A Spirit-Led Life

Introduction: “Gotta be led by the spirit brother!”

Fight for spiritual encounter at the expense of spiritual character

“Gotta be led by the spirit brother!”

When God spoke to Tarah and I while we were dating...

Romans 8:5 NLT

Those who are dominated by the sinful nature think about sinful things, but those who are controlled by the Holy Spirit think about things that please the Spirit.

Romans 8:5 NLT

Those who are dominated by the sinful nature think about sinful things, but those who are controlled by the Holy Spirit think about things that please the Spirit.

Big Idea: A spirit led life has more to do with being surrendered than being spontaneous.

1. God’s Design

The Holy Spirit wants to led us into the abundant life of Christ

Shalom: relationships/faith/purpose/work/

Empowered for witness

2. The Problem (Page 45)

We often refuse to yield

Whole-Hearted or Hole hearted (pg.46)

Mark 12:30 NLT

And you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your mind, and all your strength.’

Heart : Emotions/Will

Soul: Conscience

Mind: Thoughts/Attitude (connected to feelings)

Strength: Actions

Why does this matter?

A river of blessing without a boundary of character will always be a flood of disaster.

3. The Solution (page 47)

Walking in the Spirit

an ordered life (Personal, Family, etc

NOT: engine of a Ferrari, brakes of a Porsche, suspension of a BMW and the body of a volvo...

For me It meant and means...

Changing my priorities (Tacoma Wilderness)

It meant being honest with my wife (Sexual Sin)

4. The Results

Manifestations of the Spirit (pg.49)

Thinking Gifts

Action Gifts

Speaking Gifts

There have been times in my life when I have been more conceren

Page 52: “The greatest sign of our spirituality...”

The Fruit of the Spirit

Galatians 5:22–23 NLT

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!

2 Peter 1:5 NLT

In view of all this, make every effort to respond to God’s promises. Supplement your faith with a generous provision of moral excellence, and moral excellence with knowledge,

2 Peter 1:5–9 NLT

In view of all this, make every effort to respond to God’s promises. Supplement your faith with a generous provision of moral excellence, and moral excellence with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with patient endurance, and patient endurance with godliness, and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love for everyone. The more you grow like this, the more productive and useful you will be in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. But those who fail to develop in this way are shortsighted or blind, forgetting that they have been cleansed from their old sins.

2 Peter 1:5–7 NLT

In view of all this, make every effort to respond to God’s promises. Supplement your faith with a generous provision of moral excellence, and moral excellence with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with patient endurance, and patient endurance with godliness, and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love for everyone.

There have been times in my life where I was more concerned about the gifts of the Spirit than His Fruit

Conclusion:

A spirit-led life has more to do with being surrendered than being spontaneous

Am I Whole-Heartedly Surrendered or Hole-heartedly surrendered?

Am I focused on being spontaneous in order to avoid being surrendered?