Paul has been looking back on all he has lost to become an apostle and now a prisoner for Christ. In worldly terms he has nothing, and yet he would not trade that for the world. He says: "this one thing I do: forgetting what is behind, I strain towards what is ahead."

In this Remembrance Sunday sermon on Philippians 3:12-21, Revd. Mark Fletcher explores why what we choose to remember shapes who we become, and why Paul urges us to choose better role models. Who are you measuring your life against?

We carry old hurts, disappointments and regrets, and they can easily become the defining story of our lives. "If you are not defined by what you choose to remember, you will be defined by what you can't forget." But "just because they are part of your story doesn't mean it has to be the whole story."

What will you choose to remember this week?

Full transcript and video: https://stpeters.ch/sermons/forgetting-what-is-behind/