Since we have the gift of knowing Christ, we also have the gift of triumph.-1. The gift of knowing Christ includes all the gifts in the chain- -2. Knowing Christ is the tree and becoming more like Christ is the fruit. -v.8--3. Failing to grow in our knowledge of Christ makes us deficient, blind, and forgetful. -v.9--Applications- How could a responsibility also be a gift--What in us must increase and overflow- 1 Thessalonians 3-12-As we have opportunity, what must we do- Galatians 6-10-What is the result of worry, greed, and distractions- Mark 4-19