Opening Prayer: Almighty God, please come and encounter me in this time I spend in Your Word, that I may leave with a deeper understanding of the gospel. Amen.

Read: Philippians 3:1-11

Reflect: I will be preaching from this passage for the next two weeks. Please be praying that God will speak through this passage this week.

Prayer: for the church, for others, and for myself

Hymn: “O for a Heart to Praise My God”

O for a heart to praise my God,
A heart from sin set free,
A heart that always feels Thy blood
So freely shed for me.

A heart resigned, submissive, meek,
My great Redeemer’s throne,
Where only Christ is heart to speak,
Where Jesus reigns alone.

O for a lowly contrite heart,
Believing, true, and clean,
Which neither life nor death can part
From Him that dwells within.

A heart in every though renewed
And full of love divine,
Perfect and right and pure and good
A copy, Lord, of Thine.

Thy nature, gracious Lord, impart;
Come quickly from above;
Write Thy new name upon my heart,
Thy new, best name of Love.

Closing Prayer: May the grace of the Lord, Jesus Christ, be with you to day and always. Amen.