I like The Passion Translation (TPT) for Philippians 3:8, which reads, “To truly know Him meant letting go of everything from my past and throwing all my boasting on the garbage heap. It’s all like a pile of manure to me now, so that I may be enriched in the reality of knowing Jesus Christ and embrace Him as Lord in all of His greatness.” I like the first part of this verse where Paul says, “To truly know Him [Jesus] meant letting go of everything from my past…” If I truly want to get to know Jesus, I need to let go of any hold my past has on me. I don’t want to be fueled by my past; that will only lead me down a road of destruction. Instead, I want to be propelled by the future and the life God has for me through Christ Jesus. To do that, I need to know Jesus not only as my personal Savior but also as my friend, mentor, and confidant by spending time in the Word (which is Jesus: John 1:1). At the beginning of this year, our church was challenged to pray and asked to fall deeper and