DCLM Sincere Milk 28 July 2023 — Danger Of Peer Pressure
DCLM Sincere Milk 28 July 2023 Devotional by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi — Danger Of Peer Pressure
Topic: Danger Of Peer Pressure
Text: 1 Corinthians 15:33,34
33Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
34Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.
Key Verse: “Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.” 1 Corinthians 15:33.
Message
Peer pressure is the influence to participate in the same sinful practice as other people of the same age and social group. It is also a state of trying to imitate what other children are doing that is contrary to the will of God. Tracy was a very obedient girl. She would always help her mother in doing house chores. She was also brilliant and was always taking first position in her class. She spent time to read and do all her assignments at the right time. Oh, how her teacher loved her. When Tracy was in basic four, a new girl joined her class. This new girl was very stubborn and disobedient.
She got close to Tracy and became her best friend. Tracy’s teachers warned her of the danger of being in close association with this girl, but she would not heed the warning. Gradually, Tracy started copying the bad character of her new friend. They would go out of the school together to attend parties. Tracy’s grades started to go down until she failed woefully in the promotion examination. It was then she realized that she had yielded to the bad influence of her friend and her gang. Through her mother’s effort, Tracy repented and became a new creature. She cut off her friendship with the bad girl and her gangs.
God frowns at children who engage in all forms of sinful practices as a result of influence from bad friends they mingle with in schools and in the community. If you have yielded to their pressure to do bad things, repent today and surrender your life to Jesus.
Further Reading: 2 Samuel 13:1-15
Prayer for today: Help me Lord, to watch against bad influence and avoid it.
1. Admit that you are a sinner. "For all [humans] have sinned, and comes short of the glory of God....[and] the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord" (Romans 3:23)
2. Repent now. "Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out ...[for] if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness " (Acts 3:19, 1 John 1:9)
3. Believe that God loves you and Jesus died for you. "God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet Sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8)
4. Invite Jesus into your life through prayer of faith. Jesus says, "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me" (Revelation 3:20)
