Have you failed miserably battling sins such as pride, selfishness, gossip, materialism, pornography?
The instruction provided by Dr. Jeff Mayfield in this 6 minute video will give you much useful information about where to begin.
This 6 minute video above, is one of 8 such videos about fighting sin. To view the series, see Categories, John Owen.
Such video instruction as this series offers, should be reviewed monthly or quarterly as you attempt to apply the concepts. It seems that a common problem that Christians have is to learn the difference between fighting sin in one’s own strength and in the strength of God the Holy Spirit.
And although Owen’s writings set the bar for mortification of sin, and Dr. Mayfield’s teaching makes Owen’s material very understandable, there are subtle points that take time and trial and error to understand.
Thus, it is highly recommended that you re listen to these videos as you attempt to apply the concepts.
For other videos about the Christian life by Dr. Mayfield in this blog, see, Categories: John Owen; Jonathan Edwards; Calvin’s Institutes; Thomas Brooks.
Dr. Mayfield’s YouTube site is Knowing to Love (use his name also, or his site doesn’t come up in the search).
Dr. Jeff Mayfield has served as senior pastor of Stony Hill Baptist Church since September 2013. Having attended church since birth, the Lord saved him during his second year of college. Soon after he was called into the Gospel Ministry and was prepared for that work through studies at Liberty University (B.A.) and the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (M.Div. and Ph.D.).
Jeff is the husband of Adrienne and the father of nine children: Jude, Eli, Ava, Belle, Evangeline, Lillian, Phoebe, Solomon, and Calvin. Jeff enjoys preaching, biblical studies, history, theology, and mentoring other Christians. For fun he likes spending time with his family, hiking, running, biking, roasting coffee, and photography. [stonyhill.org]