Here's Your Change
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Title:
Here's Your Change
--------------------------------- Date: 3/8/2000
Keywords:
"change" "temptation"
Welcome to eXXit, the web site designed to help you stand
strong in the face of sexual temptation.
Passage: 1 Samuel 10:9*
As Saul turned to leave Samuel, God changed Saul's heart, and all
these signs were fulfilled that day.
Question
What encouragement can we get from this passage about our struggles
with Web porn?
Practical help
Last year the St. Louis Rams were pro football washouts. This year
they took their conference and the NFL championship. Moral: Life allows 180-degree turns.
From the passage quoted above, we could say God allows them -- even
causes them. Yet how often do we practice self-pity when dealing with the temptation of
Web porn? "I'll never change," we may tell a close friend. "It's my cross
to bear for life."
Nonsense. While we may struggle with certain temptations all our
lives, we need not give into them 'till we're pushing up daisies. Ask God to help you with
your compulsions. If in doubt, take some encouragement from Saul's turnaround. Call it
divine intervention.
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