Galatians 5

Are you taking care of your freedom? Freedom in Christ came at a high price and must be protected from legalism and license and can best be understood by flying a kite.

Can you avoid the deep ditches? Phil Ware continues his SpiritFire series and reminds us of the ditches that can trap us on the way to freedom in grace and being led by the Spirit.

"Dear Father, guarantor of freedom, Help me to run well! Help me not to be hindered from obeying the truth! Don't let me be persuaded by a viewpoint....."

"Dear Father, guarantor of freedom, Christ died to set all people free - if they will accept it! As for me, Father, I accept it and intend to live by...."

Can you dance with the Holy Spirit Phil Ware continues his short series on the Holy Spirit focusing on dancing with the Spirit and keeping in step with the Spirit.

"Dear Father, grower of spiritual fruit, Let the fruit of the Spirit blossom, mature, and ripen in my life: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness,..."

We have been set free, so let's not give up our freedom? Phil Ware reflects on the importance of freedom and what Paul teaches in Galatians.

"Dear Father, guardian of the free, May we never use freedom as a pretext for evil or as an excuse for indulging sinful desires. Rather, grant that..."

"When you follow the desires of your sinful nature, the results are very clear: sexual immorality, impurity, lustful pleasures, idolatry, sorcery,..."

"Those who belong to Christ Jesus have nailed the passions and desires of their sinful nature to his cross and crucified them there. Since we are..."

"Dear Father, opposer of all that is evil, Help me to stay away from those things which are clearly works of the flesh: immorality, impurity,..."

"Dear Father, giver of your Spirit, Help me to walk by the Spirit and not gratify the desires of my flesh. For the desires of my flesh are opposed to...."

"Dear Disciple, Some of Paul's language in his letter to the Galatians is harsh. He begins his letter without his normal prayer of thanksgiving for..."

Is there any other kind of Christian? All Christians have the Holy Spirit and are spirit-filled so their lives must demonstrate this reality.

Set free and yet we still serve? Paul Faulkner reminds us of our freedom in Christ to serve and find God's blessing.

"Dear Child of the King, You may have noticed in our time together the last few days that I have had you read from Galatians and/or James in your..."

"For the flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are in conflict with each other, so that you are not to..."

"Since we are living by the Spirit, let us follow the Spirit's leading in every part of our lives. Let us not become conceited, or provoke one another,..."

"For you have been called to live in freedom, my brothers and sisters. But don't use your freedom to satisfy your sinful nature. Instead, use your..."

"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no..."

"The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such things there is no law."

"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law."

"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law."

"But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control."

"Among those who belong to Christ, everything connected with getting our own way and mindlessly responding to what everyone else calls necessities is killed off...."

"But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and..."

"But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There...."

But the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law. - Galatians 5:22-23

Inspirational illustration of Galatians 5:1-2 tniv -- It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery. Mark my words! I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumc

How do you stay on the path? Lisa Mikitarian talks about ultra marathons and companion runners and reminds us that Jesus is our companion runner and we need to be a companion runner to others.

To become more like Christ, we must allow the Lord to lead us in the dance of grace to the music of the Holy Spirit. Phil Ware shares article three in his four part series on being transformed to become like Jesus.

What's lacking when see all this failure in positions of leadership? Rubel Shelly reminds us that the real missing link in so many great athletes, politicians, and business leaders is integrity and character.

Running an organization and managing your life is a lot like playing jazz! Paul Faulkner reminds us that while we may have plans and ideas on how to arrange and achieve our future, life requires improvisation and adaptability as we keep in step with the Spirit of God.

"But if you are always biting and devouring one another, watch out! Beware of destroying one another."

"But we who live by the Spirit eagerly wait to receive by faith the righteousness God has promised to us."

"Since we are living by the Spirit, let us follow the Spirit's leading in every part of our lives."

"It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery."

"It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery."

"You, my brothers, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the sinful nature; rather, serve one another in love."

"The entire law is summed up in a single command: "Love your neighbor as yourself.""

"So I say, live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature."

"Live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature."

"Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the sinful nature with its passions and desires."

"Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit."

"For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love."

"For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love."

"So I say, let the Holy Spirit guide your lives. Then you won't be doing what your sinful nature craves."

"In every believer's heart there is a constant struggle between the old nature and the new. The old nature is very active, and loses no opportunity of...."

