Welcome to the In Touch podcast with Charles Stanley for Thursday, May 21st.

A strong commitment to the Lord makes a real difference.

Discover how your life and the lives of those around you can be positively impacted when you walk in step with God.

Well, I want to catch you up for a moment and just remind you that we are talking about walking in step with God, walking in step with him. And when Paul uses the word walk, he uses that term to mean to walk about in your life, that is to live your life out. And he says in Ephesians chapter four, and I want you to turn there for a moment, if you will,

he tells us how we're to walk.

In the first three chapters, he talks about our salvation experience and how God is blessed us.

He tells us how rich we are as a result of our salvation experience.

And then as a result of what we are and who we are

in Christ, he begins this fourth chapter by saying, therefore, I, the prisoner of the Lord,

implore you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you've been called. With all

humility and gentleness, with patience, show intolerance for one another in love,

being diligent to preserve the unity of the spirit and the bond of peace. Now, when he says to walk in a

manner worthy, that is, we should walk the way we profess we are. Walk in a manner worthy of our

calling. What's our calling? We have four callings. A calling to salvation,

our calling to sanctification, that is to live a godly life, a calling to service, and a calling to

accountability. And so he says, we should live it out as we have been called. Now, so let's say,

for example, that you've trusted Jesus as your Savior,

and here you or maybe a young Christian, maybe you've been one in a long time. And the only thing

you've ever done really sort of go to church, maybe read your Bible a little bit and pray some

and maybe give a little bit. But what should you be able to expect? What should you be able to anticipate when you trust the Lord Jesus Christ as your personal

savior?

When you become a Christian, what can you anticipate?

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