Organizing Yourself Spiritually, Part 3 of 4
4. Have spiritual friendships.
Do you have spiritual friends? We all know whether or not our friends are the right kind to spend time with. If I want to stay spiritual, then I must spend time with spiritual friends. How do you find spiritual friends? You must seek them out. You can strike up a friendship with many different ladies, but the ones with whom you should spend the most time should be the ones who are going the same direction as you are.
If you want spiritual friends, choose ones with whom you go to church. You don’t need friends from work if you work in the world. You need friends who have the same ideas, purposes and goals in life.
Young ladies, look at the girls you spend time around the most. Are they spiritual? Do they talk about godly things, or do they talk about worldly things? If they talk about worldly things and are always in trouble, you need to find new friends.
You should want friends who will keep you serving the Lord and not ones who will pull you away from church things or doing things for the Lord. Your unspiritual friends won’t stay in church and they will get you sidetracked by the world. Your spiritual friends last a lifetime.
5. Have spiritual standards.
If you want to be spiritual then you will want to dress modestly. If you’re spiritual, you won’t have to follow all the worldly trends. Spiritually minded people are wrapped up in pleasing the Lord, and everything is centered on Him. The worldly trends are just as they say, trends of the world.
Young ladies, be careful about the trends you follow. Mommas, be careful about the trends you let your children follow. I am amazed how often trends affect the family. You can see parents who have standards, but because they hear their children pleading to wear certain things, they bend so that their child is not the odd ball. What happened to the verse in 2 Corinthians 6:17, “Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord...” The next thing you say, “I think a Christian can follow trends and it’s not wrong.” You can follow trends that aren’t bad, but you have to be so careful because you start walking a fine line. REMEMBER, first and foremost, your children will pick up your weaknesses. If you are weak in your standards, your children will be weaker. This goes for any standards that you have: dress, dating, where we go and what we allow them to do.
Ladies, be careful not to wear low cut dresses or shirts. Be careful about the length of your skirt that they aren’t too short. Be careful that the slits in your skirts aren’t too high. Be careful with the tightness of clothing. Things of this nature are so important when it comes to being modest. If you work with teenagers, be extra careful about your clothing. If you are wearing things that are too tight across the bust line, skirts that are always short, and have to be super trendy, then you are causing the young people around you to think that’s fine. They look up to you, and you set the standard for them. Some of them won’t be taught this at home, so you need to be sure that you are the example that you should be.
As Christians we should desire to be modest and decent. Modesty starts at home. I don’t wear things at home that I won’t wear in public. I don’t wear pajamas that have shorts, pants or sweats as a part of them, because this causes a double standard in your home. If you do one thing at home and another in public, you are teaching your children it’s okay to do things if no one sees you, and it teaches them to hide things. If you help teach them to hide things from others, they will hide things from you.
Teach your girls to be modest at home. Don’t allow them to walk around in their slips or nightgowns. Teach your girls to use a robe. Girls should always be dressed appropriately and taught to sit modestly even in the home.
Teach your children to talk right at home. Don’t allow them to use all the slang and sex talk they hear from the television. Maybe you as a parent need to work on this yourself. What goes in often comes out. That’s why we should be careful with what we allow our children to watch and listen. If they feel you think it’s funny when you hear or see some of these things, then they will think it’s fine to repeat.
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