Hello, my friends. Hey, what are you reaching for in life? What goals are you headed toward? What do you see ahead that you want to strive to attain?

Today we're going to be looking at a passage in Philippians chapter 3 that gives us some very clear things we could be aiming

for as we seek to get our minds aligned with the truth of God's word for this day.

Friends, welcome to the morning mindset. If you're new here at the beginning of the new year,

let me welcome you. My name is Carrie. I am a pastor. I serve at Grace Point Church in Bismarck, North Dakota.

Yes, way up in the frozen tunder of the north. It is a great place to live, though. We love it.

We are going to be looking at Philippians chapter 3 versus 12 through 14. So go ahead and get out your

Bible. And I have something I would like to offer you here at the beginning of the new year,

especially if you're new to the Christian faith.

Many times you want to read your Bible, but you don't know where to begin.

You want to learn about what it means to be a Christian,

but you don't know what things you don't know.

And I have created a workbook called Moving Toward God.

It's 19 lessons of spiritual growth material that are in a do-it-yourself kind of a format.

You can go through and do the exercises at your own pace and learn what it means to be a Christian.

If you're interested in finding that workbook,

you can go to morning mindsetmedia.com slash mtg for moving toward God. All right, before we dig

into Philippians chapter three, let's pray. Now, God, we want to understand your word today, so we ask you to give us clarity about it,

and we want to apply it rightly. So we ask you to show us how it fits into our lives and where

we need to put it to work. We ask it in Jesus' name. Amen. Okay, friends, Philippians chapter 3, verses 12 through 14 is where we are today.

The Apostle Paul wrote this letter to a group of people he knew pretty well in a church in a town called

Philippi. And he's been talking about the maturity that God has given him as a leader in the church. And he says in verse 12,

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