The Letter of St. Paul to the Galatians
Chapter 5
¹ For freedom Christ has set us free. Stand firm, therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.
(The Letter of St. Paul to the Galatians Chapter 5 verse 1)
Oh, brothers and sisters of all faiths and cultures Jesus Christ has set us free from our sinful selves. He nailed our sins upon the cross once and for all. He gave us the freedom to be His sons and daughters. It is our choice to remain free people or to become again slaves to our sins Amen. Jesus heals us from the bondages and wounds of the past, present and future Amen. Blessed be the name of Jesus Amen.
² Listen! I, Paul, am telling you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no benefit to you.
(The Letter of St. Paul to the Galatians Chapter 5 verse 2)
Oh God my Father if we be circumcised by the baptism of the world, which makes us more selfish and individualistic we will have no space to receive the true baptism of the Holy Spirit Amen. Therefore we need to be aware of which blessing we are receiving.
³ Once again I testify to every man who lets himself be circumcised that he is obliged to obey the entire law. ⁴ You who want to be justified by the law have cut yourselves off from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.
(The Letter of St. Paul to the Galatians Chapter 5 verses 3 to 4)
Oh, brothers and sisters, this is a temptation that can easily befall us. In our urge to live a more intense spiritual life, we can end up getting mixed up in what is according to God's will from what is totally not. I pray for maturity and awareness so as to be guarded against such a situation Amen.
⁵ For through the Spirit of faith we eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness.
(The Letter of St. Paul to the Galatians Chapter 5 verse 5)
Oh God, my Father Faith in You gives me hope in a better and positive future. It gives me a positive meaning and a reason to live a better life in the Spirit Amen.
⁶For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything: the only thing that counts is faith working through love.
(The Letter of St. Paul to the Galatians Chapter 5 verse 6)
Oh God, my Father I pray that all of my acts are the product of love and not only of will and obligation. Amen. The question to ask oneself is what am I going to do is it out of love or not? Amen.
⁷ You were running well: who prevented you from obeying the truth? ⁸ Such persuasion does not come from the one who calls you.
(The Letter of St. Paul to the Galatians Chapter 5 verses 7 to 8)
Oh God, my Father such persuasion comes from the one who does not want us to follow in Your steps and who does all possible attempts to make us feel not empowered to live according to Your will Amen.
⁹ A little yeast leavens the whole batch of dough.
(The Letter of St. Paul to the Galatians Chapter 5 verse 9)
Oh, brothers and sisters, God does not expect anything extraordinary from us. He knows that we are limited by our human nature. All God requires is that we believe in Him and in Salvation that at a huge price He obtained for all of us Amen. I pray that we grow in His relationship with us through having a healthy time of prayer and relationship with Him Amen.
¹⁰ I am confident about you in the Lord that you will not think otherwise. But whoever it is that is confusing you will pay the penalty.
(The Letter of St. Paul to the Galatians Chapter 5 verse 10)
Oh God my Father I pray that You help us clean our consciences and false or negative thoughts about ourselves, others, the world and even about You. I pray that we make a genuine decision to be only Yours Amen.
¹¹ But my friends, why am I still being persecuted if I am still preaching circumcision? In that case the offence of the cross has been removed.
(The Letter of St. Paul to the Galatians Chapter 5 verse 11)
Oh God, my Father even though I have good intentions of sharing the faith by means of this blog, there were several occasions of people who told me to stop doing so, however, oh God may Your will be done. Amen.
¹² I wish those who unsettle you would castrate themselves!
(The Letter of St. Paul to the Galatians Chapter 5 verse 12)
Oh God my Father, I pray that we always empower each other even on a spiritual level especially in times when we feel insecure and depressed Amen.
¹³ For you were called to freedom, brothers and sisters; only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for self-indulgence, but through love become slaves to one another.
(The Letter of St. Paul to the Galatians Chapter 5 verse 13)
Oh God my Father You created us as free beings, however, we decided not to live our freedom but to live as slaves of our own minds, needs, wants, drives and passions. We end up living and aiming to achieve that is not good for us and putting aside You, my God our lifesaver Amen. I pray that we make a firm decision to give priority to our spiritual lives over our material one Amen.
¹⁴ For the whole law is summed up in a single commandment,"You shall love your neighbor as yourself."
(The Letter of St. Paul to the Galatians Chapter 5 verse 14)
Oh God my Father of all the commandments the one concerning love for others is one of the most challenging of all. This requires a change in our attitudes and social wiring, which prevents us from being spiritual but totally ascetic and Godless. I pray that You give us the power to overcome ourselves, our instincts and desires so that we open our hearts especially to those who have hurt us or who are currently still hurting us Amen.
¹⁵ If, however, you bite and devour one another, take care that you are not consumed by one another.
(The Letter of St. Paul to the Galatians Chapter 5 verse 15)
Oh God my Father this was my experience some time ago. Each day I was being bitten so badly in my relationship with my wife, that gradually I was losing my sense of self. I was being fed the false impression that I was a bad and rotten Father to my daughter and that all the time that I had spent with her was in vain. I thank You for bringing me out of this situation my God and Father Amen.
