Assurance of Guidance Today's Three-minute Bible Study Print, Study and Apply Title: Assurance of Guidance ------------- Date: 12/16/1998 Key terms: "assurance" "guidance" Welcome to eXXit, the web site designed to help you stand strong in the face of sexual temptation. Though they may struggle with web porn, the Bible assures Christians that God 1. Has saved them from sin and condemnation (click to see) 2. Answers their prayers (click to see) 3. Grants them victory over temptation (click to see) 4. Forgives their sins (click to see) 5. Guides them Check out this assurance of guidance: Passage: Proverbs 3:5-6* 5. Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; 6. in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight. Questions 1. What does it mean to "lean not on your own understanding" (verse 5)?   2. What does "make your paths straight" mean (verse 6)?   Practical Help Will God guide you out of web porn? When you've resisted his previous guidance? When you've returned again and again to smut sites? Here's what Proverbs 3:5-6 assures us: God will make your lifestyle safe and wise. Your job? 1. Believe God will do what he says — namely, that he'll make your life secure (from web porn and other folly) 2. Admit you're not as wise as you think. 3. Call on God to fill you in with his wisdom, then follow it. Looking for a way out of web porn? Ask God to show you the way out. Once out, ask God to show you how to live safely and wisely. Memorize Proverbs 3:5-6, then quote it the next time you think God will leave you clueless and helpless. Not a Christian but want to become one? Click here to find out how. eXXit homepage Index of three-minute studies Copyright 1998 by eXXit *Scriptures are from The Holy Bible: New International Version, © copyright 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. All rights reserved.