Personal Olympics — Part 1 Today's Three-minute Bible Study Print, Study and Apply Title: Personal Olympics — Part 1-------------------------------- Date: 9/18/2000 Keywords:    "gold" "Olympic" "prize" "race" Welcome to eXXit, the web site designed to help you stand strong in the face of sexual temptation. Passage: 1 Corinthians 9:24-27* 24. Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win. 25. And everyone who competes in the games exercises self-control in all things. They then do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. 26. Therefore I run in such a way, as not without aim; I box in such a way, as not beating the air; 27. but I buffet my body and make it my slave, lest possibly, after I have preached to others, I myself should be disqualified. Question Are you defeated in your porn struggle because you never expect to be victorious?   Practical help It's Olympics 2000. A time to see those incredible world class athletes go for the gold. I don't know about you, but every time I watch the Olympics at least two things happen: 1. I'm inspired to go and play a sport that I haven't tried in about four years. 2. I quickly realize why those athletes are at the Olympics and I'm not! Are they all going to win a gold medal? Nope! Do they seriously believe they can win a gold medal? Absolutely! Try making your battle with porn a "Personal Olympics." Then look at the next temptation as a winnable race. You can know that we here at eXXit are on the sidelines cheering you on to the gold! eXXit homepage Index of three-minute studies Copyright 2000 by eXXit *"Scripture taken from the NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE®, © Copyright The Lockman Foundation 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995. Used by permission."