(Galatians 5:1 NIV) It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.

1.   Old Mindsets.

(Romans 8:6 NIV) The mind governed by the flesh is death, but the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace.

(Romans 12:2 NIV) Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.

(Galatians 5:2-4 NIV) Mark my words! I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no value to you at all. 3 Again I declare to every man who lets himself be circumcised that he is obligated to obey the whole law.4 You who are trying to be justified by the law have been alienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace. 

2.   Worldly Expectations.

(Galatians 5:7-8 NIV) You were running a good race. Who cut in on you to keep you from obeying the truth? 8 That kind of persuasion does not come from the one who calls you. 

3.   My Sin.

(Hebrews 12:1 NIV)… let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us,

(Galatians 5:13 NIV) You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free.  But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh; rather, serve one another humbly in love. 

1)  Accept God’s Invitation.

2)  Trust God's authority. 

(Galatians 5:17-18 NIV) For the flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are in conflict with each other, so that you are not to do whatever you want. ¹⁸ But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.

(Psalm 9:10 NIV) Those who know your name trust in you, for you, Lord, have never forsaken those who seek you.

(John 15:5 NIV) “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.

3)  Serve God’s People.

(Galatians 5:13-14 NIV) You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh; rather, serve one another humbly in love. 14 For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”

4)  Remember God's Sacrifice. 

(Galatians 5:24-26 NIV) Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 25 Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit. 26 Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other.  

(Galatians 6:14-15 NIV) May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. 

(John 8:36 NIV) So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.