It will save you a lot of pain in the future. Do yourself a favor today and avoid relationships that encourage you to sin. The good news: “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness” (1 John 1:9).įorgiveness takes away the eternal punishment for sin, but it doesn’t take away the consequences here and now. After talking with your friends about not wanting to continue in the same patterns, if things don’t change, it’s time to rethink the relationship. If you’re bonding over getting drunk, hooking up, or anything else that doesn’t please God, it’s time to have some honest conversations. Nothing is more damaging to a relationship than sinning together. If you need more convincing, we’ve got you.īut for now, here are 6 Signs It’s Time to Change Friends: Your friends are stronger than your convictions ( 1 Corinthians 15:33), and your friends determine your future ( Proverbs 13:20), so you should choose your friends wisely ( Proverbs 12:26). Whether it’s a direction you’re intending to go or not, your future destinations of faith, marriage, relationships, and who you’re becoming are influenced by the people around you.
The people riding your life journey with you will determine the direction and destination you are headed towards-for better or worse. If your friends are headed in the wrong direction, they’re going to take you with them as collateral damage. It’s easy to think you are the exception to the rule… that you can still spend time with your college friends or the party crowd and “be a light.” But friendship is powerful. They need me! Besides, they’re a lot cooler than anyone I’ve met in the church. Yeah, I can’t just abandon my friends.You want me to turn my back on them because I want to grow in my faith? That’s messed up …They’re my ride or dies. But before we tell you to think about changing your friends, we know what you’re thinking: You've probably heard before that you’re the average of the five people you hang out with most. You want to grow in your faith, and you’re not sure why you aren’t.
Or maybe you started following Jesus and don’t understand why you keep falling back into old habits and patterns that you don’t like anymore. You start following Jesus, and over time it feels like you have much less in common with your friends than you used to.
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