Hiding, Part 3 Today's Three-minute Bible Study Print, Study and Apply Title: Hiding, Part 3------------------------- Date: 7/9/2001 Keywords: "bitterness" "hiding" Welcome to eXXit, the web site designed to help you stand strong in the face of sexual temptation. Passage: Proverbs 7:19-20* (a prostitute is trying to snare a customer) 19. My husband is not at home; he has gone on a long journey. 20. He took his purse filled with money and will not be home till full moon." Question Does bitterness toward someone cause you to view porn?   Practical help Verse 20 above possibly reveals a bitterness the woman had toward her husband: He was off somewhere with plenty of cash, leaving her at home to fend for herself. Was she entitled, therefore, to romp with a stranger? Do you view porn to get even with someone who has spurned or deserted you? Your plan will never work. You'll feel only angrier and more abandoned with each smut site you visit. The only way to break loose from the bitterness is to forgive the person who wronged you. A good place to start is admitting your own offenses. If you're a Christian, read and apply 1 John 1:9*: If we confess our sins, [God] is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. If you're a stranger to forgiveness and God, first click here. eXXit homepage Index of three-minute studies Copyright 2001 by eXXit *Scriptures are from The Holy Bible: New International Version © Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. All rights reserved.