"The two most important things in our holy religion are the life of faith and the walk of faith. He who shall rightly understand these is not far from...."

"This "liberty" makes us free to heaven's charter-the Bible. Here is a choice passage, believer, "When thou passest through the rivers, I will be with...."

"We who looks at his own character and position from a legal point of view, will not only despair when he comes to the end of his reckoning, but if he...."

"For through the Spirit we eagerly await by faith the righteousness for which we hope."

Inspirational illustration of Galatians 5:24 -- Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the sinful nature with its passions and desires.

Inspirational illustration of Galatians 5:6 NIV -- For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.

Inspirational illustration of Galatians 5:25 -- Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit.

Inspirational illustration of Galatians 5:16 -- Live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature.

Inspirational illustration of Galatians 5:13 niv -- You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh; rather, serve one anotherc humbly in love.

Inspirational illustration of Galatians 5:1 -- It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.

Inspirational illustration of Galatians 5:13 -- You, my brothers, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the sinful nature; rather, serve one another in love.

To become more like Christ, we must allow the Lord to lead us in the dance of grace to the music of the Holy Spirit. Phil Ware shares article three in his four-part series on being transformed to become like Jesus.

What would they say about you and your friends? Phil Ware continues his call to kingdom series and focusing on having the reputation as the church that helps people.

Is grace a gift or does it come with conditions? Phil Ware reminds us that people make up their own definitions of what grace means all the time, but Jesus defines grace, exemplifies it, and pours it out upon us and he should be our example and definition of grace.

If you could change the world, what would you want to see? Rubel Shelly reminds us that a better world begins with what we do in the small acts of righteousness and kindness in the world around us.

We live our lives where we place our focus! Phil Ware reminds us that by focusing on Jesus and our need for Jesus to be the transforming presence in our lives the Holy Spirit transforms and conforms us to Jesus with increasing likeness.

When considering your expectations for your spouse, have you ever thought to do an honest assessment of yourself first? Byron Ware writes about getting ourselves ready for being marriage material!

I want to grow spiritually — to be more like Jesus — but can I really do that? Phil Ware answers a question he is often asked by those who are new followers of Jesus or people whose spiritual lives have stagnated: "How can I grow spiritually?"

"Dear Faithful Follower, About the same time Paul was trying to help the Galatian believers understand grace, My half-brother James was working with....."

Not only will the Holy Spirit help transform us to become more and more like Christ, which must be our goal; the Spirit will also produce God's fruit of goodness in us. Demetrius Collins and Phil Ware lead us in a virtual, DIY, worship through words and music using YouTube videos to encourage us to grow in Jesus now that we have tasted that the Lord is good and crave good spiritual food.

Ed saw a need to check on and connect with folks who have been absent, so he started doing it. Demetrius Collins and Phil Ware lead us in a virtual, DIY, worship through words and music using YouTube videos to call us to encourage and build up each other and learn to live out our own version of Ed-ness.

Why do we keep putting it back on our backs? Beyond weight loss, why do we keep picking up old burdens and carrying them, Ron Rose reminds us to set aside the past burdens and come to Jesus.

What are you carrying around unnecessarily in your hidden weight? Ron Rose shares with us about weight problems, not pounds, but hidden weight with regret, worries, burdens, resentments, failures, and those kinds of things that we need to leave behind after we have handed them over to Jesus.

Jesus paid the price to free us from sin, death, and hell so we could serve others in love. Demetrius Collins and Phil Ware lead us in a virtual, DIY, worship through words and music using YouTube videos to remind us how Jesus paid the price to free us from sin and adopt us into God's family so we need to serve one another with our freedom.

We can trust God's promises that the Spirit is at work in us! Phil Ware reminds us that God wants us to know that we have the Holy Spirit present and at work with power in our lives!

Would it really be nice if we could really see what was on the inside of people — their hearts? Phil Ware challenges us to pursue the faithful love, righteous character, and gracious compassion of God from our hearts.

Did they make the flight or lose the opportunity? A rush to the airport and nearly missing a flight turns into a blessing when someone's kindness saves the trip.

What does it mean for a believer to be above the law? Rubel Shelly talks about the difference between being a legalist and a good neighbor when one is above the law.

What can we do to help others in the middle of their messes? What can we do when it seems we can't do anything? We can pray.

Sometimes we don't see that love is defined by surprise and sacrifice. Ann Voskamp talks about this year's wheat harvest and how it reminds her of God's grace and message of love when she was once in France and how communion is about love and love is about sacrifice.

