Keep in step with the SpiritGalatians 5:16-26Length: Standard

1 Eat

Read the passage slowly, read it again, then retell it in your own words. If you can't retell it, read it once more.

• Read
• Reread
• Retell

2 Digest

Answer from what the passage actually says — stay in the text.

1. What does this passage show me about God?

   • What does Paul say the flesh produces, and what does the Spirit produce?
   • What does it mean to keep in step with the Spirit?

2. What does it show me about people — and about myself?

   • Which fruit of the Spirit do you most need to grow in right now? Which works of the flesh still pull at you?

3. What will I obey this week? (a concrete step, with a day)

   • What will you do this week to keep in step with the Spirit in that area? Name a situation where you will ask for his help.

4. Who will I tell?

   • Who is trying to change by willpower alone? How could you share what the Spirit does?

3 Grow

Growth is God's part, not yours. Do the cycle faithfully and trust Him to give the growth (1 Corinthians 3:6–7).