# Guidance

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Podcast: [Grace for All](https://stenobird.com/podcast/grace-for-all-6595211)
Published: 2026-07-22T07:30:00+00:00
Episode link: https://graceforall.captivate.fm/episode/guidance
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Galatians 5:25 If we live by the Spirit, let us also be guided by the Spirit. This verse in Galatians is one of my favorites, but let’s consider more verses from the passage as well, starting with verse 22 and ending with verse 26. “By contrast, the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against such things. And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live by the Spirit, then let us be guided by the Spirit. Let us not become conceited, competing against one another, envying one another.” Whoa! There is a lot there to unpack, beginning with the qualities that should identify Christians, and, as human beings, we know those qualities are not easy to maintain. I can be filled with love, joy, and peace, but patience. . .have you ever been caught behind a rolling roadblock that extends miles ahead and behind you? My patience flies out the window after 15 minutes of creeping along. I can be kind, generous, faithful and gentle, but lose all self-control when something happens that provokes my temper, or, even worse, I am staring at a chocolate cake and know I should not indulge. In these situations, we cannot manage things on our own. We must rely on the Spirit to keep us from thinking and behaving in ways we know are not pleasing to God. “If we live by the Spirit, then let us be guided by the Spirit.” The closing verse about not becoming conceited, competing against one another, or envying one another tells us thoughts and actions that lead us away from the Spirit, not closer to Jesus. For context, Paul wrote this letter to the Galatians when Jews and Gentiles were arguing about what a follower of Christ should be and do. Many Je…

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