Hope Lake Country

As human beings, we desire security, satisfaction and significance. There are any number of ways people try to meet these needs. In Romans, Paul describes the flesh (sinful nature) as a dependency on anything other than Jesus as the ultimate source to meet our needs. Some evidence of the flesh might be seen as negative (worry, pride, worry), or some evidence of the flesh may be seen as positive (independent, self-reliant, success). But all works of the flesh brings death. It builds a wall between us and God. God can see through the wall, but it keeps us from seeing him. The works of the flesh keep us from having open relationships with God and others. In this message, Paul will show us how to tear down the walls that the flesh builds between us and God and replace them with the work of the Spirit.