Galatians 5:13-21

"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,..."

"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...."

"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..."

"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..."

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

"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."

"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...."

"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...."

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 5:13 -- 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.

"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..."

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.

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God set us free from law-keeping and sinful rebellion so that we can find freedom to become all we were created to be. Demetrius Collins and Phil Ware lead us in a virtual, DIY, worship through words and music using YouTube videos to celebrate our freedom in Christ and make a commitment to never give up our freedom to law-keeping or sin.

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