Part of following Jesus is helping others follow Jesus. What steps can you take in corporate worship and outside of corporate worship to intentionally walk with each other in the discipline of keeping in step with the Spirit? Church community is a necessary part of your spiritual formation, “You are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God” (Ephesians 2:19).
During Sunday’s sermon I asked you to review and think through “3 ways to keep in step with the Spirit.” Once again, let me encourage you to engage in conversation – with yourself and with your spiritual family – on these matters. Walk with each other in the adventure of keeping in step with the Spirit.
Together we can contemplate what steps to take in order to develop and strengthen spiritual disciplines, personal daily habits, and family traditions to keep walking by the Spirt toward the promised “life and peace” for those who “set their minds on the Spirit” (Romans 8:6).
Three Ways to Keep in Step With the Spirit:
1. Listen to the Spirit as He points you to Christ
Jesus said, the Holy Spirit “will glorify Me for He will take what is mine and declare it to you” (John 16:14).
Ephesians 1:18 – having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which He has called you
Romans 8:16 – The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God
May you listen as the Spirit reminds you of who Jesus Christ is, what He has done for you and who you are in Him. This is the gospel. Let the Spirit proclaim it to you afresh each day.
2. Learn from the Spirit as He illuminates God’s Word to you
As the author of Scripture, and the One who knows the mind of the Father, let the Spirit shine the light of God’s self-disclosure into your heart and mind that you may be conformed to the image of Christ.
John 14:26 – He will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you
Romans 8:5 – those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit
As the word of Christ dwells in you richly, may the Spirit focus your affections on what He loves, and transform your attitudes to think His thoughts, renewing your ambitions to be fully pleasing to Him.
3. Follow the Spirit as He prompts you to serve
Jesus promised His followers that they would receive power when the Holy Spirit came upon them (Acts 1:8).
Romans 15:19 – by the power of the Spirit of God… I have fulfilled the ministry of the gospel of Christ
1 Corinthians 2:4 – my speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power
May the Spirit of Christ prompt you to draw near to bless others with the gifts He has entrusted to you. He empowers you to live the gospel of love, forgiveness, and reconciliation. His presence filling you ignites you to reflect Christ’s goodness with truth and grace.
Finally, pray for each other as Paul prayed for the church:
For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, that according to the riches of His glory He may grant you to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen (Ephesians 3:14–21).
Imagine a Spirit-filled church – a community of God’s people keeping in step with the Spirit. Beautiful!
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