Grace and peace to you my sisters and brothers in Christ,

Living by the Spirit isn't easy! In fact, it's a fight. The apostle Paul even described it as a life-long, "good fight." None of us gets it right all the time. Sometimes we go for days, weeks or, I don't know, maybe even years (yikes) without experiencing it. But we are still called to live by the "fruit of the spirit" and not by the "works of the flesh."

How do we know when we are experiencing it? Well… Paul describes it as freedom. But not just freedom to do whatever we want. It is real freedom, the freedom that comes when we know that God is with us and we are in the right place doing the right thing. The freedom that comes when we are experiencing "love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control."

So how can we get it? How, as we walk with Jesus, can we keep in step with the Holy Spirit? How do we experience the fruit of the Spirit? Let's explore this question in worship this weekend.

Blessings,