Fearing
God Today's
Three-minute Bible Study
Keywords:
“fear of God”
“praise” “wisdom”
Welcome
to eXXit, the web site designed to help you stand
strong in the face of sexual temptation. This study takes another look at wisdom as a way to
resist web porn. Passage:
Proverbs
1:1-7 (New International Version*) 2. for attaining wisdom and discipline; for
understanding words of insight; 3. for acquiring a disciplined and prudent life,
doing what is right and just and fair; 4. for giving prudence to the simple, knowledge and
discretion to the young — 5 let the wise listen and add to their learning,
and let the discerning get guidance — 6 for understanding proverbs and parables, the
sayings and riddles of the wise. 7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of
knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and
discipline. Questions 2. Does wisdom lead to the fear of God — or
the other way around? 2. Don’t like how God made you? Try finding
one thing you think he did right when he made you.
Praise him for that. Then look for a second, third,
fourth, etc., thing you think he did right when he
made you, and praise him accordingly. See if this
process changes your attitude toward God. It may be
a slow process — like solving riddles (verse
6). 3. On the other hand, do you like how God made
you? Praise him as creatively as your temperament
allows. 4. In either case, make praise of God your first
step in resisting web porn. Know this: The Bible promises that wisdom provides
discipline and prudence (verses 3-4) — the
strengths needed to resist porn. The Bible also says
the process starts with praising God. Many men have tried this process and, with
God’s help, have said No to web porn.
They’re cheering you on to do likewise. You
can do it!
*Scriptures
are from The Holy Bible: New International Version ®.
Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible
Society. All rights reserved.
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Study and Apply
Title: Fearing God
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Date: 08/31/1998
1. The proverbs of Solomon son of David, king
of Israel:
1. What does it mean to fear the Lord (verse
7)?
Some men think they should praise God for
delivering them from web porn. Well and good. But this
passage offers an additional option: Praise him
before even attempting to resist porn. How?
1. Praise him for how he wired you
(physically, emotionally, sexually, etc.). Take
your eyes off how you use (or misuse) your mind and
body. Focus instead on how God made you.
Copyright 1998 by eXXit