Galatians 5:13
For you were called to freedom, brothers and sisters; only do not use your freedom as an opportunity to indulge your flesh, but through love serve one another.
This week we begin to deal with the question, “How do we live by the Holy Spirit?” The Holy Spirit has been given to us to enable us to do what no “external law” or commandment could never do: empower us to live out the life of Jesus, shaped by the goodness of His character.
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Ephesians 3:14–19
… that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
Today, we are going to do a little review and think back to some issues that we covered very early on in our readings. It is often helpful to be able to visualize the truths we are discussing because we are talking about things that are actually taking place in us.
For the Body [of Christ] does not consist of one member but of many…
If one member suffers, we all suffer together…”
1 Corinthians 12:14–26
As many of you have heard, Jill’s brother – Jim Allman – suffered a massive stroke on the evening of August 9, 2025. He was rushed to the hospital where life-saving measures were performed that night, and an emergency craniectomy was performed the next day. We are praising the Lord that Jim survived the initial crisis, but the road ahead is filled with many fears and uncertainties. According to his doctors, recovery and rehab will be measured in months, if not years. No one but our Father-God knows what the road ahead looks like, and we are trusting in Him to meet all their needs through the love and support of the Body of Christ in the months ahead.
If you would like to help, you can do so in the following ways:
Pray
“The Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words.” (Romans 8:26)
Join us in prayer for Jim, his sweet wife Abbey, and their two boys Asher and Asa. We are asking for healing, wisdom, and endurance. We don’t know how to pray as we should, but trust and take comfort that the Holy Spirit is interceding for us in our weakness.
Follow and Share
Please share this page and the other links here in all the ways you can where you think it may help. The Lord has already answered so many prayers by simply getting the word out.
If you would like to have updates on Jim’s progress, we are posting updates through Caring Bridge.
Give
Mosaic Church Memphis – the Allman’s church family – has established a benevolence fund to help with the ongoing costs of Jim’s recovery. Due to the long term nature of Jim’s recovery, his paid leave and disability will be used up fairly quickly. We know there are many family and friends who will want to help alleviate some of that burden.
TO DONATE:
1. Use the link below to go to Mosaic’s Giving Page.
2. At the very top, choose a one time or a recurring gift.
3. Choose Benevolence in the Fund dropdown.
4. Type “Allman Family” in the box that appears below the Fund
(Type this even if it already says “Allman Family” in the box!)
5. Enter the Amount of your Donation.
6. From there, everything else should be self explanatory.
Thank you so much for your all your prayers and support!
1 Corinthians 3:16
Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit lives in you?
Just as the Holy Spirit displayed His presence and power in the life of Jesus, so He does in our lives today. We return to a topic we have previously covered. It is vitally important that you see how the work of the Holy Spirit in the life of our Lord Jesus is a model for His work in our lives.
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Romans 8:2
For the law of the life-giving Spirit in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and death.
The Holy Spirit is the Third Person of the Trinity. He has been sent to us by Father God and the Lord Jesus to lead us to live by faith in Christ and fill us with His love. Many believers have never been taught a biblical view of the Holy Spirit. Continuing on from the truths we learned in Phase 2, we will see how the Spirit empowers us and gifts us to live in a way that is pleasing to Father God and so be the Body of Christ—The Church
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2 Corinthians 3:17–18
Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.
Welcome to Phase 3! You have traveled quite a ways to get here and you should enjoy your accomplishment! In this final Phase of MilktoMeat Living THE LIFE we are going to be focusing on the Holy Spirit and His work in us and through us that unites us and empowers us as the Body of Christ—The Church.
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Today, we complete our readings in Phase 2: Walking in the Truth. We are Father God’s beloved children NOW! This incredible truth is at the heart of all that we have been discussing. It is also the truth that will transform us as we think on it – meditate on it – day by day.
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