The best way to find out the type of person you are is to look at the people around you. I did that about a month ago and I did not like it. About two months ago I wanted to get serious about my walk with Jesus. Of course, I was still falling short, lukewarm for a better phrase, but I was really lining things up and trying to see what I needed to do to make life better for me. I remember a sermon one of the Sundays saying that a lot of the times, its the people around you that could be holding you back. With this in mind, I did an evaluation on the people I hung around. Sure enough they were not on the same page as me, they weren't into doing the same things I was trying to do, and they were bad influences on my life. It didn't take a genius to figure out it was time to part ways.
Yes, that's right! It was time to say good bye. And it was hard too. I'm in the entertainment industry and got a lot of my popularity from being around these people. I tried to push off and ignore God telling me to remove myself from around these people (because I cared a great deal for them), and all it did was get worse. Rumors about me started from within my group, bad reputation, back stabbing begin, money snatching happen. I got out of there as soon as possible when I saw all that. Because of my disobedience, the whole split became a bitter break up and has become an all out war. I can only imagine the peace that it would probably be if I left when God told me too.
(Message Bible)Proverbs 23:6-8
Don't accept a meal from a tightwad;
don't expect anything special. He'll be as stingy with you as he is with himself;
he'll say, "Eat! Drink!" but won't mean a word of it. His miserly serving will turn your stomach
when you realize the meal's a sham.
In Proverbs 23:6-8 it tells us to leave those type of people alone. Its actually talking about people who use money, food, and entertainment for selfish ambitions to do evil. I would say I was in that situation with the group I parted from. And since I decided to walk in my own path, the devil has become busier than ever trying to convience me that was the wrong move. One of the guys in the group actually said that I'm doing worse without him. I could attack him as a person for a remark like that, but I won't. Firstly, its not Christ-like, secondly its only Satan trying to make me think I did the wrong thing.
It is so necessary to leave behind those that are not equally yoked. These types of people hold you back, they block blessings, most importantly they don't and wont understand your walk with Jesus. You have to surround your self with like minded people that aren't trying to get in the way of your walk with Jesus.
It takes a certain boldness and an extreme amount of faith in the Lord to break away from "friends" you been around so long. In the end however, obedience is rewarded. For me, I received a peace of mind, career revelations, and I am not under an umbrella of wrong doing. If this is your situation, I sincerely pray for your strength in letting that person go. Whether it be friends, mate, or even (yes even) family. Just know that God is trying to change you and use you to be an example in life. You have to allow him to do so and that can't happen with hindrances.
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Yes, that's right! It was time to say good bye. And it was hard too. I'm in the entertainment industry and got a lot of my popularity from being around these people. I tried to push off and ignore God telling me to remove myself from around these people (because I cared a great deal for them), and all it did was get worse. Rumors about me started from within my group, bad reputation, back stabbing begin, money snatching happen. I got out of there as soon as possible when I saw all that. Because of my disobedience, the whole split became a bitter break up and has become an all out war. I can only imagine the peace that it would probably be if I left when God told me too.
(Message Bible)Proverbs 23:6-8
Don't accept a meal from a tightwad;
don't expect anything special. He'll be as stingy with you as he is with himself;
he'll say, "Eat! Drink!" but won't mean a word of it. His miserly serving will turn your stomach
when you realize the meal's a sham.
In Proverbs 23:6-8 it tells us to leave those type of people alone. Its actually talking about people who use money, food, and entertainment for selfish ambitions to do evil. I would say I was in that situation with the group I parted from. And since I decided to walk in my own path, the devil has become busier than ever trying to convience me that was the wrong move. One of the guys in the group actually said that I'm doing worse without him. I could attack him as a person for a remark like that, but I won't. Firstly, its not Christ-like, secondly its only Satan trying to make me think I did the wrong thing.
It is so necessary to leave behind those that are not equally yoked. These types of people hold you back, they block blessings, most importantly they don't and wont understand your walk with Jesus. You have to surround your self with like minded people that aren't trying to get in the way of your walk with Jesus.
It takes a certain boldness and an extreme amount of faith in the Lord to break away from "friends" you been around so long. In the end however, obedience is rewarded. For me, I received a peace of mind, career revelations, and I am not under an umbrella of wrong doing. If this is your situation, I sincerely pray for your strength in letting that person go. Whether it be friends, mate, or even (yes even) family. Just know that God is trying to change you and use you to be an example in life. You have to allow him to do so and that can't happen with hindrances.
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