Author Archives: L. Lyden

Spiritual Fruit “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 The fruit of the Spirit.  Many of us are familiar with this list of spiritual fruit here in Galatians 5.  It is commonly referred to as things that ChristianContinue reading “September 18, 2020”

Walk in the Spirit Walk in the Spirit, and you will not fulfill the lust of the flesh.  Galatians 5:16 Walk in the Spirit.  What exactly does that look like?  It doesn’t mean you go around as a ghost and it doesn’t mean that you see things beyond the physical.  It does mean that youContinue reading “September 17, 2020”

Love your neighbor For the whole law can be summed up in this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.  Galatians 5:14 In this verse, Paul says that in loving your neighbor as yourself, you are fulfilling the requirement of the whole law.  (That is everything that is required under the old covenant)  This bringsContinue reading “September 16, 2020”

Entangled Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.  Galatians 5:1 I love how the Apostle Paul repeatedly talks about being free in Christ Jesus.  He continues here in the 5th Chapter to tell the people in Galatia howContinue reading “September 15, 2020”

The family business Before you Gentiles knew God, you were slaves to so-called gods that do not even exist. So now that you know God (or should I say, now that God knows you), why do you want to go back again and become slaves once more to the weak and useless spiritual principles ofContinue reading “September 14, 2020”

Orphans? Therefore, you are no longer a slave/orphan but a son, and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ. Galatians 4:7 I was an orphan.  I ran out into the world to act and live like the world.  I did my own thing and didn’t listen to anyone or answer to anyoneContinue reading “September 13, 2020”

            Faith or Fear just as Abraham “believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.  Galatians 3:6 This is pretty interesting. . . Have you ever heard someone say or maybe you have said it yourself, “I’m afraid ____________ is going to happen.”  Maybe it’s something like cold weather or rain.  Maybe somethingContinue reading “September 12, 2020”

Redeemed from the curse “Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”),” Galatians 3:13 Today’s verse is a New Testament verse that tells us that once we are in Christ Jesus, we are redeemed fromContinue reading “September 11, 2020”

Crucified with Christ “I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who lives, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.”  Galatians 2:20 As I began reading GalatiansContinue reading “September 10, 2020”

Wilderness? “nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me; but I went to Arabia, and returned again to Damascus. Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Peter and remained with him fifteen days.”  Galatians 1:17-18 Today’s scripture is about the Apostle Paul after his conversionContinue reading “September 9, 2020”