Satisfied with Good Things Today's Three-minute Bible Study Print, Study and Apply Title: Satisfied with Good Things ------------- Date: 01/11/1999 Keywords: "desires" "good things" "satisfy" Welcome to eXXit, the web site designed to help you stand strong in the face of sexual temptation. Passage: Psalm 103:1-5* 1. Praise the LORD, O my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name. 2. Praise the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits — 3. who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases, 4. who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion, 5. who satisfies your desires with good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's. Questions 1. What benefits does God offer us?   2. What does it means to have a "redeemed" life?   3. Could you trust the Lord to heal a pornography addiction?   Practical help Have you felt trapped in a pornography habit because no matter what you do you can't change your desires? Psalm 103:1-5 suggests that it might not be the desires that are wrong — only how you satisfy them! The Lord has the power to satisfy your desires with good things. He can change how you seek to satisfy them. Consider giving Him that opportunity. Try these steps suggested by the passage above: 1. Praise God (verses 1-2). This is the first step of wisdom (Proverbs 9:10). In particular, praise God for your God-given sexual desires. 2. Claim God's forgiveness for ways you've tried to satisfy your desires sinfully (verse 3). 3. Meditate on the fact that God loves you and is compassionate toward you in your sexual weakness (verse 4). 4. Ask God to show you good things to satisfy your sexual desires (verse 5). 5. Trust that God will give you sexual vigor for the good things he provides — that you won't have to turn to pornography for arousal (verse 5). eXXit homepage Index of three-minute studies Copyright 1999 by eXXit *Scriptures are from The Holy Bible: New International Version, © copyright 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. All rights reserved.