05/24/2026
1: FOLLOW THE RIGHT LEADERS
Dear brothers and sisters, pattern your lives after mine, and learn from those who follow our example. Philippians 3.17
Follow my example, as I follow the example of Christ. 1 Corinthians 11.1 NIV
TRUTH BOMB: What you admire, you will eventually imitate
2: STARVE THE FALSE APPETITES
For many, of whom I have often told you and now tell you even with tears, walk as enemies of the cross of Christ. Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and they glory in their shame, with minds set on earthly things. Philippians 3.18–19 ESV
Don’t you realize that you become the slave of whatever you choose to obey? You can be a slave to sin, which leads to death, or you can choose to obey God, which leads to righteous living. Romans 6.16
TRUTH BOMB: Whatever sits on the throne steers the soul
3: REMEMBER WHERE YOU BELONG
But our citizenship is in heaven… Philippians 3.20a
Dear friends, I warn you as “temporary residents and foreigners” to keep away from worldly desires that wage war against your very souls. 1 Peter 2.11
TRUTH BOMB: You live here, but you do not belong here
4: WAIT FOR THE KING
from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself. Philippians 3.20b–21
Dear friends, we are already God’s children, but he has not yet shown us what we will be like when Christ appears. But we do know that we will be like him, for we will see him as he really is. 1 John 3.2
TRUTH BOMB: The Christian finish line is not survival, it is resurrection
HEART CHECK
Who am I following?
What appetite is trying to rule me?
Have I gotten too comfortable in a place that is not home?
Am I living like I am waiting for a King?