Having a Mary Spirit by Joanna Weaver
Week 6: Chapter 5 — The Flesh-Woman vs. the Spirit-Woman
Read Chapter 5 of Having a Mary Spirit. Key passages: Galatians 5:19–25; Romans 8:5–8.
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Weaver gives vivid, sometimes uncomfortable names to the competing natures within us—and invites us to see clearly which one has been running the show.
Discussion Questions
7 questions1.Weaver's "flesh-woman" and "spirit-woman" framework puts a face on the internal war described in Galatians 5. How helpful is this personification for you? Does giving the flesh a name and a face make it easier or harder to confront?
2.Galatians 5:19–21 lists the "acts of the flesh." Weaver focuses not just on the obvious ones (sexual immorality, drunkenness) but on the relational and attitudinal ones—discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions. Which of these "respectable" flesh-acts do you find most active in your own life?
3.The author points out that the flesh-woman is not our enemy's invention—she is our own sinful nature. Why does it matter that we own her as ours rather than simply blaming spiritual attack or circumstances?