Five From Psalms: Confidence (Psalm 3)

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Title: Five From Psalms: Confidence (Psalm 3)----------- Date: 12/13/1999
Keywords: "confidence" "pornography"

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Passage: Psalm 3:5*

I lie down and sleep; I wake again, because the Lord sustains me.

Questions

1. Why does David feel confident in his relationship with God?

 

2. Can we apply this confidence to our struggle with Web porn?

 

Practical help

The hit Steven Curtis Chapman song "Waiting for Lightning" chastised listeners for wanting lightning bolts from God, while he "quietly whispers your name."

Likewise, believers struggling with Web pornography don't need aerial pyrotechnics to confidently face the problem. Psalm 2 proves it.

David says there that the simple fact that God sustains him through sleeping and waking gives him confidence against his enemies -- a much more tangible group of foes than we're likely to encounter.

Borrow a little of the king's confidence. In the same way that God sustains you with every breath, He will help you overcome your addictions.

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