16 I say, then, walk by the Spirit and you will certainly not carry out the desire of the flesh. 17 For the flesh desires what is against the Spirit, and the Spirit desires what is against the flesh; these are opposed to each other, so that you don’t do what you want. 18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.
Galatians 5:16-18
When our priority is God’s presence, the result will be passion, purpose and people.
He said to him, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the greatest and most important command. The second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself.
Matthew 22:37-39 CSB
The hour has come for me to wake up from sleep, for my salvation is nearer now than when I first believed. The night is nearly over; the day is almost here. Therefore I will cast off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light.
Romans 13:11–12 NASB
Trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not lean on your own understanding.
Proverbs 3:5–6
In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.
1 Therefore, since we also have such a large cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us lay aside every hindrance and the sin that so easily ensnares us. Let us run with endurance the race that lies before us, 2 keeping our eyes on Jesus,[a] the pioneer and perfecter[b] of our faith. For the joy that lay before him,[c] he endured the cross, despising the shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Hebrews 12:1-2 CSB
Through the law I died to the law so that I might live for God. I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, 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 2:19–20) I will not enter the path of the wicked or walk in the way of evil men. (based on Proverbs 4:14)
I will put off the old self with its practices and put on the new self, who is being renewed in full knowledge according to the image of its Creator. (based on Colossians 3:9–10)
If I live according to the flesh, I will die; but if by the Spirit I put to death the deeds of the body, I will live. For those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.
Romans 8:13–14
All of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus
were baptized into His death.
I was therefore buried with Him through baptism into death,
in order that just as Christ was raised from the dead
through the glory of the Father,
so I too may walk in newness of life.
(Romans 6:3–4)
Sin shall not be my master, because I am not under law, but under grace. I have been set free from sin and have become a slave of righteousness. (Romans 6:14, 18)
Lord, make me to know my end and what is the measure of my days; let me know how fleeting is my life. (Psalm 39:4)
I will rejoice in hope, persevere in affliction, and continue steadfastly in prayer. (Romans 12:12)