How Do We Walk With The Spirit Daily?: The Helper: 8/2/26 Worship Service

The Holy Spirit is not a thing, not an it, not a surge, not a vibe, and not something measured by loud music or loud people. The Holy Spirit is the third person of the triune God, not third in importance, but fully God with the Father and the Son. The spirit-filled life is a daily surrender that produces Christlike character and joyful obedience to God.

Acts 1 gives the disciples a promise, not a technique. Jesus tells them to wait in Jerusalem for the promise of the Father, because John baptized with water, but the Holy Spirit would baptize them not many days later. Pentecost is not a strange sideshow. Pentecost is the moment when the Spirit falls on believers, the gospel is heard in real languages, and the church, not a building but a people, is established as the Spirit dwells in followers of Jesus until Christ returns.

The Christian life, then, is not a straight line of perfect consistency. Spiritual growth has fits and starts. Some people show a dramatic change, and then struggle. Others grow slowly. The longer a person goes in Jesus, the hope is real growth, but the struggle remains real too. These are evil days, and Christ will return, destroy every rule and authority and power, and finally destroy death itself.

Galatians 5 calls the believer to walk by the Spirit. The Spirit gets “downright nosy” and exposes anger, comparison, jealousy, impure desire, and all the works of the flesh. The flesh is not harmless. Sexual immorality, idolatry, strife, fits of anger, envy, drunkenness, and “things like these” are warnings that show what happens when the old nature takes over. God gives the Spirit as the helper so that a person does not have to live that way.

The fruit of the Spirit is the result of God’s work, not a reason for pride. Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control come because the Spirit gives a new heart, a new life, and a new perspective. The call is to keep in step with the Spirit, because the Spirit never calls anyone toward evil, selfishness, or empty pleasure.

Ephesians 6 names the struggle as war. The schemes of the devil are real, and distraction can become one way the heart drifts from God. Even good technology can become addictive when it steals hunger for Scripture and prayer. The Spirit-filled life is not a person getting more of the Spirit, but the Spirit getting more of the person.

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Key Takeaways

• 1. The Spirit is a Person The Holy Spirit is not a mood that rises when the music gets strong or when somebody gets loud. The Spirit is God himself, the third person of the triune God, present and active with the Father and the Son. A faithful life begins by refusing to treat him like spiritual electricity and receiving him as the holy, personal helper who leads, convicts, and forms Christ in the believer. [29:35]
• 2. Daily surrender keeps step Galatians 5 presents walking by the Spirit as an ongoing relationship, not a one-time emotional high. The Spirit’s work reaches into ordinary patterns, habits, thoughts, and desires, often becoming “downright nosy” in the places a person would rather leave untouched. Keeping in step means the believer learns to trust that conviction is mercy, because God exposes what he intends to heal. [44:38]
• 3. The flesh still fights hard The old nature does not politely disappear just because a person has followed Jesus for years. The works of the flesh are not merely bad behaviors out there in the world, but real drives that can still rise inside the Christian. The warning is severe because God is not casual about patterns that take over the heart, and the Spirit is given as the helper who makes a different life possible. [47:08]
• 4. Character outranks charisma The fruit of the Spirit is not flash, popularity, or performance. Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control may show up quietly in people who never draw the crowd’s attention. Spiritual maturity is measured by transformation from the inside out, not by the ability to impress from the outside in. [59:03]
• 5. Being filled means yielding Ephesians 5 does not picture the Spirit-filled life as a one-time spiritual badge. “Be being filled” means continual yielding, a life brought under the Spirit’s influence again and again. The issue is not the believer getting more of him, but him getting more of the believer, shaping the inner life toward joyful obedience. [60:28]

Youtube Chapters

• [00:00] - Welcome
• [27:44] - Upcoming Ministry Lunch Invitation
• [28:41] - Walking Daily With the Spirit
• [29:35] - The Holy Spirit Is God
• [30:39] - Defining the Spirit-Filled Life
• [31:09] - Confusion About Spirit Baptism
• [34:04] - From Old Covenant to Pentecost
• [35:19] - Acts 1 and the Promise
• [38:37] - The Spirit Dwells in Believers
• [42:25] - Walk by the Spirit
• [50:19] - Wage War Against the Flesh
• [56:15] - Put On the Armor of God
• [59:03] - Fruit Over Charisma
• [60:28] - Be Being Filled
• [62:22] - Prayer and Communion

Bible Reading

Galatians 5:16-26
“But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit. Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.” [44:38]

Acts 1:4-8
“And while staying with them he ordered them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, he said, ‘you heard from me; for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.’ So when they had come together, they asked him, ‘Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?’ He said to them, ‘It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.’” [35:19]

Ephesians 5:18
“And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit,” [01:00:28]

Ephesians 6:10-13
“Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm.” [56:15]

Observation questions

1. In Acts 1:4-8, what are the disciples told to do, what are they told to wait for, and what mission are they given when the Holy Spirit comes? [35:19]
2. In Galatians 5:16-26, what contrast does Paul draw between the works of the flesh and the fruit of the Spirit? [44:38]
3. According to Ephesians 6:10-13, what words are used to describe the believer’s struggle, and what are believers told to put on in response? [56:15]
4. What are some wrong ways people may think about the Holy Spirit, and what is the right way to speak about him? [29:35]

Interpretation questions

1. Acts 1 presents the Holy Spirit as a promise to wait for, not a technique to master. How does that shape the way a believer should think about spiritual power and spiritual growth? [36:45]
2. Galatians 5 says the flesh and the Spirit are opposed to each other. What does that suggest about why the Christian life often includes real struggle, uneven growth, and the need for ongoing dependence on God? [39:46]
3. Ephesians 5:18 says, “be filled with the Spirit.” If that means continual yielding rather than a one-time moment, what does that help explain about the daily nature of obedience? [01:00:28]
4. Ephesians 6 speaks about the schemes of the devil. How might ordinary distractions, not just obviously sinful things, become part of the way a heart slowly drifts from God? [57:20]

Application questions

1. The Holy Spirit is a person, not a religious feeling, a vibe, or spiritual electricity. Where is there a temptation to treat closeness to God mainly as an emotional high instead of a daily relationship of surrender and obedience? [30:39]
2. The Spirit often exposes places a person would rather leave alone. What has been feeling “downright nosy” lately—anger, comparison, jealousy, impure desire, pride, or something else? What might it look like to respond to that conviction honestly instead of pushing it away? [45:07]
3. The works of the flesh are not just problems “out there”; they can rise up in any believer. Which patterns feel most dangerous or familiar right now, and what would it look like to stop minimizing them? [47:08]
4. Spiritual maturity is seen in fruit more than flash. Which part of the fruit of the Spirit would those closest to you most clearly see in your life right now, and which part would they say is most lacking? [59:03]
5. Some distractions are not openly immoral, but they still drain hunger for Scripture and prayer. Where has technology, entertainment, or constant scrolling started to crowd out attention to God? What change might help restore better habits this week? [54:46]
6. “Keep in step with the Spirit” is slow, steady language. What simple practice could help you walk more deliberately with God each day—time in Scripture, prayer, confession, turning off distractions, or something else? [49:50]
7. Being filled with the Spirit is not about getting more of him, but about him getting more of the person. What part of life feels least yielded right now—schedule, thought life, relationships, habits, money, or private struggles? What would surrender in that area actually look like? [01:01:39]