WALKING IN THE SPIRIT

Galatians 5:16.

"My word, WHAT A PROMISE. He did not say you wont have any desires of the flesh but you wont fulfill them! One of the GREATEST NEEDS in the church today is for ALL OF US to learn how and to walk in the Spirit." -Sumner Wemp

I. OUR PURPOSE - WALK WITH GOD [GN. 5:22, 24; 6:9]

1. It is a walk of fellowship [I Jn. 1:1-7]

2. It is a walk of failure [I Jn. 1:8-10]

3. It is a wlak of faithfulness {I Jn. 1:9; 2:1-6]

II. OUR PATTERN - WALK AFTER CHRIST [I Jn. 2:6]

1 Peter 2:21 For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:

1. Walk in love [Eph. 5:1-2]

2. Walk in light [Eph. 5:8-14]

3. Walk in the Lord [Eph. 5:15-20]

III. OUR POWER - WALK IN THE SPIRIT [EpH. 5:18]

Galatians 5:16 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.

"Too many try to "run the race" without learning to "walk in the Spirit" first. The Christian life is a walk, not one giant step... You don't have to live a roller coaster life, up one minute and down the next. A child takes one step, but he hasn't learned to walk. He is going to stumble scores of time before he stays on his feet and even then he will stumble from time to time. So it is with the Christian walk. The Spirit filled Christian will keep going and growing, up and up, with much smaller bumps along the way." -Sumner Wemp

Remember "PAY"

1. "P"- "Present your body as a living sacrifice" [Rom. 12:1, 2]

2. "A"- "Ask," for "if we ask anything according to His will, we have it" [Eph. 5:17, 18; 1 Jn 5:14, 15]

Walk by faith and not by feelings.

3. "Y"- "Yield your members unto God." Rom. 6:13. Consciously, continuously and constantly do this all through the day and you will see the "fruit of the Spirit" growing in your life!

Most of the material contained herein is from our friend Sumner Wemp. For lots more good stuff use the link in the upper left and go to his website!