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There will always be scoffers and those who like to conger up reasons why your beliefs are wrong or inaccurate. Some of these people might be your close friends and family. Maybe they think you are too religious or too spiritual for your own good, especially if you have just come into the truth and started living under Gods direction for your life.
Your friends and family might become jealous and envious of your new found peace with God. Your beliefs in God are spiritual and that is what gives you the Spirit of God within you. You have to remember that not everyone has experienced the spiritual enlightenment that has brought you closer to God. Without the workings of the Holy Spirit in people’s lives, it is easy for them to scoff at what is unseen and unfelt by them.
It is wrong and quite selfish for friends and family to scoff at your beliefs, but what can you do? You can be a good example to them through what you do with your life. Do not let scoffers (society) tell you who you are? Don’t pretend to be like them when you’re not because it is not being faithful to God.
Sometimes you will have to disassociate yourself from your old friends and even your family if they will not accept your beliefs. A man cannot be something for his friends one moment and then go home and be a goody two shoes for God in another moment, or vice versa. This is not being true to who your are and the intentions that God has set out for your life.
Most of the time you can influence you’re friends and family to better understand and accept your beliefs if you do not behave self righteously around them. You are not better than them because you are enlightened with Gods truth. On the contrary, they are naïve to Gods truth and now you can be the light for them, so they may see the truth. This is how God may use you as His messenger.
You can spiritually influence your friends and family by the way you live your life on a day to day basis. Remember that talk is always cheap unless you can back it up with your actions. If you are a mixed bag of tricks, saying one thing and doing another, your friends won’t be influenced one iota. If you preach to them and act like you know it all, you will also not influence your friends or any new ones for that matter.
If you want to influence your friends and family then live the good life everyday. Be consistent with your beliefs and the way you live your life. Let them see your fruits multiply and your blessings mount up as you stay faithful always to God.
Similarly, encourage the young men to be self-controlled. In everything set them an example by doing what is good. In your teaching show integrity, seriousness and soundness of speech that cannot be condemned, so that those who oppose you may be ashamed because they have nothing bad to say about us.
Titus 2:6-8
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Angie Lewis is the author of two marriage books. The first, Journey on the Roads Less Traveled is a book about love, life, addiction and marriage. The Less Traveled Roads take the reader down a comprehensive and well-rounded foundational understanding into the biblical world of acceptance, beliefs, spirituality, feelings, marriage, children, family, forgiveness, temptation, and finally faith while applying the power of “real love” into all of the above elements. The book will challenge the reader to go a step further in their faith and beliefs by helping them to identify with all the aspects of their character, namely the spiritual element of who they are and can become. Very inspirational book!
ISBN: 1413788904
The Second book, Love The Man You Married is an informative and wisdom filled book tackling such issues as adultery and learning to completely forgive your spouse. Heal your marriage after adultery. Learn to communicate effectively with your spouse. You can love the man you married and not lose anything of yourself in the process. Ladies, we can be in control of our marriage and be a happier and freer person because of it! Love the Man You Married is a great teaching tool that every Christian woman should read!
ISBN: 1411677501
Besides the writing for her own marriage ministry, Angie also writes the marriage column for two online Christian Magazines. KeepinOn.com and EzraWeb.com.
Please see Angie’s website for additional information about her books and online marriage ministry. http://www.heavenministries.com
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