Holy Spirit

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

—Galatians 5:25 NLT

Key Thought​

We are given new life — born again into a new kind of life (John 3:3-7; Titus 3:3-7) in Jesus Christ by the power of the Holy Spirit. Since the Spirit is the source of our new life, then shouldn't we ask the Spirit to take the lead in every part of our lives? Absolutely!

Today's Prayer​

O Father, I want you to take the lead in every part of...

 

But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things!

—Galatians 5:22-23 NLT

Key Thought​

We don't have the personal power to produce holiness through our own efforts. God's miracle of transformation happens in us when we yield to the Spirit's leading in our lives. Christ-likeness takes shape in us through the daily work of the Spirit...

 

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 do whatever you want. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.

—Galatians 5:17-18 NIV

Key Thought​

Our flesh, our sinful nature, is at odds with the Spirit of God. Our flesh and the Spirit are at war. So we must yield to the Spirit's leading rather than doing whatever we want. Our desires can be...

 

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

—Galatians 5:16 NLT

Key Thought​

What has the most influence in my life? Who guides my steps? What determines the values by which I live? Whose voice and whose words are most important to me, whether I am making my day-to-day decisions or making long-range plans? The issue is quite simple: If the answer to those questions for each of us is not the Holy Spirit, then we are...

 

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

—Galatians 5:5 NIV

Key Thought​

Waiting is hard. Waiting for something or someone special is incredibly hard. Waiting for our transformation to be like Jesus, full of righteousness and grace, is impossibly hard without the gift of the Holy Spirit. But with the Spirit, we eagerly hope and expect to see all that God has prepared for us and all that he will transform within us!

Today's...​

 

In the days of Hagar and Sarah, the child who came from faithless connivance (Ishmael) harassed the child who came — empowered by the Spirit — from the faithful promise (Isaac). Isn't it clear that the harassment you are now experiencing from the Jerusalem heretics follows that old pattern?

—Galatians 4:29 MESSAGE

Key Thought​

Those who do not understand the way of the Spirit and who do not recognize the gift of the Spirit have criticized and sometimes even harassed those who...

 

Because you are his sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, "Abba, Father."

—Galatians 4:6 NIV

Key Thought​

We have been adopted by God — we are children of the One who paints every sunset! To help us celebrate this incredible blessing, God has sent the Holy Spirit to live within us and to cry out with us, "Abba, Father." Abba — this simple, two syllable Aramaic word for father — was used by babies to call out to their...

 

Through Christ Jesus, God has blessed the Gentiles with the same blessing he promised to Abraham, so that we who are believers might receive the promised Holy Spirit through faith.

—Galatians 3:14 NLT

Key Thought​

What breaks down the barriers between cultures and nations and races? The presence of God's Holy Spirit within us. We sense a commonality, we feel a shared bond, and we celebrate the unity of the Spirit that exists because each of us has God's presence — the Holy...

 

So again I ask, does God give you his Spirit and work miracles among you by the works of the law, or by your believing what you heard?

—Galatians 3:5 NIV

Key Thought​

God's Spirit is given to those who believe, and God's power is displayed in those who believe. We don't make the Spirit come to us — the Spirit is God's gift to followers of Jesus. We cannot make God's power happen in our lives — his power is released through the work of the Holy Spirit in those who believe. So...

 

How foolish can you be? After starting your Christian lives in the Spirit, why are you now trying to become perfect by your own human effort?

—Galatians 3:3 NLT

Key Thought​

Try harder! Be better! Achieve more! Seek perfection! These are all messages that we hear every day in our competitive world. In fact, these admonitions can help in many areas of our lives. However, there is one area that they do not help: becoming holy like God! Yes, we need to obey God. Yes, we must offer...