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Opening Question:

What does it mean to you to have confidence?

Scripture Reading: Read Philippians 3:1-11

Observation Questions:

1.\\tLook closer at verse 2. Who are the dogs? The evil doers? Mutilators of the flesh? How do we watch out for them?

2.\\tLook again at verse 8, \\u201cWhat is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things\\u201d. Discuss what you think Paul means in these verse.

Application Questions:

1. Throughout your life where or in what have you mistakenly put your confidence in?

2. Looking at Verse 2, why is it important that we serve God in the Spirit?

3. How do we serve God? What does that look like in our daily life?

4. How can we substitute \\u201cReligion\\u201d as our savior instead of accepting Christ?

Prayer:

Be reminded of verses 10 and 11 as you spend time praying together:
\\u201cI want to know Christ\\u2014yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, and so, somehow, attaining to the resurrection from the dead\\u201d. Philippians 3:10-11.