John 10: 10 …….. Galatians 5: 16-26…..
Don’t just look at these verses, meditate on them. Talk with God. If you are tired of always trying to be free from things that you know are wrong, but you just can’t seem to break free. You need a Supernatural healing that only comes from walking in the Spirit. You can have the Spirit of the living God in you. You could have accepted Jesus Christ as your Savior. But you can’t have the abundant life Jesus talks about unless you walk in it. You can enter the kingdom of God when you die, because you put your faith and trust in Jesus. But that doesn’t mean you will inherit the kingdom of God here on earth, the abundant joy, unless you walk this life by the Spirit. It takes responding to God’s view point on ALL issues of life. Whether you understand them or not, doesn’t make a difference. As long as we are on this side of heaven, we will always have room for change. I highly doubt any of us are perfect, and if you think you are, that’s the first sinful thought you need to ask God to change.
Galatians 5: 16-18, We can’t change from our flesh ways from the outside in. The cry of our heart and soul should be for God consume us. Give Him all control to change us “From the inside out.” That is how we bring Him praise and glory.
Flesh, struggles and repeats. The Spirit, walks life with ease. It’s like walking up the stairs in your own strength, or taking the escalator. The power moves you a lot easier without even losing any breath. If you think you can fix a problem within yourself, how do you know it was God who fixed it? It won’t repeat itself. Walk by the Spirit, and you will not carry out the desires of the flesh. It doesn’t say you won’t have the desire, (temptation). The Spirit delivers us from problems that the flesh can’t. Galatians 5: 19-21, Look at these verses of the flesh. I know I struggle with a few of them, so I might as well struggle with them all according to the word of God. Sin is sin! There is no way I could be free of any of these in my own strength. I need to not just have the Spirit, but walk in it. I don’t want any part of my flesh to rule me!!
So how do you know you are walking in the Spirit? Look at Galatians 5: 22-25. “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the fleshwith its passions and desires. Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit.”
I always have room for change to look more like this fruit. Only God in me, will enable me with the power to change, what the strength of the flesh can’t change.
If anyone out there reading this doubts your salvation because you may struggle with any of these temptations in the above verses (19-21), don’t doubt, PRAY! You have the Spirit if you feel convicted. You are just struggling walking in it… Pray..
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Kim
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