What Matters Most

Brian Priebe | Executive Pastor | March 24, 2024

Philippians 3:4b-6 (NIV)
“If someone else thinks they have reasons to put confidence in the flesh, I have more: 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; as for zeal, persecuting the church; as for righteousness based on the law, faultless.”

Philippians 3:7-8
But whatever were gains to me I now consider loss…
What is more, I consider everything a loss…
… I have lost all things.
I consider them garbage…

Philippians 3:7-9a (NIV)
But whatever were gains to me I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. 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 and be found in him

Mark 12:30-31 (NIV)
Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.”

John 13:34-35 (NIV)
“A new command I give you:
Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”

Reflection Questions:

What are the things in life that matter to you most right now?
Read Phil 3:4-9. What things in your life can you relate to Paul's description of becoming "loss"? What things in your life were priorities that you now consider "a loss".
Read John Piper's quote, "You gain Christ by renouncing everything that competes with him." What areas of your life "compete" with Jesus?
Read Jesus' command passages of Mark 12:30-31 and John 13:34-35. What are your thoughts around Jesus' commands and how they are lived out in your daily life?
What is one step of action these passages or this conversation has led you to commit to do this week?

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