BREAKING OFF LIMITS 18 MIND YOUR COMPANY

Be careful of the association you keep because your friend affects your thought pattern.

I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside (fall away); it shall not cleave to me.
Psalm 101:3

In this land, I have seen too many people who have great destinies who don't understand this scripture. Somebody is wrong, he failed God and left church, yet you still allow them around your life; you don't like yourself. There are people in this world, who are blessed, wherever they go, blessing is there. On the other hand, there are those who are cursed, everywhere they go, curse is going with them.

When the widow of Nain was coming out of the city with the corpse of her only son, in the company of those who carried the corpse, they met Jesus at the gate. Life met death at the gate of the city. Jesus did not ask for permission from them, He just touched the bier (coffin) and said to the dead boy, "Young man, rise!" This is life, swallowing death (Luke 7:11-15).

But when Jonah was in the ship, travelling on a wrong journey because he was fighting God, everybody in the ship was in trouble. In your life also, there are some people that bring
disaster to you because you have chosen them to be around your life. As long as Lot was in the company of Abraham, God stopped talking to Abraham in the journey of destiny. There are people that should not be around your life.

The Psalmist said,
I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside (fall away); it shall not cleave to me.
Psalm 101:3

Don't let their destiny be your destiny.

He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
Proverbs 13:20

If you are not like them, you will not be comfortable with them. I say this to you, you can love everybody but you don't have a reason to like everybody. In our culture we have sloppy agape. What we call love is reckless compromise. Real agape does not violate God's word. If you like everybody, you will compromise all your life. You will not reach where God plans for you. Some people should be loved from a far distance because they will affect your life negatively. Nothing just happens.
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When God judged Ahab, He judged him along with his family. When He judged Jeroboam, He judged his family. When He judged Achan, He judged his family even though his children did not sin. When He judged Israel on their way to the Promised Land, He judged all of them into 40 years of wandering in the wilderness including people who did not deliberately sin. You must be mindful of your company. Mind your exposure because it is your exposure that will determine your posture.

Many years ago, God gave me this scripture, Psalm 26:4-5.
I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers.

I have hated the congregation of evil doers; and will not sit with the wicked.

The psalmist was talking about integrity. When you have integrity, you will stand with God. You will mind your company and what you are exposed to in terms of book, magazine, music, films, internet; all these will determine the outcome of your life. Some who hear my teaching program on radio and television phone me about sexual dreams they are having. I asked them what are they thinking of, what are they watching that made them have such attacks? They are likely watching internet pornography, listening to corrupted music, etc Incidents of children being raped have become so rampant; what caused it? They are the blue films and pornographic pictures. All these will affect your mind.

You know the story where the seven sons of Sceva were beaten up by a demonized man.

Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon them to call over them which had evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth.

And there were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jew, and chief of the priests, which did so.

And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye?

And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, and overcame them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.

And this was known to all the Jews and Greeks also dwelling at Ephesus; and fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.

And many that believed came, and confessed, and shewed their deeds.

Many of them also which used curious arts brought their books together, and burned them before all men: and they counted the price of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver.
So mightily grew the word of God and prevailed. Acts19:13-20

The devil talked through the man and said, "Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye?" On account of this incidence, many people believed and brought their books which they used for curious arts and burnt them.

What are the instruments of the enemies in your house that you are keeping? If you don't think like them, you will not be comfortable with them. What do you have with you that should not be in your home, in your family? In the passage above, they were believers already. God's word will not prevail in your life if you don't make a choice to put away and get rid of things that are not valuable to your Christian health.

There are some friends; there are some issues and situation around your life that will not allow God's word to prevail. Don't be in a wrong company. Some people like company because they like ceremonies. They must embark on every journey; they must attend every party, burial or marriage ceremony. Some do not even drink alcohol but they are near those who like to drink it. When disaster comes around these people they love to stay with, they are also affected. Watch your company.

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