Walking with the Spirit
Letting the Holy Spirit shape you.
The Holy Spirit isn't a vague feeling — he's a person.
The big idea
The Christian life isn't powered by your willpower. It's powered by the Spirit.
What does “Walking with the Spirit” walk through?
Walk in the Spirit
Galatians 5:25 · KJV
If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
In plain English
If the Spirit is alive in you, let your life look like it.
Not Effort, Surrender
We try to live the Christian life by effort. The New Testament keeps saying: walk by the Spirit. Surrender. Tune in. The fruit grows when you stop straining and start trusting.
The Comforter
John 14:26 · KJV
But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things.
In plain English
The Holy Spirit — the Helper God sends — will teach you everything you need to know.
“You can't manufacture fruit. You can stay close to the vine.”
Tune In
Walking with the Spirit is mostly attention. Pause. Pray. Notice the nudge. Ask the question. Wait. The Spirit speaks softer than you think — but more often than you notice.
Pray
Holy Spirit, teach me to listen. Take what I'm white-knuckling and teach me to walk. Grow your fruit in me — slowly, surely.
Write it down
Where in your life are you trying hard in your own strength? What might it look like to surrender that to the Spirit?
You finished: Walking with the Spirit
You weren't meant to do this on your own. The Spirit is in you. Walk with him.
Which passages does this journey use?
2 passages, drawn from Galatians 5:25, John 14:26. Every verse appears here in the King James text with a plain-English line beside it, so you can read it without a commentary open. Allow about 5 minutes for the whole thing, or 6 short sittings.
- Galatians 5:25
- John 14:26
Read any of these in full on the complete KJV, or look the wording up independently at Blue Letter Bible.
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