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🌬️ *HOW DO YOU KNOW THE HOLY SPIRIT IS ACTUALLY WORKING IN YOU?* A Pentecost Sunday teaching from Galatians 5:16–25 Every honest believer eventually asks this question: *“How do I know the Holy Spirit is actually at work in me?”* Not merely, “Does God love me?” — Romans 8 gives believers confidence in His love. But how do you know the Spirit is producing something real in your life, rather than simply giving you religious vocabulary? In Galatians 5, Paul gives us a visible contrast: The *works of the flesh* are evident. The *fruit of the Spirit* is also evident. The question is not whether you have ever stumbled. The question is: *What pattern is being practiced, and what fruit is increasingly being produced in you?* 📖 *KEY VERSE* “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.” — Galatians 5:22–23 NKJV ⏱️ *TIMESTAMPS* (update after upload) 00:00 ▸ Welcome + the question every honest believer asks 00:00 ▸ Why Pentecost Sunday matters 00:00 ▸ The works of the flesh vs. the fruit of the Spirit 00:00 ▸ The Greek word that changes everything: prassontes 00:00 ▸ Contrast 1 — Love vs. Hatred ❤️ 00:00 ▸ Contrast 2 — Joy vs. Outbursts of Wrath 😊 00:00 ▸ Contrast 3 — Peace vs. Contentions 🕊️ 00:00 ▸ Contrast 4 — Longsuffering vs. Selfish Ambition ⏳ 00:00 ▸ Contrast 5 — Kindness and Goodness vs. Envy 🤝 00:00 ▸ Contrast 6 — Faithfulness vs. Idolatry 🛐 00:00 ▸ Contrast 7 — Self-Control vs. Drunkenness 🔥 00:00 ▸ Honest self-examination: what to do with what you see 00:00 ▸ This week’s applied step 🦶 🙏 *PRAY WITH US — Confidential Prayer Request* 👉 https://staytheway.com/teachings/frui... 🎯 *PLAY ALONG — Fruit or Flesh Bingo* 👉 https://staytheway.com/teachings/frui... 🧠 *TEST YOURSELF — 8-Question Quiz* 👉 https://staytheway.com/teachings/frui... ❓ *QUESTIONS THIS TEACHING ANSWERS* • How do I know if the Holy Spirit is working in me? • What does Galatians 5 actually mean? • What is the difference between the flesh and the Spirit? • How can I tell whether my faith is producing real fruit? • What does it mean to walk by the Spirit? • Why is the fruit of the Spirit important? • How should a Christian respond when the flesh is still visible? ✅ *THIS WEEK’S APPLIED STEP* Choose *one* of the seven contrasts. Examine your own life honestly before God. Then take *one specific, dated, concrete action* this week to walk by the Spirit in that area. *Notes do not matter until they reach your feet.* ✝️ *ABOUT STAY THE WAY* Stay The Way is a Bible teaching ministry built on one conviction: *knowing about God is not the same as knowing God.* We exist to help believers move truth from their notes to their feet through verse-by-verse Bible teaching, weekly Sunday teachings, practical application, and community prayer. 🔔 *SUBSCRIBE* / @westaytheway 🌐 *MORE TEACHINGS* https://staytheway.com 📜 *SCRIPTURES REFERENCED — NKJV* Galatians 5:16–25 John 10:27 Romans 7:14–25 Romans 8:1, 37 Matthew 5:9, 44; 7:5; 16:24; 20:28 Acts 2 Isaiah 5:20 #Pentecost #PentecostSunday #HolySpirit #FruitOfTheSpirit #Galatians5 #WalkByTheSpirit #StayTheWay #BibleTeaching #SundaySermon #ChristianYouTube #AppliedFaith #BiblicalChristianity #Discipleship #HolySpiritFilled

This is a discussion through arguments based on the fruits of the spirit, Galatians 522

Blessings from Proverbs Chapter 25 Philippians 4:8 Meditate on These Things 8 Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things.

Proverbs 7 1 My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee. 2 Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye. 3 Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart. 4 Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman: 5 That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words. 6 For at the window of my house I looked through my casement, 7 And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding, 8 Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house, 9 In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night: 10 And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart. 11 (She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house: 12 Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.) 13 So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him, 14 I have peace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows. 15 Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee. 16 I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt. 17 I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. 18 Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves. 19 For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey: 20 He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed. 21 With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him. 22 He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks; 23 Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life. 24 Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth. 25 Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths. 26 For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her. 27 Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.

Proverbs chapter 11 being the topic for us to choose to apply in daily life. 1 A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight. 2 When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom. 3 The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them. 4 Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death. 5 The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness. 6 The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness. 7 When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust men perisheth. 8 The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead. 9 An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered. 10 When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth: and when the wicked perish, there is shouting. 11 By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked. 12 He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbour: but a man of understanding holdeth his peace. 13 A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter. 14 Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety. 15 He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretiship is sure. 16 A gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong men retain riches. 17 The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh. 18 The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward. 19 As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death. 20 They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the LORD: but such as are upright in their way are his delight. 21 Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered. 22 As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion. 23 The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath. 24 There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty. 25 The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself. 26 He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it. 27 He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour: but he that seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him. 28 He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch. 29 He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart. 30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise. 31 Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.

Proverbs 6:23 Application

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