Not every struggle is a spiritual attack. Sometimes the battle isn’t coming from the enemy around us; it’s coming from the flesh within us. In Rules of Engagement: The Enemy Within, Pastor Monte Dean continues our series on spiritual warfare by examining one of the most important battles every believer must learn to recognize: the conflict between the flesh and the Spirit. Before we blame the devil for every difficulty, Scripture calls us to examine our choices, our reactions, and what we are allowing to control our lives. Drawing from passages including Galatians 5, Romans 8, Proverbs 19, and James 1, Pastor Monte challenges us to develop spiritual discernment and recognize the difference between an attack of the enemy, the consequences of our own decisions, and the desires of our flesh. The enemy may tempt, deceive, and influence, but he does not get to make our choices for us. Through the Holy Spirit, believers have been given the power to say no to the flesh and walk in obedience to God.