Walking In The Spirit

[quietbloke]

How do you 'walk in the Spirit?'

 

[bithiah2]

How do you 'walk in the Spirit?'

i believe that we do that by doing our best to obey God's Word on a daily basis. it is all over the Bible as to how to do that. Ps. 119 says "order my steps in your Word so that i do not fall into evil", in the Lord's prayer it says lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil, and so on. i believe that is how we walk in the spirit. it is not mystical but practical. when we forgive, when we pray for our enemies, when we share what we have with others, that is walking in the spirit, so we won't do the opposite, which is doing whatever our flesh wants to do instead.
bithiah2

 

[quietbloke]

i believe that we do that by doing our best to obey God's Word on a daily basis. it is all over the Bible as to how to do that. Ps. 119 says "order my steps in your Word so that i do not fall into evil", in the Lord's prayer it says lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil, and so on. i believe that is how we walk in the spirit. it is not mystical but practical. when we forgive, when we pray for our enemies, when we share what we have with others, that is walking in the spirit, so we won't do the opposite, which is doing whatever our flesh wants to do instead.
bithiah2

Thanks for that,' bithiah',

(Galations 5:16,25) is helpful also,'Let the Spirit direct your lives and you will not satisfy the desires of the human nature. The Spirit has given us life;He must also control our lives.'

As you say,'bithiah', the Word of God is what we are to know and obey. Amen! Thankyou! The Holy Spirit guides us through the Word of God.

 

[cyberlizard]

how can we walk in the spirit.... simply by not walking after the desires of the flesh.

not doing what we want, but doing what HaShem would have us do.

 

[abbygirlforever]

How do you 'walk in the Spirit?'

By being submitted to God's will, spending time in the Word and in prayer, by "dying daily" to our flesh. Not as easy as it sounds, but doable.

 

[quietbloke]

how can we walk in the spirit.... simply by not walking after the desires of the flesh.

not doing what we want, but doing what HaShem would have us do.

Thanks ,cyber! Which translation do you use?

 

[quietbloke]

By being submitted to God's will, spending time in the Word and in prayer, by "dying daily" to our flesh. Not as easy as it sounds, but doable.

Thanks,'abbey,'

Congrats on your 21st birthday!

 

[cyberlizard]

Thanks ,cyber! Which translation do you use?

i tend to use either the jewish new testament by david stern, or a nkjv .

that aside though i prefer to get back to the hebrew and greek whenever possible, particularly when it comes to tenses.

 

[quietbloke]

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing,so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit'.

(Rom.15:13)

 

[tturt]

Plus trying to listen better and then obeying.

 

[mystang]

By being submitted to God's will, spending time in the Word and in prayer, by "dying daily" to our flesh. Not as easy as it sounds, but doable.

so true no one said it would be easy but it is a journey and one i am glad i am on!

 

[quietbloke]

Thank God,'walking in the Spirit',is a daily yielding of ourselves to God. We must remain surrendered as we abide in Him and His Word. As we walk in faith and obedience to the Word of God and openess to His Holy Spirit we are lifted from carnal desires and are being changed moment by moment,as we walk in His love.

'Walking in the Spirit,condemnation o'er.
Blessed life of triumph now and ever more!'

 

[dayhiker]

I think the verses already quoted that emphesis being lead by the Holy Spirit are where to focus. If Hosea had been just following what the Mosaic law said I doult he would have married a prositute or understood what God was trying to illustrate in doing so. But when we know God's written word and then let the Holy Spirit lead us we walk in the Spirit. Its my understanding if we just concentrate on reading the Bible and doing what is in it we can miss where the Spirit would lead us just like the Pharisees did.

dayhiker

 

[quietbloke]

I think the verses already quoted that emphesis being lead by the Holy Spirit are where to focus. If Hosea had been just following what the Mosaic law said I doult he would have married a prositute or understood what God was trying to illustrate in doing so. But when we know God's written word and then let the Holy Spirit lead us we walk in the Spirit. Its my understanding if we just concentrate on reading the Bible and doing what is in it we can miss where the Spirit would lead us just like the Pharisees did.

dayhiker

It's tremendous being led by the Word of God,under the guidance of the Holy Spirit. Whenbwe 'walk in the Spirit we do the Will of God!

 

[quietbloke]

'As you have therefore received Christ Jesus,the Lord,continue to live in Him (walk in Him) rooted and built up in Him,strengthened in the faith,as you were taught and overflowing with thankfulness'.

(Col.2:6)

 

[lilmissmontana]

This is one of the strongest verses that speak to me on walking in the spirit.

Romans 2:29 (KJV)

But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly;
and circumcision is that of the heart,
in the spirit, and not in the letter;
whose praise is not of men, but of God.

 

[lilmissmontana]

2 Corinthians 3:3

Foreasmuch as ye are manifestly
declared to be the epistle of Christ
ministered by us, written not with ink,
but with the Spirit of the living God;
not in tables of stone, but in fleshy
tables of the heart.

 

[quietbloke]

'Spirit of the living God,
Take control of me;
Spirit of the living God,
Take control of me;
Spirit of the living God,
Take control of me;
Melt me! Mould me! Fill me! Use me!

(Daniel Everson)

 

[lilmissmontana]

beautiful!

 

[lilmissmontana]