Encouragement to Keep Going Today's Three-minute Bible Study Print, Study and Apply Title: Encouragement to Keep Going Keywords: “encouragement” “friend” Welcome to eXXit, the web site designed to help you stand strong in the face of sexual temptation. Passage: 1 Thessalonians 5:11* Therefore encourage one another, and build up one another, just as you also are doing. Questions 1. Has the encouragement of others ever made a difference in your life?   2. What kinds of things could you do to help someone else in their struggle against porn?   Practical help All runners know that as they near the end of a long race, their legs ache, their throat burns, and their whole body cries out for them to stop. This is when friends and fans are most valuable. Their encouragement helps the runner push through the pain to the finish line. In the same way, Christians need to encourage one another. A word of encouragement offered at the right moment can be the difference between finishing well and collapsing along the way. Look around you. Who needs your encouragement in their struggle against porn — a friend or family member maybe? Be sensitive to others’ need for encouragement, and offer support. Do you see someone struggling? Take the risk of asking if they need your help. What about for you? How would it be for you to have someone come alongside to encourage you as you desire to remain pure sexually? Seek the help of a trusted friend, and take the steps necessary for finishing well. eXXit homepage Index of three-minute studies Copyright 2004 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." ---