He Knows How You're Made Today's Three-minute Bible Study Print, Study and Apply Title: He Knows How You're Made ------------- Date: 01/13/1999 Keywords: "compassion" "dust" "formed" "strength" Welcome to eXXit, the web site designed to help you stand strong in the face of sexual temptation. Passage: Psalm 103:13-14 * 13. As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear him; 14. for he knows how we are formed, he remembers that we are dust. Questions 1. When a father sees his child doing something wrong, how do you expect him to react?   2. What do you think verse 14 means?   3. Why is it important that God knows how you are made?   Practical help Think you're out-of-control sexually because that's how you're made? Consider: 1. You can change (including gaining sexual self-control). Jesus said: I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing (John 15:55*). 2. You can't change on your own. Just as parents recognize that their children need them, God's knows a. You are dust, lacking ability to survive on your own. b. You need Him to survive. c. You need His compassion and love. You can overcome your struggle with pornography by trusting that God knows how you're made and that he's willing to be your strength. If you haven't asked him to be your strength, click here to find out how. 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.