Friends

From: Game Plan For Life - Joe Gibbs

Proverbs 27:17 "As iron sharpens iron, so one (person) sharpens another."

Peer pressure isn't something that automatically ends when we take on adult responsibilities. Just because we're not teenagers being dared to drive too fast or stay out too late, doesn't mean we're not influenced by the grown-up friends we keep. People we go hunting with, or go shopping with, and meet for lunch can still hold significant weight on what we do, think, and say, and what we consider to be normal.

That's why we need friends who make us want to be more like Jesus. People who have deep convictions and compassionate hearts. People who don't have a church side and a public side. People who love their spouses and invest in their kids. People who make us want to be even more sold-out and godly, not the kind who convince us, whether out loud or by a certain look, that we're taking this Christian life too seriously.

"As iron sharpens iron, so one (person) sharpens another," the Bible says. If peer pressure is something we can expect to have around for a long time, we'd better be sure we've got some people around us who help us want to become everything we ought to be.