PRACTICAL CHRISTIANITY

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PERSONAL LIFESTYLE AND LEISURE ACTIVITIES

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THE CHRISTIAN LIFE IS NOT A LIST OF DO'S AND DON'TS, BUT THERE ARE CLEAR GUIDELINES IN SCRIPTURE TO HELP OUT WITH THE VALUES AND HAZARDS OF DIFFERENT RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND THE THINGS WE TAKE INTO OUR BODIES.

EPHESIANS 5: 18

 

DEBRAUCHERY: EXTREME INDULGENCE IN BODILY PLEASURES; SEX, DRUGS ALCOHOL.

1 TIMOTHY 3: 2, 3, 8

1 CORINTHIANS 6: 19-20

1 CORINTHIANS 8: 9-13

 

"BAD COMPANY CORRUPTS GOOD CHARACTER" (1 CORINTHIANS 15: 33)

 

THE COMPANY YOU KEEP

 

IT IS BETTER TO BE ALONE THAN IN THE WRONG COMPANY. TELL ME WHO YOUR BEST FRIENDS ARE, AND I WILL TELL YOU WHO YOU ARE.

 

IF YOU RUN WITH WOLVES, YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO HOWL. BUT, IF YOU ASSOCIATE WITH EAGLES, YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO SOAR TO GREAT HEIGHTS.

 

A MIRROR REFLECTS A MAN'S OR A WOMAN'S FACE, BUT WHAT HE OR SHE IS REALLY LIKE IS SHOWN BY THE KIND OF FRIENDS HE OR SHE CHOOSES.

 

THE SIMPLE BUT TRUE FACT OF LIFE IS THAT YOU BECOME LIKE THOSE WITH WHOM YOU CLOSELY ASSOCIATE FOR THE GOOD AND THE BAD.

 

THE LESS YOU ASSOCIATE WITH SOME PEOPLE, THE MORE YOUR LIFE WILL IMPROVE.

 

AS YOU GROW, YOUR ASSOCIATES WILL CHANGE. SOME OF YOUR FRIENDS WILL NOT WANT YOU TO GO ON. THEY WILL WANT YOU TO STAY WHERE THEY ARE. FRIENDS THAT DON'T HELP YOU CLIMB WILL WANT YOU TO CRAWL. YOUR FRIENDS WILL STRETCH YOUR VISION, OR THEY WILL CHOKE YOUR DREAM. THOSE THAT DON'T INCREASE YOU WILL EVENTUALLY DECREASE YOU.

 

QUESTIONS:

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1. HOW DOES GETTING DRUNK AFFECT OUR REPUTATION?

2. WHAT ARE THE DANGERS OF MODERATE DRINKING?

3. CAN WE TOTALLY ABSTAIN FROM ALCOHOL AND STILL BE A WITNESS TO OUR FRIENDS?

4. HOW MIGHT I BE A STUMBLING BLOCK TO OTHERS?

5. IF MY BODY IS A TEMPLE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, HOW SHOULD I VIEW GLUTTONY, LACK OF BALANCED NUTRITION, LACK OF REST, AND UNCLEANLINESS?

6. HOW CAN YOU SET STRONG STANDARDS OF CONDUCT AND STILL SPEND TIME WITH FRIENDS WHO MAY NOT AGREE WITH YOUR STANDARDS?                

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