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If you’ve ever set a goal for yourself—to earn better grades, eat healthier food, spend less time on your phone—then you know that sometimes it feels like there are two people inside of us: one who wants to study harder, eat broccoli, and switch off the phone, and another who wants to binge on Netflix, eat Skittles, and fall asleep with the phone in their hand. We all know what it feels like to have two different desires fighting it out inside of us. But, here we see that there’s a better way. 

The desires of the flesh—the part of us that wants what we want, when we want it—will always be there, but we can begin to pay more attention to the desire of the Spirit—the part of us that wants what God wants for us. It doesn’t happen all at once, but by taking steps every day to listen to God’s Spirit inside of us, it‘ll get easier to live how He wants us to live. 

This week, pray and ask God to help you walk by the Spirit. Then, begin to take steps to listen to His leading this week.