Galatians 5:16 “So I say, let the Holy Spirit guide your lives. Then you won’t be doing what your sinful nature craves.”
Our minds run wild with crazy thoughts, it is important for us to surrender and learn all we can from the Lord. When we are full and seeking to be like Christ the Holy Spirit is loud and we hear it. But when this world and the sin in it is what fills us the Holy Spirit is quiet and we tend to ignore it.
Look what it says in verses 19-20, “When you follow the desires of your sinful nature, the results are very clear: Sexual immorality, impurity, lustful pleasure, idolatry, sorcery, hostility, quarreling, jealousy, outburst of anger, selfish ambition, dissension, diversion, envy, drunkenness, wild parties, and other sins like these. Let me tell you again, as I have before, that anyone living that sort of life will not inherit the Kingdom of God.”
That is a huge list, how are we doing? These things cloud the Spirit in our hearts and we make all sorts of excuses why they are alright. I say get in God’s word and pray so you can hear the Spirit loud and clear. And when your mind wanders and you start thinking about that stuff you will turn to God for strength and the Holy Spirit will be clear. When this happens you will live as it says in verses 22-23, “But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self- control. There is no law against these things.”
We need to truly open our hearts and be full of the Spirit so that we desire to follow it and live our lives as Christ did. Amen
Our minds run wild with crazy thoughts, it is important for us to surrender and learn all we can from the Lord. When we are full and seeking to be like Christ the Holy Spirit is loud and we hear it. But when this world and the sin in it is what fills us the Holy Spirit is quiet and we tend to ignore it.
Look what it says in verses 19-20, “When you follow the desires of your sinful nature, the results are very clear: Sexual immorality, impurity, lustful pleasure, idolatry, sorcery, hostility, quarreling, jealousy, outburst of anger, selfish ambition, dissension, diversion, envy, drunkenness, wild parties, and other sins like these. Let me tell you again, as I have before, that anyone living that sort of life will not inherit the Kingdom of God.”
That is a huge list, how are we doing? These things cloud the Spirit in our hearts and we make all sorts of excuses why they are alright. I say get in God’s word and pray so you can hear the Spirit loud and clear. And when your mind wanders and you start thinking about that stuff you will turn to God for strength and the Holy Spirit will be clear. When this happens you will live as it says in verses 22-23, “But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self- control. There is no law against these things.”
We need to truly open our hearts and be full of the Spirit so that we desire to follow it and live our lives as Christ did. Amen
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