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Pressing Toward The Mark! | 01.14.26 PM.

January 16, 2026·34 min·2 clips

Dr. Jack Myers explains how to forget past mistakes and press toward God's high calling from Philippians 3.

1. Jack Myers delivers a Sunday afternoon teaching at Life Family Church titled "Pressing Toward the Mark," based on Philippians 3:13-14. 2. Jack Myers is the lead pastor and founder of Jack Myers Ministries, with 30 years in ministry including 18 years of international crusade work. 3. The episode's thesis is an eight-point framework for forward momentum drawn from Paul's command to forget the past and press toward the high calling in Christ Jesus. 4. The teaching opens with the Apostle Paul's past: as a Pharisee of Pharisees with 16 years of Judaistic training who killed Christians believing he was doing God a favor — then counted all of it as worthless after his road-to-Damascus encounter. 5. The foundational principle is stated early: your future is not in the past, and if you stumble and fall, fall forward because the direction is always forward. 6. Principle two — forgetting what lies behind — addresses the marriage dynamic of bringing up incidents from 20 years ago in heated arguments, citing Isaiah 43:18. 7. Principle three — reaching forward — includes the practical teaching that God's plans are higher but knowable, drawing on Jeremiah 29:11 and Romans 8:28. 8. A practical illustration from Myers' own life shows principle three in action: he is launching an aviation detailing business alongside carpet cleaning, attending a three-day training course in Dallas, and describes checking with his wife and pastor as part of his discernment process. 9. The distinction between the Holy Spirit leading and Satan driving is illustrated with a sheep-and-cattle metaphor: you lead sheep, you drive cattle, and if something is requiring excessive pushing it may not be the right direction. 10. Principle four — press toward the goal — is illustrated with a story about negotiating his wife's BMW purchase, working the out-the-door price and pressing for $1,000 in merchandise after the sales manager tried to walk back the deal. 11. Principle five — embracing the high calling — warns that many people claim to love God but are not in church or reading the Bible, citing Matthew 7:22-23 ("many will say Lord, Lord") and noting that Judas performed miracles alongside Jesus before hanging himself. 12. The Judas comparison is extended to Satan, who walked among the fiery stones of God before falling — making the point that proximity to the anointing does not guarantee faithfulness. 13. Principle six — straining forward with purpose — applies Colossians 3:23 ("work as working for the Lord, not for men") to cleaning the church carpet and building the men's restroom, since "it's the King's house." 14. Principle seven anticipates heavenly crowns and rewards, naming five specific crowns promised for those who finish their race and referencing 2 Timothy 4:7-8. 15. Principle eight — living with eternal perspective — is illustrated by Myers' mother, who kept a 25-year candle-lit shrine for his sister who died at age 20 in a car accident, and whom he describes as being kept "locked up" by Satan through unresolved grief. 16. Myers closes with a review of the countries and states he has visited over 30 years of ministry — most of Latin America plus Nepal and Myanmar — as evidence of what forward momentum produces. 17. The teaching is punctuated with humor throughout: a flat-earth digression, the BMW car-deal story, and jokes about the pink men's bathroom. 18. The tone is pastoral, energetic, and self-disclosing — Myers shares personal business ventures, family grief, and negotiation tactics within a theological framework. 19. Best suited for Charismatic Christians dealing with regret, past trauma, or stalled momentum who want a practical, story-driven push to move forward. 20. Those outside the Charismatic tradition or who prefer strictly verse-by-verse exposition may find the teaching's informal structure and personal illustrations distracting.

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A direct sermon on pressing forward, testing direction, and not getting stuck in what is behind.

Jack Myers treats Philippians 3 as a plain call to keep moving. He stays near Paul's line about forgetting what is behind and pressing toward the mark, then grounds it in ordinary life: costly mistakes, missed chances when movement slows, and the need to keep walking when the…

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If you're stuck replaying old mistakes, this Philippians 3 message gets you moving toward the mark.

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