The Point: We are called to walk in a way that aligns with our identity in Christ.

"17 Now this I say and testify in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their minds." -Ephesians 4:17

"I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called" -Ephesians 4:1

Question: Can someone tell that I am a follower of Jesus based on how I talk, act, respond and think?

1) Remember who you used to be

"17 Now this I say and testify in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their minds. 18 They are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, due to their hardness of heart.19 They have become callous and have given themselves up to sensuality, greedy to practice every kind of impurity." -Ephesians 4:17-19

2) Remember who saved you

"20 But that is not the way you learned Christ!—21 assuming that you have heard about him and were taught in him, as the truth is in Jesus," -Ephesians 4:20-21

"28 Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls." -Matthew 11:28-29

"3 But I am afraid that as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your thoughts will be led astray from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ." -2 Corinthians 11:3

3) Remember what was done to you

"22 to put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires, 23 and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds,24 and to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness." -Ephesians 4:22-24

"4 even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him." -Ephesians 1:4

1) My environment matters

"33 Do not be deceived: “Bad company ruins good morals."" -1 Corinthians 15:33

"Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools will suffer harm." -Proverbs 13:20

2) My intake matters

"God has given us the disciplines of the spiritual life as a means of receiving His grace. The disciplines allow us to place ourselves before God so that He can transform us." -Richard Foster

"Spiritual disciplines are not about making you more precious to God. They’re about making God more precious to you."

a) Fasting:

"Fasting is a temporary restraint of something that is good in order to seek and experience more of God."

Sermon on Fasting

b) Scripture memorization and meditation