Philippians 3:4-11English Standard Version (ESV)

though I myself have reason for confidence in the flesh also. If anyone else
thinks he has reason for confidence in the flesh, I have more: 5 circumcised
on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a
Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee; 6 as to zeal, a persecutor of
the church; as to righteousness under the law,[a]blameless. 7 But whatever
gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ. 8 Indeed, I count
everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus
my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them
as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ 9 and be found in him, not
having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which
comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on
faith 10 that I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may
share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, 11 that by any means
possible I may attain the resurrection from the dead.
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Prayer:
Lord, open our minds so that we may receive Your eternal wisdom. Open our
spirits so that we may know Your leading and guidance. And open our hearts
so that we may receive Your wonderful love.We ask all this in the glorious
name of Jesus. Amen.
OUR PURPOSE IN LIFE
Phil.3: 4-11
God created humanity for a reason. God created us with a purpose. Do you
agree? Now the question is do you happen to know your purpose?
Generally speaking, what is the purpose of life? Why are we here? At this
very moment! unsay atong mga purpose nganu mo-attend ta ug morning
devotion? Para lang ba nay certificate at the end of the school year? I hope
naay deeper meaning why you want to wake up early and attend the
devotion When I was young, I questioned my existence. I often asked God:
Nganong nia man ko sa kalibutan Lord? Para raba nay masugo akong
ginikanan? Para sakiton? Why are we here? The answer would be a
resounding: It is to glorify God. Because God created us for His own Glory.
To glorify God means to live with such a passionate devotion to the Holy
One, His person, His purpose, and His praise.

INTRODUCTION
A watch or clock is meant to tell time, a car is built to be driven, an airplane
to fly, a shoes to be worn. Using these things apart from what it is intended
defeat the very purpose why they are made or built.Why? The purpose is
not being realized.
Brothers and sisters, do you know that God has a purpose why he created
us and redeemed us? Why does we Christian, exist? We can probably list
some of it:

To
To
To
To
To
To

bring the Gospel to the lost

bring hope to the hurting
get married ehem!
prepare children for life
solve our pain and problems
have a comfortable life

Those are some of the benefits of life, the side dishes, but not its purpose.
They are good, but not the very purpose of our life.
THE WRONG MOTIVATION
In todays world, we have shifted from the very purpose towards finding
ourselves. We tried to make lifes benefits the very purpose of our
existence. We place more value on solving our problems. As much as
possible we avoid pain. We look for plan to follow. But do we ask GOD for
wisdom? Dili ba mangayo tau g wisdom nya kita ra gihapon ang magbuot sa
kaulahian?
The normal Christian life is not without struggle, is not free from failure, nor
it is a life of constant highs. On the contrary, this life is filled with adversity,
(difficulties/hardships)but adversity with a purpose
LIFE PURPOSE
in Isaiah 43:7, The benefits of life are not the highest value, it is not the
reason for living, but drive us back to Him as the reason for living. The very
purpose of our life is to glorify God and enjoy Him forever.
Again, to reiterate: To glorify God means to live with such a passionate
devotion to the Holy One, His person, His purpose, and His praise. Passion
for the glory of God begins and is possible, when we choose to reject our
own honor, refutation and self-gratification.

[Read Eph.1: 3-14] Our passion is to know Christ. That should be our
deepest pleasures. Dont focus on finding solution to your problem, but
rather focus on the source of the solution and get to know His wills. We have
to acknowledge that our hunger for Christ comes with Him and will not
completely satisfy on the earth.
God is glorified when we acknowledge our dependence on Him for all good
things. God is glorified when we express it in every area of our lives:
workplace, church, home, and businesses. (1Cor. 10:31)
How can we do to stir up a drive for knowing Christ that is more powerful
than our natural urge to look after ourselves?
If our passion is to know more Christ, we must do something out of our daily
routine why do you pray? We pray because we need to talk to him. When
you wake up every morning do you give time to talk to HIM? Work must not
be our goal in life. It doesnt mean we dont have to work. What I mean is
that, we dont have to count works as worth anything compared with
knowing Christ. The motivation in Christian life is to know Christ and glorify
him. Dont count work as an end of themselves.
CONCLUSION
To glorify God is to desire to make clear and visible to all people the
nearness and the overwhelming power, authority and goodness of the Holy
One. To accomplish this is to renounced ourselves (our pride, knowledge,
privilege, rights) and aspire to glorify God.
So we have devotion each to know God. We ought to pray because we want
to know him. We ought to be under the teaching of His word because we
want to know Him.
This is the motivation of everything. This is what we were created for, to
know God. This is our purpose in life.
AMEN!