¹⁶ Live by the Spirit, I say, and do not gratify the desires of the flesh.
(The Letter of St. Paul to the Galatians Chapter 5 verse 16)
Oh God my Father, I thank You for the mental strength and self-control that You are giving me over the urges of my body. Thank You for giving me the strength to say a firm "No!" to my carnal self Amen.
¹⁷ For what the flesh desires is opposed to the Spirit, and what the Spirit desires is opposed to the flesh; for these are opposed to each other, to prevent you from doing what you want.
(The Letter of St. Paul to the Galatians Chapter 5 verse 17)
Oh God my Father, I thank You for enlightening me. My previous problem was that I was giving the carnal a spiritual outlook in order to make it look good and righteous. I thank You for bringing me out of my darkness Amen.
¹⁸ But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not subject to the law.
(The Letter of St. Paul to the Galatians Chapter 5 verse 18)
Oh God my Father this is my greatest wish that of being driven by the grace of the Holy Spirit so that I bear much fruit and that I lead life according to Your holy will Amen.
¹⁹ Now the works of the flesh are obvious; fornication, impurity, licentiousness, ²⁰ idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife jealousy, anger, quarrels, dissensions, factions, ²¹ envy, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these. I am warning you, as I warned you before; those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
(The Letter of St. Paul to the Galatians Chapter 5 verses 19 to 21)
Oh God my Father on reflecting I used to score very high on anger and this would cause a lot of quarrels. I thank You for my new life in which I am becoming less angry and more self-controlled. Amen.
²² By contrast, the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, ²³ gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against such things. ²⁴ And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
(The Letter of St. Paul to the Galatians Chapter 5 verses 22 to 24)
Oh God my Father I thank You for having healed me in many areas of my life, in which I was very weak and have made me a new person renewed in Your Spirit Amen.
²⁵If we live by the Spirit, let us also be guided by the Spirit. ²⁶ Let us not become conceited, competing against one another, envying one another.
(The Letter of St. Paul to the Galatians Chapter 5 verses 25 to 26)
Oh God my Father I pray that we compete against each other positively, may we be more humble loving and caring than others. May we compete in such qualities Amen as we do in material competitions however not with envy but with love Amen.
Oh Father in heaven I would like to end this fifth chapter of St. Paul's letter to the Galatians with the following prayer.
Oh God my Father tonight I pray for our conversion during this time of stress in our lives. I pray that You teach us by means of this situation to focus on the spiritual more than on our material lives. I pray that You will be the God of all actively full time in our lives. I pray that we open our hearts to You and give You Your personal place. Amen.
Oh, brothers and sisters of all faiths and cultures Jesus Christ has set us free from our sinful selves. He nailed our sins upon the cross once and for all. He gave us the freedom to be His sons and daughters. It is our choice to remain free people or to become again slaves to our sins Amen. Jesus heals us from the bondages and wounds of the past, present and future Amen. Blessed be the name of Jesus Amen.
² Listen! I, Paul, am telling you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no benefit to you.
(The Letter of St. Paul to the Galatians Chapter 5 verse 2)
Oh God my Father if we be circumcised by the baptism of the world, which makes us more selfish and individualistic we will have no space to receive the true baptism of the Holy Spirit Amen. Therefore we need to be aware of which blessing we are receiving.
³ Once again I testify to every man who lets himself be circumcised that he is obliged to obey the entire law. ⁴ You who want to be justified by the law have cut yourselves off from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.
(The Letter of St. Paul to the Galatians Chapter 5 verses 3 to 4)
Oh, brothers and sisters, this is a temptation that can easily befall us. In our urge to live a more intense spiritual life, we can end up getting mixed up in what is according to God's will from what is totally not. I pray for maturity and awareness so as to be guarded against such a situation Amen.
⁵ For through the Spirit of faith we eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness.
(The Letter of St. Paul to the Galatians Chapter 5 verse 5)
Oh God, my Father Faith in You gives me hope in a better and positive future. It gives me a positive meaning and a reason to live a better life in the Spirit Amen.
⁶For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything: the only thing that counts is faith working through love.
(The Letter of St. Paul to the Galatians Chapter 5 verse 6)
Oh God, my Father I pray that all of my acts are the product of love and not only of will and obligation. Amen. The question to ask oneself is what am I going to do is it out of love or not? Amen.
⁷ You were running well: who prevented you from obeying the truth? ⁸ Such persuasion does not come from the one who calls you.
(The Letter of St. Paul to the Galatians Chapter 5 verses 7 to 8)
Oh God, my Father such persuasion comes from the one who does not want us to follow in Your steps and who does all possible attempts to make us feel not empowered to live according to Your will Amen.
⁹ A little yeast leavens the whole batch of dough.
(The Letter of St. Paul to the Galatians Chapter 5 verse 9)
Oh, brothers and sisters, God does not expect anything extraordinary from us. He knows that we are limited by our human nature. All God requires is that we believe in Him and in Salvation that at a huge price He obtained for all of us Amen. I pray that we grow in His relationship with us through having a healthy time of prayer and relationship with Him Amen.
