Title: Blessed Via Association
Scripture: Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. – Psalms 1:1
I have found the word of God to be clear and unambiguous. He tells us the requirement to attain certain benefits and blessing into our lives. If you want to be blessed, it’s important to be friends with the right people. Many people will find that, as they get more blessed, the friendships that they had before also change.
[pullquote] “Birds of a feather flock together.” [/pullquote]Your friend have considerable amount of influence on you and outlook of life. Just like each of the planets has a gravitational pull on their surroundings, our friends have a gravitational pull on us. Life is too short to spend time with people who don’t help you to move forward. Our association is too important to be left to chance. Here are some truths :
- Affects your thinking : The people that we spend time with have a great impact on our thinking. If the people around us are positive, we tend to be more positive. The inverse holds true as well. Since our thinking affects our actions, and our actions in turn affect our results.
He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed. – Proverbs 13:20
- Affects your habits: The habits of the people that we choose to spend the most time with tend to rub off on us. If you choose to spend time with people who are very goal focused and write their goals down on paper, then chances are if you’re not writing your goals down, you soon will be.
- Affects Your Creativity: The Creative faculty of the human mind is work best when it can bounce ideas of like minded people around. You can guess what happens when a man or woman surround himself with people who only see doom and gloom in all situation.
[pullquote] Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners. – 1 Corinthians 15:33 [/pullquote]When you’re consciously aware of the impact that those around you have on your life, you gain the ability to put the power of association to work for you. We choose our friend circle based on principles, goals and aspiration.
Prayer Points
- Father help me choose my friend wisely
- Father help me to break every unprofitable association in my life
- Father bring me in contact with those that will take me to next level of my life
