Potent vs. Impotent Today's Three-minute Bible Study Print, Study and Apply Title: Potent vs. Impotent ------------------------- Date: 5/11/2003 Keywords: "impotent" "potent" "power" Welcome to eXXit, the web site designed to help you stand strong in the face of sexual temptation. Passage: Psalm 8:1-9* (today focusing on verses 1-6) For the director of music. According to gittith . A psalm of David. 1. O LORD , our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens. 2. From the lips of children and infants you have ordained praise because of your enemies, to silence the foe and the avenger. 3. When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, 4. what is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him? 5. You made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor. 6 You made him ruler over the works of your hands; you put everything under his feet: 7. all flocks and herds, and the beasts of the field, 8. the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, all that swim the paths of the seas. 9. O LORD , our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! Question How powerful do you think you are?   Practical help Porn is about power. As we watch smut stars exert sexual control over each other, we imagine having the same power. And for an instant, we feel stronger, more potent. But only for an instant. The illusion of power fades fast. Then guilt and shame set in, usually for a long time. Don't we all wish to know power that is shame-free and permanent? Verse 6 above describes the power God gave his son. It was totally potent, and it would last forever. God invites us to become his son's brothers and sisters and, as such, enjoy power and status that never fade. Want to know more about this privilege? Click here. Next to Jesus' vast power, smut is cheap and impotent. Let's remember that the next time porn tempts us with its fake power. Wave it off. Embrace the real power of Jesus instead. eXXit homepage Index of three-minute studies Copyright 2003 by eXXit *Scriptures are from The Holy Bible: New International Version, © Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. All rights reserved.   --