Within us is an ever raging battle…sometimes with one side winning, sometimes with the other.  The battle is between our flesh and the Holy Spirit.  It was fine before we were Christians…there was no need for any kind of battle…we just did what we wanted.  But now that we live by the promptings of the Holy Spirit within, the conflict has started.  What do you have your mind set on?  It tells us in this verse that you’re either devoted to your corrupt sinful nature…or you’re mindful of the Holy Spirit.  So how can we change this cycle?   It says in Galatians 5:16, “So I say, live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature.”  Living by the Spirit is listening carefully, reacting immediately, and obeying promptly.