Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in them. For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—comes not from the Father but from the world. The world and its desires pass away, but whoever does the will of God lives forever. 1 John 2:15-17

Temptation to feel: To seek pleasure and let my desires rule my life.

Temptation to own or acquire: often driven by comparison and materialism.

Temptation to be: popular, noticed, honored, famous or liked.

The most powerful slavery is when we offer ourselves as slaves. Lust is a desire that has become my master. I love the physical, or emotional feeling so much I will destroy myself and everyone else to feel or experience it.

How do I overcome it?

Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires. The mind governed by the flesh is death, but the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace. The mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so. Those who are in the realm of the flesh cannot please God. Romans 8:5-8

You, however, are not in the realm of the flesh but are in the realm of the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, they do not belong to Christ. But if Christ is in you, then even though your body is subject to death because of sin, the Spirit gives life because of righteousness. And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies because of his Spirit who lives in you. Romans 8:9-11

Therefore, brothers and sisters, we have an obligation—but it is not to the flesh, to live according to it. For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live. Romans 8:12-13

1. Be brutally honest: It is my flesh

The most powerful slavery is when we offer ourselves as slaves. Lust is a desire that has become my master. I love physical or emotional feelings so much I will destroy myself to feel it, experience it.

• My Enemy
• Crippling Shame
• Cost

When you were slaves to sin, you were free from the control of righteousness. What benefit did you reap at that time from the things you are now ashamed of? Those things result in death! Romans 6:20-21

2. Offer yourselves to a new master

a. Purity

b. Using the energy of desire to serve

c. Live from the spirit

d. Kill anything that leads you in the opposite direction