{"id":1264,"date":"2022-03-20T22:02:24","date_gmt":"2022-03-20T12:02:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/david-watters\/?p=1264"},"modified":"2022-03-20T22:02:27","modified_gmt":"2022-03-20T12:02:27","slug":"walking-in-step-with-the-spirit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/david-watters\/2022\/03\/20\/walking-in-step-with-the-spirit\/","title":{"rendered":"Walking In Step With the Spirit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bible Reading<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Galatians 5<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Devotional Thoughts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I was introduced to a new author this week. His name is Bob Tiede. He does leadership development for Cru and is a certified Leadership Coach. His ministry is titled, \u201cLeading With Questions.\u201d In His book, \u201cNow That\u2019s a Great Question,\u201d he said Jesus was the greatest communicator that ever lived. He did that by doing 2 things. Jesus asked good questions and told good stories. The difference between Jesus and us is that Jesus never asked a question he didn\u2019t already know the answer to. So, why did he ask questions?\u201d It\u2019s because his desire was to create deeper self awareness and learning, and that\u2019s what asking questions does.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As I continue to grow and develop in my own coaching, I want to continue learning how to ask better questions and do less telling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, let me ask some questions from my reading this morning:<br>Gal 5:16 tells us to, \u201cWalk in the Spirit and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.\u201d (Gal 5:25) continues that thought by saying, \u201cIf we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit.\u201d So, what does it look like to be walking in and staying in step with the Spirit?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We often use these verses quite broadly. But, take a few minutes to look at the context of these verses. What do the verses around Gal 5:16 talk about?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>(v15) \u201cBut, if you bite and devour one another, watch out that you are not consumed by one another.\u201d<\/li><li>(v17) For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit..<\/li><li>(v20) the works of the flesh are \u2026 enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, envy\u2026<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>What do you notice about these traits of the flesh? How many of them are relational?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Paul does mention, sorcery, sexual immorality, impurity and a couple others. But more than half of this list are all relational things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Interesting. I wonder if that\u2019s true with the traits \/ fruits of the Spirit? Read 5:22-23 and let\u2019s ask the same questions. What do you notice about these traits of the Spirit? How many of them are relational?&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c\u2026patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness\u2026 Most of these are also relational too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, let\u2019s ask the question again, but based on the context. What does keeping in step with the Spirit look like?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Spirit seeks unity, peace, absence of strife and dissension\u2026 That\u2019s what keeping in step with him looks like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Declarations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Walking in the Spirit is free from anxiety because I am living with the peace of God<\/li><li>Walking in the Spirit is free from enmity, strife and jealousy because I am patiently waiting on God<\/li><li>Walking in the Spirit is freedom to love my neighbor as myself and live to serve others<\/li><li>When I walk in the Spirit, it\u2019s a promise, a guarantee that I will not fulfill the desires of the flesh.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bible Reading Galatians 5 Devotional Thoughts I was introduced to a new author this week. His name is Bob Tiede. He does leadership development for Cru and is a certified Leadership Coach. His ministry is titled, \u201cLeading With Questions.\u201d In His book, \u201cNow That\u2019s a Great Question,\u201d he said Jesus was the greatest communicator that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":172,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[130596],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1264","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-declarations-of-truth","7":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/david-watters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/david-watters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/david-watters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/david-watters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/172"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/david-watters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/david-watters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1264\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/david-watters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/david-watters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/david-watters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}