Watching Your Walk
Ephesians 5:15-21
Ephesians 5:15 (HCSB)
Pay careful attention, then, to how you walk-not as unwise people but as wise-
Attention to Detail
Reasons to watch your walk
God is watching
Others are watching
The witness of your walk
Actions speak louder than words
Integrity – “when the tongue in your mouth and the tongue in your shoe are pointed in the same direction”
Ephesians 5:16 (HCSB)
Making the most of the time, because the days are evil.
Using Your Time Wisely
The urgency of the times
Jesus is coming again
There is work to be done
The need for diligence
Procrastination allows evil to gain a footing
The enemy is working diligently
1 Peter 5:8
1 Peter 5:8 (HCSB)
Be sober! Be on the alert! Your adversary the Devil is prowling around like a roaring lion, looking for anyone he can devour.
Ephesians 5:17 (HCSB)
So don’t be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.
Do You Understand?
Knowing the will of God
Prayer
Scripture
Wise counsel
Making your choices
By what is revealed
As it is revealed
Ephesians 5:18 (HCSB)
And don’t get drunk with wine, which leads to reckless actions, but be filled with the Spirit:
Under the Influence
Drunkenness
Leads to reckless actions
Fighting
Immorality
Bad decisions
Filled with the Spirit
Under the controlling influence
Directing all thoughts and actions
Ephesians 5:19 (HCSB)
Speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing and making music to the Lord in your heart
A Song in Your Heart
The concert hall of the heart
Full of praise
Full of joy
Sharing the music
Speaking to others from the overflow
Joining together in a symphony of praise
Ephesians 5:20 (HCSB)
giving thanks always for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,
Thankful in all Things
The good times
For the blessings
For the happiness
For the prosperity
The bad times
The strength for each day
The provisions that see you through
For the lessons of hardship
Ephesians 5:21 (HCSB)
Submitting to one another in the fear of Christ.
Out of Reverence
Putting others first
Does not mean being a doormat
Look out for the interest of others
The simple things
Holding doors
Giving up a parking space
The example of Christ
Did not demand his rights
But willingly gave Himself
How Are You Walking?
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