Defeat Your Flesh

“Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the Devil and he will flee from you.” ~James 4:7

If you read our last newsletter you would know this verse is the key to defeating Satan.

However, this formula isn’t the same one used for defeating our flesh.

We will still submit to God of course.

BUT we will NOT “resist” our flesh.

Why?

Because that simply Does. Not. Work.

So what does work against my flesh?

Let’s identify.

Our flesh = our appetites & desire to feel something.

We cannot simply “resist” those cravings. But we can most definitely escape them.

How?

By placing boundaries and actually sticking to them.

Have places you will go and won’t go. People you will or will not hang with. Activities you will or will not participate in.

Can’t control yourself around an ex? Stop texting them and stop stalking their social media accounts.

Delete their contact information if you need to.

Struggling with junk food or alcohol? Get these things out of your house asap.

To defeat your flesh, you’ve got two options.

Either remove yourself from the environment in which causes you to sin

OR remove the THING that is causing you to sin from your environment.

And don’t just walk away from your urges. FLEE from them. (See 2 Timothy 2:22).

Then replace them with productive activities that glorify God.

That my friend is how you defeat your flesh.

Stay blessed.

P.S.

“But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfill the lusts thereof.” ~Romans 13:14 KJV