“The Crowd” makes one feel pressured until one feels like they are going to explode, so to ease the pressure the person gives in and does what the crowd wants.
The only way to stop the pressure and still do the right thing is to deny the crowd room in our lives. We must depart their company.
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Example: One of my daughters first job was in a real estate office and she immediately told everyone that she is a Christian. A few tried to push her to doing bad things against her will with peer pressure, but she stood firm. That was when she realised that the power of the word Christian separated her from the people who were weak spiritually. After that they left her alone. She didn’t have a private life with her co-workers.
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Separation and firm strong boundaries, possibly leaving the family home etc, is the only way to keep your respect, and not be forced into things that you don’t want to do.
Announce your faith, and refuse to allow non-Christian people to have a hold on your soul.
Announce it on Facebook and state firmly that you will now live a Christian lifestyle.
Losing weak-minded friends is a blessing, because when they all go one losses all that nasty pressure. And then gains like-minded friends.
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All the best from James Martin Sandbrook.
Saturday, 20 February 2016, 12:03:07 PM.
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