Core Truth: Because of who we are, where we are headed, and what is waiting for us when we get there, there are some things Christ is calling us to do here and now which will make our journey far more enjoyable and our effectiveness for Him here and now far greater, while preparing for us eternal rewards beyond our dreams in the life to come.
Scripture: Philippians 3:1, 20-21, 4:1
For the rest, my brethren, delight yourselves in the Lord and continue to rejoice that you are in Him … (for) we are citizens of the homeland which is in heaven, and from it also we earnestly and patiently await the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ as Savior, Who will transform and fashion anew the body of our humiliation to conform to and be like the body of His glory and majesty, by exerting that power which enables Him even to subject everything to Himself. Therefore, my fellow believers … stand firm in the Lord …