WALKING BY THE SPIRIT part 1
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WALKING BY THE SPIRIT part 1
As I come forward at end of worship
SLIDE 1 “WELCOME WE ARE GLAD YOU’RE HERE”
encouragement from worship
Men’s breakfast....Thank you for helping to be a part of fulfilling outreach missions to our community....Ladies Christmas Tea also..... Helping Widows in the Community.....Running Free Ranch - Amy & DJ Dehan......First Look Pregnancy Center .......Christmas Parade.......Polka Fest.....Opened the Doors for Homeless this Summer
I will share something really cool from the word more about going out and coming in......King David one of the times he got in trouble
Men’s Summit April 25th-26th
Wednesday nights
Today we start our message series on “Walking by the Spirit”
SLIDE 2 “WALKING BY THE SPIRIT”
Is it Walking by the Spirit or Walking in the Spirit?
I thought I have God’s Spirit in me when I got saved by Jesus?
Yeah but we got this thing we carry around with us called “flesh”
Its the human nature that is prone to sin and rebellion against God
It seems that the flesh and the Spirit are in constant conflict
Why do you think God left it to be that way?
SLIDE 3 “SPIRIT VS FLESH”
Perfect example story from the Bible.....before Jesus goes to the cross.....in the Garden of Gethsemane......He goes off to a place by Himself but asked His disciples to stay back and pray. He returns to find them what? asleep........flesh in conflict with Spirit!
Much evidence we find throughout the word of God that “Walking by the Spirit or in the Spirit” is a place... we want to strive to be.
SLIDE 4 “FLESH VS SPIRIT …THE STRUGGLE IS REAL”
The person who has been brought to spiritual life .....the work of the Holy Spirit within....will want to please God
But the pull of the world and temporal, physical needs and pleasure are still present.
We desperately needs God’s Holy Spirit....amen?
His Spirit is so amazing that words really can’t describe how He is everything pertaining to real life in us.
We will go into all these details in the weeks to come
Look here how soon.... in the word of God His Spirit is present or at work...... to bring creation and life about
SLIDE 5
Genesis 1:1–2 (NASB95)
1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
2 The earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the waters.
Just try to picture how everything was before His Spirit
I love how His words adds was moving
Now look at the very next two verses
SLIDE 6
3 Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light.
4 God saw that the light was good; and God separated the light from the darkness.
Of course now we enjoy all of what He did on 6 days creating right....by the Spirit
And of course what is going on with men now multiplying on the earth....but look at the next time in Scripture His Spirit is mentioned.
SLIDE 7
1 Now it came about, when men began to multiply on the face of the land, and daughters were born to them,
2 that the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful; and they took wives for themselves, whomever they chose.
SLIDE 8
3 Then the Lord said, “My Spirit shall not strive with man forever, because he also is flesh; nevertheless his days shall be one hundred and twenty years.”
Now we know in following verses that the intent of men’s heart was evil continually
But that part in this verse 3 here has always had me meditating on what God was saying here.
If you study the word strive in this verse it means “to plead the cause”
Go on to explain “plead the cause”
Did you ever thing God has you here and using yours and my life to “plead the cause”
Just as I was telling you about all the missions and local missions you and I get to be a part of
Had man come up to me yesterday and handed me $200 to give to the church because he said this is so great and I want you to understand “I need this once a month”......He doesn’t even go to church at The Road
His Spirit is everything to us, the most valuable gift a for all life and peace and joy and harmony
Look at what I was going to share about going out and coming in and how God is using this in His word at the Road
And it truly involves walking by the Spirit message today
SLIDE 9
15 Then Moses spoke to the Lord, saying,
16 “May the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation,
WORSHIP TEAM COME UP
I love how it says here He is the Lord God of the spirits of all ....what? flesh
Take a t look now this is so cool
SLIDE 10
17 who will go out and come in before them, and who will lead them out and bring them in, so that the congregation of the Lord will not be like sheep which have no shepherd.”
And who is Joshua and example to us of…Jesus
That Jesus has put that all together here....by His Spirit in fulfilling Numbers 27 at the Road Church
LET’S PRAY
WORSHIP SONG TO END
MARK TO DISMISS
SLIDE 11 “WALKING BY THE SPIRIT”