My Provider
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Title: My Provider ------------------- Date: 11/26/2001
Keywords:
“needs” “provider”
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Passage: Psalm 23:2-3a*
2. He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters.
3. He restores my soul;
Questions
1. In this passage written by David, what were the kinds of needs that David saw God meet in his life?
2. How did David respond to God’s provision?
Practical help
As a shepherd, David saw how completely his sheep depended upon him. The life and safety of the flock was at stake. In his life as a man, he came to appreciate how completely dependent he truly was upon God. He learned to rely upon God for what he needed in every area of his life — physical, emotional and spiritual. He knew God as his Provider.
Just as in David’s case, all of our deeper needs are met in relationship with God. As Provider, God never intended that your deeper needs — whether they be physical, emotional or spiritual — be met through the use of pornography. In fact, you know very well that porn use only leaves a person feeling more needy and dissatisfied. God’s design and desire is that your needs be met in communion with His Son, Jesus Christ. He is the Provider.
Take a break from porn. Maybe what you need today is to see God as your Provider. Maybe it would help in your struggle to see Jesus as the one who will fill the needy places in your heart. Full hearts don’t need the cheap substitute of porn because they already have fellowship with the Provider. If you are a Christian, all of your sins have been forgiven in Christ. You have freedom to take a step closer to Him and begin to know Him as your Provider.
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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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