INTRODUCTION

• A. Phil 3:12-14 Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me. Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. (NKJ)
  
• B. This is the last of a series of sermons on the church moving forward into the future
  
• 1. The fact is that we will move into the future regardless of how we prepare for it
  
• 2. The question is actually one of what we will be able to do with the future when it arrives
  
• 3. So far we have looked at:
  
• a. challenges
  
• b. dangers
  
• c. enemies
  
• d. opportunities
  
• 4. There is one more essential ingredient to accomplishing God's will and that is the ingredient of attitude
  
• C. Someone once wrote this verse
  It is the "advance man" of our true selves.
  Its roots are inward but its fruit is outward.
  It is our best friend or our worst enemy.
  It is more honest and more consistent than our words.
  It is an outward look based on past experiences.
  It is a thing which draws people to us or repels them.
  It is never content until it is expressed.
  It is the librarian of our past;
  It is the speaker of our present;
  It is the prophet of our future.
  What is it?
  It's our attitude!
  
• D. This morning I want to share some biblical truths with you about the importance of attitude and how it can help us accomplish God's will
  

• A. Defined
  
• 1. A person's prevailing tendency to respond favorable or unfavorably to an object, a person, a group, or an event