7 Ways To Walk In Step With The Holy Spirit: How To Live A Victorious Christian Life

Strike that beautiful balance of faith and love in Jesus Christ, and the practices of faith that are the hallmark of true believers. We do these things from love, not for love. He already loves us and accepts us. These practices we live because we love Him so much, we want to serve Him in joy. And because faith without works is dead (James 2:17). Our faith in Christ is lived out and completed in service (Matthew 25:31-46, James 2:20, James 2:26).

Here are seven practices for genuine Christians to truly live out their faith. These are various practices that are basic for all Christians. Many do few if any of these, once again don't follow the example of those who are half in and half out. Instead find the godly and mimic their activities. Let's look at the basics for Christian lifestyle...

1. Evangelize to the Lost - this means to share the gospel, your testimony, and encouragement with others throughout the week. Find ways to make it happen! The souls of lost humanity hang in the balance. It's so amazing to see the lost come to know Jesus the wonderful savior!

2. Read your Bible Daily - The Bible is our daily bread, we need the words of God to strengthen us in this broken world. Set aside time each day to read a chapter or several. Study the words carefully, ask God to open your mind to understand, highlight, underline, makes notes.

3. Pray Everyday - prayer is oxygen to the Christian. Learn techniques to pray effectively and develop a pattern of practice. As you mature, add in weekly, monthly, or yearly times of fasting. Build your prayer life from a just a few minutes a day, to a half hour, even hours a day. God gives the Spirit without limit, be amazed as you seek Him in deeper and deeper prayer.

4. Tithe Properly & give Regular Offerings - Tithing as a general principle is that you give 10% of your income back to God. 10% is the minimum, but the New Testament standard is to give all, so begin to give more as you are led by God to do so. Give where you are fed, give to your church. Also give offerings as you feel led, for other ministries and for world missions. This keeps the love of money in check, by giving first to God.

5. Rest on the Sabbath - We are no longer under the Old Testament law of Moses. But the sabbath rest is still an important teaching from God. We should be taking one day a week to rest, seek God, and abstain from work. This is a wonderful gift from God!

6. Care for the Needs of the Poor - There are various ways to care for the poor. Food pantries, soup kitchens, visiting shut-ins, giving out clothing, visiting those in jail, homeless shelters, and giving out water to those on the streets. These are express commands in scripture from Matthew 25:31-46. We should serve people in need, they need our love.

7. Serve in various ways in Church Ministry - Serving in the church is an effective way to minister to those of the body of Christ. Don't be part of the dreaded "80-20 rule" which says "20% of the people do 80% of the work." Don't be a martyr either, but please do serve. Ask to speak to your pastor or a lay-leader one on one and ask about how to get involved or how to start a new ministry.