Years ago I was at a meeting where the presenter started with an exercise, asking all of the attendees to NOT think of the number 8.
Well, guess what happened?
No one could stop thinking about the number 8! And that didn't change until he told us to think of the number 9.
There's an important principle here in our common struggle against sin...
If all your attention is focused on not sinning, you will only get more of it; but if you focus on God and His call on your life, the flesh loses its appeal.
This is where remembering the dominion mandate is helpful...
God has designed you and commanded you to develop every aspect of your world in partnership with Him...
... and through Christ -- as His new creation -- you can fulfill what He's already prepared for you to do!
So here's a strategy to employ the next time your flesh is screaming to be satisfied...
Quit obsessing over it... and instead occupy yourself nurturing one of the domains the Lord has put in your charge.
"Put off the old, and put on the new" (Eph.4:22-24).
Going after the call God has put on your whole life... and doing it with a real sense of mission, in the power of His Spirit... is one of the best weapons to overcome the flesh.