“I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy.” Ephesians 4:1 (NKJV)
“This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you should no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles walk.” Ephesians 4:17 (NKJV)
“And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma.” Ephesians 5:2 (NKJV)
“For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light.” Ephesians 5:8 (NKJV)
“See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise.” Ephesians 5:15 (NKJV)
“He who says he abides in Him ought himself also to walk just as He walked.” 1 John 2:6 (NKJV)
“As you have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him.” Colossians 2:6 (NKJV)
5 ways we walkout the Christian life:
1. In
“I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called, 2 with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love, 3 endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.” Ephesians 4:1-3 (NKJV)
3 things we are unified in:
· We are unified in our
· We are unified in our
· We are unified in our
2. In
“This I say, therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you should no longer walk as [a]the rest of the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their mind. 18 having their understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart; 19 who, being past feeling, have given themselves over to lewdness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.” Ephesians 4:17-19 (NKJV)
“And that you put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness.” Ephesians 4:24 (NKJV)
Righteousness and Holiness changes 3 things about us:
• Our
• Our
“Therefore, putting away lying, Let each one of you speak truth with his neighbor.” Ephesians 4:25 (NKJV)
“Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers.” Ephesians 4:29 (NKJV)
“Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor coarse jesting, which are not fitting, but rather giving of thanks.” Ephesians 5:4 (NKJV)
“Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.” Matthew 12:34 (NKJV)
• Our
“Be angry, and do not sin”: do not let the sun go down on your wrath, 27 nor give [a]place to the devil. 28 Let him who stole steal no longer, but rather let him labor, working with his hands what is good, that he may have something to give him who has need.” Ephesians 4:26-28 (NKJV)
“Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice.” Ephesians 4:31 (NKJV)
3. In
“Therefore, be imitators of God as dear children. 2 And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma.” Ephesians 5:1-2 (NKJV)
“Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice.” Ephesians 4:31 (NKJV)
3 signs that we’re walking in love:
“And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you. Therefore, be imitators of God as dear children. 2 And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma.” Ephesians 4:32, 5:1-2 (NKJV)
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What is kindness? Kindness is the thing that the world is looking for right now. That means courteousness. It means being considerate. It means being appreciative. It means being thoughtful. There’s nothing more needed in your home than kindness. Kindness is love in the little things.
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4. In The
“For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light.” Ephesians 5:8 (NKJV*)*
3 things that are produced from walking in the light:
• The right kind of
“For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness, righteousness and truth.” Ephesians 5:9 (NKJV)
• The right kind of
“And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather [c]expose them.” Ephesians 5:11 (NKJV)
“Come out from among them and be separate says the Lord.” 2 Corinthians 6:17 (NKJV)
• The right kind of
“But all things that are [d]exposed are made manifest by the light, for whatever makes manifest is light.” Ephesians 5:13 (NKJV)
“Therefore He says: “Awake, you who sleep, Arise from the dead, And Christ will give you light.” Ephesians 5:14 (NKJV)
5. In
“See then that you walk circumspectly.” Ephesians 5:15 (NKJV)
“See then that you walk [e]circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, 16 redeeming the time, because the days are evil. 17 Therefore do not be unwise, but understand what the will of the Lord is.” Ephesians 5:15–17 (NKJV)
Enoch lived sixty-five years, and begot Methuselah. 22 After he begot Methuselah, Enoch walked with God three hundred years, and had sons and daughters. 23 So all the days of Enoch were three hundred and sixty-five years. 24 And Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him.25 Methuselah lived one hundred and eighty-seven years, and begot Lamech. 26 After he begot Lamech, Methuselah lived seven hundred and eighty-two years, and had sons and daughters. 27 So all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred and sixty-nine years; and he died. Genesis 5:21-27 (NKJV)