Influenced by Others? Today's Three-minute Bible Study Print, Study and Apply Title: Influenced by Others? --------------------------------------- Date: 9/14/2000 Keywords: "influence" "responsibility" Welcome to eXXit, the web site designed to help you stand strong in the face of sexual temptation. Passage: Proverbs 14:7 Stay away from fools, for you won't find knowledge there. Questions 1. Did you discover porn on your own, or did other people steer you into it?   2. Do the words and actions of other people keep you going back for more?   Practical help Yes, individuals should be responsible for their own behavior — including smut habits — and not blame other people. But it's also true that folks influence each other — for better or worse. Take porn. Some viewers get into it on their own, others follow the example or advice of other people. Similarly, some current porn strugglers return to smut on their own, others stay in the habit because of the bad influence of others. Which is your case? If other people have pointed — or are pointing — you to porn, maybe it's time to cut your ties to them. To repeat, individuals should be responsible for their own behavior. For porn strugglers, perhaps one place to start is the company they pick and keep. eXXit homepage Index of three-minute studies Copyright 2000 by eXXit *Scriptures are from The Holy Bible, New Living Translation, © copyright 1996 by Tyndale Charitable Trust. All rights reserved.