Don’t Forsake Friends Today's Three-minute Bible Study Print, Study and Apply Title: Don’t Forsake Friends--------------------------------------- Date: 7/27/2000 Keywords: "brother" "friend" Welcome to eXXit, the web site designed to help you stand strong in the face of sexual temptation. Passage: Proverbs 27:10* Do not forsake your friend and the friend of your father, and do not go to your brother's house when disaster strikes you — better a neighbor nearby than a brother far away. Questions 1. Which friend could use your help and prayers right now to resist porn?   2. Who would you call for help in standing strong against porn?   Practical help The verse above reminds us of a good weapon against smut: friendship. Help a friend say no to porn. And ask a buddy to help you stand strong. Don't have such friends? Try these steps: 1. Pray for people you don't know well but who likely struggle with porn. Don't be casual as you pray. Give it all you've got. Intense prayer for others is a good way to nip intense temptation in your own life. 2. Check your assumptions. Folks you think would never be your friends might be more than willing to strike up relationships. Get a cup of coffee with them. Learn about their families and hobbies. Soon you could have some friends to help you when the chips are down. There may be harder, more solitary ways to struggle against porn. But why? eXXit homepage Index of three-minute studies Copyright 2000 by eXXit *Scriptures are from The Holy Bible: New International Version, © copyright 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. All rights reserved.