Satisfied?
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Title: Satisfied? ------------------- Date: 6/30/2003
Keywords:
“contentment” “satisfaction”
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Passage: Matthew 5:6*
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.
Questions
1. What does it mean to be blessed?
2. What are some of the things that people will do in their search for satisfaction and contentment in life?
3. According to Jesus, what characterizes the person who encounters true satisfaction?
Practical help
The world we live in says, “The more you have, whether possessions or pleasure, the more satisfied you will be.” Most people discover the fallacy of this belief after experiencing some degree of personal pain. God graciously seeks to lead us to the truth that satisfaction and contentment come only from drawing near to Him in faith. Consider these passages…
The young lions do lack and suffer hunger;
But they who seek the Lord shall not be in want of any good thing. (Psalm 34:10)
Jesus answered and said to her, "Everyone who drinks of this water shall thirst again; but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life."(John 4:13-14)
Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life; he who comes to Me shall not hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst. (John 6:35)
Web porn is one place where many seek satisfaction. Of course it results only in temporary pleasure at best, and certain emptiness and barrenness of heart after that. It can never deliver what it promises because it’s false.
Jesus, on the other hand, always fulfills His promise. Drink deeply of Him today and the false promises of Web porn will loose their appeal. It will be difficult to break the patterns at first, but each new day of seeking after Jesus will usher in a sense of contentment and satisfaction found nowhere else.
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*"Scripture taken from the NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE®, © Copyright
The Lockman Foundation 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995. Used by
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