Departing Porn Today's Three-minute Bible Study Print, Study and Apply Title: Departing Porn------------------- Date: 6/27/2002 Keywords: "depart" "evil" "good" "peace" Welcome to eXXit, the web site designed to help you stand strong in the face of sexual temptation. Passage: Psalm 34:14-15* 14. Depart from evil and do good; Seek peace and pursue it. 15. The eyes of the LORD are toward the righteous and His ears are open to their cry. Questions 1 What are four commands in verse 14?   2. If God sees everything, what specifically does verse 15 mean that the "eyes of the LORD are toward the righteous"?   Practical help Some people feel too weak to resist the temptation to surf porn. Our passage today instructs us to “depart from evil.” Click it off, and walk away. Don’t sit there and do mental battle with it. The Christian life, fortunately, is more than resisting evil. Don’t be fooled into thinking you are doing good just by avoiding doing what is bad. If you want to really put a lid on lust, then get active helping others. How could you be a friend to someone today? Get your mind off yourself. As you do this you will discover it is tied into a great feeling called “peace.” Although God loves all people, He shows special favor to those who love Him back and show their love by seeking to obey Him. When they pray, He is all ears. Run from porn, and seek to do good, and your life will be spiritually empowered in ways you can’t now comprehend. God made you for very good things. eXXit homepage Index of three-minute studies Copyright 2002 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." ---