life in the Spirit

Romans 8:1-17

This is one of my favorite passages!

¹ There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. ² For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. ³ For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, ⁴ in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. ⁵ For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. ⁶ For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. ⁷ For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God's law; indeed, it cannot. ⁸ Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.

⁹ You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him. ¹⁰ But if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life because of righteousness. ¹¹ If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you. ... ¹⁶  The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, ¹⁷ and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.

But how do I set my mind on the Spirit?  How do I put to death the deeds of the flesh?  Is it more than the usual list: prayer, meditation on Scripture, singing, fellowship with Brothers and Sisters, etc.?  If only I could just live it, you know?

Heavenly Father, please help me live in the Spirit.  I don't want to be one of those crazy hyper-religious uber-"spiritual" people who is disconnected from reality, but I do want my mind to be focused on the Spirit so that I can live the way you want in the physical.  Lord Jesus, please help me follow your example.  I love you.  I ask in the name of Jesus Christ.