Kill the Flesh

I was reading 2 Corinthians the other day and God showed me some truth that is very obvious in the text I just never perceived it that way before. The following is from the first 10 verses of the 5th chapter. So read the verses first and the read the following.

We cannot be satisfied with these earthly tents. We must desire more than this flesh, we must desire that our heavenly dwellings will swallow up our sinful flesh and produce nothing but life. We must desire that our lives produce life. We must desire that our lives produce life and not death like our flesh produces.
God desires us to long for our heavenly bodies and put our eyes heavenward and not on our desires. It should be a burden to us that we are trapped in our flesh, a flesh that is corrupted. We should desire perfection in our present state so that we may overcome our flesh so that we may be presented as good before Christ.
With this mindset our focus will not be to please our flesh but it would be to overcome our flesh desires so that we may produce much more life. Much more will be beneficial to the Kingdom if we have this attitude.

So we have to kill this flesh so that our spirit and God's spirit may fully reign in our lives. It is not easy at all but it is a part of sanctification, which is something we should strive for so that we do not hinder the gospel in any manner.

Love ya'll
-Brennen

Well, so a lot has gone down in the past month. I was in Mexico for three weeks which was awesome and then I went home to Dallas for a week. In Mexico, Manolo, Susie, and I drove to Monterrey and then flew to Toluca. We spent a week in Toluca and stayed with Susie's brother and his family. His family is amazing by the way. Then we went to Mexico City and stayed with Susie's niece and her husband. We spent a week there ministering to families mainly about the love that God has been teaching us about and giving us. One of the niece's teaches a small group of leaders at her church so I went and spoke to them and then later that day I spoke at a church. It was definitely led by the Lord. I wanted to prepare myself and get a little sermon ready but God told me just to rely on Him and allow the Holy Spirit to lead me and say the words He wants to say. So that is what I did and God exalted Himself. After the service I minister to some of the members and prayed for several. It was like I was an actual preacher or missionary or something. God is working in me and starting to do some good work in me. He has also shown me that I am to do more in Mexico which is exciting because to my surprise I actually like Mexico.
I came back and the next day my Dad picked me up and took me to Dallas. Then the next day we went up to Arkansas for my sister's graduation. Then we came back and Mother's Day was the following day. It was a good time spending time with my family and seeing some friends. I did not see all that I wanted to but it was alright. Now I am back in Houston and now waiting for fresh direction from God to see what He has for me. I am excited about it I just need some patience. Prayer requests would be:

That I would understand God's instruction and direction.
That God would continue to break the old me and fill me with His desires and thoughts.
That I would see people as Jesus sees them with love and compassion and discernment.

Love ya'll,
-Brennen