Stepping Back

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Title: Stepping Back ----------------------- Date: 08/08/1998
Keywords: "entrapment" "escape" "pornography" "prostitute" "proverbs" "stepping back"
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Passage: Proverbs 7:6-10*

6. At the window of my house I looked out through the lattice.

7. I saw among the simple, I noticed among the young men, a youth who lacked judgment.

8. He was going down the street near her corner, walking along in the direction of her house

9. at twilight, as the day was fading, as the dark of night set in.

10. Then out came a woman to meet him, dressed like a prostitute and with crafty intent.

Questions

1. What actions led the youth to cross paths with the prostitute?

 

2. How are these actions similar to those that lead people to Internet pornography?

 

3. What can the youth do to avoid further entrapment?

 

4. What are two steps you can do right now to escape web porn?

 

Practical help

The path to Internet pornography is not a slippery slope. It's a series of steps that can be interrupted at any time. If you're on the path to web porn (whether for the first time or a return visit), you can reverse course right now. How?
1. Ask God to help you identify the next step leading to the current temptation.

2. Then ask him to help you focus on avoiding that one step.

3. Avoid looking downstream at what would have been subsequent steps to the temptation. Just focus on the next step.

4. Then step back.

Many people like you have stepped back with God's help. They're cheering you on to do likewise. You can do it!


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