Adverse Behaviors Today's Three-minute Bible Study Print, Study and Apply Title: Adverse Practices-------------------------------- Date: 10/31/2000 Keyword: "forgiveness" "repentance" "sorrow" Welcome to eXXit, the web site designed to help you stand strong in the face of sexual temptation. Passage: Psalm 1:1-6* 1. Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers. 2. But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night. 3 . He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers. 4. Not so the wicked! They are like chaff that the wind blows away. 5. Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous. 6. For the LORD watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish. Questions 1. Which three types of people are called blessed in verse 1 above?   2. Which of the adverse behaviors listed in the verse best describe your porn habit?   Practical help Struggle with porn? Consider the strategy of verse 1 above. Avoid: 1. Bad advice including your own self-talk ("view porn, be happy") 2. Bad examples ("others look at porn; why shouldn't I?") 3. Bad humor ("anti-smut crusades are laughable and pathetic") If resisting porn seems too hard, try standing strong against these components one at a time. God says you'll be blessed — happy, pleased, content — as a result. And that could only strengthen your resolve and resistance — and hasten the day you'll be rid of porn completely. 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.