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2025, Sermons, Sunday Morning

Let Us Walk in the Spirit

Daniel Peede / March 2, 2025

Based on Galatians 5:14-18, this sermon focuses on the call to walk in the Spirit, to live a life pleasing to God, and avoid fulfilling the lusts of the flesh. It emphasizes that the Christian life is a journey requiring spiritual progress, not stagnation. Walking in the Spirit means living under the Holy Spirit’s guidance, trusting God’s Word rather than human understanding, and relying on His enabling power. The preacher warns that neglecting the Spirit’s leading results in unfruitful lives that negatively affect others, while yielding to the Spirit brings blessings and enables believers to love their neighbors, fulfilling the law (Galatians 5:14).

A Hardened Heart and the House of Bread

This sermon, draws the hearer’s attention to on Ruth chapter 1, explores the story of Naomi, her family, and Ruth, emphasizing themes of faith, hardship, and God’s providence. The message encourages believers to trust God’s sovereignty in hardships, avoid bitterness, and seek His guidance through His Word and prayer. It emphasizes that trials are meant to draw people to God, not push them away. It concludes with a call to maintain tender hearts, turn to the “house of bread” (Bethlehem/God’s Word), and trust in God’s restorative grace, as exemplified by Ruth’s commitment and Naomi’s eventual renewal.