S1-E17: Identifying Our Flesh

Living IN Jesus Podcast

S1-E17: Identifying Our Flesh

January 8, 2021 • 58 min

Notes:

Have you ever struggled with the same temptation to sin over and over again? All our temptations flow from what the Bible calls desires of the flesh. When we repeatedly give into the same temptation to try to meet our needs apart from God by indulging fleshly desires, a “flesh” pattern develops in our lives. Behind our “flesh” patterns are lies that we believe. In order to walk in victory, a believer must replace those lies with truth. In Romans 12:2, the Apostle Paul instructs us to “… be transformed by the renewing of your mind.” In this episode, Ross talks with Ben Brezina, Mark Fields, and Tom Price about the process of identifying our flesh patterns and how to work with God to expose the lies we are believing, replace lies with the truth, and walk in victory and freedom.

TIME	TOPICS
1:58	Reasons for looking at our personal flesh patterns
4:20	Discovering false belief systems behind our habitual sin
5:45	Why go through the difficult process of looking at our beliefs and behaviors?
8:18	Identifying our flesh is a relational activity between us and God
9:51	The pain of shame can be a barrier
11:30	Fear of losing control can be a barrier
11:49	An example of being set free from shame
13:40	First, know your identity in Christ
14:44	Understand the futility of depending on the flesh
16:53	Believe that God meets our needs
20:25	How can I indentify my flesh patterns?
23:52	Overcoming barriers to identifying our flesh patterns
28:28	The ultimate goal of identifying our flesh patterns
29:31	Example of the apostle Peter discovering his flesh patterns
32:44	Personal examples of discovering flesh patterns and overcoming them by replacing lies with truth
45:57	Personal challenges to recognizing lies and believing truth
52:21	Exposing flesh patterns – a pathway to deeper intimacy with Jesus
53:15	Exposing flesh patterns – a pathway to discover the depths of Jesus’ love
53:49	Overcoming fleshly temptation by depending on Jesus

Referenced Resources:

This podcast refers to exercises and worksheets found in session 15 of the Living IN Jesus study. If you do not have the study but would like have the worksheets, please contact us through our website here with your request and we would be happy to send you a free pdf copy of the session.