¹⁰ I am confident about you in the Lord that you will not think otherwise. But whoever it is that is confusing you will pay the penalty.
(The Letter of St. Paul to the Galatians Chapter 5 verse 10)
Oh God my Father I pray that You help us clean our consciences and false or negative thoughts about ourselves, others, the world and even about You. I pray that we make a genuine decision to be only Yours Amen.
¹¹ But my friends, why am I still being persecuted if I am still preaching circumcision? In that case the offence of the cross has been removed.
(The Letter of St. Paul to the Galatians Chapter 5 verse 11)
Oh God, my Father even though I have good intentions of sharing the faith by means of this blog, there were several occasions of people who told me to stop doing so, however, oh God may Your will be done. Amen.
¹² I wish those who unsettle you would castrate themselves!
(The Letter of St. Paul to the Galatians Chapter 5 verse 12)
Oh God my Father, I pray that we always empower each other even on a spiritual level especially in times when we feel insecure and depressed Amen.
¹³ For you were called to freedom, brothers and sisters; only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for self-indulgence, but through love become slaves to one another.
(The Letter of St. Paul to the Galatians Chapter 5 verse 13)
Oh God my Father You created us as free beings, however, we decided not to live our freedom but to live as slaves of our own minds, needs, wants, drives and passions. We end up living and aiming to achieve that is not good for us and putting aside You, my God our lifesaver Amen. I pray that we make a firm decision to give priority to our spiritual lives over our material one Amen.
¹⁴ For the whole law is summed up in a single commandment,"You shall love your neighbor as yourself."
(The Letter of St. Paul to the Galatians Chapter 5 verse 14)
Oh God my Father of all the commandments the one concerning love for others is one of the most challenging of all. This requires a change in our attitudes and social wiring, which prevents us from being spiritual but totally ascetic and Godless. I pray that You give us the power to overcome ourselves, our instincts and desires so that we open our hearts especially to those who have hurt us or who are currently still hurting us Amen.
¹⁵ If, however, you bite and devour one another, take care that you are not consumed by one another.
(The Letter of St. Paul to the Galatians Chapter 5 verse 15)
Oh God my Father this was my experience some time ago. Each day I was being bitten so badly in my relationship with my wife, that gradually I was losing my sense of self. I was being fed the false impression that I was a bad and rotten Father to my daughter and that all the time that I had spent with her was in vain. I thank You for bringing me out of this situation my God and Father Amen.
¹⁶ Live by the Spirit, I say, and do not gratify the desires of the flesh.
(The Letter of St. Paul to the Galatians Chapter 5 verse 16)
Oh God my Father, I thank You for the mental strength and self-control that You are giving me over the urges of my body. Thank You for giving me the strength to say a firm "No!" to my carnal self Amen.
¹⁷ For what the flesh desires is opposed to the Spirit, and what the Spirit desires is opposed to the flesh; for these are opposed to each other, to prevent you from doing what you want.
(The Letter of St. Paul to the Galatians Chapter 5 verse 17)
Oh God my Father, I thank You for enlightening me. My previous problem was that I was giving the carnal a spiritual outlook in order to make it look good and righteous. I thank You for bringing me out of my darkness Amen.
¹⁸ But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not subject to the law.
(The Letter of St. Paul to the Galatians Chapter 5 verse 18)
Oh God my Father this is my greatest wish that of being driven by the grace of the Holy Spirit so that I bear much fruit and that I lead life according to Your holy will Amen.
¹⁹ Now the works of the flesh are obvious; fornication, impurity, licentiousness, ²⁰ idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife jealousy, anger, quarrels, dissensions, factions, ²¹ envy, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these. I am warning you, as I warned you before; those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
(The Letter of St. Paul to the Galatians Chapter 5 verses 19 to 21)
Oh God my Father on reflecting I used to score very high on anger and this would cause a lot of quarrels. I thank You for my new life in which I am becoming less angry and more self-controlled. Amen.
²² By contrast, the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, ²³ gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against such things. ²⁴ And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
(The Letter of St. Paul to the Galatians Chapter 5 verses 22 to 24)
Oh God my Father I thank You for having healed me in many areas of my life, in which I was very weak and have made me a new person renewed in Your Spirit Amen.
²⁵If we live by the Spirit, let us also be guided by the Spirit. ²⁶ Let us not become conceited, competing against one another, envying one another.
(The Letter of St. Paul to the Galatians Chapter 5 verses 25 to 26)
Oh God my Father I pray that we compete against each other positively, may we be more humble loving and caring than others. May we compete in such qualities Amen as we do in material competitions however not with envy but with love Amen.
Oh Father in heaven I would like to end this fifth chapter of St. Paul's letter to the Galatians with the following prayer.
Oh God my Father tonight I pray for our conversion during this time of stress in our lives. I pray that You teach us by means of this situation to focus on the spiritual more than on our material lives. I pray that You will be the God of all actively full time in our lives. I pray that we open our hearts to You and give You Your personal place. Amen.
