Walking in the Spirit

As I have been thinking and praying through this sermon, the biggest challenge that I have is being clear with application. Just some thoughts...Walking in the Spirit is a life yielded and submitted to Christ. It is a life where a person is abiding with Christ and availing themselves to the means of God's grace - prayer, the Word and sacraments. It is a life lived within the fellowship and community of the body of Christ. Is is a life of worship. Worship that entails offering one's self as a living sacrifice (Romans 12:1,2). Walking in the Spirit cultivates and develops the fruit of the Spirit. It is a life not perfected (we still sin and need to confess and repent) but infected with the presence and power of God. These issues don't provide a nice, tidy, clean formulae but rather describe the dance that is a life lived in the Spirit. Walking and living in the Spirit is more of an art than a science.