Sermon Notes January 1, 2012

Sermon Notes: January
1, 2012
Sermon Series: New
Year’s Realities
Sermon Title: Talking
To My Past
Sermon Text: Philippians
3:12-16
Key Thought: Spiritual
growth can be attained through a constgructive conversation with our past.
Trials Came…
A______________: Some
Things Really G__________ Us.
Philippians
3:12 New Living Translation (NLT) 12
I don’t mean to say that I have already achieved these things or that I have
already reached perfection. But I press on to possess that perfection for which
Christ Jesus first possessed me.
A______________: Some
Things Have G_____________ Us.
Philippians 3:15 Amplified Bible (AMP) 15So let those [of us]
who are spiritually mature and full-grown have this mind and hold these
convictions; and if in any respect you have a different attitude of mind, God
will make that clear to you also.
Transformation Comes…
A______________ Some
Things Will G_____________ Us.
Philippians 3:16 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB) 16 In
any case, we should live up to whatever truth we have attained.
A_______________: Those
Things Can G_____________ Us.,
Philippians 3:14 New King James Version (NKJV) 14 I press toward
the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.


These Sermon notes are designed
for you to share the Gospel with your family, friends, co-workers and
acquaintances. © 2012 Pastor W.H.Goatley, Jr. Calvary Missionary Baptist
Church, St. Louis, Missouri.

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