James 1:26 says "Those who consider themselves religious and yet do not keep a tight rein on their tongues deceive themselves, and their religion is worthless."
I have been very cautious of what I surround myself with lately. Whether it be music, TV, people, etc. I feel like in high school you are surrounded with so much darkness that you soon fall into temptation that you know is not pleasing to the Lord, and you ask yourself, "Why am I doing this to myself?!?!" To be cool? To feel wanted? And you probably tell yourself that you are in fault. That it won 't happen next time and maybe go a step further and ask God to forgive you. Though you still continue to do it all. Knowing you are wrong.
So many people believe that they are religious. That they know who God is and they believe that he sent his son down to this earth to save us from this
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But you are so confident in your faith that at the end of the day you know you are a Christian but some of the things you and your friends say are wrong. You know these words or behaviors don 't put a smile on the Lord 's face when they are said or taken place.
You have this little voice in the back of head telling you it is okay to let these actions take place because you do love The Lord. The enemy is constantly putting these voices in our heads telling us it is okay to cuss, drink, or whatever the situation may be. But really these things of the world are just pulling us down and tearing us apart from our God. Filling your mind with pure things is so crucial and so important. You need to have a strong foundation for when God throws a hardship at you. A firm faith is essential for when these tough times that ARE coming your way!!!
1 Timothy 4:12 it says "Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an examplefor the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith and in