & 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, I press on toward the goal to win
the prize for which God has called me
heavenward in Christ Jesus.

7. 1 Corinthians 9:24 (NIV)
24 Do you not know that in a race all the
runners run, but only one gets the prize?
Run in such a way as to get the prize.
1 Corinthians 9:25 (NIV)
25 Everyone who competes in the games
goes into strict training. They do it to get a
crown that will not last; but we do it to get
a crown that will last forever.

8. Colossians 1:29 (NIV)
29 To this end I labor, struggling with all
his energy, which so powerfully works in
me.

9. Philippians 3:12-14 NIV
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. Brothers & 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, I press on toward the goal to win
the prize for which God has called me
heavenward in Christ Jesus.

10. 1. Attitude of humility
‘I have not yet arrived’

11. "Humility is not thinking less of yourself
, (that‟s inferiority or insecurity) but thinki
ng of yourself less."

12. 2. Forget what is behind
Hebrews 12:1 (NIV)
1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by
such a great cloud of witnesses, let us
throw off everything that hinders and the
sin that so easily entangles, and let us run
with perseverance the race marked out for
us.

13. After the matter is forgiven
if I raise it again to myself
– that’s self-pity
if I raise it again to God
– that’s judgment
if I raise it again with the offender
– that’s condemning
if I raise it again with others
– that’s gossiping.

14. 3. Strain towards what’s ahead

15. Judges 6:12 (NIV)
12 When the angel of the Lord appeared to
Gideon, he said, "The Lord is with you
,
mighty warrior."

16. 4. Press on towards the goal

17. „the poorest of all men is not the man with
out a cent, but the man without a dream.‟

18. ”but I press on to take hold of that for
which Christ Jesus took hold of me.”
1. We forever want to be a church who puts
worship and God's presence above all else
2. We forever want to be His disciples who look
actively for ways to live and bring His Kingdom
from heaven to earth