What happens when Mt. Momma erupts? Sarah Holley challenges us to focus on our own actions, ask for forgiveness, and prepare for the next trigger encounter after we have come to grips with the latest time we've blown it.

Most of them are wonderful human beings because someone gave them a leg up somewhere along the line, and they remember that. At least the good ones do. Philip Gulley talks about going to the house of a friend in Chicago he calls Paul Jr. and ends up having lunch with Paul Harvey and reminds us that most famous people are nicer than we might think because they know they didn't get to the top, on their own

When do you go a little around the bend? We need to recognize that we get a little stupid and out of control when we are tired and so we should do something to prevent it!

So what's the real gist of the problem? Tom Norvell shares several quotes from the Bible that share what is most important to God, then reminds us that it is about loving God and loving others and we need to get down and just do it!

Those of us who have followed Jesus for any significant length of time know that keeping our sinful flesh in check is a challenge. Phil Ware and Demetrius Collins invite us to worship God and keep our sinful nature, our flesh, in the past and nailed to the cross and lead us in worship through this practical home worship guide.

Do you worry about this? Phil Ware shares insight into the unforgivable sin against the Holy Spirit, or blasphemy of the Holy Spirit, and offers a four point way to invite the Holy Spirit into our world each day.

You know you can't change, right? There is a certain futility in making resolutions. Only God can truly change us.

Our attempts to live for Jesus will succeed only if we have the power of the Holy Spirit to enable us to live as the Lord desires. Demetrius Collins and Phil Ware lead us in a virtual, DIY, worship through words and music using YouTube videos to call us to recognize God's great power available to us in the Holy Spirit.

"Dear Beloved, You live in a world awash in religious ideas, ideologies, and philosophies. But there is one fundamental difference between all of them..."

Is living throwing you nothing but curve balls? Life is full of all sorts of problems and curve balls: how we handle them determins our real faith.

Jesus > You + X (all your dos) + Y (all your dont's)! Jordan Harrell helps us understand what Jesus meant when what matters is in our hearts!

So is it really important that we are nice and courteous? Being nice is important if we are going to influence others.

Jesus wasn’t just raised from the dead; he is also now alive in us through the Holy Spirit! James Nored and Phil Ware emphasize the importance of the Holy Spirit in our resurrection from the dead.

Not only can we begin the New Year as a fresh start, but we can also be made new — from the inside out — each day as we follow Jesus! Demetrius Collins and Phil Ware lead us in virtual worship through words and music using YouTube videos and inviting us to continually be made new from the inside out.

Is it really faith if it doesn't do anything? Belief and faith are not the same thing. Belief becomes faith when it goes into action.

"Dear Lover of God, During My earthly ministry, I was asked: "which commandment is the greatest?" (Matthew 22:36). Quoting Old Testament Scriptures,....."

Here's what seems to be most needed in our harsh and cruel world. Tom Norvell reminds us of the needed virtue in today's harsh world.

Because we could not be James Nored and Phil Ware remind us that we all needed Jesus' redemptive death on the cross so we could find new life in the grace of God.

Jesus shared his love, his life, and his amazing grace with us on the cross, so will we follow Jesus and live the way of the cross in our lives? Phil Ware and Demetrius Collins lead us into worship in song and the Word to experience, proclaim and rejoice in the power of the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ and his call to us to remember and renew and relive the forgiveness of the cross to our daily

God alone had earned the right to speak truth into their lives, compassion into their hearts, and righteousness into their behaviors. James Nored and Phil Ware remind us of the importance of the 10 Commandments and the two divine principles of God and Jesus and call us to live them in our daily lives.

Jesus wasn't just raised from the dead; he is also now alive in us through the Holy Spirit! James Nored and Phil Ware emphasize the importance of the Holy Spirit in our resurrection from the dead.

When will it all stop? The comparison game hurts us no matter what side of the game we play on.

Where do we begin to change the cynicism and negativity we bring into our families, workplaces, and churches? Phil Ware continues his series on building a culture of honor focusing on affirmation.

I want to invite you to join me in living beyond the horizon of our children's faith! Phil Ware writes about leaving a legacy with his children and grandchildren to pass on faith and be passionate disciples of Jesus.

What are you living for this next year? We must live our burden, passion, and vision if we are to honor God.