Walking in The Spirit

“But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh. For the flesh sets its desire against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are in opposition to one another, so that you may not do the things that you please.” Galatians 5:16-17

“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. Now those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit.” Galatians 5:22-25

The growing Christian is a person who is steadily yielding to the Person of the Holy Spirit. Yet, there are pathways the Scriptures have marked out for experiencing increasing measures of the Spirit’s rule.

A.W. Tozer writes of the biblical guidelines in the book, Gems from Tozer:
“First, present your body to Him (Rom. 12:1-2). God can’t fill what He can’t have...Are you ready to present your body with all of its functions and all that it contains - your mind, your personality, your spirit, your love, your ambitions, your all?

The second thing is to ask (Luke 11:9-11). He chooses to have us ask; so why not ask. Acts 5:32 tells us the third thing. God gives His Holy Spirit to them that obey Him. Simply live by the Scriptures as you understand them.

The next thing; have faith (Gal. 3:2). We receive Him by faith as we receive the Lord in salvation by faith. He comes as a gift of God to us in power. I am talking about His coming and possessing the full body and mind and life and heart...making it His so that we may become a habitation of God through the Spirit.”

“...do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.” Romans 8:4