example

Join together in following my example, brothers and sisters, and just as you have us as a model, keep your eyes on those who live as we do.

- Philippians 3:17 (NIV)

 

Examples are great, they show us what something should look like or teach us how to do things the right way.
Are there bad examples out there? 
Absolutely! 
Simply driving down the road you can see all sorts of bad examples, the driver that swerves from lane to lane, the one that slams on the brakes, and the one that never uses a signal light.
Now, think about something that you do, always a certain way, that you’ve done for a long time.
It could be the way you take your coffee, how your towels are hung in the kitchen, or the process you use to cook a favorite meal.
Why do you do it that way? 

Most of the time we do things because we learned them from someone else, those things we learned could be good or bad.

I have been known to end friendships because I notice that I act differently when I am around certain people.
This is something we all do, we hang out with people, and we start to emulate their actions, their behavior and sometimes it is not flattering to us or others.

We should be strong in our friendships (iron sharpens iron and such), we need friends that are determined to live as Christ followers, so that we don’t fall away from the path.

We should work together to never ever lose sight of the path that we want others to follow, or they could possibly start leading us down a wrong path.

Choose your friends wisely, so you may use them as an example on how to live.

 

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