Godly Friends

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Title: Godly Friends ------------- Date: 09/16/1998

Keywords: "Proverbs 20" "purposes" "understanding"


Welcome to eXXit, the web site designed to help you stand strong in the face of sexual temptation.

Read the following Bible passage, then answer the short questions. Consider the practical suggestions at the end of the study.

Passage: Proverbs 20:5*

The purposes of a man's heart are deep waters, but a man of understanding draws them out.

Questions

1. What is meant by the term "purposes of a man's heart"?

 

2. Why are they "deep waters"?

 

3. What is "a man of understanding"?

 

4. How does he draw out the "purposes" of another man's heart?

 

Practical help

Web porn's power may be hard to explain and resist — if you're fighting it alone. A godly friend, however, could help you:
1. Discover that you have legitimate longings (such as for companionship) and

2. Recognize how web porn only increases these longings without fulfilling them.

So instead of trying to understand web porn, hang around godly folks who understand you. Many people have withstood web porn by listening to such friends. They're cheering you on to do likewise. You can do it!


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