Philippians_3-10: All I want is to know Christ and to experience the power of his resurrection, to share in his sufferings and become like him in his death

Most of the brothers, having become confident in the Lord by my imprisonment, are much more bold to speak the word without fear.

Philippians 1:14

Salvation is truly an extreme makeover…a makeover that changes us from the inside out.

Paul is a perfect example. Before Paul knew God, Paul was known as Saul. He hated Christians and made it his life’s work to rid Israel of every believer in Christ. But what a changed person we meet in the book of Philippians! Saul, the persecutor of Christians, was now Paul, the apostle who willingly went to prison and endured beatings for the name of Jesus!

Philippians_3-14: I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ…