We work out in many ways to lose flesh. Nobody wants to be overweight or out of shape, but what about on the spiritual level? Are you carrying around a lot of yourself? Are you puffed up with pride? How about jealousy, anger, gossip, lies, worry, etc? Are you allowing these things to lie under your skin and bloat you with ungodly traits? All of us have crosses to carry, things that weigh us down, extra cargo that we need to lose. “If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me,” says our LORD in Matthew 16:24 (KJV). Denying the flesh is not popular in the times we are living in, but it is necessary to become Christlike, and the rewards are exceedingly worth it!