Tonight we started our new series: How to Be a FOOL. We started by looking at Numbers 22:1-19, which is the story of one fool, Balaam son of Beor. In the story he is asked to curse the Israelites, but after God tells him no he refuses. When the king trying to hiring him sends more money and more men he feels the pressure but tells them no again, but this time tells them to stay and he will ask God again, even though he already knows what the answer is.
What is peer pressure? It is being pushed to do soemthing by those around you. It can be friends, family, students, the media, etc... It can be good or bad and it can be spoken or unspoken.
How do you stand up to peer pressure?
#1 -- Build a solid foundation. Know who you are, who God is is, that you can trust God, what you belive in, what is right and wrong. And then live by all that and make the right choices over time repeatedly.
#2 -- Know you don't stand alone. There are other Christians standing with you and even God is standing with you when you do right.
#3 -- Exert equal or more pressure back. Like the arm wrestling game tonight it is hard not to fall for peer pressure when fight alone, but also when we don't fight at all. We need to stand together and push back as a group, giving equal or more pressure back to those around us to do the right things.
I give tonight: A+
Favorite Moment: Tera vs. Devin and wins!
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