Tonight we continued our series: Quantum Leap as we travel back through my life and use it to change your future for good.
In High School I felt called by Goid to become a pastor and ended up going to Eugene Bible College in 1998. When I got there I was very shy and didn't know anyone, so I spent a lot of time in the dorms hanging out. Which mean tthat I was spending time with others who hung out in the dorms. When I got part of th eway through my sophomore year I realized that the friends I was hanging out with weren't the best influences on me. They gamed constantly, they eat a lot, they would swear randomly, they would talk about inappropriate things, they weren't really focused on why they were at Bible College. By spending time with them I was taking on all those same habits. I felt convicted by God that I need to make a change in my life, but it meant that I had to start hanging out with new people, in a new place, in order to escape that influence that kept dragging me in and away from God. I had to choose which was more important, those friends or my relationship and call with God. It was not an easy decision, but I made the change.
Yeast is a funus that spreads under certain circumstances. It is how we get fluffy bread, but it doesn't tkae a lot of yeast in order to leaven an entire batch of bread. Galatians 5:7-9 talks about a church who was being influenced by a group that was trying to add works to salvation and they are told that a little yeast works through the whole batch. We need to careful about who we spend the majority of our lives with, because they will change us to be more like them, if there is a little bad it will work through the whole group. We need to be careful about what we spend our time watching, reading, and listening to. They will change us to be more like what they are telling us is true and right. Whether it is media or people, they will influence us, and if they're influence is a bad one, we will become slowly corrupted and thus turned away from our relationship with God and the destiny he has for us. So here is my advice looking at my past: Get rid of bad influences, doing it as completely as poosible so they won't drag you back in. Choose God over friends, his way is more important and has better things for us when we choose him. Put good influences, both media and people, into your life. Be a good influence to others.
I give tonight: A-
Favorite Moment: The Return of Cody
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